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Elena Medina’s photo essay of student Ivan Arevalo preparing to perform at a drag show won the first prize in photography.
Photo Credit: Elena Medina
The Montclarion has received three awards from the 2015-16 NJ Collegiate Newspaper Contest, a competition hosted by the New Jersey Press Foundation in order to reward exceptional media from student newspapers in the state.
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Students may recognize this artwork by Catarina Rodrigues, which symbolized the woes addressed in our award-winning parking package.
Illustration by Catarina Rodrigues
Our accolades include a first-place win for photography for Elena Medina’s photo essay “Presenting Lady Rae Pavillion,” a first-place win for a web project for our piece, “What Veterans Day Means to These Montclair State Vets” and a second-place win in the same category for our parking package, “Parking at Montclair State: It’s All Packed Here.”
Both of these online projects were collaborative efforts involving work from many student reporters at the university.
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Videos of veterans speaking about their role in the Montclair State community took away the top prize for an online project. Photo Credit: Nicholas Da Silva
The Montclarion staff would like to thank all of our contributors, especially those who were a part of these three projects, as well as the administrators across the university who support our efforts. Congratulations to our winning students on their hard work.
Find our award-winning projects below:
“Presenting Lady Rae Pavillion”– First Place in Photography
“What Veterans Day Means to These Montclair State Vets”– First Place in Online Project
“Parking at Montclair State: It’s All Packed Here”– Second Place in Online Project