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| Sasha Walters, Monica Fitch, Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Pincus, Katherine Feaster and Adviser Mark Plenke with plaques and certificates awarded this weekend.
The Orion and theorion.com were honored with 13 awards this weekend at the Associated Collegiate Press/California College Media Association convention in Universal City.
In the ACP best-of-show competition, the paper took ninth place among weekly papers at the convention. Theorion.com placed third among all large schools in the best-of-show website competition. Papers from as far away as Boston and Miami competed.
In the CCMA annual contest for California student media, the newspaper took home 11 awards:
3rd place - Best Newspaper (Weekly)
3rd place - Best Overall Newspaper Design (Weekly) 3rd place - Best News Series (Weekly) - Mozes Zarate for Creek Curve fatal accident and follow up 1st place - Best Newspaper Column (Weekly) - Zachary Phillips for “In the Closet: A Fate Worse Than Death” 2nd place - Best Sports Photograph (weekly) - Emily Teague for photo of a Chico State long jumper. 1st place - Best Newspaper Page/Spread - Arturo Cabrera for “Living Legend” 1st place - Best News Video - Eric Walker and Emily Bertolino for “Distressed Downtown: Homelessness in Chico CA" Honorable Mention - Best Non-News Video - Jessica Brown and Courtly Cerrito for "Fine Arts class makes metal artwork” Honorable mention - Best Online Ad - Ernesto Rivera - Download The Orion’s new app |
• The Orion's strength in the photo and video categories.
• The lack of awards in news, always a strength in the past and probably the reason for the third-place finish in the best-newspaper category.
• Third place in the ACP national competition is the paper's best ever and indicates growing excellence in the digital edition. I think the addition of outstanding web video stories and a cleaner design this spring were major reasons for the judges' decision.
Congratulations to everyone on the staff this year and last for a great showing!
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