14 WCMA Journalism Awards Bring UWM Student Tally to 56 Posted on April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 by Media Milwaukee staff Student journalists with Media Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee’s student news site in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Department, won 14 Wisconsin College Media Association awards, including multiple awards for two major journalism immersion projects on the presidential election and water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Two talented UWM students – Sabrina Johnkins and Nyesha Stone – were honored with individual awards in the prestigious Best Collegiate Journalist of the year category. Both Johnkins and Stone are heavily involved in campus and professional media as well as in volunteer work. They are co-presidents of the Minority Media Association, a JAMS student club devoted to championing diversity in the media. The WCMA awards, which were announced on April 13 in Madison, come on the heels of Media Milwaukee student journalists winning 42 awards in other prestigious journalism contests in 2018. The WCMA honors bring Media Milwaukee’s award tally to 56 awards handed out in spring 2018 alone. Sabrina Johnkins, Amanda Maniscalco, Dwayne Lee, and Jack Fennimore A group of student journalists won a first-place Freedom of Information award from WCMA for their work investigating high school concussions in Wisconsin. Finding Flint, the student immersion project on the Flint, Michigan water crisis won two first-place awards, for best multimedia and best public affairs reporting. The other immersion project, How the Mississippi River Valley Turned Red, a three-state journalism project exploring voter attitudes in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, also placed first. A JAMS reporting class series of stories covering Milo Yiannopoulos coming to campus also received a first-place honor. Mary Jo Contino’s in-depth feature story about a transgender student on campus and UWM’s locker room policies was also honored by the WCMA. Sabrina Johnkins Nyesha Stone The Wisconsin College Media Association (WCMA), a subset of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation (WNAF), “was founded in 2015 to foster and support student news media in Wisconsin’s colleges, universities and technical schools,” according to the organization’s website. The WCMA awards honor work published from August 2016 through September 2017. Previously, UWM student journalists snagged 16 awards in the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists regional contest, 23 awards in the Milwaukee Press Club’s 2017 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition, and three from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. WCMA award winners Nyesha Stone, Sabrina Johnkins, Amanda Maniscalco, and Dwayne Lee. Here are the 2018 awards from the WCMA: First Place Breaking News Reporting: Milo Yiannopoulos Comes to Campus Student reporters: Nicole Frechette, Luis DeLeon, Keaton Walkowski, Kaliice Walker, Jenna Daroszewski, Nyesha Stone, Jenna Gaidosh, Margaret Sponholz, Micaela Martin Public Affairs Reporting: Finding Flint Student reporters: Brandon Anderegg, Amanda Becker, Zari Blackmon, Jack Fennimore, Keio Horton, Sabrina Johnkins, Dwayne Lee, Ed Makowski, Amanda Maniscalco, Rhea Riley, Margie Sponholz, Nyesha Stone, Keaton Walkowski, Amanda Watter, David Watters, Naomi Wilson, Darien Yeager In-Depth Story: How the Mississippi River Valley Turned Red Student reporters: Jaime Anderson, Brandon Anderegg, Gabrielle Barriere, Aubryana Bowen, Jenna Daroszewski, Dino Dominici, Nicole Frechette, Jenna Gaidosh, Jordan Garcia, Madison Goldbeck, Ean Holtz, Keio Horton, Chardanay Hunt, Sabrina Johnkins, Christina Luick, Matthew Mussa, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Morgan Paradis, Allison Steines, Stevan Stojanovic, Nyesha Stone, Katarina Vergara, Kaliice Walker, Keaton Walkowski, Amanda Watter, David Watters Freedom of Information Award: High School Concussions Not Tracked Student reporters: Alvaro Nino de Guzman Jr., BM, Gabriel Stoltz, Katarina Vergara, Keio Horton, Kristopher Schimmel, Paul Willems, Quin Voet Use of Multimedia: Finding Flint Student reporters: Brandon Anderegg, Amanda Becker, Zari Blackmon, Jack Fennimore, Keio Horton, Sabrina Johnkins, Dwayne Lee, Ed Makowski, Amanda Maniscalco, Rhea Riley, Margie Sponholz, Nyesha Stone, Keaton Walkowski, Amanda Watter, David Watters, Naomi Wilson, Darien Yeager Second Place Collegiate Journalist of the Year: Sabrina Johnkins Breaking News Reporting: Voices of Millennial Voters Student reporters: Angeline Bergman, Luis DeLeon, Kaliice Walker, Brandon Anderegg, Aubryana Bowen, Jenna Gaidosh, Jordan Garcia, Jordan Gasiorowski, Cailynn Hensen, Sabrina Johnkins, Dylan Jordan, christina luick, Micaela Martin, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Matthew Mussa, Nelson Sederstrom, Monica Skipper, Margaret Sponholz, Nyesha Stone, Amanda WAtter, Darien Yeager In-Depth Story: Transparency Mary Jo Contino Use of Multimedia: How the Mississippi River Valley Turned Red Student reporters: Jaime Anderson, Brandon Anderegg, Gabrielle Barriere, Aubryana Bowen, Jenna Daroszewski, Dino Dominici, Nicole Frechette, Jenna Gaidosh, Jordan Garcia, Madison Goldbeck, Ean Holtz, Keio Horton, Chardanay Hunt, Sabrina Johnkins, Christina Luick, Matthew Mussa, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Morgan Paradis, Allison Steines, Stevan Stojanovic, Nyesha Stone, Katarina Vergara, Kaliice Walker, Keaton Walkowski, Amanda Watter, David Watters Website: Media Milwaukee Media Milwaukee Staff Third Place News Photography: Love Wins Sabrina Johnkins Photo by Sabrina Johnkins. Honorable Mention Collegiate Journalist of the Year: Nyesha Stone Public Affairs Reporting: Modern Day Leper Student reporters: Armando Manriquez, Ashley Haynes, Jakayla Phillips, Jordyn Noennig, Madeline Gecewicz, McKenzie Huckabay, Miela Fetaw Column Writing: One Millennial’s Voice Keio Horton 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)