INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists announced the Region 12 Mark of Excellence Award winners for the 2010 calendar year. This year, the contest received almost 4,000 entries.
The honorees were awarded certificates on March 27 during the Region 12 SPJ Spring Conference held at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. First place regional winners will advance to the national round of judging. National winners will be announced in early May.
UATV, University of Arkansas Television, received a number of these prestigious awards. Here are a list of the recipients from our station:
Best Affiliated Web Site-
• Second Place: UATV, University of Arkansas
Television Feature-
• First Place: Tibetan Sand Mandala – by Kelly Carpenter, University of Arkansas.
• Second Place: Dickson Street Rambler- by Evan Bentley, University of Arkansas.
Television In-Depth Reporting-
• First Place: On The Hill: Northwest Arkansas Ice Storm – by UATV staff, University of Arkansas.
• Second Place: On The Hill: A Tribute to WWII – by UATV staff, University of Arkansas.
• Third Place: Campus Crossfire Investigates Substance Abuse – by Tony Cosgrove, Luke Gramlich, Alexandra Marquez & Campus Crossfire staff, University of Arkansas.
UATV went on the air during the fall semester of 1996. UATV is currently broadcasting on Cox Communications Channel 214 in northwest Arkansas, and on Channel 22 on the University of Arkansas campus. UATV programming reach exceeds 100,000 households and worldwide at www.uatvonline.net.
UATV is a 24-hour a day, year round station, with student-produced news, sports, public affairs programs and documentaries originating from studios on the first floor of Kimpel Hall.
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