Faculty Kudos - Week of May 18, 2009
Kevin R. Kemper was interviewed May 15 by Fox 11 News about the closure of the Tucson Citizen. An article he wrote on early Arizona newspaper publishers was printed in the March issue of ANAgrams, a publication of the Arizona Newspapers Association. Read it here.
A number of adjunct faculty and alumni from the School of Journalism took home awards from the Arizona Press Club annual banquet May 16.
Adjunct winners were:
• Investigative reporting, third place, “Social Promotion,” Rhonda Bodfield ’92, Arizona Daily Star
• Project reporting, second place, “Arizona fails to protect nursing home residents,” Rhonda Bodfield ’92
and Enric Volante (alumnus), Arizona Daily Star
• Environmental and science reporting, second place, “UA Phoenix Mars probe,” Stephanie Innes and Aaron
Mackey ’06, Arizona Daily Star
• Religion, faith or values reporting, second place, “Pilgrims come to S. Ariz. to hear Virgin Mary,” “Speak,”
“Revered Virgin ‘visits’ faithful,” Tom Beal and staff, Arizona Daily Star
• Education reporting, first place, “Bus driver cost TUSD $4.5 million, is still at wheel,” Rhonda Bodfield ’92,
Arizona Daily Star
• Editorial writing, second place, “Mining near Grand Canyon a radioactive idea,” Jane See White, Arizona Daily
Star
• Blogging, second place, “Desert beliefs,” Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star
• Blogging, third place, “Scramblewatch.com,” Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly
Alumni winners were:
• Virg Hill Journalist of the Year, first runner-up, Ryan Gabrielson, East Valley Tribune
• Community Journalist of the Year, first runner-up, Hillary Davis ’06, Arizona Daily Sun
• Photographer of the Year, second runner-up, Dean Knuth ’06, Arizona Daily Star
• Public Safety Reporting, second place, “Crash probe begins,” “Collision evidence mounts at crash site,”
“When flight paths cross,” Hillary Davis ’06 and Joe Ferguson ’06, Arizona Daily Sun
• Environmental/health reporting, first place, “20-year epic, South Mountain vs. the freeway,” Bill Coates ’78,
Arizona Capitol Times
• Business reporting, second place, “Losing sight,” Bill Coates ’78, Arizona Capitol Times
• Investigative reporting, first place, “Reasonable Doubt, Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin ’88, East Valley
Tribune
• Investigative reporting, third place, “Social Promotion,” Rhonda Bodfield ’92, Andrea Rivera ’06, and staff,
Arizona Daily Star
• Breaking news reporting, third place, “Tragedy over Flagstaff: Six killed in midair medical copter collision,”
Hillary Davis ’06 and Joe Ferguson ’06, Arizona Daily Sun
• Environment and science reporting, honorable mention, “Nature vs. security,” Leo Banks ’77, Tucson Weekly
• Health reporting, honorable mention, “They call him Dr. Germ,” Leo Banks ’77, Tucson Weekly
• Community reporting, first place, “The two Red Rocks,” “Searching for the Anza Trail,” “Potential ban raises
issues for homeless in Northwest,” Nick Smith ’06, The Explorer
• Community reporting, second place, “Eloy wants to be the little town that could … outgrow Phoenix,” “Legal
fight over scenic road,” “Fire district is n the mend,” Brian J. Pedersen ’98, Arizona Daily Star
• Community reporting, third place, “Town tells blogger he needs to register,” “Teen heroin use rising,” “Fatal
overdoses of 2 from CDO,” Lourdes Medrano ’85, Arizona Daily Star
• Short-form writing, third place, “Clerk to robber: Go get a job,” Hillary Davis ’06, Arizona Daily Sun
• Sports enterprise reporting, third place, “College baseball and shortened schedules,” Ryan Finley ’02,
Arizona Daily Star
• Daily sports reporting, first place, “Lute retires,” Ryan Finley ’02 and staff, Arizona Daily Star
• Daily sports reporting, second place, “Olsen’s departure puts Cats at crossroads,” “Big hunt planned,” and
related stories, Anthony Gimino ’90 and staff, Tucson Citizen
• Business enterprise reporting, third place, “AZ probes complaints vs. Wildcat Mitsubishi,” “Parent of Wildcat
cars seeks Chapter 11,” “MVD halts Wildcat’s temporary car plates,” Shelley Shelton ’04 and staff, Arizona Daily Star
• News column writing, first place, “McCain busy courting U.S., instead of us,” “Stunt pulled by mining firm just
shameless,” “97-year-old can’t prove she’s a citizen,” Anne Denogean ’89, Tucson Citizen
• Features column writing, second place, “Teachers taking guns …,” “Rainy Day may be here …,” “Dogs and babies,”
Bonnie Henry ’81, Arizona Daily Star
• Portrait/personality photography, third place, “Track,” Dean Knuth ’06, Arizona Daily Star
• Multiple-page/special section design, second place, “A team under repair,” Irene McKisson ’03 and staff,
Arizona Daily Star
• Creative use of online, any publication, first place, “Reasonable Doubt,” Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin ’88,
East Valley Tribune
• Database, first place, “Social promotion,” Andrea Rivera ’06 and staff, Arizona Daily Star
For a full list of winners, click here.
Student Kudos
Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan wrote the cover story on healthy,Tohono O’odham food for the food section of the May 20 Arizona Daily Star. Read it here.
UA Journalism News Home