Awards & Honors
Students win multiple awards at MPA

At the annual Mississippi Press Association O.C. McDavid Journalism Summit in March, more than two dozen MSU students won top honors, including “General Excellence” for the third year in a row for The Reflector, MSU’s student newspaper.

Reflector writers captured first place in General News Story, Feature Story, General News Photo, and General Interest Column. In addition to the first-place awards, the Reflector won 15 second and third-place awards. Bulldog Online Newsroom won one second-place award.

Mississippi Press Association student winners from the Reflector:

Rank

Category

Name & Hometown

Classification

1st

Best General News Story

Lizzie Tomlin,
Starkville, MS

Senior political science and communication major

1st

Best Feature News Story

Katie Rainwater,
Birmingham, AL

Senior communication major

1st

Best General News Photo

Heather Harrison,
Hazlehurst, MS

Senior communication major

1st

Best Sports Column

Tanner Marlar,
Corinth, MS

Senior communication major

1st

Best General Interest Column

Luke Copley,
New York, NY

Senior English major

1st

Best Feature Photo

Landon Scheel,
Meridian, MS

Senior microbiology and economics major

1st

Best Advertisement

Sydni Vandevender,
Madison, MS

Senior communication major

1st

Best Front Page

The Reflector

*Designed and edited by Payton Brown, Fulton, MS

Senior French and philosophy major

1st

Best Website

The Reflector

*managed by Joshua Britt, Nesbit, MS

Junior information technology services major

1st

General Excellence

The Reflector

 

2nd

Best Sports News Story

Dylan Flippo,
Coldwater, MS

Sophomore communication major

2nd

Best Sports Feature Story

Tanner Marlar,
Corinth, MS

Senior communication major

2nd

Best Sports Column

Elizabeth Keen,
Vicksburg, MS

Junior communication major

2nd

Best General Interest Column

John Baladi,
Madison, MS

Junior business administrative and software engineer

2nd

Best Series or Investigative Package

Heather Harrison,
Hazlehurst, MS

Senior communication major

2nd

Best Design

The Reflector

 

2nd

Best Graphic

Dontae Ball,
Louisville, MS

Senior art major

2nd

Best use of Social Media

Sydni Vandevender,
Madison, MS

Senior communication major

2nd

Best Feature Story on

Bulldognews.msstate.edu

Hannah Moroney,
Fulton, MS

Senior communication major

3rd

Best General Interest Column

Trey Barrett,
Olive Branch, MS

Senior communication major

3rd

Best General News Photo

Sean Smith,
Saint Leonard, MD

Senior geosciences major

3rd

Best Sports Photo

Kat Beatty,
Hoover, AL

Senior marketing major

3rd

Best Editorials

The Reflector

 

3rd

Best Feature Photo

Ivy Rose Ball,
Muscle Shoals, AL

Junior business administration major

3rd

Best Use of Video

Heather Harrison,
Hazlehurst, MS

Senior communication major

3rd

Best Use of Social Media

Heather Harrison,
Hazlehurst, MS

Senior communication major