April is the month for the Washington Community College Journalism Association (WCCJA). The Pioneer brought home 20 awards this year including 1st place in “Best Website Content” and 2nd place for “General Excellence” and “Publication Sweeps”. Take a look below to see the student and their awards. Pioneer staff you should be very proud!
Category 1— General News Reporting
1. Dominic Yoxtheimer, Green River. “…student dies in car crash…”
2. Katelin Hummel, Pierce. “Student body president resigns”
3. Cherese Smith, Shoreline. “Students play roulette with Adderall”
Category 2—Comprehensive Coverage
1. Aaryn Kornbau and Daniel Konicek, Pierce. “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”
2. Megan Baron, Everett. “Digging for the Best Textbook Prices”
3. Nate Nienaber, Kenneth Zummach, Robert Berman, Brittany Koontz, Clark. “Funding Talks…”
Category 3—Feature Reporting
1. Tyler Urke and Aleksi Lepisto, Clark. “Coach Aims to Win…Again”
2. Bob Neary, Everett. “Yeah, It’s Still a Problem”
3. Holly Buchanan, Pierce. “A Deeper Look into Being a Librarian”
HM. Valeria Ettenhofer, Pierce. “Spirituality on Campus”
Category 4—Personality Profiles
1. Randy Hatfield, Shoreline. “…Shoreline camera doctor”
2. Bri Scharmann, Clark. “Break on through to the other side”
3. Atalie Allen and Brittany Koontz, Clark. “Counselor holds hair hostage for charity”
Category 5—Sports News Reporting
1. Tyler Urke, Clark. “Expectations high for Clark basketball teams”
2. Evan Blatnik, Clark. “Softball team stuck in a rut”
3. Joseph Henrickson, Pierce. “Softball team clinches division…”
Category 6—Sports Feature Reporting
1. Killian Bailey, Clark. “National Champ…”
2. Joseph Henrickson, Pierce. “From South Africa to Pacific Northwest:
3. Jesse Archie, Shoreline. “Star of ‘Heart of the Game’…
HM. Brody Voge, Clark. “Not your average athlete”
Category 7—Editorials
1. The Independent, Clark. “ACC Needs Transparency”
2. The Pioneer, Pierce. “Active Shooter drill unsafe?”
3. Not awarded.
Category 8—Individual Column or Commentary
1. Robert Berman, Clark. “Bill Doesn’t Do Enough for Student Debt”
2. Sera Tucker, Pierce. “Blurred Lines of Feminism”
3. Holly Buchanan, Pierce. “Vote Yes to eating and good health”
Category 9—Review
1. Stephanie LaRue, Clark. “Breaking it down”
2. Valerie Ettenhofer, Pierce. “Second ‘Star Trek’ stalls out”
3. Jeff Knapp, Clark. “Chosen”
Category 10—Editorial Cartoon or Illustration
1. Bradley York, Clark. Political awareness graphic
2. Randy Hatfield, Shoreline. “No smoking”
3. Evan Jones, Clark. “Bridge out”
Category 11—News Photo
1. Dominic Yoxtheimer, Green River. “Faculty rally for pay increase”
2. Nicholas Boelk, Pierce. “Part-time teacher Wesley Eagelson…”
3. Emma Fletcher, Clark. “Can’t lose with jazz”
Category 12—Feature Photo
1. Randy Hatfield, Shoreline. “Funk & Groove perform”
2. Aleksi Lepisto, Clark. “A student scores…”
3. Bradley York, Clark. “Rose City ‘til they die”
Category 13—Sports Photo
1. Killian Bailey, Clark. “Indy Lens”
2. Megan Horton, Shoreline. “Seattle Rainmaker Danny Tritiak”
3. Holly Buchanan, Pierce. Roller Derby
Category 14—Portrait Photo
1. Dominic Yoxtheimer, Green River. “Stone & Scholars”
2. Aaryn Kornbau, Pierce. “Stewart Stern shares stories…”
3. Bradley York, Clark. “Language of Art”
HM. Emma Fletcher, Clark. “Coach aims to win again”
Category 15—Photo Essay
1. Aleksi Lepisto, Clark. “Sakura festival”
2. Zach Barlow, Whatcom. “Street Art”
3. Nathaniel Lynch and Bob Neary, Everett. “People you don’t see”
HM. Crystal Kennedy, Pierce. “Fitness for all”
Category 16—Photo Illustration
1. Olivia Bidleman, Green River. “Campus Safety…”
2. Tamara Kelly and Holly Buchanan, Pierce. “Ortega resigned…”
3. Felim So, Everett. “Preston Weaver…”
Category 17—Headlines
1. Tyson Baty, Shoreline. “Ventriloquism: It’s not just for dummies”
2. Neal Curtis-Duguay, Pierce. “Lego Movie builds itself up”
3. None awarded.
Category 18—Page Design
1. Donna Kopmar, Pierce. “Girl Power”
2. Karla Holman, Shoreline. “Places”
3. Bradley York, Clark. “Breaking It Down”
Category 19—Multimedia Storytelling
1. Boyd Lainhart, Clark. “Basketball vs. LCC”
2. Killian Bailey, Clark. “Jiujitsu”
3. Ira Friesen, Clark. “Intramural basketball”
Category 20—Best Website Content
1. The Pioneer, Pierce.
2. The Independent, Clark
3. The Watchdog, Bellevue
Category 21—General Excellence
1. The Ebbtide, Shoreline.
2. The Pioneer, Pierce.
3. The Current, Green River.
HM.The Independent, Clark.
Category 22—Publication Sweeps
1. The Independent, Clark (75 points)
2. The Pioneer, Pierce (50 points)
3. The Ebbtide, Shoreline (31 points).
Category 23—Individual Sweep
1. Dominic Yoxtheimer, Green River (15 points)
2. (tie) Randy Hatfield, Shoreline (13 points)
(tie) Killian Bailey, Clark (13 points)
