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Newsletter of the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication
Texas State University-San Marcos
Big Winners at TIPA, SPJ
Eudaily a national finalist
for ‘Blind Students’ story
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Univer-
sity Star and KTSW cleaned up at the
SPJ Region 8 awards ceremony.
Texas State walked away with five
first place awards, the most first place
awards by the school in recent memory.
Each first place entry advanced to the
national competition.
Christopher Eudaily’s “Blind Stu-
dents” report was named a national fi-
nalist in the Radio In-Depth Reporting
category, along with an entry from Utah
State University. The national winner
in the category was “Tracking Stimulus
Dollars in Southwest Ohio, by Miami
(O.) University.
Star, Update, KTSW Take 46 Individual, Team Awards
The University Star took 31 awards,
Bobcat Update and KTSW 10 awards
during the recent Texas Intercollegiate
Press Association competitions.
Texas State students added four other
awards in “on-site” contests.
Allen Reed took first place for on-site
editorial writing. Rebecca Ambrose
took second place for feature photogra-
phy; and Chase Birthisel and Andrew
Goodwin took honorable mention for
radio news writing and video news, re-
spectively.
Birthisel took other first place awards
in three online categories, for Best In-
teractive Graphic, Best Website Navi-
gation and Online Sweepstakes. He
won two seconds, one for Best Online
KTSW swept the Radio In-Depth
Reporting category, taking all three top
spots, with Eudaily taking two of those
awards.
Second place went to Sonia Onescu
for her report on “Native American
Student Association”; and third place
went to Eudaily for his report “Zero
Tolerance.”
The University Star took top honors
for Best Independent Online Student
Publication for a four-year college/uni-
versity. Other first place awards went
to Jacqueline Baylon for general news
reporting; Allen Reed, Chase Birthis-
el, Lisa Carter and Beth Brown for In-
Depth Reporting; and Mike Guzman
for Online Opinion and Commentary.
Second Place awards went to: Katie
McGaha, Online Opinion & Com-
Interactive, two third place awards and
honorable mention honors in two other
categories Jacqueline Baylon took
first for a news story; Jillian Bliss, Bi-
anca Davis and Amanda Venable for
In-Depth Reporting; Genna Eneman
took first place for Spot News coverage
in the radio category.
Second place winners were Megan
Tuck for Page 1 Design; Sara Strick
for Sports Action Photo; Russell Weiss
for Illustration; Whitney Paul for Au-
dition Tape; and Corey Zoller, for Spot
PSA Promo.
Third place award winners included
Bobby Scheidemann, Megan Tuck,
Allen Reed and Bianca Davis; Parker
Curtis, Tina Phan, Josh Brown and
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Chuck Kaufman, Editor
mentary for “Tram Etiquette”; Duy Le,
Sports Photography for the shot “Invin-
cible”; Sara Strick, Feature Photogra-
phy for “SXSW: San Marcos invades
Austin music scene”; Ben Rondeau,
General News Photography for “Learn-
ing the Language”; Rodney Mishler,
Aimee Villalobos, Breaking News
Reporting, “Texas Terror”; and Chip
Wozniack, General Column Writing.
Third place awards went to: Jo-
vanna Owen and Tina Phan, Online
In-Depth Reporting for “Assistant
professor’s project gives children tools
for art”; Russell Weiss, Gary Miller,
Editorial Cartooning, Main Point illus-
trations; Josh Brown, Parker Curtis,
Tina Phan and Duy Le, Online Sports
Reporting for “Amputees play men’s
soccer club.”
Duy Le; Justin Travis and Adam
Holloway; Rachel Nelson; Luke
McBroom, Rion Hamilton and Karl
Schoening; Sonia Onescu, Mark
Brown; Sonia Onescu, Chris Eudai-
ly, Lauren Taylor, Louise Armstrong
and Riana Salinas.
Other honorable mention awardees:
Hollie O’Connor, Lora Collins, Eric
Harper, Seth Davis, Megan Tuck,
Tiffany McMeen, Kristen Bram-
blett, Scott Thomas, Tina Phan, Lisa
Carter, Tina Phan, Clay Thorp and
Ben Rondeau; Adam Holloway, Tina
Salazar and Kate Gisi; Jason Britsch
and Robert Fisher; Jessica Peters;
Luke McBroom, Andrew Vizzone
and Mason Robinson; and Eudaily.

Phillips selected intern
with Dow Jones Fund
Electronic Media Senior Jarod
Phillips is one of 10 multimedia
interns for this year’s Dow Jones
News Fund internship program.
