2010

ECCC Student Newspaper Staff Receives State Awards SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

East Central Community College's student newspa– per, The Tom-Tom, was among the top student newspapers in the state rec– ognized during the O.C. McDavid Journalism Con– ference held recently. East Central students earned 12 awards in the Mississippi Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest in the Community and Junior Col– lege Division, including second place in the general excellence award. the top award granted for student newspapers in the commu– nity college division for the state. The Tom-Tom also received four ft.rst place, three additional second place and four third place awards in the competition. In the Better Newspaper Competition, members of The Tom-Tom staff earned the following awards: A flfSt place finish for Shaun Cooper, a 2009 grad– uate of ECCC for Best Edi– torial, titled, "Students Should Do Their Part To Assist." The Tom-Tom staff was also honored with first place plaques for Best Layout and Design, and Best Single and Miscellaneous Advertise-

Members of ECCC's newspaper staff display various awards presented at the o.c. McDavid Journalism Conference held recently. Pictured are: (front row, from left) Gunnar Gentry of Decatur; Colby Harvey of Newton; Tyler Watkins of Forest and Gennle Phillips, adviser; and (back row, from left) Zachary Eaves of louisville; and Daniel Alexander and J'Markus Dubose, both of Union. ECCC 2009 graduate

award for Best Sports Fea– ture titled "Coach Smith j Shares Rose Hobby." Sophomores Denetra j Darden of Louisville and Tiffany Lowery of Walnut Grove won third place hon- j ors for Best Investigative Package on texting while driving. · The Tom-Tom staff also won third place honors for Best Front Page Design. The Tom-Tom is a stu– dent-led newspaper repre– sentative ofthe student body of East Central Community College in Decatur. The publication is advised by ECCC Publications Coordi– nator Gennie Phillips of Forest. Rachel Ramirez of Forest is the student editor

Aaron Morrison of Newton received second place hon– ors for Best General Interest Column, titled, "Where is God?" Freshman Tara Martin of Forest was recognized with a second place award for Best Cartoon depicting Homecoming 2009. The Tom-Tom staff also received second place hon– ors for Miscellaneous Advertisement. Sophomore Zachary Eaves ofLouisville claimed a third place prize in the Best Feature Story Catego– I), titled, "Harris Over– comes WarAttack.'' 2009 ECCC graduate Samantba~ofNo~ ater received a third place

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