The Sacramento City College Express print and online campus newspapers took seven awards Nov. 8 at the 2014 Journalism Association of Community Colleges NorCal conference held at Sacramento State University.
The Express students won JACC’s highest honor for producing Online General Excellence for its online newspaper, given to only a handful of Northern California community college newspapers. Saccityexpress.com is edited this semester by online editor in chief Jonathan Taraya, and last semester by online editor in chief Teri Barth.
“I’m really proud of the amount of work the online staff has put in both this semester and last semester,” said Taraya.”Working in this type of environment is one of the best educational opportunities I’ve experienced at City College.”
“It’s extremely gratifying to see our students succeed and be rewarded for the great work they do in creating a strong student website and newspaper,” said visual media faculty adviser to the campus newspapers Randy Allen, who accompanied SCC students to the conference. “The students named on these awards and those who supported them take this work very seriously and it’s great to see them rewarded for it.”
Multimedia videographer Tamara Knox won a first-place award for her video on the “HAIRitage” art exhibit in the LRC about the cultural influence and significance of
African American neighborhood barbershops. Knox also works on campus in the Cultural Awareness Center.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4TEI1-jJCU&feature=youtu.be
Other visual media awards were won by Express photographer Dianne Rose, who took second place for her shot of City College baseball infielder Jerrod Bravo in a home game against American River College at Union Stadium.
https://saccityexpress.com/dianne-roses-winning-photo/
J.D. Villanueva won a second place in the webcast/broadcast news category for his online piece on student responses in fall 2013 to anti-abortion group Project Truth’s graphic photographic displays of aborted fetuses on campus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_EQxJ-534k&feature=youtube
In reporting and writing, managing editor Meg Masterson won second place for her editorial on suggesting the new Student Services building be named after Belle Cooledge, then-Sacramento Junior College’s vice president and a past Sacramento mayor.
https://saccityexpress.com/a-case-for-cooledge/
Masterson also won fourth place for a features story about SCC retired custodian Harry Outlaw and Jerry Pair’s adventures in campus cleanup. https://saccityexpress.com/custodial-conversation/. Kristopher Hooks, features editor, won a fourth-place award for his profile piece on SCC biology professor David Wyatt. https://saccityexpress.com/biology-professor-takes-hands-on-approach/
“It was pretty cool to hear my name being called,” said Hooks, who attended the conference. “Since last semester was my first time writing journalistically, the possibility of winning another award gives me an extra push to perfect whatever I write.”
Students in SCC’s journalism, photography and graphic communication courses create both the print newspaper, the Express, and the online newspaper, saccityexpress.com.
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“I feel very privileged to be able to mentor and be a part of this award-winning online news staff,” said Alina Castillo, the current photo and social media editor for saccityexpress.com.
List of JACC awards:
General Excellence, Online Journalism: saccityexpress.com
1st place, Video Journalism: Tamara Knox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4TEI1-jJCU&feature=youtu.be
2nd place, Sports Action photo: Dianne Rose
https://saccityexpress.com/dianne-roses-winning-photo/
2nd place, Webcast/Broadcast News: JD Villanueva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_EQxJ-534k&feature=youtube
2nd place, Editorial: Meg Masterson
https://saccityexpress.com/a-case-for-cooledge/
4th place, Feature Story (non profile): Meg Masterson
https://saccityexpress.com/custodial-conversation/
4th place, Profile Feature Story: Kristopher Hooks
https://saccityexpress.com/biology-professor-takes-hands-on-approach/
