GRCC News Release
Contact: Vicki Hudson, 234-4160
COLLEGIATE STAFF WINS NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AWARDS
GRAND RAPIDS, MI, APRIL 8, 2009 - GRCC’s Collegiate won first place for General Excellence for print and website among 11 Michigan community college newspapers, on April 4, at the MSU campus during the Michigan Community College Press Association (MCCPA) conference.
Lansing Community College followed in second place and Washtenaw Community College took third place, with Schoolcraft taking honorable mention in the category.
Editor of the Traverse City Record-Eagle and one of the three category judges wrote in his comments, “This is a very good student newspaper. It focuses on students and campus news, both on the news side and on the editorial pages. I got a good feel for what life is like for the student body in Grand Rapids.”
The Collegiate editors recently returned from the College Media Advisors (CMA) spring convention in New York with the best in show David L. Adams Apple Award. This is the second year running that the Collegiate has won in that category.
Organizer Bill O’Connell said that 70 colleges entered the different categories in the Apple Award.
The Collegiate is also winner of the 2008 Michigan Press Association (MPA) General Excellence for two-year college. Awarded to them in Feb. 2009 at the Amway Grand Plaza hotel. This year is the Collegiate’s first year being a finalist in the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Online Pacemaker, which yielded 233 entries this year from across the country. The Collegiate is one of the 42 finalists. Winners will be announced Oct. 31, 2009 in Austin Texas at the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention.
The Collegiate staff has taken home many individual awards the past two years. Lonnie Allen won first place for Staff Editorial & Critical Review. Lonnie also place 2nd in Journalist of the year among Michigan community college newspapers. Eric Gray and Nicole Hoffman won First Place for their Photo essay and Sam King won First Place for his Graphic Illustration. Christina Kim, Andy Dicks, and Matt Bultman had won Honorable mentions in Sports stories and coverage. Ryan Tyrell won Honorable mention in Photos and Photo illustrations.
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