FCCAA Award Winners

The Patriot Press participated in the 2007 FCCPA Fall Newspaper Convention Awards Competition. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the Patriot Press finished in a second place tie in Division A (smaller community colleges). The newspaper placed in 13 of the 18 categories, with 10 individual winners. Spring 2007 co-editor-in-chief Jordan Ackerman and fall 2007 co-editor-in-chief Sarah Jo Lorenz each placed in two separate categories.

The Patriot Press winners:

SECOND PLACE
Josh Crabtree: Editorial
Kaycie Hamel: Editorial Cartoon
Sarah Jo Lorenz: Feature Photo
Laura Schmid: News Photo
Jessie Taylor: Picture Story
Brent Ward: Sports Writing

THIRD PLACE
Jordan Ackerman: Design and General Column
Patrick Howley: Ad Design
Laura Johnson: Feature Story
Sarah Jo Lorenz: Arts Review
Trysta Rosenweig: News Story
Samantha Ribble: Humor Writing

View clips from our award winning writers:

Award winning staff
Article regarding awards
Ad design
Arts review
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Editorial
General column
Sports story
Sports story continued