2021
AEJMC Southeast Colloquium's Creative Contest
- Jessann Thompson & Hannah Williams. Honorable Mention for Visual Branding &
Identity—Environmental (Street flags for BrandJRNY’s Point Pleasant Project).
Faculty Advisor: Rita Colistra
- Brianna Fierro. Honorable Mention for Photography—Journalism Still (Photograph
for BrandJRNY’s Pineville Project).
Faculty Advisor: David Smith
American Advertising Awards (WV Chapter of American Advertising Federation)
Martin Hall Agency won three ADDY Awards from the West Virginia chapter of the American
Advertising Federation for work performed during the Spring and Fall 2020 semesters. Students included SeVohn Hunter, Ana O’Brien.
Morgan Zanke, Victoria Price, Yadara Luckett, Ian Ridgeway, Jeffrey Boggess, Skyler
Fleisher and Isabella Bevilacqua. Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Harker
- Gold ADDY Award for the Timber Safe Logging Safety Campaign (cross platform integrated
brand identity campaign)
- Silver ADDY Award for the Timber Safe Recruitment Ads (elements of advertising:
art direction ~ Jeffrey Boggess)
- Silver ADDY Award for the Timber Safe Recruitment Ads (elements of advertising:
film, video, sound & cinematography)
Broadcast Education Association Disrupt the News Challenge
- The WVU News / Morgantown Today team won first place in the 2021 Broadcast Education Association Disrupt the News Challenge for their special edition show, “Far Apart Together.” Producers were Elisa Schwartzmiller and Jensen Mills. Faculty Advisor: Gina Dahlia
Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts
- Award of Excellence: Kayla Starcher for "To Reach Worshipers During the Coronavirus
Pandemic WV Churches get Creative," which aired on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Faculty Advisor: Emily Corio
- Award of Excellence: Maxwell Shavers, Kayla Starcher, Gillian Wanosky and Duncan
Slade for "Coronavirus closes campus but the podcast continues,." Faculty Advisor: Emily Corio
EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year 3 Awards
- The WVU EcoCAR team won first place for Communications Overall and Best Communications
Presentation in the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year 3 Awards. The communications
team leader is Ryan Alexander, a 2020 strategic communications graduate and current
student in the Data Marketing Communications master’s degree program. Faculty Advisor: Cathy Mezera
Hearst Awards
- Women Beyond Bars placed seventh in the Hearst Team Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise
Story Competition. Students included Patrick Orsagos, Jeffrey McCullough,
Hunter Bennett, Molly DeCarli, Camrynn Tanner, Rylee McNemar and Penny De La Cruz. Faculty Advisor: Mary Kay McFarland
- Kayla Starcher tied for #20 in the Audio category for her podcast, "To Reach Worshipers
During the Coronavirus Pandemic WV Churches get Creative," which aired on West
Virginia Public Broadcasting. Faculty Advisor: Emily Corio
- Sara Brinsfield placed 15th in the Multimedia Narrative Storytelling category for
“Where You Must Have Cash and You Better Know Your Order: Curtis’ Coney Island.” Faculty Advisor: David Smith
Nicholas Evans Professional Staff Advising Excellence Award
Undergraduate Advising Coordinator Emily Roush was named one of the 2021-21 co-recipients
of the
Nicholas Evans Professional Staff Advising Excellence Award.
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
- Radio News Reporting Winner: Kayla Starcher for her podcast,“To reach worshippers
during the coronavirus pandemic WV churches get creative.” Faculty Advisor: Emily Corio.
- Television Breaking News Reporting Winner: Taylor Hall for “College Avenue shooting,”
produced for WVU News. Faculty Advisor: Emily Corio
- Best Independent Online Student Publication Winner: Women Beyond Bars a collaborative
project between journalism and public relations students. Faculty Advisors: Mary Kay McFarland and Geah Pressgrove
- Online/Digital Feature Videography Winner: Molly DeCarli for “Ariel Hill on the
value of being uncomfortable” produced for Women Beyond Bars. Faculty Advisor: Mary Kay McFarland
- Online/Digital Feature Videography Finalist: Jeff McCullough for “Tanisha Spaulding
on normal life” produced for Women Beyond Bars. Faculty Advisor: Mary Kay McFarland
- Best All-Around Television Newscast Finalist: Elisa Schwartzmiller and Jensen Mills
for the WVU News Special Edition “Far apart together.” Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
- COVID-19: Video Coverage Finalist: Taylor Hall for “Westover residents finding
peace in Amazing Grace” produced for the WVU News Special Edition “Far apart
together.” Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
Stickell Honors
SeVohn Hunter, a current student in the College of Media’s accelerated Master of
Science in Journalism degree program, is one of just 14 students in the nation
to be selected as a
2020 Stickell Honors Intern. This prestigious internship places students at
top firms in the marketing communications industry throughout the United States.
