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Newspaper, Broadcast Staff Win State Awards

Andrea Hernandez, Managing Editor of News
May 16, 2024

     Members of the Eagle Eye newspaper staff and EagleVision broadcast staff won multiple individual awards for their online newspaper stories and videos from the Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE) the Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) contest.

“I’m really excited about my newspaper and broadcast students winning ILPC awards this year,” newspaper and broadcast teacher Neda Morrow said. “I’m just super proud of them for all the work they have done.” 

TAJE is a professional journalism organization for journalism educators.  They also host various contests that focus on the quality of concept, writing, and design to give online and print news programs an opportunity to gain individual recognition. The ratings consist of superior, excellent and honorable mentions. Students send in submissions from all over the state.

“The individual awards are difficult as students are entered from all over the state,” Morrow said. “To win in the top part of this really shows the quality of work they can do.”

Students compete in ILPC against each other at the state level in multiple categories, including writing, photography, multimedia packages, videography, and podcasting

“The staff has worked relentlessly this year and has brought light to so many stories,” senior Jaida Jones said. “This staff has done some really good work.”

EagleVision also creates documentaries and short films throughout the year that they submit to ILPC. They can receive first, second, third place ratings including honorable mentions. 

“Every year, our staff works extremely hard to produce quality films for the community,” junior Sydney Hines said. “One plus of making films is submitting them to contests like ILPC. We are all so excited to see our hard work pay off and celebrate big wins like this one together.”

Leading up to the competitions, the newspaper staff works by writing news articles, feature and entertainment stories, shooting videos, and producing one print magazine per semester. The judges read through their work and multimedia techniques to determine the rating. 

“I am really thankful we get to work in such a staff-based class, ” junior Keren Lee said. “I always have a lot of fun, and it is helpful for the real world.”

 

ILPC Individual Awards For Newspaper

3rd Place News Feature by Paula Arantes and Diya Patel

Honorable Mention News Feature by Samantha McConathy and Keren Lee

3rd Place Sports News Story by Madison Barnes

1st Place Sports Feature Story by Keren Lee and Madison Barnes

3rd Place Feature Writing by Andrea Hernandez and Josey Derosier

3rd Place Personal Column by Diya Patel 

Honorable Mention Personal Column by Paula Arantes

1st Place In-Depth News/Feature Package by Zoee Tanner and Aiden Alexander

1st Place Multimedia Package by Madison Barnes

2nd Place Multimedia Package by Andrea Hernandez and Jaida Jones 

1st Place Portrait by Andrea Hernandez and Keren Lee

2nd Place Podcast by Jaida Jones and Samantha McConathy

 

ILPC Individual Awards For Broadcast

1st Place Documentary by Kylie Gorman and Jocylyn Smith

2nd Place Documentary by Sydney Hines and Bailey Park

2nd Place Commercial/PSA by Alitsa Tovar

2nd Place Individual On-Air Talent by Liliana Miller

2nd Place Hype Video Eaglevision Staff

 

TAJE Individual Awards

EXCELLENT Sports Action Photo by Jaida Jones

EXCELLENT News Magazine Cover by Jaida Jones

EXCELLENT Double Package by Madison Barnes

EXCELLENT Double Package by Samantha McConathy

SUPERIOR News Story by Keren Lee

HONORABLE MENTION News Story by Jaida Jones

HONORABLE MENTION News Story by Madison Barnes

HONORABLE MENTION News Story by Eden Tannery

EXCELLENT Feature Story by Samantha McConathy and Keren Lee

EXCELLENT Feature Story by Jaida Jones and Andrea Hernandez

EXCELLENT Feature Story by Eden Tannery and Jaida Jones

HONORABLE MENTION Feature Story by Keren Lee and Madison Barnes

HONORABLE MENTION Feature Story by Paula Arantes and Diya Patel

HONORABLE MENTION Sports Feature Story Paula Arantes

HONORABLE MENTION News Story by Staff

HONORABLE MENTION Feature Story by Kylie Gorman and Jocelyn Smith

HONORABLE MENTION Feature Story by Sydney Hines and Bailey Park

HONORABLE MENTION Interview/Podcast by Jaida Jones and Samantha McConathy

 

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Andrea Hernandez
Andrea Hernandez, Managing Editor of News
Andrea is a junior and is the news editor for the Eagle Eye. She is currently in National Honor Society and participates in robotics. She also hopes to attend UT Austin to pursue a career in the medical field.
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