Clark student journalists honored; take third overall

BREMERTON, Wash. – Clark College student journalists walked away with 11 individual honors and third place overall at the Washington Community College Journalism Association awards held Saturday at Olympic College.

Judges considered a pool of 12 community colleges and evaluated submissions for 23 categories. The judges honored Clark students for their contributions to The Independent between spring quarter 2009 through winter quarter 2010.

First place honors and medals went to Editor-in-Chief Jordan Frasier for his profile story, "The scariest moment of her Life;" News Editor Kandra Kent for her general news story, "Work study may be punching out its timecard;" Sports Editor Colton Woods for his sports news story, "Baseball club plays the waiting game;" Opinion Editor Kevin Vandenburg for his sports feature story, "March of the penguin men's team;" and Life Editor John Consiglio for his headline "Work study may be punching out its timecard."

Additional honors and certificates went to Editor-in-Chief Jordan Frasier, News Editor Kandra Kent, Copy Editor Corinne Mooney, Photo Editor Alex Cochran, and reporters Sam Eckhart, Nicole Tolmie, Stephanie Pisarek, and Chelsea Parkhurst.

The Independent took third place in publication sweeps; bring home a trophy cup in recognition of their 11 individual awards.

The Independent is published Wednesdays during fall, winter, and spring quarters and is available throughout Clark's campuses and online at clark-independent.com.

Contact Editor-in-Chief Jordan Frasier at editorinchief@students.clark.edu.