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Sara Martin
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Journalist. Denverite it CA 🏔️. Currently reporting from Berkeley Journalism, writing about politics, education, women and culture. As seen in: Chalkbeat Colorado, Colorado Community Media, The Metropolitan and Oakland North.
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Metropolitan wins first place SPJ award for Palestine protest coverage - My Met Media
The Metropolitan is honored to announce it has been selected as a finalist and winner of two SPJ Mark of Excellence awards for its reporting.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
✨Fun fact: We were also threatened with sanctions by university officials if we went forward with publishing our reporting about a Title IX investigation, possibly suspending us or withholding our degrees. Eventually, we had to seek counsel with various First Amendment lawyers.
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Additionally, @isabelguzman.bsky.social and I placed as a finalist in the Investigative Reporting category for our coverage of an elected member of MSU Denver’s student government who was accused of sexually harassing women and various other inappropriate behaviors.
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
With this win, our reporting will go on to compete on the national level among other Mark Of Excellence winners from the 12 SPJ regions later this spring!
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Our team won first place in Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 awards for our coverage of the pro-Palestine protest that lead to the arrests of 40 people at @msudenver.bsky.social.
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM