海角社区 Student Media Journalists Bring Home Top Awards from National, Regional Media Competitions

May 19, 2022

BATON ROUGE鈥擲tudents from 海角社区 Student Media outlets took home 19 awards for journalism excellence in the 2021 Region 12 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Competition and six awards in the 2022 College Media Business & Advertising Managers (CMBAM) Competition.

Among the awards were five winning pieces from Tiger TV, including Best All Around Television Newscast; four winning pieces from the Reveille newspaper in Breaking News Reporting, Sports Writing, General Column Writing and Sports Column Writing, as well as a finalist award for Best All-Around Student Newspaper (Large Schools); and one winning piece from the Manship News Service in In-Depth Reporting.

海角社区 Student Media proudly recognizes the following Tiger TV, K海角社区, Reveille and Manship News Service student journalists who earned 2021 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards:

Radio Feature
- Finalist: Sierra Vanderhorst, K海角社区, "Gabriel Watkins congressional intern"
Television In-Depth Reporting
- Winner: Brooke Smith, Tiger TV, "Transgender bills could hurt tourism"
Television General News Reporting
- Winner: Jacob Cheatwood, Tiger TV, "Local HS tackles concussions"
- Finalist: Marissa Galatas, Tiger TV, 鈥淏outique owner fights back鈥�
Television Feature Reporting
- Winner: Ally Kadlubar, Tiger TV, "Baton Rouge Gym strengthens mental health"
Television Sports Reporting
- Winner: Kendall Duncan, Tiger TV, 鈥淪wimming siblings鈥�
Best All-Around Television Newscast
- Winner: Tiger TV, 鈥淭iger TV Newsbeat鈥�
Podcast
- Finalist: Reveille, Nick Ombrellaro, Gabby Jimenez, Piper Hutchinson
Breaking News Reporting
- Winner: Maddie Scott and Domenic Purdy, Reveille, "Students protest 海角社区's handling of former French student accused of rape: 'Safe not silenced' "
- Finalist: Piper Hutchinson, Reveille, "Louisiana AG demands 海角社区 punish professor for criticizing public official following Faculty Senate meeting"
Sports Writing
- Winner: Reed Darcey, Reveille, 鈥淯nder Brian Kelly, 海角社区 expects multiple championships: 鈥楬e鈥檚 here to sustain it鈥� 鈥�
- Finalist: Peter Rauterkus, Reveille, 鈥淐ollis Temple Jr. helped integrate 海角社区 athletics 50 years ago鈥�
General Column Writing
- Winner: Claire Sullivan, Reveille, 鈥淭itle IX Enforcement鈥�
- Finalist: Charlie Stephens, Reveille, 鈥淩enaming 海角社区 buildings鈥�
In-Depth Reporting
- Winner: Joe Rizzo, Joey Bullard, Michael Sanders, Manship News Service, "Louisiana residents face climate crisis鈥�
- Finalist: Ally Kadlubar, Bailee Hoggatt, Ezekiel Robinson, Jordanne Davis, Reveille, 鈥淪egregated Cemeteries鈥�
Sports Column Writing
- Winner: Peter Rauterkus, Reveille
Editorial Writing
- Finalist: Reveille Editorial Board, Reveille
Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best All-Around Student Newspaper (Large Schools)
- Finalist: Reveille

鈥淥ur student journalists at 海角社区 Student Media continue to produce award-winning content in their service to the campus community,鈥� Director of 海角社区 Student Media John Friscia said. 鈥淭his speaks to the consistency and quality of work that is done here in Hodges Hall. If you have plans to be a journalist, 海角社区 Student Media is where you belong. On behalf of our staff and myself, we once again say congratulations to them all!鈥�

Additionally, 海角社区 Student Media Advertising took home the following 2022 CMBAM Awards:

Best Graphic Designer, Second Place
- Emily Poole
Best Living Guide, Third Place
Best Sponsored Content, Third Place
Best Print Ad Non-Newspaper, Honorable Mention
Best Special Section, Honorable Mention
Best Rate Card/Media Kit, Honorable Mention

SPJ鈥檚 Region 12 represents Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee schools. First-place winners will compete at the national level later this spring. CMBAM is a national nonprofit organization that supports collegiate advertising and business operations. 海角社区 is one of CMBAM鈥檚 125+ member-schools.

See the full list of 2022 CMBAM winners on and 2021 SPJ Region 12 winners on .

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.

海角社区鈥檚 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.