Crowder College newspaper wins Best Missouri Community College Newspaper honors

(From Crowder College)

The student-produced media 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.

Students also won awards in multimedia, video, and graphic design, which are aligned to the new Digital Media Marketing certificate's learning outcomes.









"Crowder students are creating social media content, learning critical workplace communication skills, AND winning awards for their efforts," said Latonia Bailey, faculty who oversees the program.

Individual awards are as follows:

Carl Junction, Mo.: Alyx Goebel, First Place, Story Illustration

Crane, Mo.: Aubree Chisam, Second Place, Information Graphic

El Dorado Springs, Mo.: Isabelle Bryson, First Place, Feature Writing; Second Place, Entertainment Review; First Place, Video; Editor Fall 2022 of Best Overall Newspaper, First Place

Joplin, Mo.: Kherz’den Humphrey, Second Place, Feature Writing; Second Place, Feature Page; Third Place, Entertainment Review; Honorable Mention, Story Illustration; Editor Spring 2022 of Best Overall Newspaper, First Place

Kodiak, Alaska: Nona Stewart, Second Place, Sports Writing; Second Place, Sports Page

Monett, Mo.: Cindy Marmon, Third Place, Information Graphic

Neosho, Mo.: Dora Gilreath, First Place, Entertainment Review; Elsey Rafail, First Place, Information Graphic; First Place, Story Illustration

Seneca, Mo.: Kaleb Fobair, Second Place, Multimedia Package

Other awards won by the Crowder Sentry staff:

First Place: Page One Design, Multimedia Package

Second Place: Editorial/Op-Ed Page, Special Section, Sweepstakes

Honorable Mention: Editorial Writing, Website, Photo Page

The Crowder Sentry has earned the "Best Overall" award eight times since 2008 against rival St. Louis Community College, which has an enrollment almost three times that of Crowder, according to Bailey.

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 (Adobe Illustrator), Photocommunication, and Intro. to Human Communication. Classes begin Aug. 21.



Crowder also offers both a certificate and associate degree in photography.