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2001 Mark of Excellence
Region 5 Winners/Finalists
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Newspapers
Editorial Writing
Winner: The Daily Northwestern Editorial Board, Northwestern University
— Second Place: Sam Youngman, College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
— Third Place (tie): Clay McDaniel, Kentucky Kernel Press, University of Kentucky
— Third Place (tie): Columbia Chronicle editorial staff, Columbia College
Editorial Cartooning
Winner: Brian Grady, Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Shane Johnson, Indiana University
— Third Place: Nick Partlow, DePauw University
General Column Writing
Winner: Taylor Loyal, Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Dena Tackett, Eastern Kentucky University
— Third Place: Scott Weaver, Ryan Slabaugh and Herman Slodowitz, DePauw University
Sports Column Writing
Winner: Ryan Clark, College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Steve Jones, University of Kentucky
— Third Place: Maggie Doherty, Stan Jastrzebski and Elizabeth Porter, DePauw University
Spot News Reporting
Winner: College Heights Herald Staff, "9/11/2001," Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Caroline Lynch, "Professor Saved," (in the Lexington Herald Leader), Western Kentucky University
— Third Place (tie): Patrick Cooper, "Engineer Rescued," (in the St. Petersburgh Times), Northwestern University
— Third Place (tie): Travis Hubbard, "Ledford An Ambassador for UK," Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
General News Reporting
Winner: Michelle Evans, Brandon Sokol, Craig Grieve, Wil Myers. Jessica Schaab and R.J. Taylor, "The State of the Faculty," The DePauw, DePauw University
— Second Place (tie): Tracy Kershaw, and Ashley York, "UK Denies Open Records Request," Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
— Second Place (tie): Brian Moore, "Decision 2000: The Collegiate Health Care Situation," College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
— Third Place (tie): Caroline Lynch, "Crabbers Stow Their Pots," (in the Virginian-Pilot),, Western Kentucky University
— Third Place (tie): Abbey Brown, "Harsh Reality, Healing Touch," College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
In-Depth Reporting
Winner: Scott Spilky, "The Lack of Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Ill," The Octopus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
— Second Place: Kit Kadlec, Mike Cummings, Scott Lauck, Candace Pratsch, Ben Lanka, Deanna Zammit, Lisa Smith and Takashi Yokota, "Some Top Schools Fail Community Service Test," Northwestern University
— Third Place: Amber Holst, "South Loop in Transition," Columbia College
Feature Writing
Winner: Natalie Seibert, "Wabash Students Relish Single-Sex Status," The DePauw, DePauw University
— Second Place: Erin Chan, "BMX Excess," Northwestern University
— Third Place (tie): Mike Saewitz, "Hair on Wheels," Northwestern University
— Third Place (tie): Katherine Leal Unmuth, "Working Lures Families Northward: Living the Migrant's Life," Northwestern University
Sports Writing
Winner: Ryan Clark, "Different Faiths, One Goal," Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Ed Fanselow, "Extra Innings," Northwestern University
— Third Place: Taylor Loyal, "Tops Beats Cats, Race Barriers," Western Kentucky University
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
Winner: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
— Second Place (tie): The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University
— Second Place (tie): The Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
— Third Place: The Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University
Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper Newspaper (published 2 to 4 times a week)
Winner: College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: The DePauw, DePauw University
— Third Place: Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College
Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper Newspaper (published less than twice a week)
Winner: The Eastern Progress, Eastern Kentucky University
— Second Place: The Franklin, Franklin College
— Third Place: The Murray State News, Murray State University
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Magazines
Magazine Non-Fiction Article
Winner: Mischa Gaus, "Losing Our Great Expectations," (in The Protest),, Northwestern University
Best Student Magazine (published once a year)
Winner: Voices from the War Zone, "Indiana University School of Journalism'
Best Student Magazine (published more than once a year)
Winner: Indiana Daily Student Weekend, Indiana University
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Photography
Spot News Photography
Winner: Jed Conklin, Price Chambers, Dawn Majors, Justin Fowler and Andreas Fuhrman, "Time Stood Still," Western Kentucky University.
