Crowder College newspaper places first in state competition

(From Crowder College)

The student newspaper of Crowder College, the Crowder Sentry, recently won “Best Missouri Community College Newspaper” in a contest co-sponsored by the Missouri Press Association and the Missouri College Media Association.

“I'm so proud of our staff this year," said Kherz’den Humphrey, Joplin, student editor-in-chief of the Crowder Sentry. "It is a great accomplishment, not just for each of us individually, but for the Sentry as a whole.”

 

Individual awards are as follows:

Cassville, Mo.: Lindee Mitchell, Second Place, Campus Engagement/Promotion

El Dorado Springs, Mo.: Sarah Jones, Second Place, Feature Writing; Third Place; News Photography; Honorable Mention, News Photography.

Independence, Mo.: Samuel Carlson, Second Place, Sports Column; Second Place, Sports Writing.

Joplin:
Kherz’den Humphrey, First Place, Multimedia Package; First Place, Story Illustration; Second Place, Column; Second Place, Video

Kodiak, Alaska: Nona Stewart, First Place, Feature Page

 

Neosho:
Aaron Bayless: First Place, Multimedia Package
Dora Gilreath: First Place, Editorial/Op-Ed Page; Third Place, Entertainment Review; Third Place, Video
Elsey Rafail: Second Place, Information Graphic
Glory Reitz: First place, Video
Isaiah Ruby: Third Place, Sports Writing

Seneca:
Kaleb Fobair, First Place, Multimedia Package; Third Place, Information Graphic.

Awards won by the Crowder Sentry staff:

First Place: Best Overall Newspaper, Sweepstakes, Feature Page, Editorial Writing, Campus Engagement/Promotion; Second Place: Photo Page, Page One Design, Special Section; Third Place: Sports Page, Special Section, Website.

“The Crowder Sentry has earned the ‘Best Overall’ award seven times since 2008 against rival St. Louis Community College, which has an enrollment almost three times that of Crowder,” said Latonia Bailey, Neosho, faculty adviser of the publication.

“The students have worked hard to provide relevant, timely content on platforms going beyond the newsprint product,” Bailey said, noting the students also produce multimedia and daily posts on social media channels for www.CrowderSentry.com.

The Crowder Sentry publications and productions offer hands-on application of communication principles and will continue to do so as a new program emerges in the department.

Starting in fall 2022, Crowder will offer a certificate in Digital Media Marketing for students interested in social media, content creation, and search engine optimization. Crowder also offers both a certificate and associate degree in Photography.

The course in which students produce the Sentry, DIGM 102 Content Creation, is a 3-credit-hour class offered in the fall that teaches the basics of creating content for media, including social media and long-form blog posts, photography, video and podcasts.

Crowder will offer other communication-related courses this fall: Intro. to Public Relations and Digital Marketing, Intro. to Graphics Software, and Intro. to Human Communication. Classes begin Aug. 22. For more information, contact the program coordinator/instructor: LatoniaBailey@Crowder.edu.

(Photo, left to right, Adviser Latonia Bailey, Neosho; Elsey Rafail, Neosho; Dora Gilreath, Neosho; Editor Kherz'den Humphrey, Joplin; Nona Stewart, Kodiak, Alaska; Kaleb Fobair, Seneca, and Isabelle Bryson, El Dorado Springs.)