The Los Medanos College Experience staff won 20 total awards at the Northern JACC Conference at San Francisco University Oct. 26, including the award for General Excellence: meritorious, for the print edition.
The conference kicked off with a keynote speaker, Candice Nguyen, a Peabody Award-winning investigative journalist from NBC Bay Area.
JACC offered a variety of workshops for students to learn more about journalism, from internships, to tips on how to write articles, and how to tell compelling stories; the options were endless.
Current and previous Experience staff won awards spanning several categories at the end of the conference. Editor-in-Chief Gabby Munoz won first place for Environmental Portrait, with her winning photo being of Professor Caitlin Mitchell sitting in a patio chair in front of her office.
Online Editor Lesly Fisiiahi won second place for Environmental Portrait with a photo of Eric Sanchez standing next to the Rivertown barn mural his students painted. A two-person entry for Feature Story by Fisiiahi and fellow staff writer Sarah Capperauld won [insert place here?]
Former Experience Sports Writer Juan Cebreiros took home two awards: Photo Story-Essay and Sports Feature Photo.
Managing Editor Angella Dorado won second place for her feature photo of students watching the eclipse.
Staff Writer Finn Atkin participated in an on-the-spot competition for Opinion Writing and won fourth place for an opinion piece on Nguyen’s keynote speech.
Former Editor-in-Chief Aliyah Ramirez won five awards: first place for Enterprise News Story/Stories for her story “A Tough Climb” with former staff writer Ray Kopf. Second place for her feature story for “Women make history in the Contra Costa Community College District”. Third place for Inside Layout for women in district leadership. An Honorable mention for her Profile Feature Story for profile on student Reese Clayton, and first place for Front Page Layout.
Former Staff Writer Alexis Ramirez won second place for Photo Illustration, fourth place for Informational Graphics for her illustrations about homelessness, and fourth place for Editorial Cartoon.
Mohammad Najmi won fourth place for Editorial and first place for Inside Page Layout on the Israel and Palestine conflict.
All students should feel proud of their achievements for all the awards that they received at the JACC Conference!
