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Michael D. Chason |
IMMEDIATE
FEBRUARY 10, 2005
ABAC NEWSPAPER NAMED BEST IN STATE
TIFTON--The student newspaper
at Abraham Baldwin College has once again been named the best among all
two-year colleges in Georgia. The Stallion received a total of 20 awards
at the recent Georgia College Press Association (GCPA) Better Newspaper
Conference in Macon.
In addition to winning
first place for General Excellence, signifying the overall best newspaper of
the year in the Two-Year Division, The Stallion also received seven
other awards; one first place, four second place and two third place awards in
the General Excellence categories.
“I am simply inspired by the commitment our
students show each semester,” Eric Cash, ABAC’s
Director of Student Media, said. “Our two-year schools are achieving many of
the goals that not long ago people thought only the four-year colleges were
capable of.”
The awards spanned the
Spring 2004 and Fall 2004 semesters.
General awards included
first place for General Excellence and Improvement; second place in Best Campus
Community Service: News and Editorials, Layout and Design, and General
Photography Excellence; and third place in Best Campus Community Service:
Sports and in Advertising Excellence.
The campus paper also
took home twelve awards for individual achievement of The Stallion’s
staff members.
Mary Grace Cary of
Sylvester won
first place for Best Column and third place for Editorial Series. J.D. Sumner
of Tifton earned third place
for Investigative News Story. Kelsi Theissen of Canada received first place for the
category of Best Review. First place for Entertainment Feature went to Shon McCray of Columbus. McCray also was awarded third place in the
News Photo category.
Scott Childs of
Doerun
received first place honors for News Photo and Editorial Photo; and a second
place award for Editorial Photo. Michael Maw, from Enigma, was awarded second place for Best Feature Story. Second
place went to Jen Guzman-Vidro and Daniel Shippey, both
from Tifton, in the Entertainment feature category. Third place Sports
Photo winner was current Stallion editor
Larius Johnson of Tifton.
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