The Hatchet was recognized for best in-depth reporting, including a story about GW’s billionaire connections. Sophie McTear | Design Editor This post was written by news editor Mary Ellen McIntire.
The Society of Professional Journalists recognized The Hatchet this week for best in-depth reporting and best editorial cartooning in the region.
Chloe Sorvino, The Hatchet’s senior news editor, and Colleen Murphy, a news editor who will take over the newspaper as editor in chief this month, were recognized for their reporting on GW’s $1 billion fundraising campaign:University to officially launch landmark fundraising campaign Alumni Weekend: Where the gifts just begin Fundraising chief steps down, leaves legacy and $1 billion campaign behind GW’s billionaire network: How big fortunes could turn into big campus donations
Cartoon by Jay Fondin Hatchet cartoonist Jay Fondin won top honors for his work in 2014:Coping with reverse culture shock after study abroad Sculpting the GW-Corcoran merger takes longer than expected Commercial rankings fail to fully capture GW
The first-place submissions for the region – which includes Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and D.C. – will now advance to the SPJ’s national Mark of Excellence competition that considers winners from 12 regions.
The Hatchet was also recognized as a finalist in other categories, including:
Best affiliated website – The Hatchet staff.
Sports photography – Cameron Lancaster, a photo editor, for his shot of former men’s basketball player Isaiah Armwood.
Breaking news reporting – The Hatchet staff, for its coverage of two suicides that occurred on the Mount Vernon Campus last spring.
Hatchet File Photo by Samuel Klein | Senior Photo Editor Staff editorials: Making a judicial process for sexual assaults that diminishes stigma and shame , How to fill the Vern’s counseling void and UPD must look inward before trying to expand its power by The Hatchet’s editorial board.
General column writing: In wake of student passing, turn to each other , Why we need trigger warnings on syllabi , It’s time for GW to abandon the MOOCs experiment by senior columnist Justin Peligri.
The Science and Engineering Hall (left) and The Avenue complex. File Photo by Katie Causey | Hatchet Staff Photographer General news reporting: GW shakes up plan to cover massive SEH debt after fundraising flop by Colleen Murphy.
In-depth reporting: When money walks: How GW lost a Google project but still draws other top-tier researchers by assistant news editor Jacqueline Thomsen.
Sports column writing: Trip to Richmond provides a spark for men’s basketball , The Colonials get their swagger back and The pain of Creek’s final shot by former columnist Ben Krimmel.
Sports writing: A secret injury, a risky return and a ‘stubborn’ athlete’s will to play by sports editor Nora Princiotti and Hatchet staff writer Josh Solomon.
Best use of multimedia: The Best of Northwest by The Hatchet staff.
