UA Little Rock Student Journalists Take Home Awards from Arkansas College Media Association
Members of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock student newspaper staff have won a multitude of awards during the annual Arkansas College Media Association award competition.
Among the top awards, Chloe McGehee, a senior mass communication major who will graduate in May and executive editor of The Forum, was named Newspaper Editor of the Year.
“Most of these staff members won these awards for their first year on staff, and it was an extremely competitive year,” McGehee said. “I am really proud of everything my staff was able to accomplish, and even if a member did not win an award, we all contributed to a third place overall. And of course it was pretty amazing to win Editor of the Year as kind of a final goodbye to The Forum.”
Meanwhile, Jacobb Nichol received third place in the Photographer of the Year Award, and The Forum received third place for the Newspaper General Excellence category.
The awards were presented during an April 14 ceremony at Harding University in Searcy.
The Arkansas College Media Association is composed of private and public colleges and universities throughout the state, including Arkansas State University, Arkansas Tech University, Central Baptist College, Harding, Ouachita Baptist University, Northwest Arkansas Community College, and the University of Central Arkansas.
“I’m elated for the staff,” said Sonny Rhodes, Forum adviser. “This is, by far, the most awards the staff has won in at least a decade, maybe ever. If you consider the variety of categories in which they won awards you get an idea of the enormous breadth of their talent. I’m very proud of them and grateful for all their hard work.”
The Forum competed in the ACMA’s newspaper division. The UA Little Rock winners, places of finish, and categories are:
- Chloe McGehee: Honorable Mention, Newspaper Personality Profiles; Third Place, Newspaper Feature Page Layout; and Third Place, Newspaper Sports Photo
- Bryan Hernandez: First Place, Newspaper Review Writing; First Place, Newspaper Sports Photo
- Chloe McGehee and Bryan Hernandez: Second Place, Newspaper Meeting/Speech Coverage
- Skylar Boone and Chloe McGehee: First Place, Newspaper Feature Page Layout
- Jacobb Nichol: Second Place, Newspaper News Photo
- Joe Santana: First Place, Newspaper Feature Photo
- Vivian Angeles: Third Place, Newspaper Review Writing
- Ahad Nadeem: Honorable Mention, Newspaper General Column
- Maddie Becker (Graduated): Honorable Mention, Newspaper Sports Feature Writing
- Azalea Andrade (Graduated): First Place, Newspaper Personality Profiles; Third Place, Newspaper Headlines
- Andi Benbrook and Chloe McGehee: Honorable Mention, Newspaper Front Page Layout
- Emily Reynolds: First Place, Newspaper Illustration
