Texas State Excels At Tipa Awards

beckslarson | April 20, 2015
AWARDS, BOBCAT UPDATE, BROADCASTING, JOURNALISM, KTSW, LATINO MEDIA, OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, SPORTS BROADCASTING, STAFF, STUDENT MEDIA / ORGANIZATIONS, STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY STAR, VIDEO

Texas State students impressed last week, scooping up numerous awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.

The awards included top spots across each media category.

The staff at The University Star, Texas State’s newspaper, won Best of Show while members of the team picked up individual first-place prizes in Newspaper Design, Sports Feature Writing and News Features.

KTSW 89.9, The Other Side of Radio, scooped first place for their Commercial, PSA or Promo work as well as for their Production.

The student-produced television newscast Bobcat Update also won a number of awards; for their Sports and News non-feature work, their Sportscasting and Announcing.

See below for a full list of Texas State’s awards and winners.

 

Newspaper

PlaceCategoryName(s)
1stBest of ShowStaff
1stNewspaper DesignLauren Huston
1stSports Feature WritingMariah Medina
1stNews FeatureKelsey Bradshaw
2ndSam HankinsSpanish News Writing
2ndPage One DesignLauren Huston
2ndYearbook DesignLauren Huston
2ndNews PhotoMadelynne Scales
2ndSports News StoryQuixem Ramirez
2ndSports Page DesignStaff
3rdSports ColumnQuixem Ramirez
3rdBest Community EngagementStaff
3rdIllustrationBreanna Baker
3rdOverall ExcellenceStar Staff
HMOnline Best InteractivityUniversitystar.com
HMOnline Best Breaking NewsGreg Arellano
HMOnline Best Breaking News PackageStaff
HMEditorial Page DesignStaff
HMIn-Depth ReportingNicholas Laughlin, Mariah Simank, Alexa Tavarez
HMEditorial CartoonDesign Staff
HMEditorialStaff

 

Radio

PlaceCategoryName(s)
 SweepstakesKTSW Radio
1stCommercial, PSA, PromoColton Matocha, Evegeny Agarkov
1stRadio ProductionDaniel Fickman
2ndSportscastZac Covey, Jason Harris, Marvin Parker, Miracle Robinson
2ndDocumentaryMarissa Castro
3rdSportscastWarren Schorr, Ishmael Johnson, Marvin Parker
3rdDocumentaryMatthew Hamill
HMCommercial, PSA, PromoEmily Reas, Matthew Hamill
HMFeature StoryAllie Ibarra
HMOverall ExcellenceKTSW News Staff


Television

PlaceCategoryName(s)
1stSports Non-Feature StoryMarissa Ross
1stTelevision SportscastTyler Gaudin
1stTelevision AnnouncingPresley Fowler
1stNews Non-Feature StoryStaff
3rdAudition TapeCaitlyn Greenlee