Awards
2023-2024
College Media Association Pinnacle Awards
Third Place, Best Audio Newscast (0-2,999 students): Laken Kincaid, Heights Now: How will SB83 impact DEI initiatives at John Carroll University?
Honorable Mention, Best General News Story (1,000-2,999 students): Laken Kincaid, Sherri Crahen’s New SAFAC Process Receives Heavy Backlash at Student Government Meeting
Honorable Mention, Best Profile (1,000-2,999 students): Patrick Kane, George Granville: From Boler to the World
Honorable Mention, Best Column (0-2,999 students): Laken Kincaid, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: An Armageddon the US Ignores
Honorable Mention, Best Sports Game Story (1,000-2,999 students): Garrett Siegel, Men’s Soccer wins OAC for Fifth Straight Year to Head to NCAA Tournament
Society for Professional Journalists Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards
Winner, Regional Political Reporting: Laken Kincaid, How will SB83 impact diversity initiatives at John Carroll University?
Finalist, General News Reporting (under 10,000 students): Laken Kincaid: Firearm found in Dolan Hall before Thanksgiving break, investigation under way
Finalist, Radio Feature: Laken Kincaid, Nick Sack, Evan Richwalsky, Heights Now: Meet the man who “makes them pay”
Finalist, Breaking News Photography: Nick Sack, Notorious party bus “Cabbie D” struck on E. 116th Street and Shaker Boulevard
Press Club of Cleveland All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
First Place, General News Writing: Laken Kincaid, Islamophobic remarks written on chalkboard amidst Israel-Hamas conflict
First Place, Feature Writing: Tate Farinacci, How JCU is maintaining its Jesuit Identity with fewer Jesuits
First Place, Audio General News: Laken Kincaid and Evan Richwalsky, Heights Now: JCU’s classroom service requirement in the face of the Cleveland Diocese’s decision
Second Place, General News Writing: Laken Kincaid, Firearm found in Dolan Hall before Thanksgiving Break, investigation underway
Second Place, Feature Writing: Laken Kincaid, “If it’s Sunday…” The story behind the Meet the Press Fellowship
Second Place, Sports Writing: Grant Sarnowski, Alumni Spotlight: Max Loeb’s impactful presence in sports content
Third Place, Sports Writing: Leah Harrigan, Women’s soccer captures first OAC regular season title since 2013
Ohio Society for Professional Journalists Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest
Second Place, Best College Opinion Writing: Kate Ferenchak, DEAD! The scariest chord ever put to score
Best of Student News Online Awards
Tate Farinacci, The role of the laity in preserving JCU’s Jesuit mission and identity
Amelia Marlow, John Carroll partners with Notre Dame College for teach-out program
Laken Kincaid, The smoking gun: marijuana use on campus in the face of Issue 2
Tate Farinacci, How JCU is maintaining its Jesuit Identity with fewer Jesuits
Laken Kincaid, Islamophobic remarks written on chalkboard amidst Israel-Hamas conflict
Laken Kincaid, Firearm found in Dolan Hall before Thanksgiving Break, investigation under way
Celie Ostroski, Forgotten battles: Unraveling the absence of Nagorno-Karabakh in U.S. media
Michael Walsh and Tate Farinacci, How JCU students and faculty view Hamas’ attack in Israel
Laken Kincaid and Aliyah Shamatta, NBC News veteran Pete Williams returns to campus as JCU’s journalist in residence
Alissa Van Dress, The Library of Congress preserves WJCU’s Bocskai Rádió
