The Belmont Vision, the student-run online newsroom, took home first this weekend as students traveled to Starkville, Mississippi, to compete in the Southeast Journalism Conference.
The Vision took home first place overall for their work at the conference, placing first in four categories and bringing home a total of 18 awards.
“I'm incredibly proud of the Vision staff. This past year, they have had great leadership from the students, and they've really pulled together as a team,” said Dorren Robinson, faculty adviser of The Belmont Vision. “We've got incredible faculty. Erin Carson, Annie Price, Jen Duck and Sybril Brown. They've all contributed to this to make our students better,” said Robinson.
The Southeast Journalism Conference is an event where colleges and universities from eight states meet to compete and celebrate a year's worth of collegiate journalism.
Competition is broken down into pre-published work in the Best of the South contest and onsite competitions done live at the conference.
In all, students from 27 schools competed in events ranging from covering rock climbing to finding budding artists around town.
In the Best of the South competition, Belmont journalism students placed in eight categories.
Ty Wellemeyer placed as an Honorable Mention for Best Sportswriter.
Ava Burns placed second as Best Radio Journalist and third as Best Radio Feature Journalist
Cat Da Rocha placed fifth as Best TV Hard News Reporter and third as Best Overall Tv Journalist
Cadence Moore placed third as Best TV Feature Reporter.
Bree Fabbie placed fourth as Best Feature Writer.
Greer Patten placed fourth as Best Photographer
The Vision placed third for Best Website.
The Vision staff also placed in 10 on-site categories, winning first place in four.
Cat Da Rocha and Cadence Moore took first place in Sports Television.
Braden Simmons placed first in Op-Ed Wring.
Ava Burns and Maya Burney placed first in Podcasting and second in News Radio.
Matt Sinofsky and Ria Skyer placed second in News Television.
Ty Wellemeyer placed second in Current Events.
Emily Garver placed second in Media Law.
Greer Patten placed third in Feature Photography.
Bree Fabbie placed third in Sports Photography.
The Belmont Vision placed first overall in the onsite competitions.
“I think this just shows that we’ve got a lot of depth… it's also a big credit to everyone in the program,” said Robinson.
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This article was written by Zach Watkins
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