Miami University students produced 10 works of journalism honored Saturday in the annual Mark of Excellence competition, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Four were announced as first-place winners and six as finalists (the equivalent of second and third) at the Region 4 SPJ conference in Cleveland.

The first-place entries were:

• Ceili Doyle, general news, Miami Student, for "Former Miami prof indicted."
• Kirby Davis, in-depth reporting, Miami Student, for "Fifteen years without closure."
• Julia Plant and Ceili Doyle, podcasts, Miami Student, for "Behind the Brick: Hall Mates, Episode 1."
• UP magazine, staff, in the magazine category.

Finalist entries were:

• Maia Anderson and Maddie Mitchell, general news, Miami Student, for "Words Matter."
• Julia Arwine, feature writing, Miami Student, for "Former Miami trustee reflects on term."
• Emily Dattilo, feature writing, Miami Student, for "Crouton Kid."
• Gorick Das and Arthur Newberry, multimedia stories, Miami Student, for "Your Status."
• Audrey Davis (in memoriam), non-fiction magazine, Miami Student Magazine, for "Champion Standard."
• Devon Shuman, general columns, Miami Student, for "Lilly N Me, Vol. 2."

Thirteen journalism students traveled to Cleveland with JRN program faculty members Patti Newberry and Sacha Bellman to celebrate Miami’s MOE wins.