Student publications continue streak of excellence with recent honors
The Journalism Association of Community Colleges recently awarded Citrus College student publications with seven honors at the annual SoCal Regional Conference at California State University, Northridge.
The accolades included one on-the-spot award and five awards from publication contests, which are based on work published by the Clarion student newspaper and Logos student magazine during the 2022-2023 academic year. Individual honorees included Abiodun Collins, the Clarion's editor-in-chief, who won first place for an informational graphic, fourth place in a copy-editing competition and an honorable mention for a profile feature story; and Mizuki Smith, editor-in-chief for Logos, who earned second place for magazine cover design and third place for magazine design/layout. Student Mark Snow also received an honorable mention for an online photo story essay.
Both Abiodun and Mizuki attended the conference along with freelance journalism student Lauren Duffy. Additionally, the Clarion's print edition, which released its final hard-copy issue in June 2023, won "General Excellence" recognition, the highest honor awarded at the competition.
"The awards were validation for the students' hard work and effort over the past year," said Patrick Schmiedt, journalism faculty member and staff advisor to the Clarion. "With such a small staff, our students have been putting in lots of extra time to make sure we're fully telling the stories of our campus and communities. It was nice to see that work rewarded at the regional conference, and it was great to have the students there to receive their awards in person."
This article originally appeared in the December 2023 edition of the Citrus View.