Media Showcase Winners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                  November 2, 2007
Ward Bryant                                                                                     
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JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The 2007 Southern Media Showcase winners were announced during the Media Showcase Awards at Missouri Southern State University on Thursday, Nov. 1The Awards recognized outstanding work in video and print projects by area Middle and High School students who enter the competition.

 

Winners were awarded with medals at a noon luncheon at the University.  This was the eleventh year for the Media Showcase Awards, which are presented by the MSSU Communication Department. Following is a list of the winners in each category

 

High School Newspaper Competition
Page One Design
1st Place – Brian Washburn – Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark.
2nd Place – Laura Dimmit – Spyglass – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo.
3rd Place – Ethan Greer – Insight – Webb City High School, Webb City, Mo.

 

Feature Photography
1st Place – Joel Wickenkamp – Insight – Webb City High School, Webb City, Mo. – “Spring fever reliever”
2nd Place – Steven Myers – The Ragout – Carl Junction High School, Carl Junction, Mo. – “Who’s that lady”
3rd Place – (tie) Kristen O’Keefe – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Slip Slidin’”
Margaret Adams – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Go Warriors” 

 

News Photography
1st Place – Colleen Kinsey – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Puzzled”
2nd Place – Anthony Nguyen – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Knighted”
3rd Place – Kristen O’Keefe – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Swinging through Joplin”

 

Sports Photography
1st Place – Kristen O’Keefe – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Victory”
2nd Place – Laura Dimmit – Spyglass – Joplin High School, Joplin, MO – “JHS boys tennis”
3rd Place – Margaret Adams – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Mine!”

 

Column
1st Place – Laura Dimmit – Spyglass – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “So the question becomes…”
2nd Place – Brian Washburn – Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark. – “Americans please stand up”
3rd Place – (tie) Lindsay MacAskie – Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark. – “Problematic prom policy”
Linda Hou – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Schedules could help counselors” 

 

Feature Writing
1st Place – Linda Hou – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Young Mothers Overcome Obstacles”
2nd Place – Linda Hou – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Students find faith in Love”
3rd Place – Emily Timpe – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “McAuley seniors march on Capitol”
HM. – Lukas Wigington – Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark. – “The battle for Benton County”
HM. – Rodrigo Calderon – Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark. – “Pregnancy rates decline”

 

News Writing
1st Place – Linda Hou – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Drop-out Students Learn to Start Over”
2nd Place – Jordan Larson – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Military recruiting targets students”
3rd Place – Nora Sellers – Tiger Tracks – Republic High School, Republic, Mo. – “Tuesday Talks becomes a staple”
HM. – Olivia Croessman – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Grinding causes friction with faculty”
HM. – Linda Hou – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Pro-life protesters visit high schools”

 

Sports Writing
1st Place – Michael Blumreich – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Win at state in sight for Kring”
2nd Place – Steven Tackett – The Ragout – Carl Junction High School, Carl Junction, Mo. – “Volleyball remains undefeated”
3rd Place – Margaret Adams – McAuley Times, McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Experience leading McAuley’s golf team”
HM. – Zac Davis – The Ragout, Carl Junction High School, Carl Junction, Mo. – “Soccer looks to build on previous winning season”

 

Best Overall Newspaper
1st Place – The Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark.
2nd Place – Tiger Tales – Carthage High School, Springfield, Mo.
3rd Place – The Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo.
HM. – Tiger Tracks – Republic High School, Republic, Mo.

 

Sweepstakes
1st Place – Central High Times – Central High School, Springfield, Mo.
2nd Place – McAuley Times – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo.
3rd Place – The Mountie Spectrum – Rogers High School, Rogers, Ark.

 

Middle School Video Competition
Comedy Drama
HM – Ashley Hilton, Rainee Taylor – Aurora Junior High, Aurora, Mo. – “Barbie Really Loves Ken”

 

Instructional/Informational
1st Place – Emma Verstraete – Monett Middle School, Monett, Mo. – “The South African AIDS Epidemic; and its Effect on a Nation”

 

Graphics & Animation
1st Place – Kaitlyn Mattingly – Aurora Junior High, Aurora, Mo. –“Fish”
2nd Place – Nick Harvey, Jacob Golden – Webb City Junior High, Webb City, Mo. – “The Three Lego’s”
3rd Place – Class Project – Aurora Junior High, Aurora, Mo. –“Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?”
HM – Jared Harter, Dusty Mitchell – Webb City Junior High, Webb City, Mo.

 

Music Video
1st Place – Kaitlyn Mattingly – Aurora Junior High, Aurora, Mo. –“Noise”
2nd Place – Emma Verstraete – Monett Middle School, Monett, Mo. – “Keep Holding On”
HM – Carly Exter – Aurora Junior High, Aurora, Mo. –“Dive”
           

Lynssey Youngberg – Aurora Junior High, Aurora, Mo. –“Hand Jive”

 

High School Video Competition
Comedy Drama
1st Place – Shalee Vlasin – Neosho High School, Neosho, Mo. – “Give Blood it Saves Lives”
2nd Place – Alisha Culbertson, Corey Rector – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Night Stalker”
HM – Dominic Box – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Escaping ISD”
HM – Craig Gilmore – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Random Acts of Confusion”

 

News Format
1st Place - Lillian Olive, Rachel Miles – Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Mo. – “Thread of Hope”
2nd Place - Rachel Miles, Lillian Olive – Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Mo. – “For a Purpose”
3rd Place – Alisha Culbertson – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Eagle Time”

 

Newscast
1st Place – HTV Staff – Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Mo. – “HTV Magazine #151”
2nd Place – Staff Bulldog News – Springdale High School, Springdale, Mo. – “Bulldog News”
HM – Tim Pendergraft, John Butler – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Jet-14 Newscast”
HM – Logan Lakey and Mass Media Staff – McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Mo. – “January Mtv News”

 

Instructional/Informational
1st Place – Scott Knutzen, Sagan Graskemper – Carl Junction High School, Carl Junction, Mo. – “NASA: The Cost of Cosmic Conquest”
2nd Place – Alli Worley –Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Scuba Diving”
3rd Place – Andrew Childs – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Remembering 9/11”

 

Graphics & Animation
1st Place – Sami Bethel – McDonald County High School, Anderson, Mo. – “Daryll”
2nd Place – Adam Lauderdale – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “There Was a Ship”

 

Music Video
1st Place – Andrew Childs – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Dear Mr. Fantasy”
2nd Place – Adam Lauderdale - Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “There Was a Ship”
3rd Place – Lindsey Boeger, Steven Heritage – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas”
HM – Tabitha Burger, Tabitha Archer – Neosho High School, Neosho, Mo.” – Tim McGraw”
HM – Zach Dainty – Southeast High School, Cherokee, Kan. – “Crash into Me”

 

Commercial/PSA
1st Place – Brittany Harmon, Whitney Russell – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. –“Human Society”
2nd Place – (tie) Kevin Mitchell, Gabe Cox – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. –“DARE”
Johnathan Saunders – Neosho High School, Neosho, Mo. – “Don’t be a Killer, Don’t Drink and Drive”
HM – R.J. Jennings, Amanda Rowe – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. – “Ronald McDonald House”

 

Long Format
1st Place – Toby Tressler – Joplin High School, Joplin, Mo. –“Alice in Wonderland”
2nd Place – Keisha Sanders – McDonald County High School, Anderson, Mo. – “Docudrama 2007”







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