The Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 Mark of Excellence award winners included several students and alumni.
The Pendulum, the newspaper of the Elon News Network, was named the Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper in Region 2 of the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards competition April 14 in Richmond, Virginia.
Below is a list of the regional winners:
- The Pendulum for Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper for editions dated , , and
- Alex Hager ’19 for Breaking News Reporting for
- Diego Pineda ’19 for General News Writing for
- Tommy Hamzik ’17 for Sports Writing for
- Olivia Zayas Ryan ’18 for General Column Writing for and
- Stephanie Hays ’18 and Caroline Brehman ’18 for Photo Illustration for
The regional finalists were:
- “Elon Local News” for Best All-Around Television Newscast for a show aired
- “ELN Morning” for Best All-Around Television Newscast for a show aired
- Bryan Anderson ’18 for General News Reporting for
- Emmanuel Morgan ’19 for General News Reporting for
- Diego Pineda ’19 for Feature Writing for
- Emmanuel Morgan ’19 for Sports Writing for
- Alex Simon ’17 for Sports Writing for
- Stephanie Ntim ’18 for General Column Writing for ” and
- Emmanuel Morgan ’19 for Sports Column Writing for “ and
- Alex Toma ’20 and Diego Pineda ’19 for Photo Illustration for
- AJ Mandell ’19 for Sports Photography for
- Alex Simon ’17 for Sports Photography for
- Perry Elyaderani ’18 for Television General News Reporting for
SPJ Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards are given in newspaper, TV, radio and online categories. Awards are presented only to those who place in the top three in the region. Regional winners move on to the national competition, at which time they will compete with 11 other first-place regional winners.
Region 2 comprises North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. Results of the Region 2 competition were revealed at the regional conference luncheon in Richmond, where ENN Executive Director Emmanuel Morgan ’19 accepted the awards.
Last year, Hays was named a national SPJ winner for Photo Illustration. In 2016, Leena Dahal ’17 (General Column Writing), Alex Simon ’17 (Sports Writing) and Al Drago ’15 (General News Photography and Sports Photography) won national honors.
Drago (Breaking News Photography, General News Photography and Feature Photography), along with Michael Bodley ’16 (Breaking News Reporting), took home national awards in 2015.