Previous JHM Winners
2024 JHM Winners
Arts & Culture Writing Award
Y-Dang Troeung’s memoir Landbridge reflects on refugee existence and familial love, Elena Massing — The Ubyssey
Humour/Satire Award
New UBC policy waives course pre-reqs if you have a crush in the class, Tova Gaster — The Ubyssey
Marginalized Community Reporting Award
Closed Eyes Behind Rose-Coloured Glasses: Five Years After the Mandated Signing of the Community Covenant, Ava Gili — Mars' Hill
Feature Writing Award
A perfect day for football, Miles Bolton — The Western Gazette
Investigative Reporting Award
Alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority, Faith Greco and Elissa Mendes — The Charlatan
The CWA Labour Reporting Award
CUPE3902’s fight for health coverage, Alice Boyle — The Varsity
News Reporting Award
Queen’s engineering exam question tweeted by Jordan Peterson, Sophia Coppolino and Sofia Tosello — The Queen's Journal
Op-Ed Award
It happened. What are we going to do about it?, Imprint Staff — Imprint
Sports Reporting Award
Pressure point: how performance anxiety affects student athletes, Miles Bolton — The Western Gazette
Indigenous Reporting Award
Northern Perspectives: The Agreement that Changed It All, Cedric Gallant — The Concordian
Science Reporting Award
ORCASat: How UVic students took an idea from campus to space, Hannah Seaton — The Martlet
Cover/Layout of the Year
New Beginnings, Angelica Blanch — Capilano Courier
Graphic/Illustration of the Year
Quebec Forest Fires, Keven Vaillancourt — The Concordian
Photo of the Year
Men's soccer victory, Isabella Maggiore — The Ubyssey
Best Online Media Presence
Student Journalist of the Year
Zachary Fortier, The Link
Student Photojournalist of the Year
Joesph Mariathasan, The Queen's Journal
Student Publication of the Year
The Griff and the Western Gazette
2023 JHM Winners
Arts & Culture Writing Award
Jasmine Cadeliña Manango, To all the stories I haven’t told yet: Finding my voice as a Filipina scholar, The Ubyssey
Humour Award
Tova Gaster, The Dingbat: Buchanan B can’t fool me – that’s a pole, not a French tutor, The Ubyssey
2SLGBTQIA+ Reporting Award
Anne Fu, Exploring the gender-affirming healthcare system in Kingston, The Queen’s Journal
Disability Reporting Award
Charlotte Alden, BC’s autism assessment process is slow and expensive. For students seeking accommodations, that’s a problem, The Ubyssey
Racialized Reporting Award
Edward Djan, At what cost: How scholarship applications re-traumatize BIPOC students, The Eyeopener
Feature Writing Award (Under $75k)
Carter Sawatzky, Was It Something I Said? How One Of TWU’s Most Decorated Deans Went From Star To Sunset, Mars’ Hill Newspaper
Feature Writing Award (Over $75k)
Carter Dungate, Student defenders of Fairy Creek, The Ubyssey
Investigative Reporting Award (Under $75k)
Hannah Rudderham, Jessica Saulnier, Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri, Hana Delaney; Graduating STU students speak out about inability to vote for valedictorian, by-election scheduled, The Aquinian
Investigative Reporting Award (Over $75k)
Nawa Tahir, UTM professor violated sexual harassment policy, failed to respect supervisory boundaries, The Varsity
Leo Larman Brown, Samuel Massey; Over 15 million dollars from McGill Investment Pool tied up in Uyghur genocide, The McGill Tribune
Nathan Bawaan, Over $19 million of UBC’s endowment invested in companies tied to Uyghur genocide, The Ubyssey
The CWA Award for Labour Reporting
Sara Eldabaa, Sex workers: Neglected victims of the pandemic, The Link
News Reporting Award
Olivia Integlia, Concordia renews contract with notorious prison food provider, The Link
Op-Ed Award
Matthew Konhauser, Dingy arts environment reflects the attitudes of the university, The Gateway
Sports Reporting Award
Ryan Goodison, The story behind Western football’s 2-headed monster, The Western Gazette
Indigenous Reporting Award (Print)
Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri, ‘Leave the fucking salmon alone:’ ASF accused of poisoning Miramichi Lake, The Aquinian
Data Journalism Award
Sonia Persaud, Using data to plan your trip to the Rec Centre, The Western Gazette
Climate Reporting Award
Anne Fu, The relationship between climate change & human health, The Queen’s Journal
Science Reporting Award
Wafa El-Rayes, “The future is fungi”: The power of citizen science to advance fungal conservation, The Charlatan
Public Health Reporting Award
Isaac Phan Nay, Period product dispensers installed in Residence Commons washrooms, The Charlatan
Cover/Layout of the Year
Jinny Moon, Recovery, The McGill Tribune
Graphic/Illustration of the Year
Talia Rouck, Women’s equality in the medical field, Capilano Courier
Photo of the Year
Sophie Bouquillon, Young woman handcuffed on Homecoming, The Western Gazette
Indigenous Reporting Award (Multimedia)
Lauren Bingham, In Photos: Indigenous activist leads anti-colonial march to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, The Charlatan
Prize for Digital Storytelling
Diana Hong, Nathan Bawaan, Marieta-rita Ose Osezua, Alex Fuster; UBC students take part in Sprouts-organized walkout, The Ubyssey
Best Online Media
Student Journalist of the Year
Charlotte Alden, The Ubyssey
Student Photojournalist of the Year
Isabella Falsetti, The Ubyssey