Students from UW-Madison won 11 awards at the Society of Professional Journalists Region 6 Mark of Excellence Awards for the 2010 calendar year.
SPJ Region 6 includes Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
This year, the contest received almost 4,000 entries across SPJ’s 12 regions.
The honorees were awarded certificates on April 9 during the Region 6 SPJ Spring Conference held in Bloomington, Minnesota. First place regional winners will advance to the national round of judging. National winners will be announced in early May. Read about all the 2010 honorees.
The UW-Madison winners are listed below. Congratulations to our students!
Feature Photography
Third Place: One is too many – by Lukas Keapproth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Best Student Magazine
First Place: Curb, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Non-Fiction Magazine Article
First Place: Queens of Rock – by Nate Gessner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Second Place: Modern-day storks – by Jesse Koehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Third Place: One is too many – by Sammy Ganz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
Second Place: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Editorial Writing
Third Place: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Feature Writing
Second Place: The Daily Cardinal Features Entry – by Allison Dirr, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sports Column Writing
First Place: Nico Savidge, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Second Place: Ben Breiner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Best Affiliated Web Site
First Place: Curb Online – by Leia Ferrari, Jesse Koehler, Nate Gessner & Josh Hilgendorf, University of Wisconsin-Madison