The Drury Mirror team has once again brought home numerous awards from the Missouri Collegiate Media Association (MCMA) conference on Apr. 1, 2023. Our staff earned top honors in various categories in Division 3, which included smaller four-year universities. Our small yet mighty team is immensely proud of what we were able to showcase this year. Previous and current staff members were recognized for works created and published during the 2022 calendar year.

Awards earned:

Rebecca Dixon and Kate Hall: First place, Photo Page, “Reactions from both sides of the aisle in a post-Roe world,” Sept, 2022, print ed.

Gisele Ortega: First place, Feature Writing, “Introducing Men’s Ice Hockey,” Sept. 2022 print ed.

Zoey Mueller: First place, Entertainment Review, “Barbarian,” Sept 22, 2022, online.

Kate Hall: First place, News Photography, “Roe v Wade Protests,” Sept, 2022, print ed.

Gabriella Wuller: Second place, Editorial, “A future educator’s perspective on the LGBTQIA+ debates in Florida,” Apr. 4, 2022, online.

Rylan DeHaven: Third place, Editorial, “A Drury Student’s Opinion on The Question of Supreme Court Nominee Judge Jackson,” Apr. 1, 2022, online.

Sophie Meek: Honorable Mention, Entertainment Review, “Arctic Monkeys ‘The Car’ Review,” Nov. 8, 2022, online.

Gisele Ortega: Honorable Mention, News Photography, “OBT opens for students,” Nov. 9, 2022.

Mirror Staff: 2nd Overall Newspaper

Mirror Staff: 3rd place Sweepstakes (based on totaled points from all other categories)

We also would like to recognize Kate Hall for her first-place award from the Missouri Broadcast Educator’s Association (MBEA). They held their awards ceremony in tandem with the MCMA conference. Various other Drury students also earned honors and awards.

Photo by Gisele Ortega