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students win 11 regional awards; Hard News Cafe takes
top award third year in a row
March 26, 2007 | LOGAN -- Utah State University students
won 11 awards Saturday in the Society of Professional
Journalists Region 9 Mark of Excellence contest for
2006.
The Hard News Café was named best all-around independent
online student publication in the four-state region
for the third consecutive year. In addition, student
reporters for the Web site (http://www.hardnewscafe.usu.edu)
swept the online news reporting category. Brooke Barker
led the way, taking first place for a story about ABC's
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" surprising a Logan
family in October.
Kathryn Kemp took first place in the online opinion
writing category for a variety of columns. Ranae Bangerter
took first place in the online feature writing category
for a story about domestic violence during the end-of-year
holidays.
Broadcasting students working for "Cache Rendezvous"
and "A-TV News" took four awards, including a first
place by Brianna Mortensen for feature photography in
a story about the Bridal Faire at USU. "A-TV News,"
supervised by professors Penny and Dean Byrne, was named
the second-best television newscast in the region.
"We're thrilled for our students," said Mike Sweeney,
head of the department of journalism and communication.
"These awards recognize some truly excellent work."
The Society of Professional Journalists, founded in
1909, is the nation's most broad-based journalism organization.
It promotes the free flow of information and works to
inspire and educate the next generation of journalists.
The Mark of Excellence contest received more than 3,300
entries from students in 12 regions. Region 9 comprises
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Winning regional
entries compete for national awards at the SPJ annual
conference Oct. 4-7 in Washington, D.C.
The society announced the winners during the Region
9 convention at the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City.
The complete list of USU winners is as follows:
Breaking Television Feature
Third Place: Kami Capener and Julie Garcia, Utah State
University, "Aggie Ice Cream"
Television Feature Photography
First Place: Brianna Mortensen, Utah State University,
"Bridal Faire"
Second Place: Amanda Wouden, Utah State University,
"Pumpkin Walk"
Television Newscast
Second Place: Staff, Utah State University, "A-TV News"
Online News Reporting
First Place: Brooke M. Barker, Utah State University,
"ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition Surprises Logan
Family"
Second Place: Rebekah Bradway, Utah State University,
"Paradise Development Study"
Third Place: Brooke M. Barker, Utah State University,
"And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"
Online Feature Reporting
First Place: Ranae Bangerter, Utah State University,
"Domestic Violence All Too Common at Holidays"
Second Place: Kathryn Kemp, Utah State University, "Student
With Cancer Says ‘So Much Good' Has Happened Through
His Worst Trial"
Online Opinion & Commentary
First Place: Kathryn Kemp, Utah State University, "Columns"
Best All-Around Independent Online Student
Publication
First Place: Staff, Utah State University, "Hard News
Café"
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