2023-2024 academic year
The entries this year showcased the strong and important work that journalists at Connecticut colleges and universities are doing, and are an indication of the talent and excellent training that these journalists are going to bring into the workforce in the coming years.
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all the students and advisors who entered.
If you are a student journalist or an advisor to a college publication in CT and you’d like to enter next year, get in touch! Email mshanahan@connecticutspj.org.
Certificates will be mailed to the addresses listed on the entries, unless otherwise requested.
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WRITTEN REPORTING
BREAKING NEWS
First Place: CT DOJ investigating Quinnipiac PA program’s compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Cat Murphy and Katie Langley
FEATURE STORY
First Place: ‘Emerging’ through art
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Katie Langley
Second Place: Locked in
Crescent magazine; Jay’Mi Vazquez
Third Place: ‘I felt kind of helpless’: Quinnipiac students from Maine reflect on Lewiston mass shooting
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Cameron Levasseur
GENERAL REPORTING
First Place: Quinnipiac’s $48M hedge fund portfolio
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Cat Murphy
Second Place: University projects enrollment increase
Southern News; Jaylen Carr, and Jay’Mi Vazquez
Third Place: Religious tensions on campus: Muslim and Jewish student perspectives
Central Connecticut State University; Savanna Yelling
SPORTS FEATURE STORY
First Place: Quinnipaiac’s Lexi Morse’s grandparents traveled from Florida for Senior Day
Q30 Television; Gage Kilborne
Second Place: Three titles, a fraction of the recognition
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Ethan Hurwitz
Third Place: Breaking barriers: First female football coach in program history
Crescent magazine; Peter Schmitz
SPORTS NEWS STORY
First Place: What happened to TK?
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Cat Murphy
Second Place: Some CCSU athletes claimed their mental health was ignored
Central Connecticut State University; Kristin Rose
Third Place: Saint Peter’s Peacocks’ postseason buzzer beater over Quinnipiac, second-by-second
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Ethan Hurwitz
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PHOTO/VIDEO
FEATURE PHOTO
First Place: Southern Connecticut Skate University
Crescent magazine; Ty Abdul-Shakoor
Second Place: Wounded Quinnipiac comes up just short against Boston College on banner night
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Peyton McKenzie
Third Place: One step at a time
Crescent magazine; Tyrese Abdul-Shakoor
NEWS PHOTO
First Place: Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel demonstrators inside Hamden Memorial Town Hall
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Jack Spiegel
Second Place: QTHON raises $141K for local children’s hospital
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Aidan Sheedy
VIDEO STORYTELLING
First Place: Quinnipiac technician raises 2023 National Championship banner
Q30 Television; Andrew Reynolds
Second Place: What to know about Quinnipiac’s three new buildings: Inside look at the ‘University of the Future”
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Jack Muscatello, Cat Murphy
Third Place: Built from the ground up
Crescent magazine; Robert Hahn
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DESIGN
NON-PAGE 1 LAYOUT
First Place: Quinnipiac Chronicle, Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages 10-11
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Peyton McKenzie, Cameron Levasseur, Ethan Hurwitz
PAGE 1 LAYOUT
First Place: Nov. 8, 2023, Page 1
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Cat Murphy and Peyton McKenzie
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OPINION WRITING
EDITORIAL
First Place: A campus controversy: Why Chat GPT is an education essential
Quinnipiac Chronicle; A.J. Newth
Second Place: A Sandy Hook survivor’s perspective on redefining gun violence
Quinnipiac Chronicle; Geneva Cunningham
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