Journalism, Graphic, and Photography students win 14 Florida AP College Press Awards

We wanted to update a story that was first reported here about broadcast journalism students who won first-place awards at the state associated press college press awards.

It seems, that while the broadcast students were dominating at the AP Awards in Orlando,journalism, graphic and photography students were "handling their business" at the Florida College Press Association (FCPA) Better Newspaper contest.

All told, the students combined to win 14 awards.

Alexis Blackwell won a first place AP Award for “Best Radio Newscast” for WANM 90.5. She attributes her win to SJGC faculty support.

The list of winners “speaks volumes about what’s happening in the classroom,” said Keith Miles, general manager for WANM 90.5 radio and a broadcast journalism instructor.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

FAPB Winners
1st Place — Best Radio Newscast, Alexis Blackwell for WANM 90.5, “WANM News”

1st Place — Best Photo Essay, Ashley Carnegie and Alexandra Dor for FAMU-TV 20, “Obama: Impact on America”

1st Place — Best Sport Feature for Radio, Dexter Johnson for WANM 90.5, “Primetime Sports”

1st Place — Long Hard Radio News Feature, Jermaine Fletcher for WANM 90.5, “AIDS: The New Black Plague”

1st Place — Short Light Radio Feature, Xion Lester for WANM 90.5, “Question of the Day”

1st Place — Long Light TV News Feature, Maria Osler and Markita Andrews for FAMU-TV 20, “In Their Eyes”
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2nd Place — Best TV Newscast, Saundra Weathers for FAMU-TV 20, “News 20 @ 5”

2nd Place — Best Sports Feature for TV, Alicia Mitchell for FAMU-TV 20, “FSU Basketball”

2nd Place — Long Light Radio News Feature, Dexter Johnson for WANM 90.5, “FAMU Football Coach”

FCPA Winners
1st Place — Best Feature Writing, Ashley Brown for The Famuan

1st Place — Best Photography, Taylar Barrington for The Famuan

3rd Place — Best College Newspaper, The Famuan

3rd Place — Best Front Page Design, The Famuan

3rd Place — Best General News Writing, The Famuan