The Best in California Student Journalism
CCMA showcased the best student journalism in the state during its annual awards convention Feb. 28 at the Marriott Mission Valley hotel. This year’s winners were chosen from more than 1,200 entries in more than 75 categories for newspaper, magazine and online publications. The entries came from 28 college and university publications from around the state.
Students competed in three divisions:
(A) daily newspapers
(B) weekly newspapers, and
(C) newspapers that publish less frequently than weekly.
You can find the full list of award winners here: List of Award Winners
Thank you to all our judges for the 2008 CCMA awards contest:
Mike Tharp, Executive Editor, Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star
Steve Pratt, Executive, Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc (BZA)
Chip Thompson, Editor, The Daily News, Red Bluff (Calif.)
Rick Quinn, professional photographer
Leezel Tanglao, Online News Producer at KCBS 2 - KCAL 9
David Little, editor, Chico Enterprise-Record/Oroville Mercury-Register
Marc Calvanico, Director of Sales Training & Recruiting, Bay Area News Group (San Jose Mercury News)
Michelle Carter, professor, Notre Dame de Namur University
Steve O’Sullivan, adjunct faculty, media ethics, Cal Poly Pomona and University of La Verne
Les Mahler, former editor, S.F. Examiner and Benecia Herald
John Ellis, reporter, Fresno Bee
Cristi Hegranes, founder/president, International Media Ethics Training Institute
Evan Tuchinsky, Editor, Chico News Review
Walter Hammerwold, News Editor, South Bay Daily Breeze
Jon Mendelson, columnist/editorial board member/copy editor/designer, Tracy Press
Tony Pierce, Los Angeles Times, Blog Editor
Todd Bailey, Sports Editor, South Bay Daily Breeze
First Place in General Excellence for a daily
went to the UCLA Daily Bruin
And The Orion of California State University, Chico won First Place in General Excellence for a weekly.
Below is the winner for Best News Photo for a Daily: Ann Hiatt of the Daily Californian at UC Berkeley
WHO WE ARE
The California College Media Association is a statewide organization of four-year college and university journalism programs.
Our goal: To foster cooperation and collaboration among colleges in California and the West.
And please renew your membership to CCMA or consider becoming a member. You can download a membership form here: CCMA Membership Form
Join our board
If you are faculty or professional staff involved with student media in California consider taking a leadership position on the California College Media Association executive board.
The CCMA, created in 2003, is the only organization that promotes and supports newspaper programs at four-year colleges and universities in this state.
Among our planned activities for the next year are an editor and advertising boot camp at California State University Fullerton in September and our annual contest that attracted more than 1200 entries from 28 schools this past year.>
The board plans to meet twice during the next year plus will have telephone conference calls as needed.
As a board member, you will be expected to attend these meetings and also assist in our special training programs and contest. Without the dedication and hard work of the current board, these programs would never happen.
If this is something that you might be interested in doing, please feel free to contact me as soon as possible. The board will be meeting, Friday, Feb. 27 in San Diego during the ACP Convention and you are invited to attend that meeting. Details regarding time and location will be announced within the next week.
Please consider joining us on the CCMA executive board.
Sincerely,
Paul Bittick
President, CCMA
General Manager
Mustang Daily
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
805-756-2537
pbittick@calpoly.edu