Area High School Students Win Arkansas State Communications Day Awards

March 01, 2014
JONESBORO, ARK. — Fountain Lake High School of Hot Springs won the overall sweepstakes award Saturday, March 1, at the 76th Annual Communication Day at Arkansas State University. Greene County Tech High School was named first runner-up, followed by Wynne High School, second runner-up, and Har-Ber High School of Springdale and Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators (NEACHE) tied for third runner-up. Students competed in more than 20 newspaper, web, communications, debate and video competitions.
Communications Day
Communications Day

JONESBORO, ARK. — Fountain Lake High School of Hot Springs won the overall sweepstakes award Saturday, March 1, at the 76th Annual Communication Day at Arkansas State University. Greene County Tech High School was named first runner-up, followed by Wynne High School, second runner-up, and Har-Ber High School of Springdale and Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators (NEACHE) tied for third runner-up. Students competed in more than 20 newspaper, web, communications, debate and video competitions.

Group first place winners are Brandon Buccheri and Sam Struebing from Har-Ber High School, public service announcement; Taylor Morgan from Greene County Tech, documentary short; Jackson Hicks from Greene County Tech, sports news reporting; Hannah Pascua, Shayna McMillian, and Mateshia Hudson from Nettleton High School, music video; Brandon Buccheri and Sam Struebing from Har-Ber High School, television reporting; TECH TV from Greene County Tech, sports programming, and Ashley Hidalgo from Har-Ber High School, video promotion.

In individual contests, winners are Aneshah Washington from Wynne, public relations; Steward Bridger, Claudia Raffo, Mackenzie Dallas from Nettleton, television commercials; Kristian Jumper from Wynne, advertising copy and layout; Camden Metheny from Buffalo Island Central, headline writing; Austin Adams from Greene County Tech, photography; Austin Adams from Greene County Tech, television anchoring; Alec Tripp from NEACHE, feature; McKenzie Boger from Wynne, broadcast news writing; Seth Price from NEACHE, newspaper copy reading; Darian Darnell from Marion High School, editorial writing; Christian Levs from Stuttgart High School, editorial cartooning; Derrick Fryar from Fountain Lake High School, impromptu debate; Derrick Fryar from Fountain Lake, social media; and Nate Johnson from NEACHE, extemporaneous speaking.

Arkansas State’s College of Media and Communication combines a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences with a core of professional courses to give students the knowledge base and skill set needed to succeed in communications. Studies in the college allow students to learn to gather, organize, synthesize and communicate information professionally in a democratic, multi-cultural society.

They learn to think critically and communicate effectively in preparation for productive roles in news, radio, television, film, public relations, organizational communication, advertising, photojournalism, graphic communications, web and multimedia production and design or health communication.

The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications (ACEJMC) certifies the college for A-State’s undergraduate programs in journalism and radio-television. Only 109 schools in the U.S. are accredited by ACEJMC. For more information, please visit our website at www.astate.edu/communications.

Here is a list of all contest finishers:

RADIO ANNOUNCINGHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Matthew PultzHonorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Abigail ShacklefordThird Place: Fountain Lake/Alexis HampoSecond Place: Cave City/Evan BrownFirst Place: Greene County Tech/Austin Adams

HEADLINE WRITINGThird Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Seth PriceSecond Place: Marion/Chelsea JonesFirst Place: Fountain Lake/Jared Smith

EDITORIAL CARTOONINGThird Place: Fountain Lake/Sean FloresSecond Place: Wynne/Mackenzie ReedFirst Place: Stuttgart/Christian Levs

DOCUMENTARY SHORTHonorable Mention: Nettleton/Tyler Morgan, Delbert Medlock, Taylor IsomHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Miranda Keys, Ivan JohnsonThird Place: Cave City/Katherine Rogers/Cade WeaverSecond Place: Har-Ber/Daniel Sedrick/Molly LusterFirst Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan

MUSIC VIDEOHonorable Mention: Cave City High School/Aaron HerrmanThird Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan and Austin AdamsSecond Place: Har-Ber/Brandon Buccheri, Andrew Lisle, Lindsay WillFirst Place: Nettleton High School: Hannah Pascua, Shayna McMillian, Mateshia Hudson

TV ANCHORINGThird Place: Cave City/Evan Brown; NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/ Abigail ShackelfordSecond Place: Greene County Tech/Peyton MillerFirst Place: Greene County Tech/Austin Adams

