Griffon News Wins Missouri College Media Awards

Please join me in congratulating our students who won awards this last weekend in Joplin at the Missouri College Media Association. We were competing in Division II, with other mid-sized institutions. Dr. Bob Bergland, the newspaper adviser, was especially proud of the work done in the main writing divisions, as the newspaper did very well in Editorial, Sports, In-Depth and Investigative reporting categories.

Below are listed the individual and group awards received by MWSU students in the state categories:

Sweepstakes (overall number of awards)

Third place: The Griffon News, Mo. Western

News Writing

Honorable Mention: Katelyn Canon 

Editorial Writing

Second Place: The Griffon News

Third Place: The Griffon News 

  

Feature Writing

Honorable Mention: Eboni Lacey 

Sports Writing

Second Place: Kyle Inman

Third Place: Thomas Huitt-Johnson

Honorable Mention: Thomas Huitt-Johnson

In-Depth Reporting

First Place: Matt Hunt, Ellis Cross, Eboni Lacey, Albert Shelby and Brian Ramsey

Second Place: Dave Hon, Katelyn Canon, Matt Hunt and Ellis Cross

Investigative Reporting

First Place: Eboni Lacey

Second Place: Caitlin Cress

Honorable Mention: Matt Hunt and Ellis Cross

Regular Column

Honorable Mention: Dave Hon

Entertainment Review

Honorable Mention: Caitlin Cress

Feature Photography

First Place: Jason Brown

Sports Photography

Second Place: Jason Brown

Political Cartoon

Third Place: Chad Hammontree

Honorable Mention: Chad Hammontree and Andrew Setter

Story Illustration

Third Place: Chad Hammontree and Andrew Setter

Sports Pages

Third Place: Jason Brown, Tevin Harris, Evan Roberts, Kyle Inman, Christian Mengel, Albert Shelby and Andy Inman

Photo Page

Second Place: Dave Hon and Jason Brown

Web Page

Third Place: thegriffonnews.com

Best Overall Newspaper

Honorable Mention: The Griffon News

Congratulations to Dr. Bergland and the staff of The Griffon News!