The School of Journalism hands out nearly two dozen awards to students each year to recognize journalism excellence. Some of the prestigious ones are:
Named for the former faculty member and head of the UA journalism program to recognize the top reporter/journalist in the School of Journalism.
2003
Cyndy Cole
2004
Robert A. Purvis
2005
Andrea C. Kelly
2006
John D. “Joe” Ferguson
2007
Djamila N. Grossman
2008
Nathan R. Olivarez-Giles
2009
Evan L. Pellegrino
2010
Megan A. Neighbor
2011
Marisa A. Gerber
2012
Kellie A. Mejdrich
2013
Johanna C. Willett
2014
Brittny Mejia
2015
Daniel Desrochers
2016
Kendal Blust
2017
Christianna Silva
2018
Jessica Suriano
2019
Jasmine Demers
2020
Vanessa Ontiveros
2021
Vanessa Ontiveros
2022
Gloria Gomez
2023
Vic Verbalaitis
2024
Teressa Enriquez
Named for the former faculty member and head of the UA journalism program, the award recognizes the outstanding senior in the School of Journalism.
1968
Nicholas C. Proffitt
1969
Pam Ginsbach
1970
Barbara Schuler
1971
Jacklyn M. Becker
1972
Richard H. Gilman
1973
Karen C. Casto
1974
Mark S. Kimble
1975
Diane M. Johnsen
1976
Stephen C. Mills
1977
Elinor J. Brecher
1978
Paul M. Wattles
1979
Bobbie Jo Buel
1980
Laura L. Stone
1981
Gilbert H. Bailon
1982
Patricia A. Salle
1983
Sharon K. Huish
1984
Thomas. R. Frankman
1985
Margaret L. Hall
1986
Michael G. Downs
1987
Steven T. Elliott
1988
Jill A. Jorden
1989
Sheila A. McNulty
1990
Nancy J. Lason
1991
Laura L. Plachecki
1992
Justine R. Jimmie
1993
Kristen L. Cook
1994
Sarah C. Tully
1995
Jonathan K. Burstein
1996
Melissa A. Prentice
1997
Adam R. Ramirez
1998
Todd M. Hardy
1999
Joseph P. Altman Jr.
2000
Nicole L. Acorn
2001
Amanda J. Halligan
2002
Diana L. Young
2003
Vanessa A. Cartwright
2004
Jennifer E. Karlman
2005
John Z. deDios
2006
Adrienne M. Alvarez
Aaron D. Mackey
2007
Jeanie L. Bergen
2008
Matthew S. Andazola
2009
Candace L. Begody
Lauren E. LePage
2010
Ian R. Friedman
2011
Marisa A. Gerber
2012
Melanie N. Huonker
2013
Kristina Bui
2014
Mariana S.P. Dale
2015
Kayla Samoy
2016
Julianne Stanford
2017
Chastity Laskey
2018
Erik Kolsrud
2019
Marissa Heffernan
2020
Rocky Baier
2021
Sam Burdette
2022
Diana Ramos
2023
Hannah Cree
2024
Noor Haghighi
Named for the former faculty member and head of the UA journalism program, the Brewster P. Campbell Award recognizes the top junior in the School of Journalism.
