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James honored at JACC convention

James honored at JACC convention
Laney Tower
April 9, 2009

By Chris Devine

Former Tower Editor-in-Chief Reginald James received two awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) State Convention.

He received First Place for Student Designed Advertisement for "The Tower Bunch" ad, and a Meritorious Award for Enterprise Story for a piece on work-study disparities. The awards were distributed Friday night at one out of the many events held at this years conference in Sacramento. The two awards were the only two brought in by Laney.

The conference was held from March 26-28 at the Double Tree in Sacramento. The event welcomed community colleges across the state, and offered countless resources for journalism students.

Workshops covering subjects such as journalists' rights, sports writing, and on-the-spot competitions with an equally wide array of subjects. Students found plenty of things to do over the weekend. There were ways for students to quench their thirst for knowledge in an ever changing field.

The conference kicked off with Marie Lundstrom's keynote address Thursday night. Lundstrom is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter from the Sacramento Bee. She offered insight into the world of journalism, and investigative reporting, detailing her own gruesome investigation into the failure of Sacramento County Child Protected Services to prevent child deaths, she drove home her point with a morbid power point presentation of song and photos of children that have lost their lives to abuse.

Donned in red press passes and sun block, students were seen moving in and out of the hotel in unprecedented masses to catch buses that came by to pick up students willing to take on competitions and cover facets of Sacramento life. Others opted for the sterile air conditioned rooms of the workshops.

The event was capped off with a dinner and award ceremony. These awards were for participants of the aforementioned competitions. On Sunday, students left to return to their respective colleges.

The next State JACC convention will be held in Los Angeles in 2010, while the NorCal conference will be held in October.

For info, visit jacconline.org.
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