Television, magazine, newspaper win 37 awards at TIPA convention

Compiled by News-Register Staff

At the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention in San Antonio April 6-8, North Lake College won a grand total of 37 awards for its newspaper, television production and literary magazine.

The News-Register took Overall Excellence again in Division 6, and won awards in almost all of the categories — reporting, photography, advertising, layout, cartoon, column, illustration and special section, for a total of 24 awards.

In the Television category, North Lake students took six honors, including first place in documentary, and first place in television production.

In the Literary Magazine category, Duck Soup took top honors in the Essay category and Poem category, for a total of three awards.

Here’s a list of all the categories and the students who took home awards:

TELEVISION:
Television Production
First Place: Lauren Youngblood, Barry Adams, Nikki Bingham
Honorable Mention: Jim Shannon, Katie Rooney, Grace Lee, Nick Gititu
Television Spot Commercial, PSA, Promo
Second Place: Grace Lee
Television Public Affairs
Second Place: Jim Wingard and Robert Manning
Television Documentary
First Place: Grace Lee and Jennifer Garcia
Third Place: Lauren Youngblood

LITERARY MAGAZINE:
Essay
First Place: Racell Ivie, “Education Lost”
Poem
First Place: Amy Porche, “I wish you were here”
Feature Story
Second Place: Racell Ivie, “Grandma’s House”

NEWSPAPER
Picture Story
First Place: Maria Lara, Cassady Clark, Amanda K. Witt, Bethany S. Mueller and Casey Cavalier (for “Sensible Style,” a full page of fashion modeled by North Lake students)
Information Graphic
Second Place: Tom Ritchey (for “Smoke Signals”)
Sports Action Photo
Third Place: Cathy Vanover (for a basketball photo)
Sports Feature Photo
Third Place: Bethany S. Mueller (for her swimming photo that accompanied her story on North Lake’s swim program for adults afraid of the water)
Critical Review
Third Place: Casey Cavalier (for his review of “Capote”)
Sports Feature Story
Honorable Mention: Bethany S. Mueller (“Waning Water Woes,” about adults overcoming fear of the water)
General Column
Third Place: Kim Brewer, “UB needs your support”
Sports News Story
Second  Place: Andy McCormick, “Women’s volleyball ...”
Sports Column
Second Place: Jeremy Howard (for “Right man for the job”)
Third Place: Kim Brewer, “Blazers have common goal”
Feature Story
Honorable Mention: Sara Swan and Bethany S. Mueller (for “View Finder,” a profile of North Lake student and photographer Richard Sharum)
In-Depth Reporting
First Place: Glen Sovian — for his three-part series on North Lake’s Learning Communities
Feature Photo
Second Place: Casey Cavalier (for his photo of a woman ascending stairs in Paris)
Page One Design
First Place: Amanda K. Witt (for the Nov. 28, 2006, front page)
Second Place: Amanda K. Witt (for the Aug. 22, 2006, front page)
Headline
Third Place: Casey Cavalier (for “Electronic election ends in error”)
Special Section
First Place: Amanda K. Witt and Tom Ritchey, THE BLAZER NEWCOMER’S GUIDE
Opinion Page Design
First Place: Amanda K. Witt
Editorial Cartoon
Third Place: Glen Sovian (for the Jan. 31, 2006, cartoon, “Putting Ex-Presidents to Work”)
Photo Illustration
Second Place: Kellie Davis (photo used behind ADHD story)
Sports Page Design
Second Place: Tom Ritchey, March 28, 2005, paper
Advertising Design
First Place: Amanda K. Witt (for the Symposium ad)
Honorable Mention: Tom Ritchey (for the Irving Police Dept. ad)
Feature Page Design
Second Place: Casey Cavalier and Amanda K. Witt (for the Arts & Entertainment page, Nov. 28, 2005) Judge’s comment: Fun & entertaining page design.
News Feature Story
Third Place: Casey Cavalier (for his story on ADHD)
News Photo
Honorable Mention: Amanda K. Witt, “Katrina Evacuee”
Honorable Mention: Cathy Vanover, “Festival Dance”

Judges had this to say about the newspaper’s Overall Excellence recognition:
“A changing appearance that gives freshness to each issue. Adheres to overall theme without being unduly locked into a formula format. Quality graphics and art. Good emphasis on advertising topical to audience.”