Caplin News has won many national and regional prizes including the prestigious Hearst Award for breaking news and the EPPY, given by Editor and Publisher magazine, for best community/niche website.
2024
Florida Society of News Editors
Alejandro Sanchez
Features & Enterprise Writing (Spanish) – 1st place
Ruta sur: 3 historias de migrantes africanos en Uruguay
Milena Malaver, Luca Fornoni and Steban Rondon
Podcast – 3rd place
Transcending Perspectives
Milena Malaver, Luca Fornoni and Steban Rondon
Video Storytelling – 3rd place
Transcending Perspectives
Sheetal Bahadursingh, Laura Palfrey and Jasmine Arocha
Photography – 2nd place
Life Beyond Height
Milena Malaver, Luca Fornoni and Steban Rondon
Multimedia – 3rd place
Transcending Perspectives
Samuel Larreal
Features Writing – 3rd place
Great escape: Venezuelans head north to uncertainty, Part 1
Samuel Larreal, Amelia Orjuela De Silva and Kylie Hannigan
Enterprise Writing – 2nd place
Great escape: Venezuelans head north to uncertainty, Parts 1 & 2
Victoria Claria
Sports (Spanish) – 2nd place
Todos con la ‘10’: histórica presentación de Messi en Inter Miami
Victoria Claria
Sports (Spanish) – 3rd place
Messi jugará en Inter Miami: qué significa para el fútbol local
Sandra Cervantes
News Reporting (Spanish) – 2nd place
Silicon Valley: Inseguridad alimentaria entre la riqueza
Charlie Awards
Sheetal Bahadursingh, Jasmine Arocha and Laura Palfrey
Photography – 1st place
Johan Castellanos and Alejandro Sanchez
Multimedia (Spanish)
Steban Rondon, Milena Malaver, Luca Fornoni
Multimedia – 1st place
Sandra Cervantes
In-Depth Feature (Spanish) – 1st place
Samuel Larreal
In-Depth Feature – 1st place
Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists
Samantha Gutierrez
Climate / Environmental Reporting – 1st place
Workers seek protection from dangers of hot days in Miami-Dade bill
Laura Palfrey, Sheetal Bahadursingh and Jasmine Arocha
Education Reporting – Honorable Mention
Little people switch to online classes due to poor accessibility on campus
Hearst Journalism Awards
Carlton Gillespie
Personality / Profile – 8th place
This Brit discovered the Miami Marlins. Now his podcast reaches across the ocean.
Milena Malaver, Luca Fornoni and Steban Rondon
Multimedia – 8th place
Transcending Perspectives
Samuel Larreal
Explanatory Reporting – 10th place
Great escape: Venezuelans head north to uncertainty, Part 1
Eppy Awards
Tynisa Senior and Ivan Espinoza
Best feature story on a college/university website
Guilty until proven innocent: The wrongful conviction of Thomas Raynard James, part 1
2023
Hearst Journalism Awards
Steban Rondon
Personality/Profile Competition – 4th place
A Colombian cocaine mule escapes from jail and cartel killing
Corina Vera
Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise Competition – 7th place
Anorexia: Through the eyes of…
Florida Society of News Editors
Taylor Gutierrez
Audio story – 1st place
The Secret Life of Scientists
Johny Agudelo and Kamille Bascus
Multimedia story – 1st place
Decades after Miami riots, many still die at the hands of police
Adelia Hernandez
Multimedia story – 2nd place:
A Homestead migrant worker’s journey
Ivan Espinoza and Tynisa Senior
Investigative reporting – 2nd place
Guilty until proven innocent: The wrongful conviction of Thomas Raynard James, parts 1 and 2
2022
Florida Society of News Editors
Helen Acevedo, Alejandra Garcia El Coro and Zitlali Solache
Breaking news – 1st place
Relatives of Surfside victims anxiously await news of loved ones at reunification center, Biden offers solace to families of Surfside victims, A vigil is held for Surfside victims as rescue and investigation continue
Valentina Palm
Investigative reporting – 1st place
Miami Beach’s Dirty Little Secret.
Shantel Sanchez
Sports reporting – 1st place
Freedom Park: What do neighbors think?
Adriana Rizik
Audio – 1st place
The world is fighting an invisible war through the Internet: Interview with Khrystyna M.
Lidia Delgado for first place in
Commentary – 1st place
Is FIU’s P3 App Effective?
Luciana Naretti
Multimedia reporting – 2nd place
Does the incoming flood of college students affect COVID-19 cases on campus?
Zitlali Solache and Julio Mendez
Video storytelling – 2nd place
A son grieves the loss of his elderly parents in the Surfside collapse.
Juan Alvarado
Sports (Spanish language) – 3rd place
El Matadero: El Drama de las eliminatorias sudamericanas
Aaliyah Pasols
Feature writing – 3rd place
Roller skating during the pandemic.
