Tides honored at conference
AWARDS: Staff places in several journalism contests
Posted in: News on 11/24/06 at 4:58 PM PST
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Three Los Angeles Harbor College student journalists were awarded honors at the annual Journalism Association of Community Colleges Conference. Held during the first weekend of No¬vember at Cal State Fullerton, winners were chosen from print and web-site submissions to the JACC from the Spring and Fall 2006 semesters.
Staff writer Tulika Bose took fourth place in the Profile Feature Story competition for a story that appeared last spring on a unique barbershop in Los Angeles' Chinatown. Bose, for¬merly a music major, transferred to UCLA this fall and applied for a po¬sition at the Daily Bruin.
Spring sports editor Megan Mar¬tin scored an honorable mention in Sports Profile competition for her feature story on the life of Seahawk baseball player Brent Dean. Mar¬tin plans to return to the Tides this spring.
Current Tides editor Jessica Wilds received special recognition for her role in overseeing production of the student newspaper. Wilds was As¬sistant Editor last spring and handled the Bose and Martin stories.
"This is a really great opportunity for student journalists to receive feedback on their stories," Tides Editor Jessica Wilds said. "We got a lot of good advice from the critique."
Wilds is very excited about the newly launched Harbor Tides web¬site at www.hctides.com and says it will allow their small staff to publish more stories in a timely manner. Web editions and stories will be eligible for competitions.
The print version of The Tides, a publication which receives no school funding, has been printed at least four times a semester for the last three years. The newspaper received a First Place with Special Merit award from the American Scholastic Press Association last spring.
The two-day JACC event of¬fered journalism students numerous seminars, lectures and on-the-spot competitions. Topics ranged from broadcasting to education to journal¬ism. The association also offered 41 mail-in contests, in categories such as broadcasting, on-line, magazine, photography, writing and print. Bose and Martin were singled out through mail-in contests, which are awarded twice a year. In the latter, judging is done by professional journalists who volunteer to review submitted work.
Staff writer Tulika Bose took fourth place in the Profile Feature Story competition for a story that appeared last spring on a unique barbershop in Los Angeles' Chinatown. Bose, for¬merly a music major, transferred to UCLA this fall and applied for a po¬sition at the Daily Bruin.
Spring sports editor Megan Mar¬tin scored an honorable mention in Sports Profile competition for her feature story on the life of Seahawk baseball player Brent Dean. Mar¬tin plans to return to the Tides this spring.
Current Tides editor Jessica Wilds received special recognition for her role in overseeing production of the student newspaper. Wilds was As¬sistant Editor last spring and handled the Bose and Martin stories.
"This is a really great opportunity for student journalists to receive feedback on their stories," Tides Editor Jessica Wilds said. "We got a lot of good advice from the critique."
Wilds is very excited about the newly launched Harbor Tides web¬site at www.hctides.com and says it will allow their small staff to publish more stories in a timely manner. Web editions and stories will be eligible for competitions.
The print version of The Tides, a publication which receives no school funding, has been printed at least four times a semester for the last three years. The newspaper received a First Place with Special Merit award from the American Scholastic Press Association last spring.
The two-day JACC event of¬fered journalism students numerous seminars, lectures and on-the-spot competitions. Topics ranged from broadcasting to education to journal¬ism. The association also offered 41 mail-in contests, in categories such as broadcasting, on-line, magazine, photography, writing and print. Bose and Martin were singled out through mail-in contests, which are awarded twice a year. In the latter, judging is done by professional journalists who volunteer to review submitted work.
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