GHC student newspaper wins 1st in state in multiple categories
Georgia Highlands College’s student newspaper, the Six Mile Post, won three first-place awards from the Southern Regional Press Institute and a first-place award from the Georgia College Press Association.
From the SRPI, the SMP brought home first-place awards for Best Website, Best Opinion or Editorial and Best Podcast or Internet Streamed Show as well as Best Campus Community Service-sports for the GCPA.
“This year’s staff has only met in person one time this year and has still managed to produce quality, award-winning work that rivals previous years,” SMP Faculty Advisor and Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communications Allison Hattaway said. “These students have covered history and covered it well – from COVID-19 to stink bugs to the 2020 election.”
Julia Belew, who served as SMP editorin-chief from August 2020 to February 2021, said she felt lucky to be surrounded by such talented writers.
“Their pieces portrayed real journalism and I am so glad they got the recognition they deserved,” Belew said. “I am also proud of winning first place for Best Opinion or Editorial for our unsigned ‘Let’s get down with pronouns’ piece.”
The SRPI judges noted a “bold, clear and unapologetic position on a widely discussed and misunderstood topic” for the newspaper’s editorial and cited individual reporters’ data-driven, creative and eyeopening stories.
Current Editor-in-chief Olivia Fortner said the SMP is still working remotely and communicating through Zoom.
“Because of these changes, our staff is much smaller than it has been in recent years,” Fortner said. “However, I am not surprised that we received these awards because I have witnessed, firsthand, the hard work and dedication all the staff have put in to maintain excellence.”
The Six Mile Post team won the following awards:
Southern Regional Press Institute
Awards
Staff Awards:
Best Website – 1st Place
Best Opinion or Editorial – 1st Place Best Opinion or Editorial – 2nd Place Individual Awards:
Best Podcast or Internet Streamed Show – 1st Place – Austin Williams and Kimberly Lyons
Best News Story – 2nd place – Lily Chestnut Best Features Story – 2nd place – Lily Chestnut
Best Features Story – 3rd Place – Michelle Hardin
Best Opinion or Editorial – 3rd Place – Alexis Johnson
Best Sports Story – 2nd Place – Trevin Wade
Best News Photography – 2nd Place – Jackson Morris and Olivia Fortner
Best News Photography – 3rd Place – Jackson Morris
Best Features Photography – 3rd Place – Olivia Fortner
Georgia College Press Association
Awards
Staff Awards:
Best Campus Community Service – Sports – 1st place
Best Campus Community Service – News – 3rd Place
Best Photo Essay – 3rd Place
Best Website – 3rd Place
General Photography Excellence – 3rd Place
Layout and Design Excellence – 2nd Place Individual Awards:
Best Photograph-editorial/feature — 3rd Place – Olivia Fortner
Best Column – 2nd Place – Mariah Redmond, Brandon Dyer, Bradley Singh
Best Photograph – Sports – 2nd Place — Brandon Dyer
Best Photograph-news – 3rd Place — Olivia Fortner
Best Sports Story – 2nd Place – Austin Williams
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