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2001 Mark of Excellence
Region 5 Winners/Finalists

Newspapers | Magazines | Photography | Radio | Television | Online

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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