students awarded in journalism competition

North East ISD students competed at the Texas Association of Journalism Educators state wide competition October 17-19 at the Gunter hotel.

Assistant convention directors Sue Jett, journalism teacher at Churchill and Brenda Slatton, journalism teacher at Lee began planning the event over the summer and hosted 800 attendees for the competition and convention.

Students attended the three-day conference and participated in on-site contests, workshops with top writers, photographers, and designers from across the state and nation, and attended the key-note address given by author and television journalist, Al Thompkins of the Poynter Institute.

More than 850 students from across the state attended the conference and had the opportunity to compete in 21 contests in writing, design and photography. The following students placed.

Reagan High School

• Sophomore Annie Maropis won an award of Excellence in Basic Yearbook Design
• Senior Olivia Visio won an award of Excellence in Review Writing
• Senior Shannon Snyder won an award of Excellence in Photo Illustration
• Senior Alyssa Franklin won an award of Excellence in On-Site Photography/Open

Senior Alyssa Franklin won an award for this photo in the Open category of the On-Site Photography contest at the 2009 Annual TAJE Fall Fiesta Convention.

Johnson High School

• 3rd place - Best of Show yearbook (264-300 pages)
• 2nd place - Best of Show newspaper (small paper category)
• Rachel Cheong -Honorable Mention in editorial writing
• Haliegh Vietri - Excellence Award on site photography (open)
• Riley Nelson - Excellence Award on-site photography (Taste of SA)
• Riley Nelson - Superior Award on-site photography (action)

Lee High School

• Nicole Stewart-Excellence in Advanced Yearbook Design
• Rheanna English-Honorable mention in editorial writing
• Katrina DelaCruz -Honorable Mention in review writing
• Adrain Garza-Excellence in Photo Portfolio
• Photography Scavenger Hunt Team (Luis Delgadillo, Diana Ramos, Michael Watson)-2nd place
• Sahira Zuniga-Superior in Open Photography
• Krysta McDaniel- Excellence in Taste of San Antonio Photography
• Krysta McDaniel- Excellence in People photography
• Michael Lugo -Honorable Mention in Open Photography
• Krysta McDaniel -Honorable Mention in Architecture Photography

Madison High School

• Madison's Advocate Newspaper earned third in the Small Newspaper category

Krueger Middle School

• On-Site Photography (Taste of San Antonio)
  July Garza, 7th grade, Superior Rating
• On-Site Photography (Taste of San Antonio)
  Samantha Pranger, 8th grade, Honorable Mention
• On-Site Photography (People)
  Frances Mesko, 8th grade, Honorable Mention
• On-Site Photography (Open)
  Lexi Martinez, 7th grade, Honorable Mention
• On-Site Photography (Architecture)
  Jasmin Rollins, 8th grade, Honorable Mention
• On-Site Editorial Writing
  Rachel Singleton, 8th grade Excellence Rating
• On-Site Newspaper Feature Page Design
  Kaitlyn Kean, 8th grade, Honorable Mention
• The Falcon Express Newspaper received an Honorable Mention in Best in Show for the May 2009 edition.

Students from Krueger show their certificates.

 

Posted on October 29, 2009