Phillips will receive training at
Western Kentucky University,
then work for the International
Center for Journalists in Wash-
ington, D.C. The Dow Jones News
Fund accepted 81 undergraduate
and graduate students out of 600
applications for the prestigious
paid internship. Summer 2011 will
be the 44th summer in which the
DJNF has offered internships. The
internship program began in 1962
and lasts 10 weeks during the
summer. Interns work as news
and sports copy editors, business
reporters and in multimedia.
TAPME award winner
TYLER, Texas — Tina Phan,
a Buster Haas news intern last
summer for the Abilene Reporter-
News, won a second place award
at the Texas Associated Press
Managing Editors convention here
for a video she produced as part
of her news coverage.
Sloan-certified
Dr. Judy Oskam is the first facul-
ty member at Texas State to have
completed the Sloan Consortium
Online Teaching Certificate, which
includes a 9-week foundation
course and a series of electives.
Kappa Tau Alpha inductees
Dr. Tim England swore-in 14 stu-
dents in the Texas State chapter of
Kappa Tau Alpha as top scholars.
They are: Martha E. Francisco,
Daniel R. Peterson, Maureen J.
Schein, Caleb W. Harris, Brittany
A. Barnett, Jaclyn Aracher, Michal
W. Patterson, Rhea Friesen, Robin
Nennig, Eric Antony Garza, Shahar
Gurvitz, Ashley J. Bahl, Alyssa R.
Bunn and Katina M. Smallwood.
LEADS • 2
LEADERS IN POSITION
FOR 2011-2012 YEAR
Student media and professional or-
ganizations are turning the page on
the current academic year and getting
ready for the 2011-2012 year.
The University Star named Hollie
O’Connor editor in chief. Section edi-
tors will be named soon.
The faculty adviser is Bob Bajack-
son. The Star has its print and online
operations in the Trinity Building.
Radio Station KTSW 89.9-FM re-
cently named its staff. Jennifer Kelly
will remain station manager through the
summer, then yield to Lauren Taylor,
who this summer will serve as assistant
station manager and program director,
for the next year.
Other department heads are as fol-
lows: Nic Giarrusso, sports director;
Audee Salinas, news director; Daniel
Hughes, promotions director; Taylor
Wood, office manager; Brooke Hamp-
ton, music director; David Hinojosa,
webmaster; and Hanna Hartman,
production director. Dan Schumacher
is the station’s general manager.
Bobcat Promotions, the student-run
PR/Ad agency, named Jessica Gusan
as its executive director for the coming
year. Chuck Kaufman is the group’s
faculty adviser.
Many media organizations elected
new officers; others will choose leaders
in the fall.
Awards Day 2011: Top students named
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication named its outstand-
ing undergraduate and master’s students during Awards Day 2011 in Old
Main.
Top undergraduates were:
• Kristin Pixley, advertising;
• Kace Layton, electronic media;
• Katina Smallwood, general mass communication;
• Jesse Allen Reed, journalism; and
• Lorna Stevens and Brittany Anne Barnett, public relations.
Top masters students were: Douglas Martin-Whitaker, Josh Shepherd,
George “Trey” Hatt, Mark Mederson, Lydia Saldana, Dale Blasingame,
Adrianna Villanueva and Leslie Ornelas.
Ad Club
Nick Melita, president
Brittany Teague, vice president
Gabriella Rodriguez, treasurer
Andrea Baray, membership
Katelyn Dobowsky, secretary
Roberto Rodriguez, programs
Kaelynn Russell, social
Cameron Galvin, communication/PR
Kris Garza, promotions
Adviser: Dr. Lucy Brown
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PRSSA
Lizzie Laster, president
Caitlyn Denham, vice president
Jesse Buchoz, VP treasury
Joe Hernandez, VP membership
Aaron Jezisek, VP special events
Robert Cox, secretary
Fran Murray, public relations
Advisers: Frank Walsh, Dara Quacken-
bush
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National Broadcasting Society
Sarah Whitley, president
Allison Ratajczak, vice president
Alyssa Wright, treasurer
Haley Parmer, secretary
Adviser: Dr. Ray Niekamp
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Student Event Planners Association
Sarah Smith, president
Katie Weatherby, vice president
Rilee Crowder, treasurer
Jennifer McGinnis, secretary
Bailey Reid, outreach coordinator
Jacqueline Coleman, opportunities coordi-
nator.
Adviser: Olga Wilson