Journalism Students Win 13 Awards at JACC Regional Conference
The student staffs of spring editions of The Hornet and Inside Fullerton magazine walked away with a number of awards this past weekend at the annual Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ Regional Conference. Five students attended the conference which included a variety of workshops by industry professionals as well as some on-the-spot competitions.
“It’s great to see our students’ hard work recognized,” said Jay Seidel, coordinator of the Journalism Department. “It’s especially true for the determination and commitment that the Hornet and Inside Fullerton staffs had putting out their content during a crazy spring semester.”
“It was a tough transition to online, but the students found workarounds to still cover important issues and produce high quality publications,” said Jessica Langlois, journalism professor. “They’re doing exactly what professional journalists are doing.”
Students working on the award-winning student publications come not just from the Journalism Department, but the Photography and Digital Arts Departments as well. The students assign, produce, design and edit all the content themselves.
“They all bring their skills and work together to create amazing student-produced content,” Seidel added.
Annisa Charles took third place for opinion writing and Angela Gonzalez took honorable mention recognition for copyediting in the on-the-spot competitions.
“Annisa wrote an opinion piece on social media in three hours, and Angela answered 100 questions about grammar and current events in one hour,” Langlois said. “They had the guts to compete, and it paid off.”
The spring semester publication awards included:
Ida Echeverria — Meritorious award for enterprise reporting for her series on community blogger Josh Ferguson’s First Amendment battle with the city of Fullerton
Ann Lipot – Second place in critical review for her review of Zombee Donuts
Gabe Larson – Honorable mention for sports game story for his article on softball’s “Lady Hornets Mercilessly Mercy Marauders 11-0”
Blake Ward – Fourth place for his sports game photo of a Hornet baseball player
Logan Martinez – Second place in magazine photo for his cover photo for the Inside Fullerton magazine (image below)
Logan Martinez and Corinna Ortega – Second place for magazine photo essay for Martinez’s photos and Ortega’s reporting on the tradition of Disney pin collecting
Elise Galbraith – Second place for magazine illustration
Elise Galbraith – First place for magazine cover design for the cover of the spring semester issue of Inside Fullerton
Elise Galbraith – First place for magazine design for the design of the spring semester issue of Inside Fullerton
Annisa Charles and Margaret Trejo – Second place for magazine news feature for “Cosmetologists Lose Control,” a deep dive on how California’s AB5 law negatively impacts hair stylists
Nicole Hamilton – First place for magazine news feature for “Addiction from the eyes of a daughter,” a reported personal essay on growing up with alcoholic parents
“We are so proud of them all,” Seidel said. “They really represented Fullerton College and the journalism department well
