2021 Utah SPJ contest winners
Congratulations to all the winners of the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist! If you weren't at our banquet to pick up your trophy and certificate, please check with your editors. If they did not take it home, we will be in contact soon.
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Category: Design and Graphics
Bennett Communications, Inc.
• Dave Blackhurst, 3rd place, Best single-page design
Daily Herald
• Ryan Olson, 1st place, Graphics
• Doug Fox, 2nd place, Headline writing
Deseret News
• Deseret News staff, 1st place, Best newspaper – Division A
• Heidi Perry, 1st place, Best single-page design
• Heidi Perry, 2nd place, Best single-page design
• Heidi Perry, 3rd place, Feature page design – Division A
• Heidi Perry, Honorable mention, Feature page design – Division A
• Heidi Perry, 1st place, Front page design – Division A
• Heidi Perry, 2nd place, Front page design – Division A
• Heidi Perry, Honorable mention, Front page design – Division A
San Juan Record
• San Juan Record staff, 2nd place, Best newspaper – Division B
Standard Examiner
• Standard Examiner staff, 3rd place, Best newspaper – Division A
• Ryan Christner, 3rd place, Front page design – Division A
• Ryan Christner & Ryan Olson, 1st place, Headline writing
The Park Record
• Park Record staff, 3rd place, Best Newspaper – Division B
The Salt Lake Tribune
• The Salt Lake Tribune staff, 2nd place, Best newspaper – Division A
• Rudy Mesicek, 1st place, Feature page design – Division A
• Rudy Mesicek, 2nd place, Feature page design – Division A
• Christopher Cherrington, 2nd place, Graphics
• Christopher Cherrington, 3rd place, Graphics
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
• Tooele Transcript Bulletin, 1st place, Best newspaper – Division B
• Liz Arellano, 1st place, Front page design – Division B
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Category: Magazine
Bennett Communications, Inc.
• Briana Stewart & Jessica Peterson, 1st place, Best cover design
• Utah Valley Magazine staff, 1st place, Best magazine
• Jeanette Bennett, 1st place, Feature story
• Jeanette Bennett, Honorable mention, Feature story
• Jeanette Bennett, 1st place, News story
• Briana Stewart & Jeanette Bennett, 2nd place, News story
• Briana Stewart, 3rd place, News story
Gastronomic SLC
• Stuart Melling, 3rd place, Feature story
Super Lawyers Magazine
• Riley Beggin, Feature story, 2nd place
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Category: Online
BYU Daily Universe
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 1st place, Best multimedia
Deseret News
• Deseret News staff, 1st place, Best news-oriented website
• Deseret News staff, 1st place, COVID-19 online presentation
KSL.com
• Jacob Klopfenstein, Xoel Cardenas & Lauren Bennett, 2nd place, Best multimedia
• Jacob Klopfenstein & Josh Furlong, Honorable mention, Best multimedia
• KSL.com staff, 2nd place, Best news-oriented website
• Xoel Cardenas, 2nd place, Best podcast
• Xoel Cardenas & Yvette Cruz, Honorable mention, Best podcast
• Yvette Cruz, 1st place, Best use of news-oriented social media
• Josh Furlong, 2nd place, COVID-19 online presentation
FOX 13 News
• Ben Winslow, 2nd place, Best use of news-oriented social media
KUER, NPR Utah
• Emily Means, Ross Terrell, Chelsea Naughton & Elaine Clark, 3rd place, Best multimedia
• Chelsea Naughton, Palak Jayswal, Tricia Bobeda & Renee Bright, 3rd place, Best use of news-oriented social media
Standard-Examiner
• Standard-Examiner staff, 3rd place, Best news-oriented website
The Salt Lake Tribune
• Peggy Fletcher Stack, David Noyce & Chris Samuels, 3rd place, Best podcast
• The Salt Lake Tribune staff, Honorable mention, Best news-oriented website
• The Salt Lake Tribune staff, Honorable mention, Best use of news-oriented social media
Utah Public Radio
• Matthew LaPlante & Naomi Ward, 1st place, Best podcast
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Category: Photojournalism
City Journals
• Cassandra Goff, 2nd place, Feature photo
Deseret News
• Spenser Heaps, 3rd place, Best photographer
• Laura Seitz, Honorable mention, Best photographer
