Accent, the student voice of Austin Community College, and Life4U magazine awarded state, national honors

The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) awarded the Accent numerous awards at their annual convention on April 11, 2009. In addition, theaccent.org, the online version of the student newspaper was named as a finalist for a national Online Pacemaker award by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) on March 18, 2009.

TIPA Convention Awards

Adviser Matthew Connolly, and Student Life Communications Coordinator Lori Blewett led a group of 16 Austin Community College students to the TIPA state convention in Dallas from April 9-11. These students competed in on-site competitions and mailed-in competitions against over 600 college students from schools all over the state. Accent staff members earned the following:

Best of Show Competition:
(Newspapers grouped into divisions according to how often they publish.)

Third Place in Division - Accent Newspaper, April 6 Issue

On-site Contests:
(No division - students at convention compete against all other students regardless of four year or two year status or size of school.)

Public Relations Release Writing - First Place - Anne Boyd
Spanish News Writing - Second Place - Anny Ibarra
Editorial Cartoon - Second Place - Karen Kuhn
Feature Writing - Third Place - Devon Tinknell

Mail-in Contests:
(Publications grouped into divisions according to size of school and how often they publish.)

Editorial - First Place - Sarah Neve
Opinion / Editorial Page Design - First Place - Jana Lelek
General Magazine Story Package - Second Place - Karen Kuhn and Sarah Neve
Editorial Cartoon - Third Place - Karen Kuhn
General Magazine Overall Design - Third Place - Life4U Magazine
General Magazine Overall Excellence - Third Place - Life4U Magazine
Sports Feature Photo - Third Place - Hanly Sam
Critical Review - Honorable mention - Lindsay Preston
News Photo - Honorable Mention - Alma Hernandez
Newspaper Illustration - Honorable Mention - Anny Ibarra
Opinion / Editorial Page Design - Honorable mention - Jana Lelek
Page One Design - Honorable mention - Jana Lelek
Single Subject Presentation - Honorable mention - Accent Staff
Sports Action Photo - Honorable mention - Hanly Sam

More information about TIPA can be found at the following web site or by contacting Matthew Connolly.
http://www.texasipa.org/

ACP

On March 18, 2009, the Associated Collegiate Press announced that theaccent.org has been selected from 223 entries as one of 42 finalists in the 2009 Online Pacemaker competition. Since 1927, the Pacemaker has been the highest honor available to ACP members. A complete list of finalists is available here:
http://studentpress.org/acp/winners/opm09.html


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