Finley winners selected for fall 2006

The Department of Journalism congratulates the following winners of the Mark Finley Gold Pen Newswriting Competition for Fall 2006.

First place, Chelsea Hodson, winning $750;
Second place, Juli Louttit, winning $350;
Third place, Claire Conrad, winning $250.

Each of the 19 competitors, recognized by J205 instructors as being among the promising beginning newswriters of the department, received an engraved pen commemorating the event on Nov. 20.

The competitors researched and interviewed hydrologist Peter Griffiths of the U.S. Geological Survey and interpretative specialist and public affairs officer Heidi Schewel of the U.S. Forest Service, who discussed recent flooding and related issues in Sabino Canyon. They then wrote articles on deadline, which were blind judged by J205 faculty members.

The contest is named for the late Mark Finley, who established the award. Finley, a graduate of The University of Arizona, was a journalist and assistant for the publisher of HearstŐs Boston newspaper for 17 years.