Journalism students win nearly 40 awards
Media Arts Department students representing the newspaper, magazine and radio station at Pierce College took home nearly 40 awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Southern California conference in Fullerton, Calif. Oct. 5 and 6, 2012.
The Roundup newspaper and Bull Magazine received General Excellence awards. Students also won several first place awards, including newswriting, web broadcast news, student-designed ad and magazine photo essay.
The conference was hosted at Cal State Fullerton.
Two professors (Jill Connelly and Stefanie Frith) from the Media Arts Department took 15 journalism students from Pierce College to the event. Media Arts instructor Jeff Favre also attended and led a workshop about writing critical reviews.
Student awards were presented in two general areas: Mail-ins for work published during the fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters and on-the-spot recognition for material produced in individual timed competitions during the conference.
JACC is a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to community college journalism in California. It is run by an elected board of directors who represent both students and faculty from around the state.
The following is a list of the awards won by Media Arts Department students:
Mail-in Awards
General Excellence: The Roundup
General Excellence: The Bull
Enterprise Series
HM: Coburn Palmer
Magazine Opinion Story
2nd Place: Rosie Fatemi
Online Photo Essay
4th Place: Jose Romero
2nd Place: Angela Tafoya
Video Journalism
HM: Eli Diaz
3rd Place: Eli Diaz
Web Broadcast News
1st Place: James Hermon, Melody Soto, Jacob Kovatch
Front Page Layout Broadsheet
3rd Place: Coburn Palmer
Inside Page Layout
4th Place: James Hermon
4th Place: Navid Khoi
Magazine Cover
3rd Place: Maria Salvador
Magazine Illustration
HM: Maria Salvador
HM: Maria Salvador
Student Designed Ad
1st Place: Maria Salvador
Mail-in Feature Photo
3rd Place: Angela Tafoya
2nd Place: Emad Abbasi
Magazine Photo:
HM: Pooya Saleyhar
2nd Place: Joe Kukuczka
Online Photo Essay
2nd Place: Angela Tafoya
Magazine Photo Essay
2nd Place: Erin Stone
1st Place: Ava Weintraub
Online Photo
HM: Kristen Aslanian
3rd Place: Jose Romero
Sports Action Photo
2nd Place: David Parsons (UD)
Sports Feature Photo
HM: Angela Tafoya
HM: Angela Tafoya
Magazine Feature Non-Profile
HM: Coburn Palmer
2nd Place: Calvin Alagot
News Story
HM: Kat Mabry
Opinion Story
HM: Kevin Reynolds
HM: Kevin Reynolds
Sports Game Story
HM: Brent Spector
On-The-Spot Awards
Best Twitter Page from Student Media: @roundupnews
Cartooning
4th Place: Austin Faber
News Photo
3rd Place: Monica Salazar
Feature Story
3rd Place: Natalee Ayala
News Story
1st Place: Kirsten Quinn
Pierce College journalism students and faculty pose after the Awards Ceremony at the 2012 JACC SoCal Conference on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 in Fullerton, Calif. Pierce took home 39 awards. Photo: Gil Riego
Jill Connelly (left) congratulates Natalee Ayala after taking home the 3rd place award for the On The Spot Feature Story competition at the 2012 JACC SoCal Conference in Fullerton, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. Photo: Todd Rosenblatt