— Second Place: Thomas Cordy, "Groves Recovering," Western Kentucky University
— Third Place: David White and Samuel Simpkins, "Gables Fire," Western Kentucky University
General News Photography
Winner: M.J. McDonald, Jeffrey Minnish, Jim Winn, Steven Kings and Jenny Sevcak, "Ground Zero," Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Jaclyn McCabe, "Harsh Reality, Healing Touch," Western Kentucky University.
— Third Place: Jaclyn McCabe and Jeremy Lyverse, "Looking for Light," Western Kentucky University
Feature Photography
Winner: LaVondia Majors, Jed Conklin and Dawn Majors, "Royal Steps," Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Sang-Hyuck Park, "Dressed to Kill," Western Kentucky University
— Third Place: Sang-Hyuck Park, "Shenanigans," Western Kentucky University
Photo Illustration
Winner: Thomas Cordy, "Virtual Enrollment," Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Cassandra Shie, "Help Wanted," Western Kentucky University
— Third Place: Cassandra Shie, "Valentines Food," Western Kentucky University
Sports Photography
Winner: H. Rick Mach, Jed Conklin and Steven King, "Madness in the Making," Western Kentucky University
— Second Place: Thomas Cordy, Robyn Larsen and Josh McCoy, "Making a Point," Western Kentucky University
— Third Place: Thomas Cordy, "Field Goal Block," Western Kentucky University
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Radio
Radio Spot News Reporting
Winner: Vicky Tsoumbakopoulos, "Normal Fire," WZND, Illinois State University
— Second Place: Amy Kiley, "Hospital Suicides," WNUP, Northwestern University
— Third Place: David L. Shinall, "Murder-Suicide," WKCT,, Western Kentucky University.
Radio Feature
Winner: Kavitha Cardoza, "Operation Storybook," UI-17 Cable, University of Illinois
— Second Place: Didi Schwartz, "Crime in West Humboldt Park," Northwestern University
— Third Place (tie): Hana Van Engen, "River to River," WSIU, Southern Illinois University
— Third Place (tie): Ashley Kennedy, "Dying Well," University of Illinois
Radio In-Depth Reporting
Winner: Mark Gordon, "Profiles of Hope," WNUR,, Northwestern University
— Second Place: Kavitha Caddoza, "Understanding Islam," UI-7 Cable, University of Illinois
— Third Place: Didi Schwartz, Karen Moody, Tina Vu, Ben Harper and Brian Neworvski, "School's In, Part 2," WNUR, Northwestern University
Radio Sports Reporting
Winner: Ben Adler, "Rashidi Wheeler Feature," WNUR, Northwestern University
— Second Place: Matt Pearl, "NU Football Seniors Say Goodbye," WNUR, Northwestern University
— Third Place: Rick Gregg and Donnie Tillman, "Sunrise Sports," WSIU, Southern Illinois University
Radio Daily Newscast
No awards given.
