Student News Competition
Best of Festival Radio News: Peter Haden, Arizona State University; Bad Apps (Radio Hard News Reporting Category)
Best of Festival Television News: Shayne Dwyer, Arizona State University; Few Physicians are Handing Out the Majority of Pot Prescriptions (Television Hard News Reporting Category)
Best of Festival Television Newscast: Julian Hernandez, University of Florida; WUFT News at 6 (Television Newscast (Airing 4 or 5 days per week Category)
Radio Feature Reporting
1st Place: Sarah Zahedi, University of Southern California; Me, My Dad and Marvin Gaye
2nd Place: Denise Guerra, University of Southern California; Metal Recyclers Look for Big Cash-Ins
3rd Place: Rosalie Murphy, University of Southern California; LA Bus Driver Sees All Sides of the City
Honorable Mention: Peter Haden, Arizona State University; Race Fans Flock for the "Almost Crashes"
Radio Hard News Reporting
1st Place: Jess Clark, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Ridesharing Apps Cause Concern for Local Taxi Companies
2nd Place: Haddy Badjie, Western Kentucky University; Ferguson's Faithful Fighters
3rd Place: Logan Heley, University of Southern California; Reactions from the City of Bell
Honorable Mention: Molly Evans, University of Oklahoma; A New Kind of Classroom
Radio Newscast
1st Place: Neil A. Carousso, Rich DeKorte, Dan Savarino & WRHU News Team, Hofstra University; WRHU-FM’s Newsline: Monday, October 27, 2014
2nd Place: Melissa Friend & Christian Oberly, Rowan University; The Rowan Report
3rd Place: Louis Fernandez, Zach Mayo & James Kaminsky, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Carolina Connection-Jan. 25, 2014
Honorable Mention: Amanda N. Font, San Francisco State University; KSFS Newscast-Nov. 5, 2014
Television Feature
1st Place: Jeremy Harris, Brigham Young University; Stuck Sailors
2nd Place: Kristen Hwang, Kassandra Gonzalez & Jacob Tibi, Arizona State University; Thicker than Water
3rd Place: Taylor Budge & Karsen Forsman, St. Cloud State University; Lighting the Heavens, One Last Time
Honorable Mention: Susanna Black, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Swinging Footbridges
Honorable Mention: Chelsea Eaton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; The Drone Journalism Debate
Television Hard News Reporting
1st Place (tie): Jatara McGee & Joyce Koh, University of Maryland; DC Ferguson: Protestors Respond to Decision in Ferguson
1st Place (tie): Marissa Parra, University of Maryland; Explosive Findings: Rosedale Train Derailment
2nd Place: Jamie Warren, Arizona State University; New Bike Share Offers Green Way to Get Around Phoenix
3rd Place: Justin Ashby, Brigham Young University; Utah Underemployment
Honorable Mention*: Emani Payne, Northern Arizona University; Emani Payne Ebola Potentially Reaches Arizona
Television News Anchor
1st Place: Analise Ortiz, Arizona State University; Analise Ortiz-Television Anchor
2nd Place: Clayton Cummins, Central Michigan University; Clayton Cummins Anchor Montage
3rd Place: Megan Thompson, Arizona State University; Megan Thompson-Television Anchor
Honorable Mention: Scott Allen Martin, University of Central Oklahoma; News Anchoring
Television Newscast (airing 3 days per week or less)
1st Place: Emilio Ramos, Michael Wiener & Lyanne Valdez, St. Cloud State University; UTVS News En Espanol
2nd Place: Cory Sanchez, West Virginia University; WVU News "Special Edition"-All Things Social Media
3rd Place: Mahkia Clark, Mackenzie Enich, Cole Havens & Jenna Heberden, University of Montana; UM News
Honorable Mention: Amy Leigh Ellmers, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Carolina Week-Dec. 3, 2014
Television Newscast (airing 4 or 5 days per week)
1st Place: Elizabeth Burda, Danielle Maroney, Taylor Budge & Colette Jackson, St. Cloud State University; UTVS News-Nov. 24, 2014
2nd Place: Sarah Brown, University of Arkansas; Tornadoes Devastate Central Arkansas
3rd Place: Lauren King, Madeline Stebbins & Olivia McKennon, University of Oklahoma; OU Nightly
Honorable Mention: Miriam Cresswell, Sudu Upadhyay, Bailey Braseth & Houston Brock, University of Mississippi; Newswatch 99-4/29/14
TV Weathercaster
1st Place: Sean Bellafiore, University of Florida; A Spooky Cold Halloween in North Florida-Sean Bellafiore
2nd Place: John Mayer, Mississippi State University; WJTV Weathercast 12/14/2014
3rd Place: Alena Lee, Arizona State University; Alena Lee Weather
Honorable Mention: Spinks Megginson, University of Alabama; WVUA News at 10pm Forecast-Spinks Megginson