2018 Reporter of the Year

Two-year College Finalists

1. Katherine Wallace-Fernandez
The Reporter, Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida

• Professor Faked A Stomach Ache White He Got Drunk In Spain, Report Says
• Two Students Assaulted At Kendall Campus
• North Campus Administrator Resigns After Allegations of Sexual Harassment

2. Julieta Hernandez
Foghorn News, Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

• A family waiting for answers
• 4 decades of selfless sacrifice
• Social work club marches at the Capitol

3. Katy Stegall
The Sun, Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California

• Fired employee’s lawsuit again puts focus on campus police
• Judge blames police for provoking fight
• Trio of custodians file racial discrimination law suit

HM. Kathryn Kelman
The Collegian, Tarrant County College
Hurst, Texas

• Students ill-prepared for emergency
• He, too
• Battling to keep breathing

HM. Aria Jones
The Et Cetera, Eastfield College
Mesquite, Texas

• Campus re-evaluates LGBTQ needs, resources
• High time for Change? Attitudes on marijuana shifting at state levels
• New ‘roadmaps’ boil down degree planning

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Four-year College Finalists

1. Rick Childress
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

• She saw something, she said something and she feels like she got punished for it
• ‘Fraternity of brothers’: Inside UK hockey’s culture change
• Fake IDs, real consequences

2. Hannah Good
Talisman, Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

• It happens here: Honors freshman shares her story of sexual assault
• WKU introduces LGBT-friendly dorms
• Behind the scenes with drag kings and queens

3. Rachel Ettlinger
Pepperdine Graphic, Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

• Food Insecurity: A Hidden-In-Plain-Sight Community
• From South LA to Malibu, the Effects Still Ripple
• Keyless Entry: From Convenience to Criminal Magnet

4. Michael Sullivan
The Heights, Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

• Brick Woll
• On the Radio and in Alumni, TJ Hartnett Is the Voice of the Eagles
• The Right Call

5. Chloe Skaar
The Standard, Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri

• Earthquakes in Mexico kill hundreds, MSU students resilient
• Students walk out in support of DACA recipients
• Domestic assault victim speaks out

HM. Gina Randazzo
Mustang News, California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California

• Student speaks out about Title IX case involving alleged repeat sexual assailant
• One of three Title IX cases filed against same individual alleges non-consensual oral sex, investigator denies misconduct in all
• Time’s Up student activists release demands for administration regarding sexual assault on campus

HM. Jack Evans
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

• The man in black
• Father dies after rescuing daughter from sinking car
• Something in the night

HM. Hannah Natanson
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

• More than 60 Fall CS50 Enrollees Faced Academic Dishonesty Charges
• Harvard Rescinds Acceptances for At Least Ten Students for Obscene Memes
• A Sort of Everyday Struggle’

HM. Cindy Folefack
The Mercury, The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas

• Faculty gender pay gap increases
• Sexual Assault
• Smoke-free campus?

Madeline Clark
The Defender, St. Michael’s College
Colchester, Vermont

• Downsizing: Lower enrollment decreases number of faculty positions
• ‘Recruit, recruit, recruit.’ A glimpse of Sterritt’s vision
• Night and day…