Journalism Students Recognized in State Competition
The hard work of the Fullerton College journalism students was recognized this weekend by the Journalism Association of Community Colleges when it presented its awards for its annual Southern California Publications Competition announced at Cerritos College on Saturday. The professional judges rated two entries from each school that were published during the fall semester. The categories ranged from a variety of journalistic areas.
Former Hornet Editor-in-Chief Christian Fletcher took home first place in the Profile Feature Story category for his profile of former Associated Students President Sophia Alexander. He also picked up another first place award, along with Christian Meseros, for their photo illustration that ran with the story about the police academy.
Current Online Editor Olivia Hawkins and Cory Irwin received honorable mention for their news story on the Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim. Irwin also earned second place in News Photos for a photo taken at the rally.
Tae Jang received Honorable Mention for his profile feature on Hornet football player Thomas Cletcher.
Kevin Christensen earned second place in the Critical Review category for his review of the Theatre Department’s production of “Dogg’s Hamlet.” On the multimedia side, FCTV’s Ian Kolaja took second place honors in Video Journalism for his video package on faculty salaries and honorable mention for his package on the FC Engineering Club. Kolaja, along with the team of Jackson Clements, Sam Topacio and Taylor Gaetje, took honorable mention for their video package on the coffee crawl in Downtown Fullerton.
“To say I’m proud of the students would be an understatement,” said Jay Seidel, journalism professor and Hornet adviser. “I’m glad their hard work and effort was able to be recognized. They really deserve it.”
The JACC was founded in 1955 and supports journalism education throughout the California Community College system. The Southern California region includes all community colleges from Bakersfield and Santa Barbara in the north to Southwestern along the border in the south.
