Pierce College Media Arts students were honored with awards at the department’s spring 2014 Banquet on Monday, June 9.  Students and staff met at Maggiano’s for lunch and the presentation of departmental awards.

The awards are given every semester to celebrate the hard work and dedication of the students involved with The Roundup, The Bull, KPCRadio and in cinema and media arts classes. This year the department invited six judges to critique the students’ work in writing, photography, broadcasting and design. The judges were: Brian Vander Brug (staff photographer for the L.A. Times), Gregory Farve (retired editor of the Sacramento Bee), Philip George (a multimedia producer), James Hermon (FOX), Anibal Ortiz (with the Orange County Register) and Kent Pollack (retired editor of the Sacramento Bee).

This semester the department gave out 65 awards in four categories. The categories are: magazine, multimedia/cinema, newspaper and special awards.

The John Gallo Memorial Scholarship is a special award given to two photography students in honor of John Gallo, a former Pierce College professor.  The award includes a scholarship worth $100, which is provided by John’s siblings in his memory. This years winners were Mohammad Djauhari and Nicolas Heredia.

“This is the first time I’ve ever won any awards and it all came at once. It was awesome,” Nicolas Heredia, award-winning photographer said. “Actually winning money towards something takes the cake.”

The spring 2014 award-winning students are:

Magazine awards:

Magazine Writing:

1^st Morgan McNair

2^nd Marielle Stober

3rd Tim Toton

1st place magazine photo by Jasson Bautista

Magazine Photo:

1^st Jasson Bautista

2^nd Kristen Aslanian

3^rd Kristen Aslanian

HM Jasson Bautista

HM Jasson Bautista

Best Magazine Layout:

1^st Monica Velasquez

HM Richie Zamora

Multimedia/Cinema Awards:

Best Documentary:

Mark Scott

Best Autobiographical Video:

Sarah Bachelis

Newspaper Awards:

Arts and Entertainment Writing:

1^st Marissa Nall

2^nd Richie Zamora

3^rd Jeffrey Howard

4^th Nadine Gostantian

HM Jessica Boyer

HM Richie Zamora

News Photo:

1^st Nicolas Heredia

2^nd Nicolas Heredia

News Writing:

1^st Tim Toton

2^nd Matt Gottesman

3^rd Manuel Rios

HM Marissa Nall

HM Richie Zamora

Sports Photo:

1^st Nicolas Heredia

Sports Writing:

1^st Manuel Rios

2^nd Richie Zamora

3^rd Ethan Hanson

4^th Marissa Nall

HM Meghan McGillicuddy

Feature Photo:

1^st James Channel

2^nd Nicolas Heredia

Feature Writing:

1^st Manuel Rios

2^nd Jordan Utley-Thomson

3^rd Jessica Boyer

4^th Richie Zamora

HM Nadine Gostanian

Opinion Writing:

1^st Jordan Utley-Thomson

2^nd Marissa Nall

3^rd Jordan Utley-Thomson

HM The Roundup News

Photo Essay:

1^st Diego Barajas

Multimedia:

1^st Eli Diaz

2^nd Eli Diaz & Richie Zamora

3^rd Diego Barajas

HM Eli Diaz

Radio Awards:

Best Radio Documentary:

1^st Michelle Back

2^nd Brittany Brown

3^rd Mark Scott

HM       Sholom Druk

Best of Radio Shows:

1^st Brittany Brown

2^nd Mark Scott

3^rd Morgan McNair

HM Mareo Lawson

Best Radio Podcast:

Mark Scott

Special Awards:

Marconi Award:

Nick McNamara

Best Cub Photographer:

Nicolas Heredia

Best Cub Reporter:

Jessica Boyer

Top Gun:

Mohammad Djauhari

Most Dedicated:

Raymond Garcia

Scheibel Award:

Monica Velasquez

John Gallo Scholarship Award:

Mohammad Djauhari

Nicolas Heredia

Special guest award

Beth Benne – Friend of the Media Arts Department

The Media Arts Department offers courses in a variety of disciplines including: multimedia, photography, cinema, journalism, public relations and broadcasting. Students learn through hands-on training from experienced professors and gain practical experience by working on the department’s award-winning publications, which include, The Roundup newspaper, The Bull Magazine, and KPCRadio.

For additional information about the Pierce Media Arts Department, please visit our about page and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

CONTACT:

Lisa-Marie DeWinkeleer

Pierce Media Arts Department

[email protected]

https://piercemediaarts.com

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