2021 Student Keystone Media Award Winners DII - Four year colleges and universities (enrollment under 10,000)
Category Name Award Organization Entry Title Credits Saint Joseph's University - The General News First Hawk Stories from quarantine and isolation Jackie Collins Saint Joseph's University - The St. Joe's women threatened on social General News Second Hawk media Devin Yingling Honorable Duquesne University - The General News Mention Duquesne Duke Dannielle Brown hungers for justice Colleen Hammond Hannah Shumsky, Nina Cipriani, Joe Slippery Rock University - The Wells, Aaron Marrie, Hope Hoehler, Ongoing News Coverage First Rocket COVID-19: PASSHE Coverage Karl Ludwig Edinboro University - The Ongoing News Coverage Second Spectator Edinboro program cuts and retrenchment Kimberly Firestine, Julia Carden
Honorable Lehigh University - The Brown & From poll to vote: The Lehigh Valley Jordan Wolman, Jenna Simon, Helen Ongoing News Coverage Mention White community chooses a president Borchart, Mannan Mehta, Joey Dotta Public Service/Enterprise Lehigh University - The Brown & B&W Exclusive: New information emerges Package First White in James Peterson scandal Jordan Wolman, Nicole Walker
Public Service/Enterprise Lehigh University - The Brown & Marijuana mayhem: Bethlehem struggles Package Second White with decriminalization implementation Jordan Wolman Public Service/Enterprise Honorable Lehigh University - The Brown & A loneliness pandemic: College in Package Mention White quarantine Emma Satin Gannon University - The Gannon Project questions crime and poverty Feature Story First Knight correlation Chloe Forbes
Point Park University News Benefits of mentorship programs for Feature Story Second Service children with depression and anxiety Hannah Walden Honorable Point Park University News Feature Story Mention Service Historic neighborhoods slowly vanishing Tiara Strong Waynesburg University - The Wizard of Waynesburg delivered victories Personality Profile First Yellow Jacket and life lessons Joseph Smeltzer Lehigh University - The Brown & Braden Damitz: Keeping the Lehigh Valley Personality Profile Second White safe Gabi Falk
1 2021 Student Keystone Media Award Winners DII - Four year colleges and universities (enrollment under 10,000)
Category Name Award Organization Entry Title Credits Honorable Slippery Rock University - The Faith and Family: One step, one day at a Personality Profile Mention Rocket time Karl Ludwig Slippery Rock University - The The desire to Wynn: A promise worth Sports Story First Rocket keeping Karl Ludwig Lehigh University - The Brown & 124 uninterrupted years later, Le-Laf Sports Story Second White comes to a halt Eli Fraerman Honorable Saint Joseph's University - The Blocking out the noise: homophobia in Sports Story Mention Hawk mens athletics Nick Karpinski The Slate Speaks: From graduates, 'Ship, this isn't it.'; Student newspapers essential to defending campus culture; Shippensburg University - The Students will be affected by chancellor's Editorial First Slate directives The Slate Staff Can you name your neighbors?; What we Lehigh University - The Brown & want in a new president; He said he Editorial Second White couldn't breathe Maddie Sheifer Your World Today: Community must continue push for transparency; Communication, transparency vital to system redesign; Four changes Shippensburg University - The Shippensburg University must make to Column First Slate protect students' freedoms Jonathan Bergmueller Open colleges and COVID-19: "It's just good business"; Unjust decision in Taylor's case leaves doubts on U.S. justice; COVID- 19 denial results in Trump's ironic Column Second Wilkes University - The Beacon diagnosis William Billingsley
A day in the life of a college student in the age of coronavirus; Australian fires are Honorable just the beginning; Safety improvements Column Mention Allegheny College - The Campus needed for N. Main St. Ethan Woodfill
2 2021 Student Keystone Media Award Winners DII - Four year colleges and universities (enrollment under 10,000)
Category Name Award Organization Entry Title Credits Gannon University - The Gannon Review First Knight Ariana Grande releases new studio album Chloe Forbes Gannon University - The Gannon 'P.S. I Still Love You' writes the way for Review Second Knight streaming success Chloe Forbes Honorable Moravian College - The Review Mention Comenian Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones (2020) Dom Trabosci Moravian College - The Cartoon/Graphic Illustration First Comenian Comic Corner: Behind the Mask series Anna Litofsky Seton Hill University - The Cartoon/Graphic Illustration Second Setonian 2020 Comics Rebecca Scassellati
