# Three college journalists win Rolling Stone's 2026 awards

> A Penn film critic, a Duke reporter chasing Stephen Miller's past, and a Texas A&M writer at a record baseball night.
- Title: Three college journalists win Rolling Stone's 2026 awards
- Summary: A Penn film critic, a Duke reporter chasing Stephen Miller's past, and a Texas A&M writer at a record baseball night. Rolling Stone's college awards went to…
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- Source: Rolling Stone — https://rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rolling-stone-college-journalism-awards-2026-winners-1235622763
- Author: Rolling Stone
- Published: 2026-09-11T15:09:22+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: journalism, college, awards, media, reporting
## Born in a dorm room
Rolling Stone started in 1967 as a student-era project, and the College Journalism Awards are how it keeps paying attention to young writers.

> Ever since Rolling Stone was founded in a college dorm room in 1967, we've been an outlet for young voices and aspiring journalists.
## The 2026 winners
Henry Metz of Penn, Seyun Park of Duke, and Ian Curtis of Texas A&M took the three prizes. Their stories are published on RollingStone.com.

> These students impressed us with their discerning angles, diligent research, and captivating storytelling.
## What prestige TV lost
Metz argued in 34th Street Magazine that The Bear borrows Sopranos-era techniques to blow small kitchen conflicts up to melodrama, without the stakes growing.

> 'Prestige' used to mean escalation and consequence, but now it allows intensity without expansion.
## Stephen Miller, the Duke years
Park won Feature Writing by interviewing Duke alumni, including former colleagues at The Chronicle, about the White House adviser back when he was a PoliSci student.

> 'He Likes the Attention': Stephen Miller, Through the Memories of His Duke Classmates
## 100,000 people, one ballpark
Curtis won Entertainment Reporting from the field at Kyle Field, where a Savannah Bananas exhibition drew a record crowd. He worked attendees, players, and executives.

> 'A Two-Hour Escape': Inside Savannah Bananas' Record-Breaking Night at Kyle Field
## Already working reporters
Metz is a film/TV editor and RealArts@Penn intern. Park is university news editor at The Duke Chronicle. Curtis is a former editor-in-chief at The Battalion and a New York Times Corps mentee.
## Key takeaway

Rolling Stone's college awards went to three students whose reporting ranged from prestige TV criticism to a 100,000-person baseball game, and all three stories are live on the site now.