The Webby Awards
Jeffrey Boggess was named an honoree in the Student Video category of the Webby Awards
for “The Rocky Marriage Between Coal and the Opioid Epidemic” produced for 100
Days in Appalachia. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring
excellence on the Internet. Faculty Advisor: David Smith
2020
American Advertising Awards (WV Chapter of American Advertising Federation)
- Gold ADDY: Martin Hall Agency “Don’t Box Me In” First Amendment Day Campaign
- Silver ADDY: Martin Hall Agency ”Don’t Box Me In” cross-platform Campaign
- Silver ADDY: Martin Hall Agency “Don’t Box Me In” T-shirt design
- Silver ADDY: Martin Hall Agency MHA logo, watermark, insignia and brand guideline
book
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Harker
AVA Awards
- Best Newscast, Gold Award: WVU News "Inside Appalachia-A Story of Hope" Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts
- Interactive Reality, First place: “The Bodice Project" by Kristen Uppercue, Mark
Schoenster and Savannah Schaffer. Faculty Advisor: David Smith
- Television Newscast, First place: WVU News Special Edition “A Mental Health Crisis
in America" by Jensen Mills. Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
- Television Sports Story/Feature Short, Award of Excellence: “West Virginia Roughriders”
by Matt Minard. Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
Carnegie-Knight News21 Program
Maxwell Shavers (BSJ, 2020), current Digital Marketing Communications graduate student,
was selected for the Carnegie-Knight News21 Program, a nationwide reporting project
headquartered at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
and Mass Communication that brings student journalists from around the country
together to report and produce in-depth, multimedia projects for major media outlets.
Past outlets have included The Washington Post, NBC News and USA Today.
Hearst Journalism Awards
- Television Feature Award, Fifth Place: Bridge Day by Sarah Poteracki. Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
National Eco Car Mobility Challenge Competition
- Best Social Media Report: Haleigh Fields
- Spirit of Communications: Haleigh Fields
Faculty Advisor: Cathy Mezera
MarCom Awards
- Video/Audio, TV Broadcast/Cable, Gold: WVU News Special Edition Newscast, "Far
Apart Together." Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Student Award
- Excellence in Audio Reporting: “What Happened to Weirton” podcast series by Ella
Jennings. Faculty Advisor: Emily Corio
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
- Online In-Depth Reporting, Winner: “Rebuilding Families” by Anna Saab
- Television, Breaking News, Winner: “Campus Shooting” by Shayla Klein
- Collaborative Journalism, Finalist: “Generation Opioids”
- Newspapers, General News, Finalist: “Snow Day” by Daily Athenaeum staff
- Newspapers, Editorial Writing, Finalist: Douglas Soule, Daily Athemaeum Editor–in-Chief
- Collaborative Journalism, Winner: “Generation Opioids” by West Virginia University
and George Washington University
- Art/Graphics, Sports Photography, Finalist: “West Virginia vs. Iowa State” by Duncan
Slade
- Television, Feature Reporting, Winner: “Bridge Day” by Sarah Poteracki
- Television, In-Depth Reporting, Winner: “Inpatient care in the Mountain State"
by Sarah Poteracki
- Television, General News Reporting, Finalist: “Transgender discrimination in the
Mountain State” by Daren Hartwell
- Best Independent Online Student Publication, Winner: “Women Beyond Bars.” Faculty Advisor: Mary Kay McFarland
Telly Awards
- Best Newscast, Silver Award: WVU News "Gun Control-A Nation Divided." Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
- Best Newscast, Bronze Award: WVU News "Inside Appalachia - A Story of Hope." Faculty Advisor: Gina Martino Dahlia
- Online Commercials, Silver Telly: Brand JRNY – Pineville ATV Spot. Faculty Advisor: David Smith
- Online Commercials, Bronze Telly: Brand JRNY – All Trails Lead to Home Spot. Faculty Advisor: David Smith
- Immersive and Mixed Reality, Bronze Telly: Bodice Project AR. Faculty Advisor: David Smith
- Social Video, Bronze Telly: "Permit Loophole Allowing Appalachian Mines to Sit
Idle" by Sean McCallister
- Non-Broadcast General, Social Issues, Bronze Telly: 100 Days in Appalachia “Bienvenido
a Pupuseria Emerita” (with editing help from Jeffery Boggess)