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Media students excel in statewide journalism competition
Journalism students in the School of Communications took home 24 awards in the 2020 Society of Professional Journalists Hawaiʻi Chapter’s Excellence in Journalism competition. The annual statewide event recognizes the best in journalism in Hawaiʻi.
Student News Reporting in Any Media
- 1st Place: Linsey Dower, “Nothing for dinner: Restaurants lay off staff”
- 2nd Place: Chaz Mihara, “Cool in School” UHMtv Show #20, Spring 2020
- 3rd Place: Sophia Compton, “Issues within the Office of Hawaiian Affairs”
Student Feature Reporting in Any Media
- 1st Place: Shafkat Anowar, “We are not American! We will die as Hawaiians, we will never be American!” Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi
- 2nd Place: (Professional journalist) Dave Reardon and Elizabeth Ufi, “Happy Bento sticks to its roots while adapting to COVID-19”
- 3rd Place: Kristen Sibley, “UH athletes go pro” UHMtv Show #20, Spring 2020
Student Spot News in Any Media
- 1st Place: Shafkat Anowar, “I was one of the one million international students afraid of being deported” Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi
- 2nd Place: Cassie Ordonio, “Student media organizations file transparency complaint against the UH Student Media Board”
- 3rd Place: Alexa Gutierrez, “Hawai‘i’s restaurants coping with COVID” UHMtv Show #19, Spring 2020
Student Investigative Reporting in Any Media
- 1st Place: Natanya Friedheim, “Pegge Hopper And The ‘Myth’ Of Native Hawaiians” Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
- 2nd Place: Geneva Diaz, “Kona Coffee Fraud” UHMtv Show #20, Spring 2020
- 3rd Place: Troy Jacobs, “Youth Vaping” UHMtv Show #20, Spring 2020
Student Video News
- 1st Place: Alyssa Rodello, “Sex Trafficking” UHMtv Show #22, Fall 2020
- 2nd Place: Carina Nocon, “Sexual Misconduct” UHMtv Show #19, Spring 2020
- 3rd Place: Megan Lucas, “Haiku Stairs Future” UHMtv Show #19, Spring 2020
Student Photography
- 1st Place: Shafkat Anowar, “In memoriam: HPD officers killed in Diamond Head Shooting Tragedy” Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
- 2nd Place: Kate Sparhawk, “COVID-19 Photo Essay”
- 3rd Place: Georgia Johnson-King and Alyssa Rodello, “Women’s March, Women’s Voices”
Best Multimedia Presentation
- 1st Place: Elicia Tong, “COVID-19 & Taipei’s Shilin Night Market”
- 2nd Place: Samantha Larson and Shafkat Anowar, “Aloha Stadium aglow with Christmas lights for a good cause” Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
- 3rd Place: Megan Lucas, “Coronavirus in Hawai‘i vs the Mainland”
Informational Graphics
- 1st Place: Keila Lee, “Coping with Dementia” UHMtv Show #19, Spring 2020
- 2nd Place: Ronnie Allen Campman, “Animal Welfare” UHMtv Show #19, Spring 2020
- 3rd Place: Charissa Porter, “Legalizing Marijuana” UHMtv Show #22, Fall 2020
Watching esports excel
UH Mānoa was the host site for the Overwatch League’s 2021 playoffs and Grand Finals in September 2021. Nyle Sky Kauweloa, a communication and information sciences PhD student and instructor, heads the UH Mānoa Esports Task Force in the College of Social Sciences.
New horizons for Geography PhDs
Geography and the Environment’s Benjamin Schrager has joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, while Micah Fisher is with the East-West Center on the UH Mānoa campus as a research fellow.
A helpful hand
The Program for Civic Engagement supports CSS students in the search for internships, fellowships, job opportunities, service learning and more. Enrich academic journeys with community engagement, networking and course credits. Students, look for the ACCESS Opportunities and Internships updates in your hawaii.edu emails, or contact CSS Director of Civic Engagement Ulla Hasager at ulla@hawaii.edu.
