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Robert Jimenez @chris_jrnlsm

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Rio Hondo College did it again and swept awards at The Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) in collaboration with the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) conference/competition on March 9-11 at Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco.

RHC took part in the competition where, for the first time, every student that competed placed and went home with an award. They won a total of 11 awards over the weekend. Over a hundred students from colleges from Northern and Southern California also attended to compete.

The Awards RHC won are Matthew Medina, with an honorable mention in his Feature writing, fourth place in social media, and first place in the video story. Marilin Campos got third place in the editorial cartoon category, fourth in social media, and first in video stories. Christopher Villasenor placed first in video story. Christopher Araujo got an honorable mention for editorial cartoon. Mia Alvarez placed fourth in sports photo and placed first in team feature. Luis Martinez placed first in the team feature. Fernando Ramos's magazine photo essay earned an honorable mention, Raymond Luna's honorable mention photo story essay, and Jasmine Soria's second-place publication layout. But the most prominent win was General Excellence-Online Edition, where El Paisano is measured as a top-tier publication.

JACC/ACP is a convention for students to learn from keynotes like Rick Green, who spoke about his experience in journalism and how it is essential to have freedom of speech—the convention is an opportunity for media and journalism students to attend and learn about the industry by professionals aside from the competition. The statewide competition is held every Spring.