Glendale’s El Vaquero newspaper and Insider magazine won 18 awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) Southern California Conference at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 16.
Community colleges across Southern California compete every year at the conference for awards on the work they submit from the previous semester and from other conference competitions.
The competitions are a good way for students to become acquainted with the experience they would encounter in the professional journalism world. The president of JACC, Jay Seidel, said that another benefit of the competitions is that “the students can then become award-winning journalists.”
When students attend the convention they are also rewarded with an atmosphere that helps them experience the world of journalism beyond the classroom. “Its one thing to hear from an instructor, but to learn from a pro is great,” said Seidel.
El Vaquero brought home one of the biggest honors, General Excellence, this semester. The Insider also won General Excellence for a magazine.
El Vaquero Editor-in-Chief Louis Roche, won first place in the online photo competition. The photo Roche took was of a GCC student in a dunk tank which was taken at the end of spring semester festival last June.
The staff of El Vaquero this semester will have the chance to take part and win more awards next year in Sacramento when they will attend the state level convention.
The El Vaquero and Insider staffs were unable to attend the conference and compete in on-the-spot and bring-in competitions, although two staff members, Graig and Hovsep Agop, multiple award winners, represented Glendale at the awards ceremony.
All awards were from last semester’s publications:
MAGAZINE OPINION STORY
First Place: Ariel Oakley – “Food stamps”
http://media.www.gccinsider.com/media/storage/paper1339/news/2010/06/14/PersonalAccounts/Applying.For.Assistance-3922796.shtml
MAGAZINE COVER
First Place: Insider Spring 2010 “Sergio de Karlo”
MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
HM (honorable mention) Angela Lee and Jack Najarium – “Permanency”
http://media.www.gccinsider.com/media/storage/paper1339/news/2010/06/14/Poetry/Permanency-3922262.shtml
MAGAZINE PHOTO
HM Louis Roche – “Sergio de Karlo’
HM Edgar Santacruz – “May March”
MAGAZINE GENERAL EXCELLENCE
UR (unranked) Insider – Spring 2010
MAGAZINE FEATURE (NON-PROFILE)
Third Place: Jane Pojawa – “Bad Glendale”
http://media.www.gccinsider.com/media/storage/paper1339/news/2010/06/14/Campus/Bad-Glendale-3922529.shtml
HM Edwin Lopez – “Seeds of Change”
http://media.www.gccinsider.com/media/storage/paper1339/news/2010/06/14/Community/California.Planting.The.Seeds.Of.Change-3922798.shtml
MAGAZINE PROFILE FEATURE
HM Louis Roche – “Sergio de Karlo”
http://media.www.gccinsider.com/media/storage/paper1339/news/2010/06/14/Profile/Sergio.De.Karlo.The.Maestro.Of.Cuban.Bolero-3922530.shtml
ONLINE PHOTO ESSAY
Third Place: Graig Agop and Hovsep Agop – “Jorge Acevedo”
ENTERPRISE STORY/SERIES
UR El Vaquero Staff – “Station Fire”
GENERAL EXCELLENCE NEWSPAPER
UR El Vaquero
https://www.elvaq.com/
STUDENT DESIGNED ADVERTISEMENT
Second Place: Greg and Hovsep Agop – “We’re Positive!”
ONLINE PHOTO
First Place: Louis Rouche – “underwater guy”
http://media.www.elvaq.com/media/storage/paper925/news/2010/06/02/FeaturePhoto/Dunk-Tank-3921312.shtml
PHOTO STORY/ESSAY
HM Richard Kontas – sports
COLUMN WRITING
HM Brandon Hensley – sports
CRITICAL REVIEW
Fourth Place: Daniel Choi – “Rethink Afghanistan”
http://media.www.elvaq.com/media/storage/paper925/news/2009/10/14/Features/rethink.Afghanistan.Gives.Alternative.Insight.To.Americas.EightYear.Conflict-3802246.shtml
OPINION STORY
Second Place: Liz Cameron – “Obscenity”
http://media.www.elvaq.com/media/storage/paper925/news/2010/04/21/Opinion/Enough.Already.Time.To.Cut.The.Crap-3909507.shtml
All issues of The Insider are available for purchase or free iPad download from Magcloud:
http://media.www.gccinsider.com/media/storage/paper1339/news/2010/06/14/Campus/Purchase.Print.Copies.Of.The.Insider-3923799.shtml
