Student Awards 2021
(Works Produced in 2020)
Student Excellence in Written Reporting: Hannah Miao
Student Excellence in Photojournalism, Single or Photo Story: Kylie Cooper
Student Excellence in Audio Storytelling : Jadenne Radoc Cabahug
Student Excellence in Written Reporting - Works Produced in 2020
Hannah Miao
(Reporter, The Wall Street Journal)
HANNAH MIAO is a markets reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York. She previously covered markets and investing for CNBC. Hannah started at CNBC as an intern reporting on politics and health. She graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, where she studied public policy.
Hannah Miao, “Often overlooked, Asian American Christian voters could be key in Georgia Senate runoffs,” CNBC
ABOUT THE PROJECT: My reporting on Asian American Christian voters in the Georgia Senate runoffs was one of the few, if not the only, stories about that voting group during the election cycle. A Twitter user sharing the story said, "First piece I've seen from the 2020 cycle on AsAm Christian voters." The story had more than 48,500 page views and more than 60,000 minutes engaged. It was shared on Reddit in the r/asianamerican forum and featured on Drudge Report's home page.
RUNNER UP: Amanda Lan Chu, “When it comes to child care, Georgetown must step up,” Georgetown Voice
Student Excellence in Photojournalism, Single or Photo Story - Works Produced in 2020
Kylie Cooper, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” The Daily Pennsylvanian
ABOUT THE PROJECT: Published June 8, 2020.
A protester holds his hands behind his head in front of a line of police as demonstrators around him shout “Hands up, don’t shoot!” during a protest for George Floyd in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 1, 2020.
”Many of the Black Lives Matter protest photos I’ve seen are of people holding signs, white allies, or depict violence. I think this photo is impactful because it uses pure emotion to show the heart of the movement: protecting innocent Black lives. The angle of the photo looks up on the subject in a way that gives him power, and his gaze is solemn and unflinching.”
RUNNER UP: Kylie Cooper, “Counter/Protesters,” The Daily Pennsylvanian
Kylie Cooper
(Photojournalist)
KYLIE COOPER is a photojournalist and this summer's Photo Fellow at The Texas Tribune. She is drawn to photojournalism because of an innate curiosity to understand our world and the people in it. As a Chinese adoptee, Kylie is particularly interested in exploring identity and what it means to belong. Kylie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania this May and proudly calls Massachusetts home.
Student Excellence in Audio Storytelling - Works Produced in 2020
Jadenne Radoc Cabahug, “Teens are warning each other about sex trafficking on TikTok. Here’s why the videos could do more harm than good,” KUOW 94.9 FM
ABOUT THE PROJECT: During this time period, many teens on TikTok were falsely reporting and spreading misinformation about sex trafficking. I know within the sex trafficking community, many people found this to be harmful to their real-life experiences. I wanted to be able to stop fear-mongering on social media and to understand the experiences of actual survivors. This story was shared throughout communities and organizations in the Seattle area for people to understand how misinformation and disinformation on social media can spread quickly on social media. This story also won two awards, second place in the Society of Professional Journalists regional awards Audio: Feature, Hard News category and a runner up finalist in the New York Times Third Annual Podcast Contest.
RUNNER UP: Sarah Pham, “A poem for my mother, a Vietnam boat refugee,” RadioActive Youth Media podcast/kuow.org
Jadenne Radoc Cabahug
(Student journalist)
JADENNE RADOC CABAHUG’s (she/her) journalism career began in Seattle, Wash., through NPR KUOW 94.9 FM’s RadioActive Youth Media Program for high school students to create radio feature and podcast stories. Jadenne has a range of experience from radio, print, web to breaking news working for Seattle news outlets like the Seattle Globalist, as an intern at breaking news technology company Factal, a community writer for Seattle’s Chinatown International District at the International Examiner, and more. Through her studies at the University of Washington and journalism experience, she looks forward to becoming a foreign correspondent to report international stories that impact communities all over the world.