TJC Student Newspaper Wins Multiple State Awards
Posted/updated on: October 12, 2010 at 11:19 am
TYLER — The Apache Pow Wow, the award-winning student newspaper of Tyler Junior College, walked away with 12 awards during the annual Texas Community College Journalism Association conference Friday, Oct. 8, in Arlington. The awards included First Place for General Excellence and the Division I Sweepstakes Award.
The students placed in an array of TCCJA categories for previously published work. Awards the Pow Wow staff received for previously published work from TCCJA were:
First Place, General Excellence, Staff
First Place, Advertising Design, Kamren Thompson – Lindale
Second Place, Sports Feature, Erica Smith – Dallas
Second Place, Sports News, Darius Nicholson – Dallas
Second Place, Column Writing, Madison Payne – Tyler
Third Place, Feature Writing, Chantel Martin – Dallas
Third Place, Layout & Design, Kamren Thompson – Lindale
Third Place, News Photo, Jessica Sharp – Tyler
Honorable Mention, In-Depth/Investigative, Kamren Thompson – Lindale
Honorable Mention, Layout & Design, Kamren Thompson and Griffin
Blackburn – Tyler
The students also placed in the on-site contest for TCCJA:
Honorable Mention, Editorial Writing, Jarah Wright
The Apache Pow Wow was also recognized with the Sweepstakes award for Division I newspapers.
