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Journalism Wins Big at Three Competitions

January 21, 2022 - 11:12 AM

The pandemic played to the advantage of Mt. 91直播鈥檚 Journalism program, which picked up dozens of honors at the California College Media Association (CCMA) Awards, the Associated Collegiate Press Awards, and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Awards.

Journalism Professor Toni Albertson said more awards were won this year than the program has ever won previously in a year. Albertson indicated a reason for the exceptionally strong showing is that the college鈥檚 program went digital years ago; therefore, they naturally fit into a host of new categories created for digital journalism.

鈥淒igital has changed everything,鈥� said Albertson. 鈥淲e were the first community college to go full-digital (and stop print media).鈥�

Albertson said the students faced numerous obstacles with the ongoing pandemic. 鈥淲e had moved over to 100% online instruction in 2020. I think it was the hardest semester we have ever had. Trying to contact people who aren鈥檛 on campus to create stories is a challenge.鈥� 

鈥淎dd to that, this is the smallest staff we have ever had,鈥� indicated Albertson. 鈥淵ou may think digital is easier, but it is a lot harder because they (students) are having to produce content 24/7.鈥�  

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to be recognized nationally for doing work that I love,鈥� said Aaron Story, who won second place in the new category General Innovation for the campus podcast The Pulse, which 鈥渢ells stories of my community.鈥�

鈥淔or the first time, we partnered with the college鈥檚 Radio 91直播 to do the podcast,鈥� said Albertson, demonstrating the need for journalists to embrace technological change in communications.

Mt. 91直播 offers an Associate in Arts for Transfer degree in Journalism. The Journalism program runs and the online magazine .

A list of first and second place awards won at the CCMA Awards 2021

 

Best COVID Coverage

1^st place 鈥� Vanessa Feliciano 鈥淧regnancy in Time of COVID-19鈥�

1^st place 鈥� Abraham Navarro 鈥淐OVID and Its Somber Scenes鈥�

1^st place 鈥� Jaylen Minnich-Hall 鈥淢ental Health Withers With Us While COVID Carries On鈥�

1^st place 鈥� Monica Inouye 鈥淪urvivor Remembers Pearl Harbor鈥�

 

Best Social Justice Reporting

1^st place 鈥� Pablo Unzueta & Bridgette Lugo 鈥淒eaths of Black Citizens Ignite Protests in Los Angeles鈥�

1^st place 鈥� Abraham Navarro & Riley Martinez 鈥淒emonstrators Protest on West Covina Highway Overpass鈥�

 

Best Election Coverage

1^st place 鈥� Monica Inouye, Abraham Navarro, Vanessa Feliciano, Jaylen Minnich-Hall, Riley Martinez

 

Magazine Photo Series

2^nd place 鈥� Abraham Navarro

 

Best Photo Illustration

2^nd place - Abraham Navarro

 

Best Arts & Entertainment Story

2^nd place 鈥� Shannon Carter 鈥淗eadspace Thinks Inside the Box鈥�

 

Best Editorial Cartoon

1^st place 鈥� Christy Lin

 

Best Magazine Photo

1^st place - Abraham Navarro

 

Best Headline Portfolio

1^st place - Abraham Navarro

 

Best News Photograph

1^st place- Pablo Unzueta

 

Best Feature Photo

1^st place - Abraham Navarro

 

Best Photo Series

1^st place - Pablo Unzueta

 

Best Feature Story

1^st place 鈥� Natalie Lu & Eric Tadeo

 

General Innovation

2^nd place 鈥� Andre Tinoco & Abraham Navarro 鈥�91直播Attack鈥�

2^nd place 鈥� Keith Fort & Aaron Story 鈥淭he Pulse鈥�

2^nd place 鈥� Delilah Perez & Amber Ortiz 鈥淢ountie.Media鈥�

 

 

A list of first and second place awards at the Journalism Association of Community College 2020-2021 Awards

 

Editorial Cartoon

1^st place 鈥� Christy Lin

 

Best Feature Profile Story

1^st place 鈥� Natalie Lu & Eric Tadeo 鈥淎 Laugh to Fit the Bill鈥�

 

Best Enterprise News Story Meritorious Award COVID Coverage

1^st place 鈥� Brigette Lugo, Abraham Navarro, Jesse Espitia, & Natalie Lu 鈥淐lose the Campus鈥�

 

Sports Feature Photo

2^nd place 鈥� Abraham Navarro

 

General Excellence

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On the Spot Competition: Editorial Cartoon

1^st place 鈥� Christy Lin