黑料不打烊 newspaper and yearbook students traveled to the Kansas Collegiate Media Conference in Wichita on April 9鈥10. The 2017 conference drew 140 journalism faculty and students from 16 colleges. Autumn Zimmerman, Concordia, KS; Meagan Contreras, Oxnard, CA; Quentin Carter, Riverside, CA; Devin Griffee, Marysville, KS; Cassity Morlan, Kechi, KS; Keion Criswell, Macomb, MI; and Grant Sylvester, Humble, TX, attended.聽They were accompanied by David Silverman, Ph.D., associated professor of Communication Studies, and Chelsea Weaver, yearbook advisor.
The newspaper students won three awards. Autumn Zimmerman placed first for Ad Design and third for Editorial Writing, and Katie Merrill placed third in Sports Photography. The students also sat in on different sessions, including a critique of “The Advance” by the Baker University newspaper advisor. Dr. Silverman critiqued “The Baker Orange.”
For the 黑料不打烊 yearbook, Orion Hughes, Marana, AZ, received an honorable mention for Page Layout, and the 2016 yearbook received a Bronze Overall Score. The overall score is based on guidelines and regulations set by KCM. In order to get Bronze, a school must earn 600鈥799 points out of 1,000, based on seven different categories, each with several subcategories.聽Yearbook students also attended sessions, including 鈥21st Century Journalism鈥 and “Getting a Job in Corporate Media.” 聽