2008 Woodie Awards
Newspaper staff wins 16 awards at conference
By: Anna Mavromati
Issue date: 10/28/04 Section: News
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Winning numerous awards in writing competitions, the EC Union newspaper staff attended the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) Southern California conference.
Members of the Union staff participated in on-the-spot writing and photography competitions against other schools and went to journalism workshops at the conference, which was held at Cal State University, Fullerton, Stella Sutphin, editor in chief of the Union, said.
"JACC is a great conference for community college students to go to," Sutphin said. "They really get to see the validation of the work that they do."
Sutphin won in the on-the-spot broadcast news-writing competition, which she said was a new competition at JACC.
Other EC on-the-spot winners were Katrina Romero, who won for copy editing; Dennis Alvillar, for sports photograph; Kara Ogushi, for critical review writing; Mary Chou, for feature story writing, and Josh Finke and Juliana Kung for team feature, which is the combination of a feature story and a photograph together.
"I think we did very well," Katrina Romero, co-news editor of the Union said.
EC also won the general excellence award for both the Union newspaper and the school magazine, Warrior Life.
Sutphin said one of the Union's staff advisers, Jolene Combs, is even getting an award from the Community College Journalism Association for her achievements.
"Both of our advisers are wonderful," Sutphin said. "They have had so many students who have gone into the field, but they are still here to teach us so we can develop."
JACC hosts a Southern California conference in the fall and a statewide (southern and northern California) conference in the spring. Sutphin said that EC often wins awards at the conferences.
"It proves to us that we really are on the right track," Sutphin said.
Kara Ogushi, features editor, said she was surprised when she won in the critical review competition.
For her entry, she had to review a documentary about surfing called "Orange Crush," which she said she didn't like.
Members of the Union staff participated in on-the-spot writing and photography competitions against other schools and went to journalism workshops at the conference, which was held at Cal State University, Fullerton, Stella Sutphin, editor in chief of the Union, said.
"JACC is a great conference for community college students to go to," Sutphin said. "They really get to see the validation of the work that they do."
Sutphin won in the on-the-spot broadcast news-writing competition, which she said was a new competition at JACC.
Other EC on-the-spot winners were Katrina Romero, who won for copy editing; Dennis Alvillar, for sports photograph; Kara Ogushi, for critical review writing; Mary Chou, for feature story writing, and Josh Finke and Juliana Kung for team feature, which is the combination of a feature story and a photograph together.
"I think we did very well," Katrina Romero, co-news editor of the Union said.
EC also won the general excellence award for both the Union newspaper and the school magazine, Warrior Life.
Sutphin said one of the Union's staff advisers, Jolene Combs, is even getting an award from the Community College Journalism Association for her achievements.
"Both of our advisers are wonderful," Sutphin said. "They have had so many students who have gone into the field, but they are still here to teach us so we can develop."
JACC hosts a Southern California conference in the fall and a statewide (southern and northern California) conference in the spring. Sutphin said that EC often wins awards at the conferences.
"It proves to us that we really are on the right track," Sutphin said.
Kara Ogushi, features editor, said she was surprised when she won in the critical review competition.
For her entry, she had to review a documentary about surfing called "Orange Crush," which she said she didn't like.