Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Southern California Excellence in Journalism University of La Verne award winners
Campus Times
Best Newspaper:
• Second Place: Campus Times
Best News Story:
• First Place: Nila Priyambodo, “College students victims of credit”
• Second Place: Nila Priyambodo and Tracy Spicer, “ULV law school accreditation”
• Third Place: Chrissy Zehrbach and Tracy Spicer, “Athens campus closure”
• Honorable mention: Bailey Porter, “Morning after pill accessible”
Best Feature Story:
• First Place: Jessica Warden, “Blood, cells bring quick cash”
Best Sports Story:
• First Place: Steven Falls, “Obesity weighs heavy in football”
• Second Place: Steven Falls, “Renovation displaces athletic program”
Best Column:
• Third Place: Bailey Porter, “ Recalling sights and sounds of home”
Best Editorial:
• Second Place: Campus Times staff, “Commencement crisis coming”
Best News/Feature Photo:
• Honorable Mention: Reina Santa Cruz, “Two Timothys”
Best Sports Photo:
• First Place: Jenna Campbell, “Softball vs. Menlo”
• Third Place: Emmah Obradovich, “ Swimming vs. Caltech”
Best Editorial Cartoon/ Illusration:
• Third Place: Adam Omernik, “Iraq: Sooner or Later”
LVTV
Best TV Feature Segment:
• First Place: Tim Ciancio, “ Maloof foundation”
• Second Place: Yesel Manrique, “Fairview Farms”
La Verne Magazine
Best Magazine General Excellence:
• First Place: La Verne Magazine, Winter 2005
Matt Paulson, Editor
• Second Place: La Verne Magazine, Summer 2005
Amby Sarabia, Editor
Best Magazine Non-Fiction Story
• First Place: Kenneth Todd Ruiz, “Not your typical hide and seek”
• Second Place: Bailey Porter, “ Beyond the nuclear family”
• Third Place: Valerie Rojas, “The sweeter side of success”
• Honorable Mention: Erin Zabarnick, “Joining the motor home cult”
• Honorable Mention: Jonathan Corral, “Kicking around the truth about Nixon”