Student Publications Earn State Awards
(Press Release 05-01-09)
Hank Mooney, Office of Public Information

By Eastern Journalism Student Krystal Baker

The student publications at Eastern Oklahoma State College won top state awards at newspaper and yearbook competitions held in April at Northeastern State University and the Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association in Stillwater.

The “Statesman” newspaper and “Mountaineer” yearbook staffs at Eastern Oklahoma State College brought home 10 awards from the 39th Annual Northeastern State University Media Day held April 2 on the Tahlequah campus.

The two publications were also awarded “Overall Excellence in Newspapers”, the top newspaper prize at the competition, and received third place for yearbook.

“I am very proud of our achievement,” said Kristen Turner, Journalism Instructor and “Statesman” and “Mountaineer” adviser. “Most people don’t realize that these publications are entirely student-produced. I am always pleased that all of the long hours and extra effort has been rewarded.”

Eastern’s publications have traditionally done very well at these competitions in the over 30 years that the school has participated.

At the competitions, Eastern’s entries were judged against several other Oklahoma two and four- year colleges in several different categories. The newspaper categories were based on issues submitted from the 2008-09 school year. The yearbook categories were based on a combination of the 2008 and the 2009 editions.

In all, the publications brought home 23 awards.   

“We are continuing Eastern’s long-standing tradition of excellence in publications and we have a great time publishing them,” Turner said.

NSU (Tahlequah)
Overall Newspaper, 1st place
Yearbook Photo, 1st place
Photography, 2nd place
Inside Page Design, 2nd place
Overall Yearbook, 3rd place
Newspaper Photography, 3rd place
Personal Opinion Column Writing, 3rd place
Yearbook Cover Design, 3rd place
Yearbook Division Page Design, 3rd place
Yearbook Copy Writing, 3rd place

OCPA (Stillwater)
Front Page Design, 1st place
Yearbook Sports Writing, Naomi Miller, 1st place
Yearbook Photography, Jana Chancellor, 1st place
Overall Yearbook, 2nd place
Interior Page Design, 2nd place
Yearbook Layout and Design, 2nd place
Yearbook Photography, Danel Walker, 2nd place
Yearbook Sports Writing, Danel Walker, 2nd place
Overall Newspaper, 3rd place
Feature Writing, Jeff Scardino, 4th place
Yearbook Theme, 4th place
Editorial Writing, 4th place
Yearbook Feature Writing, Danel Walker, 4th place

Caption Information:
EOSC PUBLICATIONS
The student-produced publications of Eastern Oklahoma State College came home with over 20 awards this year from competitions held in Tahlequah and Stillwater, including the First Place award for “Overall Newspaper.” Journalism students from front left are Jonna Reavis, Holdenville; Chelsey Reinhardt, Wilburton and Landa McClure, Talihina. Back row: Krystal Baker, McAlester; Naomi Miller, McAlester and Maggie Barber, McAlester.