MC Student Publications win 22 awardsMarch 27, 2019

Midland College Student Publications contributors won 22 awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, according to Bob Templeton, MC Allison Chair of Journalism. These were presented at the organization’s convention in Corpus Christi on March 16.

“A special treat in this year’s competition was the winning of an onsite 3rd place award, 3rd place in overall excellence for the Midland College Press, and 1st place special edition,” Templeton said. “It was a show of team effort of the issues last semester.”

Aimee Breeden edited the special edition design print 1st place award entry. Judges said: “Nice cover and overall design. The pages that varied the photo size were more interesting…and make me want to read the stories.”

The special edition featured text and photo coverage of conservation and exploration in an eight-page tabloid publication. Big Bend National Park and the Midland area were prominently profiled.

Competing against all Texas schools, including universities, Valerie Walden won 3rd place editorial cartoon.

The top individual winners in the previously-published contests were 1st place awards by Dustin Butler for a photo of a car being pushed in flood waters, and Aimee Breeden for her editorial about the STEM system and decreasing focus on arts education.

Editorial writing quality was a high point for MC students as Nathan Olivas won a 2nd place for an editorial advocating increased wages and Ryan Keithley won an honorable mention for an editorial about sex activities that fund college students’ educations.

Second-place newspaper awards were as follows: Dustin Butler, general column and critical review; Lacey Harper, feature photo of El Capitan; and staff members, op/ed page design and feature page design.

MC’s Tableau literary magazine won second place for open division overall design. It also won 3rd place for open division cover design.

Third-place awards were as follows: Dustin Butler, general news photo of flooded cars; Aimee Breeden, general news story about decreased enrollment; Trinh Dinh, feature story about the MC bookstore; Chris Amaya, sports column about athlete student punishments; and staff members, sports page design.

Honorable mention awards went to Joshua Frazier, photo story about guns; Dustin Butler and Devin Johnson, photo story about Midland flooded streets; and staff members, feature page design.