The Advocate brings home 15 awards

The independent student voice of Mt. Hood Community College, The Advocate, brought home 15 awards at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2014 Collegiate Day on Friday, racking up three more awards than last year.

Honors include second place General Excellence honors, based on judges’ cover-to-cover assessment of three complete issues; first place Best Section and Best Website; and second place Best Design.

The newspaper competed against two-year schools across the state, as well as non-daily newspapers at Oregon universities in some categories. Results were announced at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, following break-out seminars for student journalists.

The Advocate publishes 31 times a year and is multi-faceted. Video features are produced weekly and posted on the website, and the paper maintains a strong social media presence.

 

A complete list of awards:

First place Best Section — Katelyn Hilsenbeck, Greg Leonov, Rebecca Gaulke

First and third place Best Review — Danny Perez-Crouse

First place Best Sports Story — Aaron Marshall

First place Best Columnist — Danny Perez-Crouse

First place Best Website

Second place General Excellence

Second place Best Sports Story — Cameron Miller

Second place Best Sports Photo — Carole Riggs

Second place Best Design

Second place Best Graphic — Heather Golan

Second place Best Columnist — Rebecca Gaulke

Second place Best Cartooning — Heather Golan

Third place Best News Story — Katelyn Hilsenbeck

Third place Best Editorial — Danny Perez Crouse