Pierce College Media Arts students win 22 awards at the Fall 2014 Journalism Association of Community Colleges SoCal conference, held Oct. 17-18 at CSU, Fullerton. (Photo: Nicolas Heredia)

Triple crown honors went the Pierce College Media Arts Department at this year’s Journalism Association of Community Colleges SoCal conference, held at CSU Fullerton Oct. 17-18.

The Roundup weekly print newspaper, the semi-annual BULL magazine and the college’s Online Journalism operations earned General Excellence recognition—the conference’s highest honor.

The two-day event brought hundreds of community college students to compete and attend workshops. In addition to General Excellence honors, Pierce students won 22 individual awards.

They represented work done during the 2013-14 academic year as well as material produced during on-the-spot competition at the conference.

The top Pierce winner was Nicolas Heredia with five awards: second place, News Photo, on-the-spot Sports Photo and on-the-spot Feature Photo, along with fourth places in both Feature Photo and on-the-spot Sports Photo categories.

Jasson Bautista grabbed first place for Magazine Photo and Maria Salvador took the top spot for Magazine Illustration, while Ethan Hanson’s Sports Game Story earned second place.

Third place winners: Calvin Alagot, Student Designed Advertisement; Jason Bautista, Magazine Cover Design; Nelger Carrera, Sports Action Photo; Eli Diaz, Video Journalism; Matt Gottesman, on-the-spot Broadcast News Writing; Megan Moureaux, Profile Feature Story; and Kashish Nizami, Magazine Profie Article.

Fourth place winners: Ray Garcia, Front Page Layout; and Tim Toton, Enterprise News Story/Series.

Honorable Mentions: Diego Barajas, on-the-spot Sports Photo; Megan Moreaux, Profile Feature Story; Tavian Quinn, on-the-spot Broadcast News Writing; and Seth Perlstein, on-the-spot News Story.

Additionally, an honorable mention certificate was given for a first-person Magazine Opinion column written by a woman who had had an abortion and requested that her name not be used.

Jill Connelly, Media Arts Dept. chair, said she was particularly gratified with recognition given to the newspaper, magazine and online journalism staffs. “These awards are a reminder that we are all part of a team, we are competitive and we are winners,” she said.