Students win 36 awards at TIPA competition

Midwestern State University's student media won 36 awards, including the On-Site Sweepstakes award, at the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association competition in Kerrville on March 27.

Students representing MSU participated in 22 on-site contests, placing in 11 of them and winning the On-site Sweepstakes award.

MSU's weekly, student-produced newscast, Campus Watch, took second place in general excellence and was second overall in the television sweepstakes competition.  MSU's weekly, student-produced newspaper, The Wichitan, was third in the overall newspaper sweepstakes competition and was awarded an honorable mention in general excellence.

Individual students won seven first-place awards, eight second-place awards, four third-place awards and 13 honorable mentions.

Those earning first place awards included:

Whitney Coggin, Caitlin Hurley, Kristin Mullen and Heather Primavera, television public affairs program; Jamie Monroe, print advertising; Jamie Monroe, public relations crisis management; Brittany Norman, feature page design; Brittany Norman, front page design; Brittany Norman, newspaper headline; Janelle Paterson, television announcing

Those earning second place awards included:

Nicole Allen, Drew Bernard, Ashley James and Lana McCarley, television documentary; Chris Collins, newspaper news feature; Peter Hiatt, sports action photo; Josh Hoggard, editorial page design; Jamie Monroe, newspaper advertising design; Brittany Norman, newspaper design; Brittany Norman, newspaper single subject presentation; Colleen Wilson, radio announcing

Those earning third place awards included:

Jenny Holding, Meredith Humphreys, Russ Lawrenz, Kaitlin Morrison and Charisma Thrash, television public affairs program; Vanessa Vick, sports feature story; Colleen Wilson, radio advertising; Colleen Wilson, television sports writing

Those earning honorable mention awards included:

Loren Eggenschwiler and Julia Raymond, newspaper picture story; Jody Fisher, Colin Frank, Chance Gibbs and Julia Graham, commercial/PSA/promotion; Patrick Johnston, feature photo; Jamie Monroe, public relations press release writing; Bobby Morris, sports page design; Brittany Norman, newspaper column; Brittany Norman, newspaper feature story; Brittany Norman, newspaper headline; Brittany Norman, newspaper single subject presentation; Brittany Norman, print news writing; Brittany Norman and Colleen Wilson, two-person photo essay; Janelle Paterson, radio sports writing; Jody Smith, newspaper news feature.

TIPA is a statewide organization of journalism and mass communication programs.  Its annual convention/competition attracts about 75 universities and 500 students.