May 16, 2005
Journalism Students Bring Home 25 Awards From TIPA Convention Last Month
And the winners are…
Del Mar College journalism students waited with bated breath after competition
ended during the 2005 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Convention
held in Dallas recently. Once organizers announced all the winners, Del Mar students
had won 25 awards in all.
The budding journalists won five awards in the high-pressure “Live Contest”
competition, including one first place award for “editorial writing.”
The live contest awards that DMC students competed for were in competition with
college journalists from 65 other Texas colleges and universities.
Overall, students brought home seven first place awards in various categories
out of the 25 they won.
The College’s competitive division includes Texas colleges and universities
with enrollments of 10,000 students or more.
During the conference, DMC sophomore journalism major Emily Messer received one
of 10 TIPA scholarships in competition with more than 40 other college students
from across Texas. Messer participated during the College Spring 2005 Commencement
on May 13. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Messer served in several capacities,
including assistant editor of the College’s student newspaper, The Foghorn,
editor of the DMC general magazine, The Voyageur, and as community relations
director for the DMC Press Club.
Winners who placed in the “Live Contest” categories include Josh Hinton,
First Place for Editorial Writing; Ben Lopez, Second Place for Radio News Writing;
Stephan Noack, Second Place for Advertising Commercial Design and Honorable Mention
for Front Page Design; and Edwin Vasquez, Honorable Mention for Spanish News Writing.
Winners who place in the “Newspaper” categories include Chuck Baker,
First Place for Editorial Cartoon titled “State of the Union;” Stephan
Noack, First Place for Photo Illustration; Peter Orchard, Second Place for Newspaper
Illustration titled “Calaveras;” and Stanley Orchard, Third Place for
Sports Column.
Winners who placed in the “Literary Magazine” categories include Fanny
Chirinos, Second Place for the Feature Story titled “Date Rape;” Marlena
Garcia, Third Place for the entry titled “Story Package;” Miguel Pena,
Third Place for the Essay titled “Sex in the Media” and Third Place
for entry titled “Story Package;” and Jerri Torres, Third Place for
Feature Photo.
Winners who placed in the “General Magazine” categories include Ariel
Garza, First Place for Picture Story titled “Chefs;” Ben Lopez, First
Place for Picture Story titled “Chefs” and Third Place for News Photo;
Emily Messer, First Place for Picture Story titled “Chefs,” Second
Place for News Feature Story titled “Targeting the Youth Vote,” Third
Place for News Feature Story titled “From Dropout to Del Mar” and
Honorable Mention for “Cover Design;” Megan Flournoy, Third Place
for Column-Essay; Stephan Noack, Honorable Mention for “Cover Design;”
and Del Mar College Staff, Third Place for Overall Excellence.
In the “Radio” category, only one student, Ben Lopez, won First Place
for his Spot Commercial PSA titled “Barking Lot.”
Begun in 1909, TIPA is the oldest collegiate student press association in the
United States.
Over the years, contests have grown from three initial competitions to contests
in general magazine, radio, television, online, two divisions of yearbook, two
divisions of literary magazine and four divisions of newspaper, plus more than
a dozen on-site contests during the annual convention.
Additionally, TIPA presents at least $4,000 per year in scholarships to students
representing two- and four-year institutions.
-DMC-mce
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