SPJ Awards
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Detroit Chapter’s Excellence in Journalism awards this year recognized Model D in the digital category for four stories.
Model D won four honors in the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Detroit Chapter’s Excellence in Journalism awards this year. Model D was recognized in the digital category with:
1st in Education Reporting – Sarah Williams, Rosa Maria Zamarrón, Mayté Penman, Biba Adams, Sarah Spohn for the Early Education Matters series.
4th in Consumer/Watchdog/Investigative Reporting – Sarah Williams, Nick Hagen for Has Detroit’s weatherization assistance program worked, and what happens to it now?
4th in Social Media Strategy – Mike Galbraith, Nick Hagen for our Street View: Detroit Corridors series.
4th in Feature reporting – Sarah Williams, Nick Hagen for Shakespeare in Prison program offers far more than an escape.
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