Students nominated for Mark of Excellence Awards

Several Boston University College of Communication students are finalists for The Society of Professional Journalists' 2007 Mark of Excellence Awards. The Region 1 Awards will be announced Monday, April 28. Region 1 includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Central/Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The finalists from COM are the following:

Anupretta Das, Non-Fiction Article, The Search for Beautiful

BU Science Journalism Program, Best All-Around Independent Online Student Publication, HyperCube

Lara Morgenthau, Online Opinion and Commentary, Online Commentary

Lauren Cox, Radio Feature, Not Your Daddy's Rock'n Roll

Melissa Beecher, Non-Fiction Article, Broken Lives

Neil St. Clair, General Column Writing, Column Collection

Paul Crocetti, Non-Fiction Article, Breaking Faith

The Comment Staff, Best Student Magazine, The Comment