The Daily Toreador, Texas Tech’s student-run news publication, has been selected as a finalist in four different categories of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Region 8 competition.

The region includes schools in Texas and Oklahoma and the contest includes entries published during the 2017 calendar year.

The first category The DT was named a finalist for was the “Best All-Around Non Daily Student Newspaper.” Three papers were entered for the category — the Techsans in Mourning package which covered the shooting on Tech’s campus and death of Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East Jr and published on Oct. 12; Defensive Dominance which focused on Tech football’s defensive performance late into the football season and published Nov. 13; and Know, a package focused on sexual assault and consent, which published April 6.

In the category “Best Use of Multimedia,” The DT’s former multimedia editor, Justin Rex, was selected as a finalist for his audio slideshow, “In honor of Officer East,” documenting the events surrounding the death of Officer East on Tech’s campus.

Ciara Perozzi, a photojournalist at The DT, is a finalist in the “General News Photography (Large) 10,000+ Students” category for a photo she took at Officer East’s memorial service in El Paso.

Finally, The DT’s former cartoonist, Nate Wells, was selected as a finalist in the “Editorial Cartooning” category.

The winners in each of these categories will be announced on Saturday, March 3, at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 8 convention in San Antonio.