My College Awards

I received multiple awards for communication, journalism, and project management as an undergraduate student at BYU-Idaho! Check them out below.

Gordon B. Hinckley Award

The Gordon B. Hinckley Communicator Award honors students who exemplify President Hinckley’s legacy, recognizing students with leadership skills, character, talent, diligence, and a commitment to excellence.

To receive this, you must be nominated by multiple Communication faculty, and recipients are seen as exemplary representatives of the Church, university, and department. As President Hinckley stated, “Communication is the basic element of leadership.”

Isabelle was granted her award on December 12, 2023.

1st Place—General Excellence Award

BYU-Idaho’s news organization, Scroll, received first place for general excellence from the Idaho Press Club! This was thanks to my leadership and the work of my reporters, colleagues, and faculty.

This award is given to a news organization that demonstrates the highest overall quality in journalism across all aspects of their reporting, including writing, design, and coverage, within the Idaho region, signifying exceptional work across the board in their publications.

To see all the work we did as a team, click the post below!

1st Place—General News Report in TV or Audio

Scroll received first place for its documentary coverage of Idaho National Laboratory from the Idaho Press Club. As the pre-producer for this film, I can certainly say it was a team effort! This award is given to a video story, planned or unplanned, and it can be issue or event-oriented.

One of my reporters, Gabriela Fletcher, won first place for her article: Idaho and the Energy Future: MARVEL microreactor paves way for clean energy.

Check out the post below to see all our articles and the documentary!

3rd Place—Light Feature Award

My article received third place in the Idaho Press Club’s “Light Feature Award.” This award is given to stories that show a human interest or humorous feature. Check out the story below!

Idaho National Laboratory

This project was completed for BYU-I’s news organization, Scroll. This documentary won an Idaho Press Club award.


During the 2023 Fall Semester, Scroll visited Idaho National Laboratory to understand how their projects impact Idaho and the nation.

As Editor in Chief, I organized, edited, took photos and published all content for this project. This video is the result of the students’ visits and collaboration with Soapbox, BYU-Idaho’s creative agency. This video is a student’s interpretation and might not reflect exactly all the work done at INL.

Documentary

Articles in the series ‘Idaho and the Energy Future’

Behind-the-scenes photos

The documentary team behind Idaho and the Energy Future film content next to an Electrolysis machine.
The documentary team behind Idaho and the Energy Future film content next to an electrolysis machine. Photo credit: Isabelle Justice

Soapbox employees, BYU-I's creative agency, film content for the Idaho and the Energy Future Documentary.
Employees from BYU-I’s creative agency film content for the Idaho and the Energy Future documentary. Photo credit: Isabelle Justice

Scroll reporter, Katia Brown, taking notes while interviewing Benny Varghese, an EV research engineer at INL.
Scroll reporter, Katia Brown, taking notes while interviewing Benny Varghese, an EV research engineer at INL. Photo credit: Isabelle Justice

Video Journalism

I created a video summarizing the special project we created for Idaho National Laboratory for a Video Journalism course.