The Butler Collegian and Butler’s IndianapolisNewsBeat.com picked up four awards at the Society of Professional Journalists’ “Best of Indiana” awards, presented by SPJ’s Indiana Pro chapter.

The Collegian won two first places: Sports writing (Colin Likas ’14, Jill McCarter ’13 and  Marissa Johnson ’13 for “Packing Up and Moving On?”) and editorial writing (staff editorial by Kevin Vogel ’14, for “The Ins and Outs of the Indiana Lifeline Law).

IndianapolisNewsBeat.com, a news website of the Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism that features stories by students in JR212, JR312 and JR412, won second- and third-place awards for non-deadline news reporting (Whitney Simmons, second place, for “What the Death Penalty Means in Indiana,” and Joellen Gentry, third place, for “Recent Job Cuts and Hospital Expansions over Past Decade Generate Quality Care Concerns”).

The awards banquet, which honored journalists at newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations across the state, was held Friday night at the Marriott North.

 

Media contact:
Marc Allan
mallan@butler.edu
317-940-9822