1967
Nicholas C. Proffitt
1968
Bill Roberts
1969
Marc Adams
1970
Michael Chihak
1971
Gordon Brown
1972
Jerry DeGracia
1973
Elizabeth Macy
1974
Jeanette Baaba
Diane Johnsen
1975
M. Suzanne McGee
1976
Beverly L. Medlyn
1977
John H. Clausen
1978
Bobbie Jo Buel
1979
Patricia Zapor
1980
David F. Hoye
1981
Patricia A. Sallen
1982
Gregory P. Morago
1983
Thomas R. Frankman
1984
Margaret L. Hall
1985
Michael G. Downs
1986
Steven T. Elliott
Jill A. Jorden
David L. Koen
Joshua J. Moss
1987
Alfred A. Bravo
Abraham K. Kwok
Tamara L. Winebrener
1988
Sheila McNulty
1989
Paul G. Allvin
1990
Joseph M. Salkowski
Laura L. Plachecki
1991
W. Glenn Cook
Kristen L. Cook
J. Gawain Douglas
Jason H. Eaton
1992
Brian A. Jaramillo
Rhonda L. Bodfield
1993
Sarah Tully
1994
Alexa F. Haussler
1995
Joseph R. Barrios
Melissa A. Prentice
1996
Adam R. Ramirez
1997
Zachary D. Thomas
1998
Kristen L. Davis
1999
Nicole L. Acorn
2000
Eric L. Swedlund
2001
Jennifer E. Levario
2002
Vanessa A. Cartwright
2003
Jennifer E. Karlman
2004
Bob Purvis
2005
Aaron D. Mackey
2006
Anthony D. Ávila
2007
Lauren E. LePage
2008
Candace L. Begody
2009
Alec B. Nielson
2010
Jazmine B. Woodberry
2011
Rikki D. Mitchell
2012
Cecelia P. Marshall
2013
Amer A. Taleb
2014
Jade Nunes
2015
Ethan McSweeney
2016
Christianna Silva
2017
Jamie Verwys
2018
Jordan Williams
2019
Alec White
2020
Tommie Huffman
2021
Diana Ramos
2022
Ella McCarville
2023
Leah Britton
2024
Sam Parker
2024
Zulema Herrera
2023
Ashley Morales
2022
Julia Blumberg
Mandy Loader
2021
Clara Migoya
2020
Dominika Heusinkveld
2019
Jessica Suriano
2018
Emily Ellis
2017
Jennifer Hijazi
2016
Hannah Gaber
Named for a UA graduate and is given to a student who has persevered in the face of difficult challenges.
2000
Linda F. Witt
2001
Gaston Mascarenas
2002
Meghan D. Saar
2003
Brian D. Van Buren
2004
Ty E. Young
2005
John D. “Joe” Ferguson
2006
Phakisha L. Peterson
2007
Jennifer J. Tramm
2008
Amelia M. Quiroga
2009
Chelsea M. Rogers
2010
Michael P. Christy
2011
William R. Saetren
2012
Corey R. Lueker
2013
Noelle R. Haro-Gomez
2014
Derek Evans
2015
Fernando A. Galvan III
2016
Karen Schaffner
2017
Sergio Calderon
2018
Andrew Paxton
2019
Erin Thomson
2020
Elizabeth Quinlan
2021
Tommie Lorene
2022
Chris Pirolo
2023
Anna Maynard
2024
Daniela Cazares
Named for the founder of the UA journalism program, the Douglas D. Martin Award recognizes students who show courage or stand up to the powers that be.
1964
Peter Winterble
1965
Roberta West
1966
Jon Foreman
1967
None awarded
1968
Stephen Lang
1969
Charles Waters
1970
Jeff Handler
1971
Jacklyn Becker
1972
Toby Burges
1973
James Wyckoff
1974
Gilbert P. Carrizosa
1975
Danny A. White
1976
R. Robert Rast
1977
Lawrence M. Works
1978
Paul E. Tang
1979
Matthew S. Laughlin
1980
Samuel J. Ramirez
1981
Jay C. Heater
1982
Judith K. Dunwell
Phillip A. Matier
Jane Y. Erikson
1983
William P. Hess
1984
Robert S. Cauthorn
1985
Joseph C.R. Garcia
1986
Stephanie G. Miller
1987
Gary R. Hovatter
1988
Lisa C. Ishikawa
1989
Abraham K. Kwok
1990
Michael G. Hart
1991
Rosa A. Robinson
1992
Sarah C. Tully
1993
Brian A. Jaramillo
1994
Kelly J. Gleason
Bridget A. Morrissey
1995
Sarah L. Garrecht
1996
None awarded
1997
Adam V. Djurdjulov
1998
Joseph P. Altman Jr.
1999
Linda F. Witt
2000
None awarded
2001
Joshua D. Trujillo
2002
Jennifer E. Levario
2003
Nathaniel F. Searing
2004
Dean B. Knuth
Kenneth J. Wolverton
2005
Hillary S. Davis
Shawn P. Green
Laurie A. Laine
2006
Elisabeth L. Rich
2007
Matthew S. Andazola
Nathan R. Olivarez-Giles
2008
Michael B. Schwartz
2009
Stephen J. Ceasar
2010
Jacelle E. Ramon-Sauberan
2011
None awarded
2012
Matthew A.S. Casey
2013
Amer A. Taleb
2014
Yoohyun Jung
Caitlin Schmidt
2015
Silvia Sanchez
2016
Christianna Silva
2017
Jacob Molinary
2018
No award given
2019
Jasmine Demers
Olivia Jackson
Robby Leaño
2020
Nina Kolodij
2021
No award given
2022
No award given
2023
Olivia Krupp
2024
Leah Britton
Named for the UA graduate who wanted to recognize students who juggle their studies with the demands of working for The Arizona Daily Wildcat and rewards the top student at the Wildcat as selected by the Student Media adviser.
