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award for General Interest Column; ~ A third place award for freshman Candice Stewart ofMorton, Best Feature Photograph; ~ May 2012 graduate Ashley Moore of Carthage was recognized with two third place awards for Best General News Story and Best Feature Story; ~ An honorable mention award for May 2012 graduate Meghan Mcintosh of Carthage, Best Feature Photograpll ~ Claire Tadlock of Decatur received an honorable mention award for Best Fea– ture Photograph; and ~ The Tom-Tom staff also received two additional second place honors for Best Design and Best Front Page and a third place honor for Best Miscellaneous Advertisement The Tom-Tom is a student-led newspa– per representative of the student body of East Central Community College in Decatur. The staff is led by Seger, editor; and Holli Nutt ofMorton , design editor. ECCC Publications Coordinator Gennie ."hi/lips ofForest serves as adviser. z i - i li I ·

DECATUR - East Central Communi– ty College's student newspaper, The Tom– Tom, was among the top student newspa– pers in the state recognized during the 2013 O.C. McDavid Journalism Confer– ence held this spring at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson. East Central students earned 18 awards in the Mississippi Press Association's Bet– ter Newspaper Contest in the Community and Junior College Divisio11, including second place in the general excellence award, the top award granted for student newspapers in the community college

division for the state. ECCC PHOTO The Tom-Tom also received two first Members of East central community College's newspaper staff display various awards. Pic– place, seven additional second place, tured are Candice Stewart and Design Editor Holll Nutt, both of Morton; Editor Addreonna seven third place and two honorable men- Seger of Newton, Jessica Barnett and Adviser Gennie Phillips, both of Forest. tion awards in the com~~ition. In the Bet- Alvarez ofForest, Best Sports Photo; Union was recognized with a second place ter Newspaper Competlbon, members. of ~ Sophomore Jessica Barnett of For- award for Best Sports Feature; The Tom-Tom staff earned the followmg est was recognized with a second place ~ A second place !lward for sopho~ore awards: award for Spot or Investigative Package; and The Tom-Tom editor Addreonna Seger ~ A first place fi~ish for May 2012 ~ A second J>lace award for Sopho- of Newton, General Intere~t C:olumn, and graduate Rachel Ranurez of For_est, Best more Claire Gritfm of Decatur, Best Car- third place award, Best Edttonal; General Interest Column, and third place toon· ~ Freshman Will Stokes of Philadel– award, Best Sports Feature; ~· Freshman Madison Herrington of phia was recognized with a third place ~ A first place award for Eliud "Lulu" ~

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