Student journalists from TCU 360’s news operations have won 32 awards, including nine first-place awards, from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, the nation’s oldest and largest student media organization. The awards included individuals and staffs for the TCU 360 news website, Image Magazine, The Skiffx360 newspaper, and the TCU Sports Now and TCU News Now television broadcasts.
The awards were announced on Saturday, April 3, at the annual TIPA Convention in Dallas. TCU Sports Now was named top sportscast, Image magazine won in overall excellence for general magazines, and 24 student journalists won or shared awards in individual categories.
The award winners include:
Television
Janette Quezada,
Mario Montalvo, and Samantha Calimbahin 1st place, Documentary
Sarah Breuner 1st place, Audition Tape
TCU Sports Now Staff 1st place, Sportscast
Kylie Walker 1st Place, News Feature Story
Samantha Calimbahin 1st place, Sports Non-Feature Story
Kylie Walker 2nd place, Audition Tape
Kylie Walker 2nd place, Sports Non-Feature Story
TCU Sports Now Staff 2nd place, Sportscast
Hannah Kuhns, Evan Folan, Tyler Shahin 2nd place, Public Affairs Program
Kylie Walker 3rd place, News Non-Feature Story
Taylor Williams, Hannah Johannes, Hayes Clement, 3rd Place, Documentary.
TCU News Now Staff HM, Best Newscast
Lena Blietz, Shannon McLaughlin, Jordan Ray HM, Public Affairs Program
Newspaper Division I:
Brad Hardcastle 1st place, Sports News Story
Adam Kelley 2nd Place, News Story
Donald Griffin 2nd place, Illustration
Staff 3rd place, Editorial
Tori Whitley 3rd place, Feature Story
Dean Straka 3rd place, Sports Column
Jocelyn Sitton, Dean Straka 3rd place Information, Graphic
Jocelyn Sitton HM, Sports Page Design
Brad Hardcastle HM, Sports Feature Story
General Magazine
Staff, Image 1st place, Overall Excellence
Rachel Tiede 3rd place, Feature Story
Kaitlin Helm HM, General news photo
Staff HM, Story Package
Mario Montalvo HM, News Feature Story
ONLINE DIVISION I
Brad Hardcastle 1st place Best Multimedia package
TCU 360 Staff 1st Best Interactivity
Hannah Kirkpatrick 2nd place Best Video Package
TCU 360 Staff 2nd place Website Navigation
Shelby Whitson 3rd place Best Multimedia Package