Missouri Journalism Students Receive Society of Professional Journalists’ Regional, National Awards
The staff of Vox Magazine was named as a finalist for “Best Student Magazine” in SPJ’s 2018 Mark of Excellence Region 7 Awards, just one of the recognitions Missouri students received from SPJ at the regional and national level.
Vox Magazine a Finalist for Best Student Magazine
Columbia, Mo. (July 18, 2019) — The Society of Professional Journalists‘ recognized several students from the Missouri School of Journalism in its regional and national Mark of Excellence contests earlier this year for top content.
The local work was published in the students’ respective newsrooms – KBIA-FM, the Columbia Missourian and Vox Magazine – three of the School’s hands-on learning, Missouri Method newsrooms.
Region 7 honorees were recognized in Warrensburg, Missouri. Region 7 is made up of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas.
First place regional winners then went on to compete with winners from across SPJ’s 12 regions during the national competition. SPJ’s national winners were then recognized in San Antonio at the Excellence in Journalism conference.
2018 Mark of Excellence National Winners and Finalists
Magazines: Non-Fiction Magazine Article
- Winner: Lauren Puckett, Sit-In at the Minute Inn
Art/Graphics: Feature Photography, Large School Division
- National Finalist: Meiying Wu, Wearing Her Game Face
Radio: Radio News Reporting
- National Finalist: Betsy Smith, Some Missouri Healthcare Professionals, Advocates Disagree on Medical Marijuana Measures
Radio: Radio In-Depth Reporting
- National Finalist: Kathryn Palmer, Legacy of Missing Lloyd Gaines, 1938 Supreme Court Plaintiff, Still Haunts Higher Education
2018 Region 7 Mark of Excellence Award Winners and Finalists
Newspapers: General News Reporting (Small) 1-9,999 Students
- Finalist: Titus Wu, In rural Missouri, going to jail isn’t free. You pay for it.
Magazines: Non-Fiction Magazine Article
- Winner: Lauren Puckett, Sit-In at the Minute Inn
- Finalist: Peter Baugh, Eyes on the Sky
- Finalist: Keegan Pope, Game Over, Cancer
Best Student Magazine
- Finalist: Staff of Vox Magazine
Arts/Graphics: Feature Photography (Large) 10,000+ Students
- Winner: Meiying Wu, Wearing Her Game Face
- Finalist: Jason Vance, Home Is Where the Barn Is
Arts/Graphics: Photo Illustration (Large) 10,000+ Students
- Finalist: Phu Nguyen, Worth the Work
Radio: Feature
- Finalist: Betsy Smith, Missouri Maestro Mentors Young Musicians
Radio: In-Depth Reporting
- Winner: Kathryn Palmer, Legacy of Lloyd Gaines, a 1938 Supreme Court Plaintiff, Still Haunts Higher Education
Radio: News Reporting
- Winner: Betsy Smith, Some Missouri Healthcare Professionals, Advocates Disagree on Medical Marijuana Measures
- Finalist: Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Evaporating: Missouri Farmers Are Leaving the Dairy Industry
- Finalist: Rosemary Belson and Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Trump Boosts Hawley in Parade of Missouri Republican Figures
Radio: Sports Reporting
- Winner: Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Decade After a Motorcycle Crash, Dennis Thompson Keeps Riding
Videography: Online/Digital News
- Winner: Meg Vatterott, Mazahua Frente
Videography: Online/Digital Feature
- Finalist: Di Pan, James and David
- Finalist: Alex Li, First-Time Skydivers
Updated: November 10, 2020