Delgado, now a reporter with The Arizona Republic, was honored for a story about sex offender registration.
Anton Delgado ’20, an environmental reporter at The Arizona Republic & AZCentral, finished fourth in the national Hearst Feature Writing Competition Dec. 7. Delgado was recognized for his in-depth feature, “Life after registration,” which centered on the reality low-risk sex offenders face after registration.
The feature writing competition received 150 entries from 79 universities across the country that have accredited communications programs. Delgado’s fourth-placed finish earned him a $1,000 scholarship from the Hearst foundation. Ƶ’s School of Communications received a matching amount.
During his time at Ƶ, the journalism and international & global studies major served as a multimedia journalist and managing editor of The Pendulum of Ƶ News Network. The award is yet another on Delgado’s list of journalistic distinctions. Among his other notable awards are two first-place finishes in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards competition, a first-place honor from the College Media Association, a top award from the Associated College Press, and being named Best Feature Writer in the South and Best News Reporter in the South through SPJ’s Green Eyeshade Awards in 2019.