1953
Ralph D. Vance
1954
Gene Ciechanowski
1955
Ronald Silverman
1956
Janet Baker
1957
Robert Walker
1958
Gordon Evans
1959
Robert Crawford
1960
Joe Cole
1961
Edith Ann Sayre
1962
John E. Haney
1963
G.R. Sollenberger
1964
Gene Smith Jr.
1965
Lanny Rosenbaum
1966
Frank Sotomayor
1967
None Awarded
1968
Bill Sauro
1969
William C. Roberts
1970
Tony E. Sauro
1971
Pamela J. Engebretson
1972
Debra L. Krajnak
1973
Karen C. Casto
1974
Karen Ryan
1975
Cecelia C. Goodnow
1976
Dennise Coggins
1977
Beverly L. Medlyn
1978
Paul V. Davenport
1979
Bobbie Jo Buel
1980
Stephen W. Williams
1981
Gilbert H. Bailon
1982
Judith K. Dunwell
1983
Andrew N. Van De Voorde
1984
Kathleen A. Schultz
1985
Bryn M. Bailer
1986
Louis A. Varga
1987
Christine A. Donnelly
1988
John A. Moredich
1989
Paul G. Allvin
1990
Laura L. Plachecki
1991
W. Glenn Cook
1992
Karen E. Idelson
1993
Matthew J. Tresaugue
1994
Tara R. Meyer
1995
Jonathan K. Burstein
1996
Patrick M. Klein
1997
Joseph P. Altman Jr.
1998
Brian A. Barker
1999
Susan K. Carroll
2000
Tatum J. Williams
2001
Dylan J. McKinley
2002
Margaret J. Burnett
2003
Rebekah L. Kleinman
2004
Jeffrey L. Sklar
2005
Brett C. Fera
2006
Aaron D. Mackey
2007
Chris S. Coduto
2008
Allison L. Hornick
2009
Lance Madden
2010
Brian J. Roy
2011
Michael P. Christy
2012
Lucas M. Money
2013
Kristina Bui
2014
Brittny Mejia
2015
Joey Fisher
Nicole Thill
2016
Alicia Vega
2017
Justin Spears
2018
Chastity Laskey
2019
Marissa Heffernan
2020
Pascal Albright
2021
Sam Burdette
2022
JT Thorpe
2023
JT Thorpe
2024
Nate Stenchever
Named for a UA graduate and journalist who was an assistant to the publisher of Hearst’s Boston newspaper. It rewards the best beginning news writers in the program through a twice-annual competition among selected JOUR 205 students.
1968-69
Lynne Olson
1969-70
Jacklyn M. Becker
1970-71
Richard H. Gilman
1971-72
Lawrence H. Fleischman
1972-73
Mark S. Kimble
1973-74
Diane M. Johnsen
1974-75
Susanne M. McGee
1975-76
Edward W. Bassett
1976-77
Donald J. Meyer
1977-78
Hans G. Laetz III
1978-79
Martha M. Johnson
1979-80
Paul G. Schwalbach
1980-81
Patricia A. Sallen
Fall 1981
Andrew N. Van De Voorde
Spring 1982
William F. Walsh
Fall 1982
Kenneth C. Agron
Spring 1983
Paul R. Giblin
Fall 1983
Jillyn B. Smith
Spring 1984
Jonathan W. Bass
Fall 1984
Steven T. Elliott
Spring 1985
Jill A. Jorden
Fall 1985
Abraham K. Kwok
Spring 1986
Melissa A. Schlanger
Fall 1986
Christopher M. Garifo
Spring 1987
Gary N. Akers
Fall 1987
Paul G. Allvin
Spring 1988
Ian J. Kerr
Fall 1988
J. Leon Keith
Spring 1989
Jennifer R. Jones
Fall 1989
Kimberly J. Chastain
Spring 1990
Eun K. Kim
Fall 1990
Robert H. Passaro
Spring 1991
Matthew P. Wixon
Fall 1991
Sarah C. Tully
Spring 1992
Barbara D. Brookman
Fall 1992
Raina V. Wagner
Spring 1993
Gregory S. D’Avis
Fall 1993
Stephen M. Parker
Spring 1994
Melissa A. Prentice
Fall 1994
Michelle L. Roberts
Spring 1995
Kerri M. Ginis
Fall 1995
Erin C. Mills
Spring 1996
Evangeline M. Hillyard
Fall 1996
Zachary D. Thomas
Spring 1997
Jennifer M. Fitzenberger
Fall 1997
Anthony C. Braza
Spring 1998
Kristen N. Roberts
Fall 1998
Eric L. Swedlund
Spring 1999
Brian C. Wahlund
Fall 1999
Georgia A. Fildes
Spring 2000
Anastasia Ching
Fall 2000
R. Ryan Finley
Spring 2001
Mark K. Melamed
Fall 2001
Erica M. Yoder
Spring 2002
Michael Baker
Fall 2002
Saul A. Loeb
Spring 2003
Daniel D. McGuire
Fall 2003
Aaron D. Mackey
Spring 2004
Allison M. Winters
Fall 2004
Chris S. Coduto
Spring 2005
Jenna L. Wagner
Fall 2005
Claire M. Landowski
Spring 2006
Bethany J. Slim
Fall 2006
Chelsea R. Hodson
Spring 2007
Brian P. Kimball
Fall 2007
Heather L. Trujillo
Spring 2008
Alyson M. Van Dyke
Fall 2008
Kevin M. Zimmerman
Spring 2009
Steven N. Jury
Fall 2009
Michael A.J. McClellan
Spring 2010
Alexandra K. Newman
Fall 2010
Camille E. Mathieu
Spring 2011
Graham G. Zurheide
Fall 2011
Scott S. Oathout
Spring 2012
Danielle R. Herrington
Fall 2012
Razanne M. Chatila
Spring 2013
Alison R. Dorf
Fall 2013
Katelyn Kennon
Spring 2014
Melissa Hughes
Fall 2014
Jordan Fowler
Spring 2015
Brandi Walker
Fall 2015
Erik Kolsrud
Spring 2016
Marissa Heffernan
Fall 2016
John Ricker
Spring 2017
Hannah Dahl
Fall 2017
Rocky Baier
Spring 2018
Betty Hurd
Fall 2018
Pascal Albright
Spring 2019
Quincy Sinek
Fall 2019
Denali Keefe
Spring 2020
Capri Arden Fain
Fall 2020
Jane Florance
Spring 2021
Katie Thuemling
Fall 2021
Ana Teresa Espinoza
Spring 2022
Erika Howlett
Fall 2022
Sam Parker
Spring 2024
Sarah Dillon
This endowed award recognizes the best beginning photojournalism students and honors Drew Gyorke, an adventurer and aspiring photojournalist who died his junior year, May 26, 2013, in a Tucson car accident. Read more about the award.
Fall 2024
- Adam Pearlman (first)
- Monica Hernandez (second)
- Taylor Dowdy (third)
Spring 2024
- Amelie Allen (first)
- Laine Kowalski (second)
- Josie Shivers (third)
Fall 2023
- Na'ilah Lockhart (first)
- Beatriz Mojardin (second)
- Jake George (third)
Spring 2023
- Madison Farwell (first)
- Noor Haghighi (second)
- Nicalette Apodaca (third)
Fall 2022
- William McMurry (first)
- Olivia Lopez (second)
- Talia Doninger (third)
See story and photos
Spring 2022
- Teressa Enriquez (first)
- Payton Rutkowski (second)
- Gracie Sleeman (third)
See story and photos
Fall 2021
- Allison Burgess (first)
- Anna Maynard (second)
- Gracie Lordi (third)
See story and photos
Spring 2021
- Kate Ewing (first)
- Sophia Heemsbergen (second)
- Sohi Kang (third)
See story and photos
Fall 2020
- Tanya Ence (first)
- Jessica Hunter (second)
- Caitlin Claypool (third)
See story and photos
Spring 2020
- Marison Bilagody (first)
- Madison McCormick (second)
- Mackenzie Payton (third)
See story and photos
Fall 2019
- Jacqueline Canett (first)
- Sunday Holland (second)
- Nathan McComb (third)
See story and photos
Spring 2019
- Marisa Latzman (first)
- Rebeca Moreno (second)
- Lexi Horsey (third)
- See story and photos
Fall 2018
- Kasey Adrian (first)
- Alana Minkler (second)
- Karyme Cuadras (third)
- See story and photos
Spring 2018
- Daniel Young-Miller (first)
- Aly Cantor (second)
- Alexandra Pere (third)
- See story and photos
Spring 2017
- Nels Bergeron (first)
