Media Milwaukee Journalists Win 9 Press Club Awards Posted on March 27, 2016March 27, 2016 by Media Milwaukee staff Media Milwaukee student journalists at UW-Milwaukee have won 9 Milwaukee Press Club awards in multiple categories, including an award for best college news site. That means Media Milwaukee student journalists have won 30 awards in three different prestigious contests since last fall alone. The MPC Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Competition received hundreds of entries for the contest from news organizations and individuals throughout Wisconsin. Winning entries include four student audio stories from JAMS 204 class, a student investigative story from JAMS 500 class about the risks of spray tanning, and student campus beat coverage from JAMS 320 class on the UW budget cuts. Among the winners: Student Jonathan Powell won an award for The Ageless Man, his poignant story about a local Holocaust survivor, and student Jakayla Phillips won for her audio story on the aftermath of her brother’s tragic death. “The competition was judged by professional journalists and journalism scholars from across the country, from San Diego to Syracuse to Alaska to Florida, with the judges expressing pleasure at the high quality of work done by Wisconsin journalists,” according to the Press Club. Finalists will not know whether they have won a gold, silver or bronze award until the final results are announced and the winners are honored at the May 13 Gridiron Awards Dinner at the InterContinental Hotel in Milwaukee. The awards come on the heels of Media Milwaukee’s numerous wins in recent Wisconsin Collegiate Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists’ contests. Here are the winning Media Milwaukee entries: Visual-journalism Best Still Photograph/Photos Zach Mathe Media Milwaukee Protest Writing Best Long Feature Story Jonathan Powell Media Milwaukee The Ageless Man Writing Best News Story Single or Ongoing Ellie Malone Amber Bak Amanda Melkonian Shannon Kirsch Media Milwaukee Unregulated Risk? Writing Best News Story Single or Ongoing Michael Atteberry Geoff Marshall Media Milwaukee Campus grapples with unprecedented budget cuts Audio Best Feature Story Jakayla Phillips Media Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee After Her Father’s Murder, a Little Girl Grows Up Audio Best News Story Single or Ongoing Jaimie Anderson Media Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee UW-Milwaukee Students Rally for Higher Minimum Wage Audio Best News Story Single or Ongoing Ean Holtz Media Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Immigration Battle is Focus of Protest at Milwaukee’s GOP Debate Audio Best Sports Story Derrick Mason Media Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Green, Cream and Blue Signal New Image for Bucks Online Best Local News or Feature Website Media Milwaukee Staff Media Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)