Two ϳԹ students claimed top honors at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC), and the school ranked 10th
in overall honors given at the event, held Feb. 11-13.
Jennifer Davell, a May, 2009, ϳԹgraduate, won first place in the journalism research paper category for a project done prior to graduation.
Kaitlin McCulley was named best television journalist based on her work with ϳԹNews Network. A senior journalism and mass communication major from Cantonment, Fla., McCulley also was named best broadcast anchor in on-site competition held at the conference.
Altogether, the ϳԹJMC department collected 12 honors in the competition, which included 330 eligible entries from 32 member schools in seven states. The annual SEJC meeting was held at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La.
Student media advisor Kenny Smith was pleased with Samford’s showing, noting that competitors represented such “big dogs” as the University of Alabama, Emory University, University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and Auburn University.
Earning second place honors for Samford were: Emily Leithauser, magazine page layout designer; and Carol Anne Autry, advertising staff member. Samford’s Exodus was named second best college magazine.
Third place awards went to: Bryan Kessler, opinion-editorial writer; and Lauren Womack, radio journalist. Womack also won third place in radio news on-site competition.
Finalists in other categories were Don Orr, press photographer; ϳԹNews Network, college TV station; and the Crimson website, www.samfordcrimson.com, college website.