MURFREESBORO — Student
journalists from Middle Tennessee State University won nine awards at the
Southeast Journalism Conference recently, including four first place finishes
in several of the most competitive categories.
Meagan
White won first place in the Best Opinion/Editorial Writer category and John
Connor Coulston won first in the Best Arts and Entertainment Writer category.
Erin Thomas, who graduated in December, won first place in the Best Radio
Feature Reporter contest.
Rounding
out the top honors was first place in the Best College Website event, honoring
the redesign of www.mtsusidelines.com that went online in 2015. Students were
judged on their work published between November 2014 and November 2015.
“I
couldn’t be happier about the awards brought home by our student journalists,”
said Leon Alligood, faculty adviser to Sidelines. “It’s very rewarding to see
their hard work recognized.”
Sarah
Taylor won three awards: a second in Best News Writer, a third in Best
Multimedia Reporter and a 10th in the College Journalist of the Year
categories.
Sidelines
staff photographer Greg French was recognized with sixth place in the Best
Press Photographer category.
Entries
came from 35 universities and colleges in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee.
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