The Green Eyeshade Awards
Valentina Palm
Best News Reporter in the South – 1st place
Miami Beach’s Dirty Little Secret
Liam Rooney
Best Sports Writer in the South – 3rd place
Collected work
Sunshine State Awards
Valentina Palm
Best student work in Spanish – 1st place
El Secreto sucio de Miami Beach
Valentina Palm
Best News Story – 3rd place
Miami Beach’s Dirty Little Secret
Gabriella Genao
Best Profile – 1st place
El Caballero de Santiago
Aaliyah Pasols
Best Light Feature – 1st place
She made Miami chongas famous. Now she’s the voice of Selena in the new Netflix series
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer, Dabney Richards & Vanessa Sanchez
Best Coverage of LGBT Issues – 1st place
Transgender murders plague Puerto Rico (includes video story)
Elizabeth Garcia & Helen Acevedo
Best COVID-19 Coverage – 2nd place
South Florida immigrants struggle to access COVID-19 vaccine
2021
Hearst Award
Valentina Palm
Investigative Reporting – 3rd place ($1500 scholarship)
“Miami Beach’s Dirty Little Secret: The Park View Island Canal“
Green Eyeshade Award
Best News Reporter
Bianca Marcof – 1st place
Alejandra Marquez Janze – 2nd place
Valeria Venturini – 3rd place
Gabriel Urrutia
Best Sports Writer – 3rd place
Yasser Marte
Best Photographer – 1st place
Sunshine State Awards
Mejor trabajo estudiantil (todo tipo de medios)
“Arrendadores de botes aprovechan el Covid-19 y logran evadir las regulaciones”
Second place: Fabian Osorio & Alejandro Trujillo
Yasser Marte
“Photos of Miami protest are engrossing and frightening”
Best Sports Story
Gabriel Urrutia
“South Florida produces more top football talent than anywhere else”
Best Video – Third Place
Edmarys Menendez, Betsabe Romero & Jesus Dobbins
“Artists Layon, Rebuil, Wilber Mateu and Leah Dibut create new music despite the pandemic”
Best Multimedia Feature – First Place
Alejandra Marquez Janse & Kaylee Padron
Best Coverage of LGBT Issues – Third Place
Best Coverage of Race & Underrepresented Communities
– Second place
Maria Lago, Helen Acevedo, Jordon Coll, & Yasser Marte
Eppy Award (Editor & Publisher)
Caplin News Staff
Best College Produced Community or Niche Website – Winner
Haley Richards, Paul Martinez and Brianny Viso
Best Video on a College Website – Finalist
Mother and Son Offer Autism Training to First Responders
2020
Hearst Award
Kaylee Padron
Breaking News – Finalist
Trouble at Miami New Times as staff writers leave, culture editor is laid off and salaries cut
Mark of Excellence (SPJ National)
Caplin News Staff
Best independent online student publication – Region 3 Finalist
Valeria Venturini
Non-fiction magazine article – Region 3 Winner
Hundreds of Venezuelans stranded in the United States
Campus Coronavirus Coverage (SPJ National)
Caplin News Staff
Best Coverage – Winner
Pandemic Profiles
Imogen Francis
Best Design – Winner
Florida COVID Stats
Sunshine State Awards
South Florida News Service staff
Best Website – 1st place
Mariandrea Vergel Prieto
Best Coverage of LGBT Issues – 3rd place
Struggles of transgender women transcend borders
Laura Isabel Perez – 1st place
Mejor Trabajo Estudiantil (todo tipo de medios)
Jóvenes boricuas buscan en Miami el hogar que el huracán María les quitó
Juan David Endara
2nd place
Ante la adversidad, la resiliencia: Historias de vidas colombianas que superan la adversidad
Grethel Delgado
3rd place
Coconut Grove Playhouse: 13 años de silencio
Florida Society of News Editors
Yasser Marte and Kai’Chien Chisholm
Multimedia – 2nd place
Stephen Ross, Tank for Tua, and the current state of the Miami Dolphins
Yasser Marte
Photography – 1st place
2019
Florida Society of News Editors
Gabriel Poblete, Maria Gil and Jesse Scheckner
Breaking News Reporting – 1st place
FIU bridge near MMC campus collapses, killing and injuring several, just five days after being built
Adrian Nones-Newman
Enterprise Writing – 2nd place
Millennials buying guns in wake of school shootings
Sebastian Ballestas
Photography – 2nd Place
Miami Broward Carnival
Green Eyeshade Award
Sebastian Ballestas
Best Student Photographer – 3rd place
Sunshine State Awards
South Florida News Service staff
Best Website – 2nd place
Jesse Scheckner, Maria Gil and Gabriel Poblete
Best News Story – 1st place
FIU bridge near MMC campus collapses, killing and injuring several, just five days after being built
Jesse Scheckner, Maria Gil and Gabriel Poblete
Best Disaster Reporting – 2nd place
FIU bridge collapse coverage
Mark of Excellence Awards
Kai’Chien Chisholm
Podcast – Region 3 Finalist
Stephen Ross, Tank for Tua, and the current state of the Miami Dolphins
Jay Valle, Monica Lebro and Andrea Igliozzi
Video Storytelling – 2nd place
South Florida Access Goes from Hollywood Hard Rock to the Lighthouse of Broward
Kai’Chien Chisholm
Sports Column Writing – Region 3 Finalist
2018
Hearst Journalism Awards
Jesse Scheckner
Breaking News Writing – 1st place
FIU bridge near MMC campus collapses, killing and injuring several, just five days after being built