Congratulations to Steven Gallo, 4TEL, and Henry Taksier, 4JOU, for winning national 2011 Mark of Excellence Awards sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. These awards recognize collegiate work published or broadcast during 2011. This year student journalists from around the country submitted more than 4,000 entries.

Henry won in the “Feature Photography, Four-Year College/University” category with his project “Fenced In: Superfund Refugees.” The project was a class assignment for John Kaplan’s capstone photojournalism JOU4605 class and is published in The Fine Print.

Steven won in the “Radio News Reporting” category for his story on the “Execution of Manuel Valle.” Steven’s entry also won AP and RTDNA awards and was part of Steven’s Hearst entry.

Both winning entries can be found at: 2011 Mark of Excellence National Winners.

Winners and finalists were previously recognized by receiving first place in one of SPJ’s 12 regional competitions. Each first-place regional winners advanced to the national competition.

Posted: April 25, 2012
Category: College News
Tagged as: SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards