{"id":31403,"date":"2020-04-24T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=31403"},"modified":"2020-04-24T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T20:17:32","slug":"utc-school-media-students-bring-home-ap-journralism-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/utc-school-media-students-bring-home-ap-journralism-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC communication students bring home top AP journalism awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A best of show for the student-produced Rising Rock<\/em> multimedia website, the two top spots in one category\u2014multimedia package\u2014and more awards across multiple categories bring to 10 the total wins by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student media in the annual Tennessee Associated Press competition results announced today.<\/p>\n

The competition is divided into professional and collegiate categories, and entries represent work produced in calendar 2019. Judges reviewed a combined more than 840 entries in both categories, with collegiate entries representing 11 universities across Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Rising Rock<\/em> is\u00a0 the product of a senior-level UTC communication course, and in addition to its Best of Show win, the acclaimed content hub that documents all things Chattanooga took first and second place, respectively, in the multimedia package category for entries titled \u201cShearing Day at Red Clay Farm\u201d<\/a> and \u201cSpooky Sketches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Individual honors for best overall student photojournalist in the state went to Amanda Morgan Fann, third place; and for best overall student newspaper reporter to Haley Bartlett, third place. Both were recognized for their work on the University Echo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Faculty member and student media advisor Billy Weeks praised the diverse contributions of all UTC communication students to the winning entries, noting \u201cThey accomplished a lot in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents in Rising Rock<\/em>, a UTC communication course, are charged with telling stories about the greater Chattanooga area by using multi-media and journalism,\u201d Weeks said.\u00a0\u201cOur \u2018Shearing Day\u2019 project required four students to travel to Apison before sunrise in March.\u00a0They reported on a traveling shearing team which visited Red Clay Farm (in Bradley County) owned by the Ron Shaffer family.\u00a0The Shaffers own several rescued alpacas and llamas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe enjoyed a good laugh as one of the students designed the project\u2019s poster which stated, \u2018It\u2019s when a dozen alpacas and a llama get a haircut.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very proud of the Rising Rock<\/em>, University Echo<\/em> and all UTC communication students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Awards won by UTC are:<\/p>\n