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The OU Daily and its staff earned six honors in the 2025 Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists’ contest in competition with the state’s professionals. Those are as follows:

Print outstanding website (overall) 

1. NonDoc

2. The Frontier

3. OU Daily

Print outstanding magazine 

1. Curbside Chronicle

2. TulsaPeople

3. OU Daily (spring issue)

Print reporter of the year

1. Bobby Ross Jr., Christian Chronicle

2. Miguel Rios, Curbside Chronicle

3. Peggy Dodd, OU Daily

Print outstanding online story

1. Dylan Goforth, The Frontier

2. Kayden Anderson, Gaylord News

3. Bennett Brinkman, NonDoc

Honorable mention: Anusha Fathepure, OU Daily

Print outstanding spot news photography

1. Willie Gillespie, OU Daily

2. Mike W. Ray, Southwest Ledger

Print outstanding sports photography

1. Kelly Wray, Duncan Banner

2. Sutton Spinner, OU Daily

Honorees were selected among more than 400 entries and judged by professionals in Tennessee and New Jersey.

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