Editors reflect on convention, networking experience among fellow journalists

JOSE HERRERA Campus Lifestyle Editor @jose_herrera012

Aphoto captured a single moment of a number of Roundup and Bull staff smiles with glee and pride holding certificates, an indication of success for their writing, photography and designing capabilities.

Publication staff members across Southern California participated in the Journalism Association of Community Colleges on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. The Pierce Media Arts Department brought home 10 awards.

Calvin Alagot took first place in news photo. Heni Abassi won first place in magazine news feature.

Honorable mentions were given to Editor-in-Chief Salvador Fariaz in critical review, Max Sullivan in news and online photo essay, Ethan Roman and Skylar Lester in magazine profile, and Joshua Manes in copy editing.

“At the end of day, even though I didn’t win anything it was a fun experience,” news editor Samantha Bravo said. “This isn’t something that you can just sign up for. You have to be interested and passionate about journalism, and writing and photography. I felt like a real journalist by attending this.”

In editorials the Roundup staff took third and fourth place.

The publications had students and advisors, Jeff Favre and Jill Connelly, attend the convention where staff members competed in on-the-spot contests in the categories of news writing, opinion writing, news photo, critical review and a multiple-choice copy editing test.

JACC on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Liberty Park in Cerritos, Calif.