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Students win big at state media competitions

April 20, 2020 by Angela Barker

The College of Arts and Letters is proud to announce awards for our hard-working, talented students recently recognized for these impressive individual and collaborative projects:

MCMA

The Standard won 21 awards from the Missouri College Media Association (MCMA), including first place in Division 1 for Best Overall Newspaper and first place for Sweepstakes! Congratulations to The Standard staff and faculty advisor Jack Dimond.

  • First Place, Best Overall Newspaper
  • First Place, Sweepstakes
  • First Place, Sports Writing, Claire Niebrugge
  • First Place, Sports Column, Amanda Sullivan
  • First Place, News Photography, Greta Cross
  • First Place, Feature Photography, Jaylen Early
  • First Place, Sports Photography, Kaitlyn Stratman
  • First Place, Sports Page, Amanda Sullivan
  • First Place, Story Illustration, Madison Harper
  • Second Place, Sports Writing, Claire Niebrugge
  • Second Place, Entertainment Review, David Wheeler
  • Second Place, Feature Photography, Greta Cross
  • Second Place, Sports Photography, Bill Sioholm
  • Third Place, Special Section or Supplement (Back to Campus 2019)
  • Third Place, Special Section or Supplement (Basketball Preview 2019)
  • Third Place, Website
  • Honorable Mention, Feature Writing, Layne Stracener
  • Honorable Mention, In-Depth News Reporting, Emily Cole
  • Honorable Mention, News Photography, Jaylen Early
  • Honorable Mention, News Photography, Kaitlyn Stratman
  • Honorable Mention, Page One Design, Emily Cole, Kaitlyn Stratman and Amanda Sullivan

MBEA

At the Missouri Broadcast Educators Association (MBEA), Missouri State brought home 12 awards this year including three awards for Show-Me Chefs (two first-place awards) and a first-place award for Recoiled! Congratulations to the crews that worked so hard on these award-winning projects. (And thank you to Andrew Twibell for compiling this list.)

2020 MBEA MSU Contest Winners

AUDIO/DRAMATIC

  • 1st Place: Ouroboros, Gina Becnel

MULTIMEDIA/WEBSITE

  • 1st Place: Regional Rhythms, Kristina Forst

SCRIPT/WRITING – DRAMATIC

  • 1st Place: Pizza Runi, Levi Miller
  • 2nd Place: Mithra’s magical Market – “Pilot” and “Snake,” Paul McFerron (written by)
  • 3rd Place: Sight Singing – “Sidewalk Chalking,” Matthew Neff
  • Honorable Mention: Bethesda Lane, Christian Holferty
  • Honorable Mention: Out of Focus – “Episode One,” Matthew Neff (written by)

VIDEO/ANIMATION

  • 1st Place: Recoiled, Shalom Simmons

VIDEO/COMMERCIAL

  • 1st Place: Show-Me Chefs, Season 4/Promo 1, Hunter McKee
  • 3rd Place: Show-Me Chefs, Promo 2, Ashton Wilson

VIDEO/INTERMEDIATE FILM

  • 1st Place: Cult for a Day, Candace Bruce

VIDEO/SHORT FILM

  • 2nd Place: The Battle of Billy Joe, Natalie LaTurno

VIDEO/SPECIAL PROGRAMS & PODCASTS

  • 1st Place: Show-Me Chefs, Season 4, Episode 5, Loreli Adams

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