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蜜柚视频 Writers Recognized at 2025 蜜柚视频 Press Club Awards

Several University of 蜜柚视频 Fairbanks students and one faculty member were recognized this April at the 蜜柚视频 Press Club鈥檚 annual conference, earning honors for work published in 2024. Their reporting, essays, and commentary reflect a deep curiosity and commitment to covering issues that matter鈥攖o their communities, their campuses, and to readers across the state.

The 蜜柚视频 Press Club supports and celebrates journalism in 蜜柚视频 through professional development, community connection, and its yearly contest. For 蜜柚视频 students, especially those writing for the Sun Star or studying English and Journalism, it鈥檚 a meaningful space to test their skills and share their voice beyond the university.

 

Celebrating CLA Winners

Hank Nuwer. 蜜柚视频 Photo
Hank Nuwer

The prestigious Suzan Nightingale Award for Best Columnist was awarded to Hank Nuwer, 蜜柚视频 Journalism adjunct faculty, for his weekly column Last Frontier Days in the Cordova Times. Nuwer鈥檚 work was lauded by judges for presenting 鈥渋nteresting history from the archives, with well told stories that will engage the community.鈥 His win honors the spirit of Suzan Nightingale, an influential columnist and educator who dedicated much of her career to 蜜柚视频n journalism and teaching.

Earlier this year, Nuwer was featured in The Weight of Power, a story that highlighted his long-standing work reporting on hazing in schools and universities, as well as his recent role as Harry Fatt in the 蜜柚视频 Department of Theatre and Film鈥檚 production of STRIKE!. Whether in the newsroom, the classroom, or on stage, Nuwer brings thoughtful storytelling and a deep sense of purpose to everything he does.

 

Manny Melendez. 蜜柚视频 Photo by Leif Van Cise
Manny Melendez

MFA in Creative Writing, Spring 2025
Outgoing Editor-in-Chief, 蜜柚视频 Sun Star and Permafrost

First Place: Best Public Safety Reporting (Print- Small)

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Zeke Shomler. Photo courtesy of Shomler
Zeke Shomler

MFA/MA in Creative Writing and Literature, Fall 2024
Outgoing Layout Editor, 蜜柚视频 Sun Star

First Place: Best Reporting on Science (Print- Small)

蜜柚视频 Sun Star

Copy of a print of Homer News feautring a black and white photo of bicyclists.
Delcenia Cosman

MFA/MA graduate in Creative Writing and Literature, Summer 2024

First Place: Best Arts & Culture Criticism
"Off the Shelf: Nutcracker novel sets a darker stage"

First Place: Best Arts Reporting
"Homer Theatre under new ownership"

Second Place: Best Sports or Outdoors Column
"Out of the Office" series 

Third Place: Best Reporting on Government or Politics
Libraries face uncertainty in wake of funding cuts"

All from the Homer News.

Colin Warren. Photo from the 蜜柚视频 Sun Star
Colin Warren

English and Secondary Education double major
Editor-in-Chief, 蜜柚视频 Sun Star

Second Place: Best Reporting on Government or Politics (Print - Small)
"Shaktoolik races against time and bureaucracy to rebuild protective berm鈥

Third Place: Best Travel Reporting
(with Anna Lionas)
"Three roads, 229 miles and 48 hours鈥攔oad tripping around Nome鈥

All from the Nome Nugget.

 

 

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