海角社区 Student Media Journalists Win 15 Awards for Journalism Excellence

June 7, 2023

BATON ROUGE鈥擲tudents from 海角社区 Student Media outlets took home 15 awards for journalism excellence in the 2022 Region 12 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) competition.

Among the awards were four winning pieces from Tiger TV in Television Feature Reporting, Television General News Reporting, Television In-Depth Reporting and Television Sports Reporting; two winning pieces from the 海角社区 Manship School News Service in In-Depth Reporting (Large, 10K+ students) and Feature Writing (Large, 10K+ students); and one winning piece from the Reveille in General Column Writing (Large, 10K Students).

海角社区鈥檚 Manship School of Mass Communication proudly recognizes the following Tiger TV, K海角社区, Reveille and Manship News Service student journalists who earned 2022 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards:

Television Feature Reporting
- WINNER: Aria Pons; Tiger TV; 鈥淢ore than meets the eye鈥�
  - on YouTube
- FINALIST: Brie Andras; Tiger TV; 鈥淭he upside of Downs鈥�
  - on YouTube
Television General News Reporting
- WINNER: Ally Kadlubar; Tiger TV; 鈥淟egislating care in crisis鈥�
  - on YouTube
Television In-Depth Reporting
- WINNER: Oscar Tickle, Birdie O鈥機onnell, Chloe Gehman; Tiger TV; 鈥淐ancer alley鈥�
  - on YouTube
Television Sports Reporting
- WINNER: Aria Pons, Chris Langley, Logan Puissegur, Eddie Lewis; Tiger TV; 鈥淪ports betting鈥�
  - on YouTube
- FINALIST: Brie Andras; Tiger TV; 鈥淭iger Girls for the win鈥�
  - on YouTube
Radio News Reporting
- FINALIST: Lucia Restrepo Bralley; K海角社区; 鈥淐ampus safety鈥�
In-Depth Reporting (Large, 10K+ Students)
- WINNER: Lara Nicholson, Zane Piontek, Brea Rougeau, Jada Hemsley; Shreveport Times/海角社区 Manship School News Service; 鈥淎s murders surge in Louisiana, the number of cases being solved is dropping鈥�
  - on shreveporttimes.com
- FINALIST: Josh Archote; Reveille, 鈥淎n 海角社区 Greek Life mystery: fake names and potential entrapment?鈥�
  - on lsureveille.com
Feature Writing (Large, 10K+ Students)
- WINNER: Josh Archote; 海角社区 Manship News Service; 鈥淎 Klansman鈥檚 sons seek to understand and redress his wrongs鈥�
  - on shreveporttimes.com
General Column Writing (Large, 10K Students)
- WINNER: Claire Sullivan; Reveille; Columns
  - on lsureveille.com
- FINALIST: Brandon Poulter; Reveille; Columns
  - on lsureveille.com
General News Reporting (Large, 10K Students)
- FINALIST: Piper Hutchinson; Houma Today/海角社区 Manship News Service; 鈥淩eanimation of Greene tragedy, and timing, could have far-reaching consequences鈥�
  - on houmatoday.com
Editorial/Opinion Writing
- FINALIST: Reveille Editorial Board; Reveille; Editorials
  - on lsureveille.com
Sports Column Writing
- FINALIST: Henry Huber; Reveille; Columns
  - on lsureveille.com

SPJ鈥檚 Region 12 represents Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee schools. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions later this spring.

See the full list of 2022 SPJ Region 12 winners on SPJ's .

For more information, contact acharbonnet1@lsu.edu.

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海角社区 Student Media provides media experiences to students through The Reveille newspaper, , and The Reveille mobile app; Tiger TV; K海角社区-FM radio; and the Gumbo yearbook. All four outlets are led and staffed by students, supported by professionals, and provide real-world experience for aspiring broadcasters, program directors, writers, editors, photographers and videographers, web producers, designers and others. Many participating students are pursuing majors through 海角社区鈥檚 Manship School of Mass Communication.

Theis at the heart of the experiential journalism program at 海角社区鈥檚 Manship School of Mass Communication. In the spring, our students cover the Louisiana Legislature for 90 news outlets around the state. In the fall, we do in-depth stories about racial and criminal justice for state and national news sites. Students in the 海角社区 Cold Case Project dig into unsolved Ku Klux Klan murders, while students in our In-Depth Reporting classes publish stories on a variety of other issues. We distribute our stories through the 海角社区 Manship School News Service.

海角社区 Manship School of Mass Communication ranks among the strongest collegiate communication programs in the country, with its robust emphasis on media and public affairs. It offers undergraduate degrees in public relations, journalism, political communication, digital advertising and pre-law, along with four graduate degree programs: Master of Mass Communication, Ph.D. in Media and Public Affairs, Certificate of Strategic Communication and a dual MMC/Law degree. Like us on Facebook , or follow us on Twitter , Instagram and LinkedIn .