Eight Penn State students collected a total of 12 awards, including four first-place finishes, during the 2016 Student Keystone Press Awards among students in competition's large-school division.
Cameron Hart took home two first-place finishes, including the best sports photo, a shot of Penn State former quarterback Christian Hackenberg diving into the end zone, and best feature photo for a picture of Cuban baseball fans from the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism’s trip to Cuba with Penn State baseball in November.
Other first-place winners included Caity Kramer for her photo story about the life of a Penn State student who is a quadruple amputee, and Garrett Ross for his story focusing on concussions in sports.
Additional Penn State award winners:-- Mingyue Cheng Honorable Mention, Sports Photo, “Jubilation”
-- Akash Ghai Second Place, News Photo “Watching for Pope Francis”
-- Cameron Hart Second Place, Feature Photo, “Job Fair”
-- Haley Nelson Second Place, Photo Story, “Tent Life”
-- Kristen Nelson Second Place, Sports Story, “Three Years Later” and Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, “Paralysis Fails to Slow Athlete’s Drive”
-- Boen Wang Second Place, Review, “My View – Spotlight”
-- Cameron Hart, Caity Kramer, Haley Nelson Honorable Mention, Photo Story, “Pope Francis Visit to Philadelphia”
For a complete list of Student Keystone Press Awards winners, click here.
The awards recognize college journalism that provides relevance, integrity and initiative in serving readers. The large-school division of the competition (Division I) includes Pennsylvania colleges and universities with enrollment of 10,000 or more.