5 first place honors received, including general excellence
Some of the 2024-2025 scholarship team posing with awards after the ceremony. (Top row, from left to right) Alice McGuire, Beck Elandt, Jada Hauser, Zeinab Agbaria and Yana McGuire. (Bottom row, from left to right) Lily Cole, Courtney Prielipp and Natalie Kyle. Lilly Kujawski | The Washtenaw Voice
Alice McGuire | Deputy Editor
On April 5, members of the Voice staff traveled to Central Michigan University to represent Washtenaw Community College as they partook in the annual Michigan Community College Press Association Conference (MCCPA) awards ceremony, where they were granted 30 awards. Among them was first place in General Excellence for the newspaper as a whole.
Students from across the state gathered for a day of networking, critique and a variety of panels on subjects ranging from writing to photography, featuring speakers such as Adam Graham, reporter and film critic for The Detroit News. The event ended with the awards ceremony.
First place:
- General Excellence, The Washtenaw Voice
- Best Social Media Account, The Washtenaw Voice.
- Critical Review, Henry Sincic.
- Original Cartoon–Editorial, Jada Hauser.
- Original Comic–Entertainment, Jada Hauser (See A6).
Second place:
- News Website, The Washtenaw Voice.
- Inside Page Design, The Washtenaw Voice (See B1).
- Best Blog, The Washtenaw Voice with Lily Cole’s Ear Candy.
- Personality Profile, Lily Cole.
- First Amendment Reporting, Lily Cole.
- Feature Story, Yana McGuire.
- Photo Essay/Digital Slideshow, Courtney Prielipp.
- Original Illustration, Skye Bawol.
- Multimedia Reporting, Henry Sincic.
Third place:
- Free Speech Reporting, Alice McGuire.
- Original Illustration, Jada Hauser.
- Feature Photo, Paula Farmer.
Honorable mentions:
- Inside Page Design, The Washtenaw Voice.
- Overall Newspaper Design, The Washtenaw Voice (011924, 021125, 022525).
- Front Page Design, The Washtenaw Voice.
- Editorial, The Washtenaw Voice.
- News Story, Lily Cole.
- Solution-Based Reporting, Yana McGuire.
- Solution-Based Reporting, Beck Elandt.
- Serious Column, Tahura Badar.
- Feature Photo, Courtney Prielipp.
- News Photo, Beck Elandt.
- Photo Essay/Digital Slideshow, Abigail Gibb.
Alice McGuire (left) and Lily Cole admire each other’s awards for The Voice. The Voice received 30 awards at the MCCPA conference including the highest award, first place for general excellence. Courtney Prielipp | The Washtenaw Voice
