Apr 15, 2010

  

 

 

Student publication claims awards at annual journalism conference
By: Chenee Boyd and Tiffany McDaniels

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Members of The Ranger Rocket attended the 11th Annual O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference and collected 11 awards. The event took place March 25 at the Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland.

Journalism majors (l-r) Tiffany McDaniels, Beth Todd, Jessa Grant, Cheneè Boyd and Kristina Dunigan show off some of the awards The Ranger Rocket received on March 25. (Photo by Chris Creasy)

The Ranger Rocket competed in different categories along with six other community colleges across the state of Mississippi for the “Better Newspaper Contest” student division. Six senior colleges and universities also attended.
The Ranger Rocket received several first place awards including: Best Sports Feature, Buddy Jones of Horn Lake; Best Feature Photograph, Haley Scruggs of Hernando; and Best Graphic, staff.

Jones also received a third place award for Best Sports News Story. T.J. Jernigan of Sarah picked up two third place awards for Best General News Story and Best Editorial. Kyle Robinzine of Batesville took home third place for Best Cartoon.
The Ranger Rocket also received a third place award for Best Miscellaneous Ad and an honorable mention for Best Layout and Design. Blake Sorrell of Southaven received an honorable mention for Best Investigative Package.

“I am proud of the contributions each of these students has made to our print publication, The Ranger Rocket. They have distinguished themselves through the outstanding work they have done and have performed at a level that merits recognition. I am honored and privileged to work with these students,” said Renate Ferreira, coordinator of student publications and Journalism instructor.

The conference opened with a welcome and introduction, followed by a presentation. George Berry Sr., a member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, spoke to the students and discussed his career and craftwork.

Dr. Will Norton, dean of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media, and Dr. Michael Stricklin, a longtime colleague of Norton’s and visiting professor from Universidade Federal de Piauí, Teresina, Brazil, spoke to the students about their careers and gave advice on being a journalist.

According to Norton, when asked by Stricklin if he could start over, would he do things differently, Stricklin said, “I don’t know if I would do it differently, but there are things that I would do more of and things less of. There are things I learned that I wished I learned better.”

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