Previous JHM Winners
2024 JHM Winners
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Arts & Culture Writing Award​
Y-Dang Troeung’s memoir Landbridge reflects on refugee existence and familial love, Elena Massing — The Ubyssey
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Humour/Satire Award
New UBC policy waives course pre-reqs if you have a crush in the class, Tova Gaster — The Ubyssey
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Marginalized Community Reporting Award
Closed Eyes Behind Rose-Coloured Glasses: Five Years After the Mandated Signing of the Community Covenant, Ava Gili — Mars' Hill
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Feature Writing Award
A perfect day for football, Miles Bolton — The Western Gazette
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Investigative Reporting Award
Alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority, Faith Greco and Elissa Mendes — The Charlatan
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The CWA Labour Reporting Award​
CUPE3902’s fight for health coverage, Alice Boyle — The Varsity
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News Reporting Award​
Queen’s engineering exam question tweeted by Jordan Peterson, Sophia Coppolino and Sofia Tosello — The Queen's Journal
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Op-Ed Award
It happened. What are we going to do about it?, Imprint Staff — Imprint
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Sports Reporting Award
Pressure point: how performance anxiety affects student athletes, Miles Bolton — The Western Gazette
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Indigenous Reporting Award
Northern Perspectives: The Agreement that Changed It All, Cedric Gallant — The Concordian
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Science Reporting Award
ORCASat: How UVic students took an idea from campus to space, Hannah Seaton — The Martlet
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Cover/Layout of the Year
New Beginnings, Angelica Blanch — Capilano Courier
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Graphic/Illustration of the Year
Quebec Forest Fires, Keven Vaillancourt — The Concordian
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Photo of the Year
Men's soccer victory, Isabella Maggiore — The Ubyssey
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Best Online Media Presence
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Student Journalist of the Year
Zachary Fortier, The Link
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Student Photojournalist of the Year​
Joesph Mariathasan, The Queen's Journal
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Student Publication of the Year
The Griff and the Western Gazette
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2023 JHM Winners
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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
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Humour Award
Tova Gaster, The Dingbat: Buchanan B can’t fool me – that’s a pole, not a French tutor, The Ubyssey
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2SLGBTQIA+ Reporting Award
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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
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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
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Feature Writing Award (Over $75k)
Carter Dungate, Student defenders of Fairy Creek, The Ubyssey
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Investigative Reporting Award (Under $75k)
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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
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Op-Ed Award
Matthew Konhauser, Dingy arts environment reflects the attitudes of the university, The Gateway
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Sports Reporting Award
Ryan Goodison, The story behind Western football’s 2-headed monster, The Western Gazette
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Indigenous Reporting Award (Print)
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Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri, ‘Leave the fucking salmon alone:’ ASF accused of poisoning Miramichi Lake, The Aquinian
Data Journalism Award
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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
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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
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Cover/Layout of the Year
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Jinny Moon, Recovery, The McGill Tribune
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Graphic/Illustration of the Year
Talia Rouck, Women’s equality in the medical field, Capilano Courier
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Photo of the Year
Sophie Bouquillon, Young woman handcuffed on Homecoming, The Western Gazette
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Indigenous Reporting Award (Multimedia)
Lauren Bingham, In Photos: Indigenous activist leads anti-colonial march to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, The Charlatan
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Prize for Digital Storytelling
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Diana Hong, Nathan Bawaan, Marieta-rita Ose Osezua, Alex Fuster; UBC students take part in Sprouts-organized walkout, The Ubyssey
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Best Online Media
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Student Journalist of the Year
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Charlotte Alden, The Ubyssey
Student Photojournalist of the Year
Isabella Falsetti, The Ubyssey
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