Two Park Scholars Win Statewide Journalism Awards

Members of NC State Student Media won 23 awards at the 2024 NC College Media Association conference at High Point University. Four print outlets – Agromeck, Nubian Message, Technician, and Windhover – all won best-in-show awards. Pictured, front row, from left: Kaela Belingon, Jeanine Ikekhua, Shaere Delguidce (Nubian Message), Ethan Bakogiannis (Technician). Second row: Matthew Burkhart, Ally Tennant, Emily Vespa (Technician). Third row: Ryley Fallon (Windhover), Katherine Wan (Technician, Roundabout). Fourth row: Eleanor Saunders (Nubian Message), Kate Denning (Technician), Ellie Bruno (Technician). — Members of NC State Student Media won 23 awards at the 2024 NC College Media Association conference at High Point University. Four print outlets – Agromeck, Nubian Message, Technician, and Windhover – all won best-in-show awards. Pictured, front row, from left: Kaela Belingon, Jeanine Ikekhua, Shaere Delguidce (Nubian Message), Ethan Bakogiannis (Technician).
Second row: Matthew Burkhart, Ally Tennant, Emily Vespa (Technician).
Third row: Ryley Fallon (Windhover), Katherine Wan (Technician, Roundabout).
Fourth row: Eleanor Saunders (Nubian Message), Kate Denning (Technician), Ellie Bruno (Technician).

NC State Student Media brought home several awards from the North Carolina College Media Association’s annual conference on Feb. 24. Two Park Scholars, Ryley Fallon ’24 and Jeanine Ikekhua ’24 were part of the winning staff.

Ryley is the editor-in-chief of Windhover. Jeanine is the managing editor of the Nubian Message.

The conference, held this year at High Point University, focused on storytelling as a major theme. And NC State’s student-led media outlets were recognized for their innovative ways of storytelling and journalism.

Four print outlets – Agromeck, Nubian Message, Technician and Windhover – all won best-in-show awards. These awards recognize overall excellence for the publications.

Staff members from all four publications also won 23 individual awards for specific categories.

Here are the awards NC State brought home:

Nubian Message

Newspaper Best of Show for its two issues “Empowering Voices” and “Focus On Us”
Newspaper Photography
First Place: Kaela Belingon
Newspaper Single or Two-Page Design Category
Second Place: Leah Tierney and Abigail Harris
Newspaper Opinion Writing
Honorable Mention: Alianna Kendall-Brooks

Windhover

Literary Magazine Best of Show
Literary Magazine Photography/Art
Second Place: CJ Murphy

NC State Student Media serves as the learning lab for journalism and media training, putting the “Think And Do” mantra to work in everything we do. Our outlets – Agromeck, Nubian Message, Roundabout, Technician, Windhover and WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2 – teach students journalism, photography, design, broadcast, and life skills they can use in whatever field they choose.

Technician

Best of Show: Online News
Best of Show: Newspaper
Newspaper Illustration/Graphic
First Place: Max Alsop
Newspaper Cartoon
First Place: Max Alsop
Honorable Mention: Lucy Osborn
Newspaper Feature Writing
Honorable Mention: Joel Beebe
Newspaper News Writing
Third Place: Jameson Wolf
Newspaper Opinion Writing
Third Place: Skye Crawford
Honorable Mention: Justin Welch
Newspaper Sports Writing
Third Place: Ethan Bakogiannis
Newspaper Single or Two-Page Design
Third Place: Ellie Bruno
Newspaper Photography
Honorable Mention: Hallie Walker

Agromeck

Best of Show
Yearbook Photography
First Place: Hallie Walker
Second Place: Versace Prew
Third Place: Jermaine Hudson
Yearbook Inside Spread Design
First Place: Jermaine Hudson
Second Place: Krishna Patel
Yearbook Student Life Copy
First Place: Jermaine Hudson
Second Place: Krishna Patel
Yearbook Sports Copy
First Place: Griffin Cunningham
Second Place: Anne Nemeth

Agromeck is also an Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker finalist and a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown finalist, both to be announced in March.