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Television
Television Spot News Reporting
Winner: Michael Lowe, "Tragedy at Northwestern," Northwestern University
— Second Place: Beth Shayne, "Crash Reaction," Northwestern University
— Third Place: Anne Trivett, "Bioterrorism," Northwestern University
Television General News Reporting
Winner: Abbie Boudreau, "DC Angels," Northwestern University
— Second Place (tie): Joe Maxfield, "Evansville," Southern Illinois University
— Second Place (tie): Kim Hynes and Matt Koglin, "Disability Concerns," Illinois State University
— Third Place: Noelle Bye, "Veteran's Day Parade," Western Kentucky University
Television Feature
Winner: Michael Lowe, "Southside Gentrification," Northwestern University
— Second Place (tie): Scott Hums and Ricky Semmler, "Volleyball Coach," Ball State University
— Second Place (tie): Noelle Bye, "Vets Day," Western Kentucky University
— Third Place: Lora Chaffins, "Haunted Barn," Western Kentucky University
Television In-Depth Reporting
Winner: Mitzi Rapkin, "The Poisoned Promise of Altgeld Garden," Northwestern University
— Second Place: Joe Maxfield, "Holocaust Remembrance Day," Southern Illinois University
— Third Place: Mitzi Rapkin, Mike Lowe, Charlotte West, Ansley Meredith, Ann Bagel, Kendra Dawson, Teresa Yuan, Megan Hughes and Rin-rin Yu, "September 11 Aftermath," Northwestern University
Television Sports Reporting
Winner: Soham Vaishnav and Dominic Stasi, "Fighting Illini Wheelchair Basketball," University of Illinois
— Second Place: Kyle Edelen, "Dancing in the Post Season," Western Kentucky University
Television News Photography
Winner: Scott Hums, "War Protest," Ball State University
Television Feature Photography
Winner: Trent Iliff, "Taxidermy," Illinois State University
— Second Place: Sonnet Treptow, "Morning," Illinois State University
— Third Place: Noelle Bye, "Music Professor," Western Kentucky University
Television Sports Photography
Winner: James Harvey, "Courage and Chaos," Illinois State University
Television Daily Newscast
Winner: News Center 43, Ball State University
— Second Place: River Region Evening Edition, WSIU, Southern Illinois University
Television Non-Daily Newscast
Winner: Northwestern News Network, Northwestern University
— Second Place: WKU News Channel 12, Western Kentucky University
— Third Place: JAT News, UKTV, University of Kentucky
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Online
Online Spot News Reporting
No awards given.
Online General News Reporting
Winner: Kirsten Dorsey, "Government's New Telecom Chief," Northwestern University
Online Feature Reporting
Winner: Kathryn Monroe, "States to Congress: Do This Please," Northwestern University
Online In-Depth Reporting
Winner: Kari Neumeyer, "Switzerland's Long Road to Europe," Northwestern University
Online Sports Reporting
Winner: Matt Rodewald, "Mike Davis is Retained at IU," Indiana University
Online Opinion and Commentary
Winner: Matt Pearl, "WNUR Analyst," WNUR, Northwestern University
— Second Place: Ben Johnson, Galen Calvio and Steve Smock, "WIUS Sports Online," WIUS, Indiana University
Best All-Around Online Student Newspaper
Winner: Indiana Digital Student, Indiana University
— Second Place: Northern Star Online, Northern Illinois University
Best All-Around Online Student Magazine
No awards given.
Best All-Around Student Broadcast Station
No awards given.
Best All-Around Independent Online Student Publication
Winner: Nucomment.com, Northwestern University
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This committee oversees most of the Society's awards, which are dedicated to recognizing outstanding achievement in journalism. Any changes in guidelines, judging criteria, categories or eligibility are reviewed by this committee.
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Ginny Frizzi
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Ginny Frizzi has been a member of SPJ since she was an undergraduate at Point Park College (now University) in Pittsburgh. She was a charter member of the Point Park chapter.
Frizzi holds a B.A. and M.A. in journalism from Point Park. She also did graduate work in non-fiction writing and public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.
She is treasurer of the Pittsburgh Professional Chapter of SPJ and served as finance chair for the 2008 Region 4 conference hosted by the chapter in March. She was SPJ’s Region 4 Director from 1994-2000 and twice received the Regional Director of the Year Award.
Frizzi was a founder of the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania and currently serves as a board member. She is a member of the Club’s journalism scholarship committee and has chaired the club’s annual Golden Quill Awards competition for more years than she can remember.
She is a board member of the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh and a former president of the club and the Pittsburgh chapter of Women In Communications, Inc., (WICI), now American Women in Communications.
In real life she is Director of Media Relations and Communications at Point Park University. Frizzi is also a freelance writer.
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