IMPROMPTU DEBATESHonorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Daniel AllenHonorable Mention: Cave City/Monroe AlbetsonThird Place: Cave City/Evan BrownSecond Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Abigail ShackelfordFirst Place: Fountain Lake/Derrick Fryar

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKINGHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Derrick FryarThird Place: Fountain Lake/Alexis HampoSecond Place: Stuttgart/Jenny LorinceFirst Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Nate Johnson

PHOTOGRAPHYHonorable Mention: Cave City/Bailey O’CainThird Place: Stuttgart/Elbin BlandSecond Place: Jonesboro/Devon TaitFirst Place: Buffalo Island Central/Camden Metheny

PUBLIC RELATIONSHonorable Mention: Wynne/Kristian JumperThird Place: Stuttgart/Abigail BormannSecond Place: Cave City/Allison GreenFirst Place: Wynne/Aneshah Washington

SPORTS NEWS REPORTINGHonorable Mention: Stuttgart/SHS Journalism ClubHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Kaitlyn GarrettThird Place: Wynne/Jacket Action NewsSecond Place: Har-Ber/Daniel Sedrick, Molly LusterFirst Place: Greene County Tech/Jackson Hicks

VIDEO PROMOTIONHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Miranda Keys, Ivan JohnsonHonorable Mention: Cave City/Hunter Middleton, Marty ManuelThird Place: Har-Ber/Abelardo Alvarado, Matthew PhilpotSecond Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan, Austin AdamsFirst Place: Har-Ber/Ashley Hidalgo

AD/COPY/LAYOUTHonorable Mention: Stuttgart/Stephanie BellHonorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Holly McEuenThird Place: Fountain Lake/Rachelle MartinSecond Place: Fountain Lake/Kaitlynn GarrettFirst Place: Wynne/Kristian Jumper

TV COMMERCIALHonorable Mention: Green County Tech: Wesley Reddick, Austin AdamsThird Place: Har-Ber/Andrew LisleSecond Place: Cave City/Hunter Middleton, Evan Brown, Ashley GreenFirst Place: Nettleton/Steward Bridger, Claudia Raffo, Mackenzie Dallas

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Miranda KeysThird Place: Fountain Lake/Ambrosia RoachSecond Place: Greene County Tech: Taylor Morgan/Austin AdamsFirst Place: Har-Ber/Brandon Buccheri/Sam Struebing

TELEVISION REPORTINGHonorable Mention: Har-Ber/Daniel Sedrick/Molly Luster/Ryan SitesHonorable Mention: Stuttgart/SHS Journalism ClubHonorable Mention: Wynne/Jacket Action NewsThird Place: Cave City/Nicholas GaySecond Place: Greene County Tech/Austin AdamsFirst Place: Har-Ber High School/Brandon Buccheri/Sam Struebing

BROADCAST NEWS WRITINGHonorable Mention: Nettleton/Jasmine KimbleThird Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor MorganSecond Place: Lakeside High School/Dylan TedderFirst Place: Wynne/McKenzie Boger

FEATURE WRITINGHonorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Rachelle MartinThird Place: Southwest Christian Academy/Harrison HudsonSecond Place: Stuttgart/Jenny LorinceFirst Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Alec Tripp

EDITORIAL WRITINGThird Place: Buffalo Island Central/Greydon WilliamsSecond Place: Wynne/Mackenzie ReedFirst Place: Marion/Darian Darnell

SPORTS WRITINGHonorable Mention: Marion/Chymiah BoweHonorable Mention: Wynne/Marybeth NorrisHonorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Daniel AllenThird Place: Nettleton High School/Kristian DavisSecond Place: Fountain Lake High School/Jared SmithFirst Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Seth Price

SOCIAL MEDIAHonorable Mention: Nettleton High School/Hanna MeredithHonorable Mention: Har-Ber High School/Courtney MansellThird Place: Nettleton/Jasmine Kimble, NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Nate JohnsonSecond Place: Fountain Lake High School/Lauren WalkerFirst Place: Fountain Lake High School/Kaitlynn Garrett

SPORTS PROGRAMMINGHonorable Mention: Wynne High School/Jackson Action NewsThird Place: Har-Ber High School/Student StaffSecond Place: Cave City/Nate AyersFirst Place: Greene County Tech/TECH TV

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