The Department of Communication and Media continues to house an award-winning journalism and mass communications program. On Saturday, June 24, Samford University students competed in the 2023 Professional Communication Contest at the National Federation of Press Women’s annual conference in Cincinnati. They won nine national awards in the competition’s collegiate categories, including six first-place awards.
The winners are as follows:
Gabby Bass-Butler won first place in the writing features category for her Local story “A League of Her Own.”
Nikolai Culp won second place in the writing sports category for his Local story “Birmingham’s Team: How the Squadron Hope to Build a Community through Basketball.”
Davis Domescik won second place in the writing opinion/editorial/reviews category for his Samford Crimson column “The Steroid Era Saved Baseball.”
Harper Harwell won first place in the writing news category for her Samford Crimson story “Samford Community Responds with Silent Protest.”
Harper Harwell, Rebekah Crozier and Olivia Koepp won second place in the writing in-depth reporting category for their Samford Crimson coverage of the LBGTQIA+ community issues at Samford.
Elizabeth Pitts won first place for her podcast “Bible Said What” in the student podcast category.
Jacob Taylor won first place in the art and design photographs category for his photo of Birmingham Legion midfielder Enzo Martinez in The Local.
Chris Todd won first place in the prepared report for the student radio/television category for his Samford News Network package titled “Parking at Samford University.”
Claire Trammell won first place in the art and design category for her magazine spread titled “Changing Narratives” in The Local.