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AJO Adjunct Claire Tighe’s Podcast Takes Home the Best Podcast Award and Best Multimedia Collaboration at the Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Awards
Tighe produced the podcast, "Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders", with the Chicago Tribune.
AJO Grad Michael McILwee Wins Award From the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists
McILwee (AJO 2022) is the Digital Executive Producer at WCTV in Tallahassee. The award was given for best Website/Digital.
AJO Grad Robert Davis Wins Two Awards From the Society of Professional Journalists
The 2022 grad won first place for enterprise reporting on homelessness and third place for reporting on climate change.
AJO Adjunct Professor Claire Tighe Produced a Podcast That Took Second in the 89th Annual National Headliner Awards
The podcast, Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders, was created by the Chicago Tribune. The Headliner Awards recognizes journalistic achievement in the Communications Industry.
AJO Grad Brian Bull wins three 2023 Edward R. Murrow Awards
Bull won for three pieces in different categories: writing, investigative reporting, and breaking news. The station where he is a reporter, KLCC in Eugene, Oregon, also received a Murrow for general excellence.
AJO Student Will Schick Selected to Serve on Poynter’s National Advisory Board
Schick is the Editor in Chief of Street Sense Media in Washington, DC. "I am excited for the opportunity to contribute to conversations that will help shape the future of journalism," says Schick.
AJO Longform Instructor Ted Conover Publishes New Book
Ted Conover at Amazon.com “The sparsely inhabited prairie of southern Colorado might […]
Announcing the winners of the 2022 American Journalism Online Awards
With categories like Best Tiktok Explainer, Best Use of Public Records, and Best News-Based Podcast, the AJO Awards honor excellence in reporting with an emphasis on recognizing the new ways that journalists connect with the public.
AJO alum Lilian Manansala nominated for LA Press Club Award
Lilian was nominated for her article "Getting Paid Less to Do the World’s Most Important Job" for Capital & Main.
AJO student Bobby Brier wins 3rd prize in the annual Top of the Rockies contest
The Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists gave Bobby Brier, an American Journalism Online student, the prize for his reporting on the Albuquerque election.
The Washington Post cited AJO student Will Schick’s piece that he published in The Click in its story on a poetry sticker project
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American Journalism Online Alum Michelle Eigenheer awarded Artist Enrichment Grant from Kentucky Foundation for Women
Michelle Eigenheer, American Journalism Online 2020, was awarded $7,175 to create a podcast centered on stories of Asian American individuals and communities in the South and Midwest.