The American River Current staff brought home 10 awards for on-the-spot and write-in competitions during the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Northern California Conference at San Jose State University, on Nov.16.
The conference gives journalism students a chance to attend workshops and compete in several different on-the-spot competitions, including a multitude of journalism-related assignments such as news, photography and copy editing.
For the third year in a row, the Current walked way with a General Excellence award.
The publication’s Photo and Multimedia Editor Ashley Hayes-Stone took first place for environmental portrait, along with a second place award for online photo essay.
Hayes-Stone was also awarded fourth place for online photo essay, along with former Managing Editor Hannah Yates and former Arts and Culture Editor Patrick Hyun Wilson. Hyun Wilson also received a second place award for sports action photo. Hayes-Stone also walked away with a fourth place award for sports feature photo.
Editor-In-Chief Jennah Booth was awarded honorable mention for profile feature story, and Sports Editor Thomas Cathey took honorable mention for critical review.
The publication’s former Sports Editor Gabe Carlos won an honorable mention for sports story, and Staff Writer Oden Taylor was also awarded an honorable mention for the on-the-spot editorial cartoon competition.