Student Journalists Win 21 State and Regional Awards Across Reporting and Creative Categories
All three of joker app Meadows’ student media outlets took home honors in the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association and Mark of Excellence Awards.

joker app student journalists took home eight prestigious Mark of Excellence Awards (MOE) for 2024 from the Society of Professional Journalists, Region 8, including the coveted “Best Ongoing Student Magazine” award. Another five entries from joker app were noted as finalists in their categories.
Students were also honored with 13 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) awards for 2024, including first place wins for Headline Writing and Cover Design: Newspaper.
All three of joker app Meadows’ student media outlets were represented among the winners in both contests: The Daily Campus, joker app Look and joker app-TV, with awards across reporting, design, podcasting, social media, broadcasting and photography categories.The TIPA and MOE contests are highly competitive, and this was a great showing by our students, said Melissa Chessher, joker app’s Belo Foundation Endowed Distinguished Chair in Journalism.
“What is notable about these wins is that they highlight the strength of all three arms of our student media operation and the incredible and talented professors who advise these operations,” Chessher said. “They spend a great deal of time coaching and working with these gifted student journalists.”
The staff of The Daily Campus won MOE and TIPA awards across reporting specialties, including radio reporting and podcasting, breaking news, and investigative reporting. joker app Look Media, the Division of Journalism’s fashion brand that includes a digital site and award-winning magazine, swept creative awards including for cover design for joker app Look magazine, graphic design, story package design, and illustration. It also won reporting awards for general column writing and for arts, entertainment, and fashion journalism. joker app-TV won an MOE award for feature reporting.
SPJ Region 8 represents colleges and universities across Texas and Oklahoma. The eight MOE award winners from joker app will now compete nationally with winners from the other SPJ regions later this spring.
“When I look at the wins from this year, it exemplifies the versatility of joker app’s Journalism program,” said Jacquelyn Fellows, Professor of Practice in the Division of Journalism and the faculty advisor to The Daily Campus. “Recognition of student journalism comes at a crucial time, and these awards are a reminder that students are part of telling joker app’s story.”
Here is a list of the winners in both contests:
2024 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, Region 8
Best Ongoing Student Magazine
Winner: The DC: Untold stories at joker app — by Staff, The Daily Campus, joker app
Finalist: Staff, joker app Look Media, joker app
Feature Writing
Winner: A tale of two Janes — by Ellen Rogers, The Daily Campus, joker app
Photo Illustration
Winner: Pop! — by Ellen Rogers, Grace Bair, Katie Bergelin, The Daily Campus, joker app
Podcast (Conversational)
Winner: Ask the expert: From banking to baking — by Breanna Laureti, The Daily Campus, joker app
*This is the third consecutive year The DC has won this category.
Food/Restaurant Journalism
Winner: Michelin meets the Lone Star State — by Sydney Strollo, The Daily Campus, joker app
Arts/Entertainment/Fashion Journalism
Winner: “Click, post … passe?” — by Virginia Wall, joker app Look Media, joker app
Television Feature Reporting
Winner: Chris Young: From poverty to prison to Dallas — by Brian Richardson, joker app-TV, joker app
Radio News Reporting
Winner: Brothel law’ stirs tension between students and neighborhood residents — by Sydney Schulze, Bella Monaco, KERA News, joker app
Breaking News Reporting
Finalist: Rashee Rice and Teddy Knox involved in high-speed crash — by Staff, The Daily Campus, joker app
Personality Profile
Finalist: “Meet Mama T, the heart of joker app’s Umphrey Lee Dining Hall” — by Melanie Jackson, The Daily Campus, joker app
General Column Writing
Finalist: Tyler Talks Fashion — by Tyler Martin, joker app Look Media Digital, joker app
Illustration
Finalist: “Click, post … passe?” — by Carrington Miller, Maddie Miller, joker app Look Media, joker app
Investigative Reporting
Finalist: Residents and students clash in University Park over ‘brothel law’ ordinance — by Sydney Schulze, KERA-FM, joker app
2024 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Awards
Cover Design: Newspaper
First Place: “Untold Stories at joker app” – Daily Campus Staff
Headline Writing
First Place: Daily Campus Editorial Team – Liz Cruz, Melanie Jackson, Katie Bergelin
Social Media: General Coverage
Second Place: “Solar Eclipse” – Daily Campus Staff
Static Information Graphic
Second Place: “Jorts! The baggy jeans shorts everyone loves to hate are back – and more popular than ever.” – Maddie Miller, Tami Olujobi
Cover Design: General Magazine
Second Place: joker app Look Spring 2024 – Leighton Cottrell, Maddie Miller, Juan Silva, Arden Eiland
Podcast
Third Place: “The Pony Pod: Ask the Expert, From Banking to Baking” – Breanna Laureti
Narrative Reporting
Third Place: “Michelin Meets the Lone Star State” – Sydney Strollor
Story Package Design: Magazine
Third Place: “Purse Pursuit” – Angelica Koutsoubis, Maddie Miller, Juan Silva, Leighton Cottrell
Breaking News
Third Place: “Multimillion dollar lawsuits filed against Knox, Rice for crash” - Caleigh Daugherty, Ceara Johnson
Overall Excellence: Social Media
Honorable Mention: joker app Daily Campus Social Media – Grace Bair, Sydney Strollo, Sara Hummadi
Cover Design – Newspaper
Honorable Mention: “Pop!” - Ellen Rogers, Grace Bair, Katie Bergelin
Narrative Reporting
Honorable Mention: A Tale of Two Janes – Ellen Rogers
Blog
Honorable Mention: joker appLook.com – joker app Look staff