Published on March 2, 2018 by Maryellen Newton  
SEJC Awards2018
Â鶹¹û¶³ students celebrate their awards at the SEJC
Students in Â鶹¹û¶³’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication brought home 15 awards from the 2018 Southeastern Journalism Conference (SEJC) in February. The awards included:

First Place

• Asia Burns, Best News Writer

• Claire Jaggers, Best Magazine Writer

• Kate Sullivan, Best Print Advertising

Second Place

• The Local, Best College Magazine

• Sam Chandler, Best Sports Writer

• Kate Sullivan, Best Press Photographer

• Charis Nichols, Best Magazine Layout

Third Place

• Hannah Diamond, Best TV Journalist

• Hallie Bagley, Best Research Paper

Fourth Place

• Caleb Jones, Best Feature

• Â鶹¹û¶³ News Network, Best College Video News Program

Fifth Place

• Katherine Mixson, Best News/Editorial Artist.

Sixth Place

• Jared Skinner, junior, Jacksonville, Fla., placed sixth in Best Arts and Entertainment.

Tenth Place

• Ashton Nix, Best Newspaper Designer

• The Â鶹¹û¶³ Crimson, Best Newspaper

In both 2016 and 2017, Â鶹¹û¶³ students brought home 11 awards,

“We’re extremely proud of the outstanding work that our student journalists do at Â鶹¹û¶³,” said journalism professor Clay Carey. “The honors are reflective of the dedication and commitment that our students demonstrated to their work, and to our campus community.”

Maryellen Newton is a journalism and mass communication major and a news and feature writer in the Division of Marketing and Communication.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.