Winners will know if their work will enter the national contest in April.
Seven School of Communications students and one alumnus were named finalists across several categories of the Region 2 competition.
Below is a list of the finalists:
- GENERAL NEWS REPORTING – Tommy Hamzik ’17 for
- GENERAL NEWS REPORTING – Leena Dahal ’17 for “
- GENERAL COLUMN WRITING – Leena Dahal ’17 for and
- IN-DEPTH REPORTING – Katy Canada ’15 and Mackenzie Roberts ’15 for
- SPORTS WRITING – Alex Simon ’17 for
- GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – Hali Tauxe-Stewart ’18 for
- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION – Stephanie Hays ’18 and Hali-Tauxe Stewart ’18 for
- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION – Stephanie Hays ’18 for
- PHOTOGRAPHY – Alumnus Al Drago ’15 is a finalist in five photography categories for work he did while he was still a student.
SPJ Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards are given in newspaper, TV, radio and online categories. Awards are presented only to those who place in the top three in the region. Regional winners move on to the national competition, at which time they will compete with 11 other first-place regional winners.
Region 2 comprises North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. Results of the Region 2 competition will be revealed at the regional conference awards luncheon Saturday, April 9 in Richmond, Va.
Last year, senior Michael Bodley and Al Drago ’15 were named national SPJ winners. Bodley won for Breaking News Reporting, and Drago won for Breaking News Photography, General News Photography and Feature Photography.