Mt. SAC students take journalism awards at regional competion

WALNUT - Students in the Mt. San Antonio College journalism program earned 52 awards in the recent Journalism Association of Community Colleges Southern California Convention.

 

This is the most awards Mt. SAC students have won in the competion organized by the Association, according to a statement from the college.

 

Students will now go on to compete in the 2010 Journalism Association of Community Colleges State Convention scheduled for April in downtown Los Angeles. Students from across the state will compete at that event.

 

A total of 29 awards that students earned in the Southern California Convention were for first-, second-, third- and fourth-place, the statement said.

 

The Mountaineer and Subtance Magazine, both student publications, earned General Excellence awards, the top prize awarded at the convention, the statement said.