- Simon Garelick-Mettler (second)
- Cory Kennedy (third)
Fall 2016
- Michelle Jaquette (first)
- Elizabeth Kinney (second)
- Carmen Valencia (third)
Spring 2016
- Brooke Cambareri (first)
- Elise McClain (second)
- Pablo Lopez (third)
Fall 2015
- Tobey Schmidt (first)
- Courtney Talak (second)
- Cherie Cole (third)
Spring 2015
- Barja Elkhalil (first)
- Jordan Glenn (second)
- Joshua Rojas (third)
Fall 2014
- Ashley Summerset (first)
- Skyler Brandt (second)
- Kristine Bruun-Anderson (third)
Spring 2014
- McKinzie Frisbie (first)
- Karen Schaffner (second)
- Josh Nothnagle (third)
Fall 2013
- Corina Gallardo (first)
- Kate Mailliard (second)
- Liza Rubin (third)
Awarded to tenacious and dedicated UA journalism students who spend a semester in Phoenix covering the Legislature. Named for the Arizona Republic reporter killed in 1976 while investigating organized crime.
Students interested in this fellowship must apply by early October of each year and must be at least a junior to apply.
2024
Leah Britton
2023
Isabela Gamez
2022
Gloria Gomez (see story)
2021
No fellowship given because of COVID-19.
2020
Priya Jandu (see story)
2019
Jordan Williams
2018
Erik Kolsrud
2017
Christianna Silva
2016
David McGlothlin
2015
Ethan McSweeney
2014
Daniel Desrochers
2013
Bethany Barnes
2012
Kellie Mejdrich
2010
Alec Nielson
2009
Megan Neighbor
2008
Nicole Santa Cruz
Michael Rich
2007
Djamila Grossman
2006
Joe Ferguson
2005
Andrea Kelly
2004
Bob Purvis
2003
Cyndy Cole
2002
Kelly Lotz
2001
Eric Swedlund
2000
Kristen Roberts
1999
Brett Erickson
1998
Zachary D. Thomas
1997
Tom Collins
1996
Ann McBride
1995
Beth Silver
1994
Sarah Mayhew
1993
Sarah Tully
1992
Rhonda Bodfield
1991
Jason Eaton
1990
Paul Allvin
1989
Laura Plachecki
1988
Sheila McNulty
1987
J. Jennings Moss
1985
Stephanie Miller
1984
Robert Bartlett
1983
Ronald Rogers
1982
Michael Murphy
1981
Patricia Sallen
1980
Laura Stone
1979
Bobbie Jo Buel
1978
Daniel Wallach
1977
Cynthia Coffer Chojnacky
The Hugh and Jan Harelson Award for Teaching Excellence is given annually by the school to an instructor who exemplifies the highest quality of teaching, based on nominations from students. The winner is chosen by a committee composed of the school director and at least two people from outside the school (the director can provide additional information for the committee, including teacher course evaluation scores). The winner is given $1,000 and a trophy, generously provided by the Harelson family, handed out at the Just Desserts gathering in May. The winner is kept secret until the award is given out at Just Desserts.
2024
Shannon Conner
2023
Liliana Soto
2022
Shannon Conner
2021
Fred Brock
2020
Susan E. Swanberg
2019
Susan E. Swanberg
2018
Shannon Conner
2017
Carol Schwalbe
2016
Nancy Sharkey
2015
Nancy Sharkey
2014
Michael McKisson
2013
Rogelio Garcia
2012
Terry Wimmer
2011
David Cuillier
2010
Rogelio Garcia
2009
Jay Rochlin
2008
Kevin Kemper
2007
Maggy Zanger
2006
Jeannine Relly
2005
Jeannine Relly
2004
Jeannine Relly
2003
Susan Knight
2002
James C. Mitchell
2001
James C. Mitchell
2000
Susan Knight
