2025-26 Award Winners
Multimedia
Winner: Gracie Springer, Cue the Commentary: True crime ethics
Design
Winner: Abigail Raike, How Dana Altman retooled Oregon basketball
Sports
Winner: Rowan Shea, A sketchbook, a tattoo gun and a burning passion: Inside Elon Butler’s creative side off the field
Opinion/Column
Winner: David Mitrovčan Morgan, Mitrovcan Morgan: The paradox of affordable housing
Photojournalism
Winner: Saj Sundaram, Photos: Officers deploy pepper balls, detain protesters at Eugene Federal Building
Human Interest/Features
Winner: Elle Kubiaczyk, After years of advocacy, medication abortion arrives on campus
Breaking News
Winners: Reilly Norgren, Sasha Love, Tarek Anthony and Corey Hoffman, Live updates: Officers deploy pepper balls, detain protesters at Eugene Federal Building
Enterprise / Investigative
1st Place: Reilly Norgren, Records show forced consumption, retaliation in Delta Sigma Phi hazing investigation
2nd Place: Elle Kubiaczyk, UO Foundation’s private jet spending draws scrutiny amid university layoffs
2024-25 Award Winners
Multimedia
Winner: Stephanie Hensley, Cue the Commentary: Decline in Cinema
Design
Winner: Ryan Ehrhart, The Power of a Signature
Sports
Winner: Owen Murray, The Opportunity Sport, Part I: Two coaches, one culture
Photojournalism
Winner: Molly McPherson, Photos: Neighbors Feeding Neighbors brings warmth to those who need it
Human Interest/Features
Winner: Sean Avery, Rooted in resistance: How Willow Kasner became the Siuslaw’s savior
Breaking News
Winners: Reilly Norgren, Eugene property management company named in multi-state antitrust lawsuit
Enterprise / Investigative
1st Place: Ruby Duncan, Investigations: The School of Music and Dance’s half million dollar question
2nd Place: Corey Hoffman, American English Institute to be ‘discontinued’ at the end of the academic year
2023-24 Award Winners
Multimedia
Winner: Tarek Anthony, UO Salary Guide
Honorable Mention: Eli Panero, Generations of Flavor: Inside the legacy of Toshi’s Ramen Shop
Design
Winner: Julia Faria, Freshman Survival Guide
Sports
Winner: Lily Crane, A Burst of Energy
Photojournalism
Winner: Molly McPherson
Honorable Mention: Lulu Devoulin
Human Interest/Features
Winner: Tristin Hoffman, UO archaeologists find oldest human artifacts in North America
Breaking News
Winners: Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, Reilly Norgren, and Mathias Lehman-Winters, Palestine protests on campus
Enterprise / Investigative
1st Place: Tristin Hoffman, Trouble within UO Dining
2nd Place: Tarek Anthony, Eugene mayoral candidate assaulted three men in 1984 “gay bashing”
Honorable Mention: Ysabella Sosa, Inside ASUO’s chaotic spring election
2022-23 Award Winners
Multimedia
Winner: Owen Lowe-Rogstad, NASU Feels Lack of Support from UO
Design
Winner: Abigail Raike, Gettin Blazy With Susan
Opinion/ Column
Winner: Jess McComb, For college students considering Keto: say bye to beer, bread and balance
Sports
Winner: Aaron Heisen, Finding comfort with his name and his football team
Photojournalism
Winner: Ian Enger and Maddie Stellingwerf
Human Interest/Features
Winner: Megan McEntee, Living by the Bunk
Winner:Jasmine Saboorian, UO’s new president, Scholz, is ready to school
Breaking News
Winner: Reilly Norgren, EMU Starbucks employees walk out following firing of employee
Enterprise / Investigative
Winners: Caleb Barber, Alexis Weisend, Jake Moore, Fall ‘party patrol’ leads to an increase in arrests, citations around campus
