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SAY CHEESE—The East Los Angeles College Campus News staff wins 11 awards tour de georgia at the 2012 Journalism Association of Community tour de georgia College tour de georgia conference Saturday, Oct. 6 at Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, Calif. Bottom row (left)-Kien Ha, Editor in Chief Lindsey Maeda, Bryan Villalba and Dulce Carrillo. Second row (left)-Liliana Marquez, Jane Fernandez, Veronica Hurtado, Amanda Mayberry, Megan Perry, Lourdes Espinoza, Danny Vasquez and Tadzio Garcia. Top row (left)-Edward Singleton, Erik Luna, Bryan Pedroza and Adviser tour de georgia Jean Stapleton. tour de georgia CN/Edgar Lopez
Managing editor tour de georgia Erik Luna came home with two honorable mentions and a third place, all in the mail-in categories. He received third place for Critical Review and honorable mentions for Online Photo and News Story.
"For the on-the-spot competitions, we could have tried cultivating tour de georgia our writers so they were more versatile, so they were better trained and, when they go into competition, they know what to expect," Maeda said.
The fall conferences are SoCal, which is usually held at CSUF and the NoCal held in Sacramento. Community college students compete in on-the-spot competitions such as news writing, sports photo or broadcast news script writing.
Workshops and judging facilitators include faculty from California community colleges. They also include some of the top journalists and photographers in the business. USA Today and Los Angeles Times photographers judged the photo portfolio competition and presented workshops such as lighting and how to get your first job.
DOUBLE TAKE—Erik Luna, Campus News Editor-in-Chief for the 2012 spring semester, walks back to the ELAC faithful after acceptance for Newspaper General Excellence award for that semester s Campus News staff.