• Kristin Murphy, 2nd place, COVID-19 photography
• Laura Seitz, 3rd place, COVID-19 photography
• Steve Griffin, Honorable mention, COVID-19 photography
• Jeffrey D. Allred, 1st place, Feature photo
• Spencer Heaps, 3rd place, Feature photo
• Kristin Murphy, 3rd place, General news photo
• Spencer Heaps, 1st place, Photo essay
• Kristin Murphy, 2nd place, Photo essay
• Jeffrey D. Allred, 3rd place, Photo essay
• Jeffrey D. Allred, 1st place, Sports action photo
• Kristin Murphy, 2nd place, Sports feature photo
• Spencer Heaps, 3rd place, Sports feature photo
• Jeffrey D. Allred, 1st place, Spot news photo
• Kristin Murphy, 2nd place, Spot news photo
• Laura Seitz, 3rd place, Spot news photo
KSL.com
•Carter Williams, Honorable mention, Spot news photo
The Salt Lake Tribune
• Francisco Kjolseth, 1st place, Best photographer
• Trent Nelson, 2nd place, Best photographer
• Rick Eagan, Trent Nelson & Leah Hogsten, 1st place, COVID-19 photography
• Rick Eagan, Honorable mention, Feature photo
• Francisco Kjolseth, 1st place, General news photo
• Leah Hogsten, 2nd place, General news photo
• Rick Eagan, Honorable mention, General news photo
• Rick Eagan, 2nd place, Sports action photo
• Francisco Kjolseth, 1st place, Sports feature photo
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
• Clayton Dunn, Honorable mention, Photo essay
• Clayton Dunn, 3rd place, Sports action photo
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Category: Radio
Freelance – Utah Public Radio
• Brian Champagne, 2nd place, Business/consumer
• Brian Champagne, 1st place, General news
• Brian Champagne, 1st place, Best radio reporter
• Brain Champagne, 1st place, Multimedia journalist
KCPW
• Roger McDonough, 3rd place, Best use of sound
• Roger McDonough & Tim Pierce, 2nd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Roger McDonough 1st place, Documentary
• Tim Pierce, 2nd place, Documentary
• Tim Pierce & Roger McDonough, 3rd place, Documentary
• Roger McDonough, RJ Bunnell & Austin Booth, Honorable mention, Series
• KCPW & The Salt Lake Tribune, 2nd place, Public affairs/ Talk show
KPCW Radio
• Sean Higgins, 3rd place, Best radio reporter
• Sean Higgins, Honorable mention, Best use of sound
• Sean Higgins, 2nd place, General news
• Sean Higgins, 3rd place, Government reporting
• Sean Higgins, 1st place, Sports reporting
KRCL 90.9 fm
• Sue Robbins & Lara Jones, 2nd place, Personality profile
• Lara Jones, Billy Palmer & Risshan Leak, 1st place, Public affairs/talk show
KUER, NPR Utah
• Caroline Ballard, 1st place, Best radio newscast
• Sonja Hutson, 2nd place, Best radio reporter
• Jon Reed, 1st place, Best use of sound
• Jon Reed, 1st place, Business/consumer
• Lexi Peery, 1st place, Continuing coverage
• Emily Means, 2nd place, Continuing coverage
• Lexi Peery, David Fuchs, Chelsea Naughton & Ross Terrell, 3rd place, Continuing Coverage
• KUER staff, 1st place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Emily Means, 1st place, Criminal justice
• Jon Reed, 1st place, Education
• Kate Groetzinger, 2nd place, Education
• David Fuchs, 1st place, General feature
• Kate Groetzinger, 1st place, Government reporting
• Sonja Hutson, 2nd place, Government reporting
• Sonja Hutson & Caroline Ballard, 1st place, Series
• Caroline Ballard, 3rd place, Series
Utah Public Radio
• Aimee Van Tatenhove, 2nd place, Best use of sound
• Eliza Hardy, 3rd place, Business/consumer
• Matilyn Mortensen & Eliza Hardy, Honorable mention, Continuing coverage
• Matilyn Mortensen, Kat Webb & Shoshannah Buxbaum, 3rd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Matthew D. LaPlante & Naomi Ward, 2nd place, Criminal justice
• Shoshannah Buxbaum, 2nd place, General feature
• Kailey Foster, 3rd place, General news
• Ashley Rohde, 1st place, Military
• Harley Barnes, 2nd place, Military
• Matilyn Mortensen, 1st place, Personality profile
• Tom Williams, Matilyn Mortensen & Emily Colby, 3rd place, Public affairs/talk show
• Mia Fairbanks, 1st place, Spot news
• Kailey Foster, 2nd place, Spot news
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Category: Television
ABC4 News
