The UConn Journalism Department is proud to have three winners in the 2025 Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists’ statewide contest. Eighteen student journalists in the department and at The Daily Campus won another 20 awards in the CT SPJ contest for college students.

• Kwasi Osei-Amankwah, a 2025 journalism graduate, won a second place in the Business category of the professional contest for his story on how Connecticut’s 2025 college grads were contemplating an uncertain economy.
• Read it here: https://ctcommunitynews.org/2025/05/09/connecticuts-new-college-grads-contemplate-an-uncertain-economy/

• Karla Perez took second place in the Education category for her profile of Sandy Hook survivor Lenie Urbina.
• Read it here: https://ctcommunitynews.org/2025/07/17/passing-a-milestone-a-sandy-hook-survivor-looks-back-and-ahead/

• Julia Gillego won a second-place award in the In-Depth Local Reporting for her story on last year's housing crunch at UConn.
• Read it here: https://ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/uconn-students-confront-housing-crisis

In the student contest, Lily Goldblatt won two awards and Mikayla Bunnell, Sara Bedigian, Kitan Arole, Katie Servas, Patrick Boots, Dan Stark, Samantha Brody, Charlotte Harvey, Allison Gollenberg, Daniella Ortiz-Marcano, Kaleb Jennings, Parker Meyers, Jake McCreven, Connor Lafferty, Gianna Cassino, Sophie Shugrue, Tamara Segal and Emma Meidinger were honored.

Mikayla and another UConn Journalism student, Nicole Caruso, received a Bob Eddy Scholarship.

All of the winners were honored June 10 at an awards dinner in Farmington.