Students in the Communications Department were honored for journalistic excellence on April 18 at a ceremony announcing the 2014 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Award winners. Hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists in San Francisco, the event celebrated excellence in collegiate journalism of students from throughout Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii (Region 11).<\/p>\n
University of La Verne students won in the following five<\/strong> categories:<\/p>\n General News Photography (Small) 1-9,999 Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Winner:\u00a0Obama declares part of San Gabriel Mountains a national monument\u00a0\u2013 by Helen Arase, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n Sports Photography (Small) 1-9,999 Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Winner:\u00a0Leopards lose third straight game\u00a0\u2013 by Helen Arase, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n Feature Writing (Small) 1-9,999 Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Winner:<\/em>\u00a0Demystifying disabilities\u00a0\u2013 by Mariela Patron, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n In-Depth Reporting (Small) 1-9,999 Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Winner:<\/em>\u00a0The courage to heal\u00a0\u2013 by Katie Madden, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n Television News and Feature Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n Winner:\u00a0<\/em>Depression: The hidden struggle\u00a0\u2013 by Jetske Wauran, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n All first place winners will move on to the national MOE competition among the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in late spring and will be recognized at Excellence in Journalism 2015 in Orlando Florida in the fall.<\/p>\n In addition, La Verne students were also designated as finalists in the following categories:<\/p>\n General News Reporting (Small) 1-9,999 Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Finalist:\u00a0Adjunct faculty unionization coverage\u00a0\u2013 by Mariela Patron, Kristina Bugante, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n Television In-Depth Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n Finalist:\u00a0<\/em>Depression: The hidden struggle\u00a0\u2013 by Jetske Wauran, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n Television Feature Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n Finalist:\u00a0<\/em>Harrison McIntosh\u00a0\u2013 by Christian Reina, Scott Feuerhelm, Armando Tapia, University of La Verne<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Communications students were honored for journalistic excellence on April 18 at a ceremony announcing the 2014 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Award winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students","ulv_author-university-of-la-verne","legacy_tags-143","legacy_tags-mark-of-excellence","legacy_tags-spj"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n