• Jason Nguyen, 1st place, Business/consumer
• Jason Nguyen, 2nd place, Education
• Rosie Nguyen, 1st place, General news
• Rosie Nguyen, Jesse Valdez & John Perry, Honorable mention, General news
• Rosie Nguyen, Erik Nielsen & Ellen Burmester, 3rd place, Series
• Jason Nguyen, Nicole Neuman, Nick McGurk & Rosie Nguyen, 1st place, Spot News
Brigham Young University
• Ashley Pasley & Sarah Houssian, 1st place, Best sports show
• Joseph Carson, Honorable mention, General feature
• Blake O'Rullian, 1st place, Sports reporting
FOX 13 News
• Dakota Cleland, Adam Herbets, Lauren Steinbrecher & Kelton Wells, 1st place, Best TV newscast
• Adam Herbets, 2nd place, Best TV reporter
• Adam Herbets, Taylor Barrera & Nate Carlisle, Honorable mention, Business/consumer
• Adam Herbets, Vanessa Diaz & Nate Carlisle, Honorable mention, COVID-19 investigative
• Adam Herbets & Taylor Murray, 1st place, Criminal justice
• Dakota Cleland, 1st place, Editing
• Adam Herbets & Mike Riedel, 1st place, Education
• Dakota Cleland, Taylor Murray & Amy Nay, 3rd place, Education
• Adam Herbets & Doug Eldredge, 3rd place, General news
• Adam Herbets, 1st place, Multimedia journalist
• Adam Herbets, 1st place, Personality profile
• FOX 13 staff, 2nd place, Best TV newscast
• Lauren Steinbrecher, Aaron Kimbell, Matthew Lee, Taylor Murray & Michael Rank, 3rd place, Best TV reporter
• Lauren Steinbrecher & Aaron Kimbell, 1st place, Continuing coverage
• Ben Winslow, 2nd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Ben Winslow, 3rd place, COVID-19 investigative
• Ben Winslow, 2nd place, General feature
• Lauren Steinbrecher, 2nd place, Personality profile
• Ben Winslow, 3rd place, Spot news
• Brian Schnee, 3rd place, Business/consumer
• John Franchi & Mike Rank, Honorable mention, Personality profile
• Erin Cox, 2nd place, Continuing coverage
• Erin Cox, 1st place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Erin Cox, Honorable mention, Editing
• Erin Cox, 3rd place, General feature
• Erin Cox & Brian Champagne, 2nd place, General news
• Erin Cox, 3rd place, Personality profile
• Nate Carlisle, Adam Herbets & Paul Hanke, 1st place, COVID-19 investigative
KSL 5 TV
• Cindy St. Clair, 2nd place, COVID-19 investigative
• Shara Park, Honorable mention, Best TV reporter
• Shara Park, 1st place, Series
• Shara Park & Sean Moody, 2nd place, Spot news
• Heather Simonsen & Josh Szymanik, 1st place, General feature
PBS Utah
• RaeAnn Christensen, 1st place, Best TV reporter
• RaeAnn Christensen, John Rogers, Brenton Winegar & Carol Dalrymple, Honorable mention, Education
• Liz Adeola, Steve Crass, RaeAnn Christensen, John Rogers, 2nd place, Series
• RaeAnn Christensen, John Rogers, Brenton Winegar & Lee Ollerton, 2nd place, Business/consumer
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Category: Videography
Deseret News
• Rex Warner, 2nd place, Best videographer
• Adrienne St. Clair & Rex Warner, 1st place, COVID-19 videography
• Spencer Heaps, 2nd place, Feature
• Adrienne St. Clair, Amber Perry & Rex Warner, 3rd place, Feature
FOX 13 News
• Richard Bork, 1st place, Feature
• Erin Cox, 1st place, Best videographer
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Category: Writing and Reporting – Division A
City Journals
• Peri Kinder, 1st place, Humor/Lifestyle column
• Peri Kinder, 2nd place, Humor/Lifestyle column
Daily Herald
• Connor Richards, 3rd place, Criminal justice
• Doug Fox, 3rd place, Editorial
• Doug Fox, Honorable mention, Humor/Lifestyle column
• Genelle Pugmire, Honorable mention, Personality profile
David Clipper
• Peri Kinder, 1st place, Opinion column
Deseret News
• Ethan Bauer, 3rd place, Arts and entertainment
• Lois M. Collins, 3rd place, Best newspaper reporter
• Katie McKeller, 2nd place, Business/consumer
• Matthew Brown, 1st place, Continuing coverage
• Deseret News staff, 3rd place, Continuing coverage
• Deseret News staff, 1st place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Katie McKeller & Art Raymond, 2nd place, COVID-19 investigative
• Annie Knox, 2nd place, Criminal justice
• Samuel Benson, 2nd place, Editorial
• Marjorie Cortez, 2nd place, Education
• Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, 3rd place, Education
• Lois M. Collins, 3rd place, Education
• Dennis Romboy, Honorable mention, General feature
• Ashley Imlay & Pat Reavy, 3rd place, General news
• Lisa Riley Roche, Honorable mention, General news
• Matthew Brown, 3rd place, Government
• Matthew Brown, Honorable mention, Government
• Jeff Parrott, 3rd place, Humor/lifestyle column
• Lois M. Collins, 2nd place, Medical/science
• Ashley Imlay, 3rd place, Medical/science
• Jasen Lee, 1st place, Military
• Jasen Lee, 2nd place, Military
• Jeff Parrott, 3rd place, Military
• Jennifer Graham, 1st place, Minority issue
• Annie Knox & Kim Bojorquez, 2nd place, Minority issue
• Marjorie Cortez, Honorable mention, Minority issue
• Erica Evans, Rex Warner, Adrienne St. Clair & Amber Perry, 1st place, Multimedia journalist
• Christian Sagers, 2nd place, Opinion column
• Jay Evensen, Honorable mention, Opinion column
• Ethan Bauer, 1st Place, Personality profile
• Mya Jaradat, 1st place, Religion/values
• Trent Toone, 3rd place, Religion/values,
• Kelsey Dallas, Honorable mention, Religion/values
• Herb Scribner, 1st place, Review/criticism
• Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, 3rd place, Review/criticism
• Sara Israelsen-Hartley, 2nd place, Series
• Katie McKeller, 3rd place, Series
• Dick Harmon, 2nd place, Sports column
• Doug Robinson, 3rd place, Sports column
• Ethan Bauer, 1st place, Sports deadline reporting
• Jeff Call, 2nd place, Sports deadline reporting
• Sarah Todd, 2nd place, Sports non-deadline reporting
• Jay Drew, 3rd place, Sports non-deadline reporting
• Deseret News staff, 1st place, Spot news
• Pat Reavy & Daeden Olander, 3rd place, Spot news
KSL.com
• Carter Williams, Honorable mention, Business/consumer
• Carter Williams, Honorable mention, Continuing coverage
• Carter Williams, 2nd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Sean Walker, 3rd place, Minority issues
• Josh Furlong, 2nd place, Multimedia journalist
• Carter Williams, 3rd place, Multimedia journalist
• Ryan Miller, Honorable mention, Sports deadline reporting
Freelance – Salt Lake City Weekly
• Benjamin Wood, 2nd place, Best newspaper reporter
St. George News
• Chris Reed, 3rd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
St. George Spectrum & Daily News
• Kaitlyn Bancroft, 1st place, Education
• Kaitlyn Bancroft, 3rd place, General feature
Standard-Examiner
• Emily Anderson, 3rd place, COVID-19 investigative
• Mark Shenefelt, Honorable mention, Military
The Salt Lake Tribune
• Tony Semerad, 1st place, Arts and entertainment
• Sean P. Means, 2nd place, Arts and entertainment
• Sean P. Means, Honorable mention, Arts and entertainment
• Zak Podmore & Brian Maffly, 1st place, General news
• Peggy Fletcher Stack, 3rd place, Personality profile
• Peggy Fletcher Stack, 2nd place, Religion/views
• Zak Podmore, 1st place, Series
• Joshua Newman, 1st place, Sports non-deadline reporting
• The Salt Lake Tribune staff, 2nd place, Spot news
• Courtney Tanner, 1st place, Best newspaper reporter
• Erin Alberty, honorable mention, Best newspaper reporter
• Erin Alberty, 1st place, Business/consumer
• Sean P. Means, 3rd place, Business/consumer
• Taylor Stevens & Bethany Rodgers, 2nd place, Continuing coverage
• The Salt Lake Tribune Staff, Honorable mention, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Bethany Rodgers, 1st place, COVID-19 investigative
• Paighten Harkins, Jessica Miller & Libby Seline, 1st place, Criminal justice
• Jessica Miller, Honorable mention, Criminal justice
• George Pyle, 1st place, Editorial
• Courtney Tanner & Zak Podmore, Honorable mention, education
• Courtney Tanner, 1st place, General feature
• Courtney Tanner, 2nd place, General news
• Taylor Stevens & Zak Podmore, 1st place, Government
• Andy Larsen, Honorable mention, Medical/science
• George Pyle, 3rd place, Opinion column
• Gordon Monson, 2nd place, Personality profile
• Scott D. Pierce, 2nd place, Review/criticism
• Sean P. Means, Honorable mention, Review/criticism
• Gordon Monson, 1st place, Sports column
• Eric Walden & Andy Larsen, 3rd place, Sports deadline reporting
