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Miami students win regional SPJ Mark of Excellence awards

The Miami Student earns honor for Best All-Around Student Newspaper

by Sacha DeVroomen Bellman, Media, Journalism, and Film • Published
From left, Sarah Frosch, Kethan Babu, Sacha DeVroomen Bellman,Olivia Patel, Chloe McKinney, Taylor Powers and Taylor Stumbaugh. All are staffers on The Miami Student.
From left, Sarah Frosch, Kethan Babu, Sacha DeVroomen Bellman, Olivia Patel, Chloe McKinney, Taylor Powers, and Taylor Stumbaugh. All are staffers on The Miami Student.
Excellence and Expertise

Miami students win regional SPJ Mark of Excellence awards

From left, Sarah Frosch, Kethan Babu, Sacha DeVroomen Bellman, Olivia Patel, Chloe McKinney, Taylor Powers, and Taylor Stumbaugh. All are staffers on The Miami Student.
by Sacha DeVroomen Bellman, Media, Journalism, and Film • Published

Miami University students won seven first-place awards and six finalists awards in the annual Mark of Excellence competition regional awards sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists.

“We are proud of the continued success of our students,” said Joe Sampson, Miami University journalism coordinator. “These latest awards from the SPJ Mark of Excellence competition confirm what our faculty has long known: Our students consistently produce high-quality, important, and impactful work on behalf of the communities they serve.”

The students won in the Region 4 competition, which includes other universities in Ohio, Michigan, and West Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania. The awards were presented during the Regional Conference in Cleveland this weekend.

Picking up first-place honors were:

Finalists were:

  • Staff of The Miami Student for Best Affiliated Website for www.miamistudent.net
  • Sam Norton of The Miami Student for  Science/Environment/Climate Reporting columns
  • Venezia McHenry of The Miami Student for Personality Profile
  • Chloe McKinney of The Miami Student for Personality Profile
  • Parker Green for Editorial/Opinion Writing for columns
  • Stella Powers for Cultural Criticism for reviews

The winners will now compete for the national Mark of Excellence Awards that will be presented at the MediaFest, the National College Media Convention, in October in Washington, D.C.

Miami won three national awards in 2024 and two national finalist awards.

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