Southern students, faculty and alumni win CTSPJ awards

Southern’s Journalism program was well represented in the 2018 Excellence in Journalism Awards, hosted by the Connecticut Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Current journalism students, alumni and faculty members won 11 first place awards, four second place awards, and four third place awards in the contest.

The contest recognizes the best work of professional journalists from across Connecticut each year. The awards were presented at a dinner at The Hawthorne in Berlin, Conn. on May 23.

The full list of winners is available here.

Among the winners were:

SCSU Students

First Place | Health Reporting, Regional A

Costs and access still barriers to health care, survey finds; Connecticut Health I-Team; Kaitlyn Regan, Ryan Conchado, Kevin Crompton, Jailene Cuevas, Melanie Espinal, Jonathan Gonzalez, Andrew Hans, Megan Hill, Patrick Quinn O’Neill, August Pelliccio, Michael Riccio, Alyssa Rice

*This was a course project completed by the students in Multimedia Journalism in Spring 2018

SCSU Alumni

First Place | Continuing Coverage, Regional B

Coverage of the May 2018 tornardo/microburst; Record-Journal; Mary Ellen Godin, Matt Zabierek, Jeniece Roman (’18), Bailey Wright, Devin Leith-Yessian, Lauren Sellew

First Place | Religion, Hyperlocal

Bishop takes control of St. Paul’s Church in Darien; Darien News; Lynandro Simmons (’18)

Second Place | Education, Hyperlocal

Parents banned from eating lunch with children at Darien schools; Darien News; Lynandro Simmons (’18)

Second Place | Sports Feature, Regional A

Epic rock-paper-scissors battle settles SCC baseball quarterfinal matchup; GameTimeCT.com; Pete Pagagua (’12)

Third Place | Diversity Coverage, Regional B

A year after Hurricane Maria, residents displaced from Puerto Rico still adjusting; Record-Journal; Jeniece Roman (’18)