• Andy Larsen, Honorable mention, Sports non-deadline reporting
The Utah Investigative Journalism Project
• Eric S. Peterson, 2nd place, Government
• Taylor Hartman & Eric S. Peterson, 1st place, Medical/science
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Category: Writing and Reporting – Division B
BYU Daily Universe
• Sydnee Gonzalez, Honorable mention, Best newspaper reporter
• Alicia Matsuura, 1st place, Business/consumer
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 2nd place, Business/consumer
• Daily Universe staff, 1st place, Continuing coverage
• Daily Universe staff, 3rd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 2nd place, Criminal justice
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 1st place, Editorial
• Nick Gledhill, 1st place, Education
• Rebecca Nissan, 2nd place, Education
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 1st place, Medical/science
• Jenny Goldsberry, Honorable mention, Medical/science
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 1st place, Minority issues
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 2nd place, Minority issues
• Lisi Merkley, 1st place, Multimedia journalist
• Alicia Matsuura, 1st place, Religion/ values
• Lisi Merkley, 2nd place, Religion/views
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 3rd place, Religion/views
• Daily Universe staff, 1st place, series
• Kevin Hatch & Gabby Stockard, 1st place, Sports non-deadline reporting
• Elisa Huhem, Gabby Stockard & Sarah Houssian, Honorable mention, Sports non-deadline reporting
• Sydnee Gonzalez, 3rd place, Spot news
City Journals
• Carl Fauver, 3rd place, Medical/science
• Carl Fauver, 3rd place, Sports non-deadline reporting
• Sona Schmidt-Harris, 2nd place, Arts and entertainment
• Sona Schmidt-Harris, 3rd place, Arts and entertainment
• Cassandra Goff, 2nd place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Cassandra Goff & Josh Wood, 2nd place, General news
• Cassandra Goff, 1st place, Government
• Sona Schmidt-Harris, 2nd place, Medical/science
• Cassandra Goff, 3rd place, Medical/science
• Sarah Morton Taggart, 3rd place, Business/consumer
• Sarah Morton Taggart, 3rd place, General feature
Dixie Sun News
• Mitski Avalōx, Stephanie Dupar, Autumn Nuzman & Kristi Shields, 3rd place, General news
Lightbulb Communications
• William D. Hardesty, 3rd place, Criminal justice
• William D. Hardesty, Honorable mention, Education
• William D. Hardesty, 1st place, General feature
• William d. Hardesty, Honorable mention, General feature
Salt Lake City Weekly
• Chris Vanocur, 1st place, Personality profile
San Juan Record
• Bill Boyle & David Boyle, 3rd place, Continuing coverage
• David Boyle, 1st place, COVID-19 investigative
• Gary Torres, 3rd place, Humor/lifestyle column
• Rhett Sifford, 2nd place, Sports column
Sanpete Messenger Newspaper
• Steven J. Clark & Alison Anderson, 2nd place, Opinion column
SLCC – The Globe
• Amie Schaeffer, 1st place, Arts and entertainment
• The Globe staff, 2nd place, Editorial
The Park Record
• Alexander Cramer, 3rd place, Best newspaper reporter
• Alexander Cramer, 2nd place, Continuing coverage
• The Park Record staff, 1st place, COVID-19 continuing coverage
• Jay Hamburger, 1st place, General news
• Alexander Cramer, 1st place, Spot news
• Jay Hamburger, 2nd place, Spot news
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
• Darren Vaughan, 2nd place, Best newspaper reporter
• Darren Vaughan, Honorable mention, Business/consumer
• Ceilly Sutton, 1st place, Criminal justice
• Darren Vaughan, 3rd place, Education
• Darren Vaughan, 2nd place, General feature
• Tim Gillie, Honorable mention, General news
• Tim Gillie, 1st place, Humor/lifestyle column
• Ceilly Sutton, 2nd place, Humor/lifestyle column
• Tim Gillie, 1st place, Opinion column
• Ceilly Sutton, 3rd place, Opinion column
• Darren Vaughan, 1st place, Sports column
• Darren. Vaughan, 1st place, Sports non-deadline reporting
Utah State News Service
• Taylor Franson, 2nd place, Personality profile
Vamoose Utah
• Chris Vanocur, Honorable mention, Humor/lifestyle column
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