Writers in The Ebbtide have once again claimed their victories winning across various categories in the 2024 Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators (PNAJE) contest.
The PNAJE contest has been going on for several years now allowing students involved in 2-year or 4-year school student publications to enter. This contest specifically targets colleges in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and the Alaska states.
The annual awards contest judges students’ work at universities across the region. Journalists and journalism educators review the work of the students and distribute awards based on merit. Some categories receive awards for first, second and third place as well as honorable mention. Other categories received only a single award or none at all.
The Ebbtide this year secured seven awards including two first place finishes. One of the first place winners is The Ebbtide’s own co-editor, Johanna Wilder, who won a first-place award in general news reporting, the most competitive category in the contest. Her story on activist Tim Wise’s talk on anti-racism at Shoreline Community College claimed this award.
As for the second first place winner — to embrace all mediums and sides to journalism, Gabriela Quito and Emily Wijaya won first place for best social media entry for their report and video on how SCC students have embraced the tumbler trend. Quito and Wijaya received an honorable mention as well for this piece, in the best multimedia category for their tumbler article.
Next on the list: Chris Van Hoosier and Cherrie Lim won second place for best multimedia reporting for a story, podcast and graphic illustration on how scholarship funds are allocated on the campus. The two students worked side by side to create an interesting and informative podcast with an incredibly eye-catching illustration that wowed many.
A newer member to The Ebbtide, Adrien Koe won second place in best news photo for his story on students getting their new student IDs.
Another unsurprising victory from our co-editor Wilder. She won third place for best feature reporting for her story on the mushroom show on campus last fall. She also received an honorable mention for a column about how The Ebbtide uses generative artificial intelligence to assist in copy editing the student newspaper.
There has been great work done all year round by all the members of The Ebbtide. Students continue on writing riveting stories, enhancing their creativity as they get through college. The Ebbtide is a student newspaper that has been publishing since 1965. Ebbtide staffers produce a biweekly digital edition and once-a-quarter print edition that never fails to showcase students’ hard work.
