The annual Journalism and Mass Communications High School Media Workshop drew nearly 300 students and advisers to campus in September.
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| Dr. Kevin Qualls talked about studio lighting as part of the High School Workshop’s broadcasting track.
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The students and advisers came from 12 regional high schools. They were Calloway County, Graves County, Fort Campbell, St. Mary’s, Trigg County, Mayfield, Murray, McCracken County, Paducah Tilghman, Crittenden County and Meridian (III.).
Dr. Tim Todd, interim provost, and Gina Winchester, director of Regional Outreach, welcomed the students and advisors to the Curris Center before they participated in sessions conducted by MSU faculty/staff and regional media professionals.
The sessions covered yearbook design and production, advertising design, feature writing and interviewing, writing effective headlines, sports still photography, website design and set up, TV field production, lighting, sports media production, advertising sales, business journalism, careers in the media, sports writing and reporting, social media, evaluating news sources for stories, newspaper design, writing columns and editorials, on-camera interviewing and presentation, TV studio production and a special session for advisers conducted by workshop director, Leigh Wright.
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| Angela St. Clair, Herff Jones, conducted sessions on yearbook marketing.
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In the high school yearbook competition, McCracken County High School won 10 awards and took first place for Best Overall Yearbook. Peyton Baker served as editor and Sharon Northington as adviser.
Second Place overall went to Fort Campbell with three top individual awards. Pagan Martelli was the editor and Iris Loucks was the adviser for the yearbook.
Trigg County had four awards to take third place. Ashley Wells served as adviser. Caldwell County had four awards to earn honorable mention. The editor was Libby Griggs and the adviser was J.J. Griggs.
In the television and production contest, Calloway County won 14 total awards, including first place in news/feature package, sports package, news/feature program, sports program and digital short.
Graves County placed second with seven awards, including second place in sports package and digital short.
In the newspaper competition, the Calloway County Laker Review and the Paducah Tilghman Bell dominated the awards, with 31 and 16, respectively.
The Laker Review won first place in news writing, feature writing, personality profile, page one design, photography, columns, sports design, sports writing and advertising design.
The Tilghman Bell won first place in editorial and opinion page, illustrations and graphics, feature design, reviews and overall newspaper design.
The Murray High Black and Gold received three awards.
The annual one-day workshop is conducted by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications and co-sponsored by the Arthur J. Baurenfeind College of Business, Murray State’s Office of Regional Outreach and the Murray State’s Office of Recruitment.
