COM Students Win Top Awards from Press Association
Colbi Edmonds (COM’23) was named the region’s “Top College Journalist” and Bella Ramirez (COM’25, CAS’25) was named “College Rising Star” by the New England Newspaper and Press Association during its recent annual conference.
About Edmonds, judges wrote: “Clearly, Colbi is with the times, a leader and has gotten good advice on getting work at professional news orgs while in college.”
About Ramirez: “She has a demonstrated interest in journalism and, though politics is her self-described area of passion, she has produced stories in a variety of coverage areas.”
An investigation of abuse in BU’s orientation office, leading to the resignation of the office director, by Edmonds and Cameron Morsberger (COM’22) received a first-place award for in-depth reporting. Judges called the work “solid investigative reporting holding the powerful accountable.”
Boston University’s independent student newspaper, the Daily Free Press, was named New England College Newspaper of the Year, with judges taking note of the newspaper’s “sense of urgency and timeliness in the choice of stories and their placement.”
Shannon Damiano (COM’22) and Mohan Ge (COM’22) of the Daily Free Press received a first place award for photo series on election night parties for Boston’s mayoral race. “This series does such a great job of capturing the highs and lows for both candidates and their supporters at the end of a historic election,” judges wrote.
Almost 2,000 entries were submitted to NENPA, a trade association representing more than 450 daily, weekly and specialty newspapers throughout the six-state region.
