Daily Bruin wins regional award for best daily student newspaper

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The Daily Bruin received first place for best all-around daily student newspaper and secured four other first-place finishes in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence regional awards.

The Bruin earned five first place awards and received finalist recognition in six other categories. The Society of Professional Journalists announced the awards on its website Monday, following the regional conference in Honolulu over the weekend. The region includes schools in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada.

First-place regional winners will advance to judging at the national level. National winners will be announced in the coming months.

First place: 

Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper (Staff)

In-depth reporting (Sonali Kohli and Blaine Ohigashi for In the Shadows)

Feature Photography (Blaine Ohigashi for Revealing Voices)

Photo Illustration (Neil Bedi, Katie Meyers and Madeleine Isaacs for A New Era)

Television Feature (Patricia Ferido and Janna Macatangay for Artifacts of Media Archaeology)

Finalists:

Non-Fiction Magazine Article (Alexandra Tashman for Seen Not Heard)

General News Photography (Brandon Choe for Nick Pasquale Vigil)

Sports Photography (Lexy Atmore for UCLA women’s soccer advances to NCAA finals)

Editorial Cartooning (Kara Yasui)

Radio Sports Reporting (Aubrey Yeo for From best friends to teammates)

Best Affiliated Web Site (Staff for Spectrum)

Compiled by Jillian Beck, Bruin senior staff.

Correction: Neil Bedi, Katie Meyers and Madeleine Isaacs created the photo illustration “A New Era.”