MSU take sweepstakes at TIPA competition

For the second year in a row, the Midwestern State University weekly student newspaper The Wichitan won the sweepstakes competition at the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference, held April 7-9 in Dallas .

The Wichitan was ranked ahead of 11 other weekly newspapers across the state. The staff won a first place award for in-depth reporting, and individual staff members won an additional 22 awards, including eight first place awards.

MSU's weekly newscast Campus Watch was named top television newscast in the state, with individuals winning six additional awards.

Eleven additional MSU students won awards for on-site competitions.

Students earning first place awards included: Ri'Chaele Affannato, radio newswriting; Amy Augspurger, television advertising; Ya-Rei Chan, newspaper feature photo; Annette Moore, Zinna Panthier, Jordan Ray and Samantha Sandell, television documentary; Jason Palmer, newspaper sports action photo; Camron Rushin, newspaper front page design; Camron Rushin, newspaper news story; Camron Rushin and Ya-Rei Chan, newspaper information graphic; Trey Reed, newspaper sports feature story; Trey Reed, radio sports writing; Jennifer Tavlian, newspaper sports news story; Jared Wilson, newspaper illustration.

Students earning second place awards included: Ri'Chaele Affannato, television non-feature story; Ya-Rei Chan and Camron Rushin, two-person photo essay; Matt Jackson, television sports writing; Candy Mathis, newspaper advertising design; Jason Palmer, newspaper picture story; Camron Rushin, newspaper photo illustration; Camron Rushin, newspaper single subject; Ashley Tippit, television newswriting.

Students earning third place awards included: Amy Augspurger, radio announcing; Ya-Rei Chan and Andrea Veresh, newspaper picture story; Zach Duncan, Valarie McCubbins, Eleanor Roberts and Kristin Woods, television documentary; Jason Palmer, newspaper news photo; Jason Palmer, newspaper sports feature photo; Camron Rushin, newspaper feature story; Ashley Tippit, radio commercial writing.

Students earning honorable mention awards included: Abigail Carter and Jared Wilson, newspaper feature page design; Paige Dickerson, editorial writing; Zach Duncan, Valarie McCubbins, Eleanor Roberts and Kristin Woods, television public affairs program; Jessica Dunn, newspaper general column; Marianne Lechuga, newspaper news feature story; Ashley Miller, press release writing; Ashley Miller, public relations crisis management; Annette Moore, Zinna Panthier, Jordan Ray and Samantha Sandell, television public affairs program; Jason Palmer, newspaper sports feature photo; Camron Rushin, newspaper opinion page design; Jennifer Tavlian, Jason Palmer and Trey Reed, newspaper sports page design; Matt Terrell, newspaper news story.

TIPA is a statewide organization of approximately 75 collegiate journalism and mass communication programs.