On Monday, March 19, the Milwaukee Press Club announced the finalists for their 88th Annual Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Contest, honoring an abundance of SJMC students.
Each year, hundreds of collegiate and professional journalists enter the competition in the hopes of being recognized by the Milwaukee Press Club for their extraordinary work. The competition is judged by professional journalists from press clubs throughout the United States. Many students in the SJMC were honored for their work, a majority coming from classes taught by professors Stacy Forster and Pat Hastings.
Forster’s Magazines and Magazine Journalism class produces Curb magazine each year, and this year the publication was nominated twelve times in a variety of categories including Best Long Hard Feature Story, Best Sports Story and Best Still Photograph/Photos in the collegiate category.
Meanwhile, student work from Pat Hastings’ classes, including her Video Journalism, Long Form Video Journalism and Storytelling Through Sound classes were nominated in eight categories. Professor Hastings’ classes produced a newscast called “The Badger Report” which was nominated in categories such as Best Newscast and Best Feature Story. Meanwhile, students from her Long Form Video Journalism and Storytelling Through Sound classes were nominated in categories such as Best Program, Documentary or Special and Best Feature Story.
A variety of other students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison were also nominated for their work at publications such as the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald. Winners of contest awards, either gold, silver or bronze, will be announced at the Milwaukee Press Club’s Gridiron Awards Dinner at the InterContinental Hotel in Milwaukee on May 11.
SJMC Award Winners:
WRITING
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Laura Schmitt, Curb, “Life After ‘The Life’”
Carly Schesel, Curb, “Valley in the Shadow”
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Nali Mullan, Curb, “Accordion to History”
Jenna Mytton, Curb, “(Not So) New London”
Best Sports Story
Peter Culver, Curb, “Not Rebuilding — Reloading”
VISUAL JOURNALISM
Best Still Photograph/Photos
Katie Scheidt, Curb, Curb Magazine photography
AUDIO
Best News Story Single or Ongoing
Emelia Rohl, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Fighting the Good Fight on Campus”
Best Feature Story
Emily Hamer, Curb, “Stalled”
Karolina Barej, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “When We Spark” (Podcast)
VIDEO
Best News Story Single or Ongoing
Amos Mayberry, The Badger Report, Soil Pollution Lawsuit
Best Feature Story
Jacob Swanson, The Badger Report, Sandhill Crane Migration
Best Sports Story
Madeline Westberg, The Badger Report, Troy Fumagalli
Best Newscast
The Badger Report staff
Best Program Documentary or Special
A.J. Garcia and Ken Kosirowski, Cutting Class, UW-Madison, The Other Seven Percent
Olivia Bruce, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Before I Wisco
ONLINE
Best Website Design
Peter Coutu, Peter Culver, Emily Hamer, Angie Requena, Curb online
Best Local News or Feature Website
Peter Coutu, Peter Culver, Emily Hamer, Angie Requena, Curb online
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS REGION 6
Best Student Magazine
The Staff of Curb Magazine, Curb
WRITING
Non-Fiction Magazine Article
Laura Schmitt, Curb, “Life After ‘The Life’”
Carly Schesel, Curb, “Valley in the Shadow”
Online Feature Reporting
Darby Hoffman, Samantha Loomis, Laura Schmitt and Krystal Du, “Trilogy of Change”
Online Sports Reporting
Peter Culver, Curb, “Not Rebuilding — Reloading”
VISUAL JOURNALISM
Photo Illustration
Carolina Silva, “The Hidden Hustle”
Photography
Katie Scheidt, Curb
For a complete list of nominees from 2017, see the Milwaukee Press Club.