Several Lipscomb communication and journalism students took away Best of South awards at the Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta, Georgia last weekend.
Lipscomb took home 13 awards in the competition, which included representatives from more than 30 universities.
Lipscomb’s Best of South winners include:
Carly Bergthold — 8th place, Best TV News Feature Reporter
Logan Butts — 6th place, Best Sports Writer
Michael Fox, Kyrsten Turner, Kathryn McKinley, Marlee Vogel, Brynn Watkins — 2nd place, Best Public Service Journalism
Brianna Langley — 3rd place, Best News Writer
Madeline Smith — 7th place, Best TV Hard News Reporter
Erin Turner — 4th place, Best Press Photographer
Brianne Welch — 4th place, Best TV Journalist
Cory Woodroof — 1st place, Best Arts and Entertainment Writer
Cory Woodroof — 5th place, Best Multimedia Journalist
Cory Woodroof — 9th place, College Journalist of the Year
In addition to the student awards, Lumination Radio and TV also placed:
Lumination Radio — 4th place, Best Audio News Program
Lumination Radio — 3rd place, Best College Radio Station
Lumination TV — 4th place, Best College Video News Program
A few of the students also competed in the on-site competitions. Three of those students took away awards:
Sam Webb — 3rd place, Best Sports Photography
Haleigh Ker — 2nd place, Best Radio News Reporting
Cory Woodroof — 1st place, Best News Writing