A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that TCU student media won the most awards since 2008. The number of awards in the incorrect calculation included the awards won by yearbook staff. This story has been updated to remove the inaccuracy.
TCU student media and the Horned Frog Yearbook were recognized this weekend by the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association at the annual TIPA convention, held in San Antonio.
Fifty-four awards were presented to 27 TCU students for their work during the 2014 academic year in categories separated by television, newspaper, online, magazine and yearbook.
“It’s great to know that people outside of the TCU bubble are looking at my work and that it’s not something that gets put on the backburner and forgotten,” said Samantha Calimbahin, a senior journalism major.
Calimbahin won five awards, including second place in news feature and multimedia categories.
Calimbahin said winning the awards helped serve as a confidence booster before graduation and that it helps ease the transition into the post-graduate work environment.
Junior journalism major Joey McReynolds said the competitions held by TIPA were good benchmarks to compare his work to.
McReynolds entered the TV news and video contest, winning first place, and said there was a noticeable improvement in the work he submitted this year from the work he submitted in the same competition two years prior.
“As a professor, it makes me proud to know our students feel they are growing in their field and winning these awards,” said Kent Chapline, instructor and director of student media.
Chapline heads the News Now and Sports Now programs, which garnered several awards, including TV sweepstakes.
“Every group is different, and determining the strengths of individual students and tailoring the material to that leads to more growth,” Chapline said.
McReynolds said it’s not always about the awards, however.
“The most important thing I’ve learned is to be sure you enjoy what you’re doing,” McReynolds said. “If you enjoy it, you’re willing to put in more work and do that much better.”
The full list of winners is below.
Television:
· Staff, TV Sweepstakes Award
· Staff, third place, sportscast
· Staff, honorable mention, sportscast
· Staff, third place, production
· Staff, honorable mention, best newscast
· Evan Watson, second place, sports non-feature story
· Kendal Morris and Maddie Schmitt, first place, documentary
· Evan Recatune, Allie Snyder and Ryann Harris, honorable mention, documentary
· Evan Folan, first place, audition tape
· Samantha Calimbahin, second place, audition tape
· Samantha Calimbahin, second place, news feature story
· Joey McReynolds, second place, news non-feature
· Abbie Maynard, first place, sports feature story
General Magazine:
· Staff, second place, overall design,
· Staff, second place, overall excellence
· Kaleigh Kurtin and Natasha Panchal, honorable mention, story package
· Lauren Cummins, second place, feature story
· Natasha Panchal, honorable mention, illustration
· Katherine Love, second place, news feature story
· Veronica LaBorde, first place, general news photo
· Veronica Laborde, third place, general news photo.
Newspaper, Division I (large colleges):
· Staff, honorable mention, overall excellence
· Samantha Calimbahin, second place, sports feature writing
· Natasha Panchal, first place, page one design
· Samantha Calibahin, honorable mention, feature story
· Kayla Mulliniks, first place, in-depth reporting
· Elizabeth Birdsong, second place, news photo
· Veronica Laborde, first place, feature photo
· Donald Griffin, honorable mention, photo illustration
· Donald Griffin, second place, sports page design
· Donald Griffin, honorable mention, sports page design
· Mario Montalvo, second place, news feature story
Online Division I (Large colleges):
· Staff, first place, best website navigation
· Staff, first place, best interactivity
· Samantha Calimbahin, second place, multimedia package
Live Contests:
· Elizabeth Campbell, first place, copy editing
· Joey McReynolds, first place, TV news video
Yearbook Division I:
· Staff, honorable mention, overall excellence
· Abby Bradetich, first place, cover design
· Mackenzie Wilson, first place feature photo
· Emily Rodenbach, third place academic photo.
· Clayton Youngman, honorable mention, academics copy
· Abby Bradetich, second place, end sheets
· Abby Bradetich, third place, opening
· Mary Kate Adgie, third place, organizaitons copy
· Abby Bradetich, first place, people spread with mugshots
· Abby Bradetich, honorable mention, people spread with mugshots
· Emily Rodenbach and Abby Bradetich, second place, photo story
· Mackenzie Clark, honorable mention, sports action photo
· Rachel Vanlandignham, honorable mention, sports copy
· Emily Rodenbach, honorable mention, sports feature photo
· Clayton Youngman, third place, student life copy
· Abby Bradetich, third place, title page.