PASSHE tops 2,000 COVID-19 cases interactive graphic; A milestone for many Honorable Slippery Rock University - The of SRU’s own infographic; COVID-19 Cases Aaron Marrie, Hannah Slope, Keegan Cartoon/Graphic Illustration Mention Rocket per PASSHE School graphic Beard Robert Morris University - RMU Josh Williams embraces the NEC Sports Photo First Sentry Media championship trophy David Auth Misericordia University - The Sports Photo Second Highlander Practice Makes Perfect For Later Zachary Pippen Shippensburg University - The Feature Photo First Slate Glo Celebration Carmine Scicchitano Messiah University - The Liam Fitzsimmons, Swinging Bridge Feature Photo Second Swinging Bridge Dance vs. Soccer Magazine Staff Honorable Robert Morris University - RMU "Bronze Bob" prepares for COVID-19 on Feature Photo Mention Sentry Media campus Garret Roberts Shippensburg University - The News Photo First Slate Chief Lee at SU BLM Demonstration Carmine Scicchitano Dannielle Brown places flowers on a Duquesne University - The symbolic empty casket during her living News Photo Second Duquesne Duke funeral procession on Aug. 6 Colleen Hammond Honorable Saint Joseph's University - The News Photo Mention Hawk Solidarity and protest Mitchell Shields
3 2021 Student Keystone Media Award Winners DII - Four year colleges and universities (enrollment under 10,000)
Category Name Award Organization Entry Title Credits Robert Morris University - RMU Peaceful protesters call for reform in Photo Story First Sentry Media Coraopolis Garret Roberts Slippery Rock University - The President Donald Trump visits Butler Photo Story Second Rocket County Keegan Beard Honorable Shippensburg University - The Photo Story Mention Slate Voters celebrate in Washington, D.C. Noel Miller Slippery Rock University - The Nina Cipriani, Hannah Shumsky, Layout and Design First Rocket A milestone for many of SRU's own Keegan Beard, Joe Wells Penn State Greater Allegheny - Layout and Design Second The GA-Zette Welcome Back to Campus Edition Nathanial Rega Honorable Shippensburg University - The Layout and Design Mention Slate Graduation Insert Hannah Pollock Shippensburg University - The Website First Slate theslateonline.com The Slate Staff Lehigh University - The Brown & Website Second White thebrownandwhite.com Brown and White Staff Honorable Gannon University - The Gannon Website Mention Knight gannonknight.com Chloe Forbes Duquesne University - The Video Story First Duquesne Duke Partners in Time Griffin Sendek Duquesne University - The Downtown Pittsburgh Election Day Video Story Second Duquesne Duke Interviews Griffin Sendek Honorable Moravian College - The Video Story Mention Comenian In My Room in Quarantine: A Video Essay Sam Riley Robert Morris University - RMU Garret Roberts, John Blinn, Nick Podcast First Sentry Media Where's the News? Hedderick Slippery Rock University - The Podcast Second Rocket Rock Talk Samantha Amanto, Joshua Peters Duquesne University - The Colleen Hammond, Katia Faroun, Diversity First Duquesne Duke Dannielle Brown hungers for justice Kellen Stepler
4 2021 Student Keystone Media Award Winners DII - Four year colleges and universities (enrollment under 10,000)
Category Name Award Organization Entry Title Credits
Gender wage ordinance languishes in Bethlehem; Justan Parker - The man behind the activism; Lehigh Valley groups advocate for LGBTQ and Black rights this Lehigh University - The Brown & election season; Men's basketball makes Lauren Dougherty, Miguel Cole, Diversity Second White Division I histoy with Asian representation Grace Cox, Carson Snyder Black@Cabrini: BIPOC community shares their experiences of racial bias on campus; 'We can't breathe' - Racism won't go away until the system that allows oppression does; The Supreme Gabrielle Cellucci, Ty Daubert, Maria Honorable Court ruling in favor of DACA is a step in Lattanze, Megan Fee, Faith Diversity Mention Cabrini University - The Loquitur the right direction Pitsikoulis, America Lopez-Santiago Robert Morris University - RMU John Blinn, Garret Roberts, Colby Best Newscast (Broadcast) First Sentry Media RMU Live | October 12, 2020 Sherwin, Ethan Morrison Elizabethtown College Best Feature (Broadcast) First (broadcast) Benny the Bird Jessica Freels Elizabethtown College Best Feature (Broadcast) Second (broadcast) Spotted Lantern Flies Samantha Seely Honorable Elizabethtown College Best Feature (Broadcast) Mention (broadcast) Flags Cameron Scandle
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