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Junior Rebeca Bagdocimo Wins National Journalism Award from SPJ

Junior Rebeca Bagdocimo Wins National Journalism Award from SPJ

May 19, 2016

Rebeca G. Bagdocimo, a junior at DePauw University, is the recipient of a National Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Bagdocimo's photo, "Protest in Bowman Park," has been designated as the national winner in the "Breaking News Photography (Small)" division, which includes colleges that have fewer than 10,000 students enrolled.

She will be presented with her award on Monday, September 19, during SPJ's national "Excellence in Journalism" conference in New Orleans.

See the winning photo and a list of all honorees by clicking here.

SPJ 2011An economics major, Bagdocimo is photo editor of Indiana's oldest college newspaper, The DePauw, and has served as a photo intern with the Los Angeles Times.

Recognizing and promoting journalistic excellence has been a key purpose of the Society of Professional Journalists since it was founded in 1909 by students at DePauw University as Sigma Delta Chi, a journalism honor society.

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