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The Miami Student wins several state awards

The Miami Student wins several state awards

The Miami Student won six out of the 1o journalism awards offered to collegiate newspapers at the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best Journalism Contest this summer. The Miami Student placed second in the Best College Newspaper category. The Student’s sports section took first and second place in the Best College Sports Writing category, with winning pieces from Jack Schmelzinger and Kethan Babu. Austin Smith placed first in Best College News Writing with his environmental focus on reporting through The Student’s GreenHawks section, Meredith Perkins ranked first for Best College Opinion Writing, and Reagan Rude took second place in Best College Feature Writing.

An awards ceremony was held for the competition on Aug. 24 in Cleveland.