2008 INTERN
COMPETITION
H.M. Fentress Memorial Award for Editorial Excellence
$250 Cash Prize First Place
$100 Cash Prize Second Place
Awarded annually by Cox Newspapers to the outstanding reporting or feature writing intern participating in the Texas Daily Newspaper Association Intern Program
How to make nominations:
- Nominations restricted to students from reporting/feature writing internships at TDNA member newspapers during the summer of 2008 and who are from a four-year college or university. An intern may win the first place award only once.
- Nominations may be made only by the editor or publisher under whom the intern served. Nominations should include a letter, written by the person authorized to make nominations, stating why the intern should be considered for the award.
- Supporting materials such as print tearsheets and/or clips of online stories may be included with nominations.
- Accompanying the editors/publishers letter must be a letter from the intern describing the experience of being an intern and the benefits/value of the program and its importance to intern in furthering education and choosing career.
- Nominees statement must include an address where he/she can be reached during the following year and the name of college/university he/she attended before internship.
ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2008.
Send Nominations to:
H.M. Fentress Award Competition
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
718 West Fifth Street, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701-2796
Email: dthompson@tdna.org
Past Award Recipients:
2007 - Matthew Haag, University of Missouri - 1st Place
Intern
at Dallas Morning News
Ashley Harris,
University of Houston - 2nd Place
Intern
at Houston Chronicle
2006 - Natalie Torentinos, University of Delaware - 1st Place
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at Houston Chronicle
Matthew Haag ,
University of Missouri- 2nd Place
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at Dallas Morning News
2005 - Jordan Robertson, University of California-Berkeley - 1st Place
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at Dallas Morning News
Arena Welch,
Texas A&M University - 2nd Place
Intern
at The Bryan-College Station Eagle
2004 - Nancy Martinez, Texas A&M University - 1st Place
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at Houston Chronicle
Meena Thiruvengadam , UTSA - 2nd Place
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at The San Antonio Express-News
2003 - Claire Matheson, Boston University - 1st Place
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at Houston Chronicle
Jessica Belasco, Columbia University - 2nd Place
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at The San Antonio Express-
2002 - Rachel Patton, Southwest Texas State University - 1st Place
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at San Antonio Express-News
Stephen Dove, Baylor University - 2nd Place
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at Houston Chronicle
2001 - Cynthia Cieluch, Southwest Texas State University - 1st Place
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at San Antonio Express-News
Rachel Patton, Southwest Texas State University - 2nd Place
Intern
at The Victoria Advocate
2000 - Kathryn Wolfe, University of Texas-Austin - 1st Place
Intern
at Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Dave Levinthal, Syracuse University - 2nd Place
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at The Dallas Morning News
1999 - Tina Hesman, Boston University - 1st Place
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at The Dallas Morning News
Lisa Davis, University of Texas-Austin - 2nd Place
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at Houston Chronicle
1998 - Karin Jegalian, Univ of CA-Santa Cruz -1st Place
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at The Dallas Morning News
Amy Strahan, University of Texas-Austin - 2nd Place
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at Corpus Christi Caller-Times
1997 - Amy Strahan, University of Texas-Austin - 1st Place
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at Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Chris Miller, Iowa State University - 2nd Place
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at The Dallas Morning News
1996 - Co-Winners for 1st Place:
Vanessa Richardson, University of Houston
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at The Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches)
Chad Binette, College of the Holy Cross
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at Houston Chronicle
1995 - Linda Friedlieb, Sanford University - 1st Place
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at Houston Chronicle
Joseph Duarte, University of Texas-Austin - 2nd Place
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at Houston Chronicle
1994 - Dan Heath, University of Texas-Austin - 1st Place
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at The Houston Post
Alicia Ann Pulley, Southern Methodist U - 2nd Place
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at Amarillo Globe-News
1993 - Jennifer Wing, UNC-Chapel Hill - 1st Place
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at Houston Chronicle
Victor Venegas, Univ of Texas-El Paso - 2nd Place
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at El Paso Herald-Post
1992 - Laura Keeton, Duke University - 1st Place
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at Houston Chronicle
Alfred Charles, Texas Christian Univ- 2nd Place
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at The Dallas Morning News
1991 - Jonathon Samuels, Harvard College - 1st Place
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at The Dallas Morning News
Jason Reid, University of Southern CA - 2nd Place
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at The Dallas Morning News