The Western New York School Press Association's annual Media Day conference for high school journalists will once again be held in the Williams Center at SUNY Fredonia, with Frank LoMonte, the executive director of the Student Press Law Center, tentatively scheduled to give the keynote address on current developments in press law, according to director WNYSPA Director Lisa Reinhardt.
"I wanted to let Western New York school publication advisers know that we are having the conference in the newly-renovated facility on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 from 8:45-1:30 p.m., which is what we have been doing for several years," Reinhardt said. "Last spring we held the conference in McEwen and Cranston halls in May, which is usually a difficult time of year for students and teachers to be on a field trip. We still had a great turnout for the event and the college was again instrumental in ensuring that things ran smoothly."
More than 125 student journalists from seven Western New York schools attended last spring's 31st annual conference where students are able to meet and learn from some of the area's journalists. Denise Jewell Gee, a weekly columnist for the City & Region section of The Buffalo News, gave the keynote address, From Notebooks to Video Cameras: How Technology is Changing the Job of Reporting. Following the keynote address, awards were given to the student journalists for their work at their respective school newspapers.
The fall adviser planning meeting will be held Saturday, October 13. Any adviser wishing to attend and learn more about the conference and organization can contact Reinhardt at reinhardt3@hotmail.com or at 716-679-8915 for more information.
Student awards announced at the 2012 event are:
NEWS
First place (tie): Emily Crandall, Brocton HS; Alyssa Mazukiewic, West Seneca West MS
Second place (tie): Abbigale DeLand, Brocton HS; Alex Deakin, Brocton
Third place (tie): Keely Geise, Fredonia HS; Kevin Fahey, West Seneca West MS
Honorable Mention: Monica Orosz, Fredonia; Destiny Friend, West Seneca MS
PROFILE/INTERVIEW
First: Noah Rankin, Fredonia
Second: Casey Miller, Brocton
Third:Frontier Central, Kiara Catanzaro; Mirjam Haider, Fredonia
Honorable Mention: Michael Ruiz, Brocton; Olivia Kaltenbach, Brocton
HUMAN INTEREST
First place: Megan Bleck, Fredonia
Second place: Allisa Joanelle Butlak, Lake Shore
Third place: Julia Palmer, Brocton
Honorable mention: Reily Smith, Frontier Central
IN DEPTH
First place: Aubrey Cunningham, Fredonia
Second place: Noah Rankin, Fredonia
Third place: John Nickerson, Brocton
Honorable Mention: Leo Schwab, Brocton, Megan Bleck, Fredonia
EDITORIALS
First place: Kristen Becker, Brocton
Second place: Editorial staff, Fredonia
Third Place: West Horizons, West Seneca West
Honorable Mention: Christian Deakin, Brocton; Editorial staff, Fredonia
COLUMNISTS
First place: Nikk Michalski, Fredonia.
Second place: Olivia Kaltenbach, Brocton
Third place: Zach Galovich, Frontier
Honorable mention: Chaz Mancino, Fredonia; Zac Delcamp, Brocton; Christian Deakin, Brocton
REVIEW
First place: Thomas Giambra and Thomas Kurtz, Brocton
Second place: Patrick Bennett, Brocton
Third place: Brian Schuh, West Seneca West MS
Honorable mention: Pierce Blodgett, Fredonia
SPORTS FEATURE
First place: Ian Muldowney, Fredonia
Second place: Abbigale DeLand, Brocton
Third place: Kiersten Kennedy, Lake Shore
Honorable Mention: Racheal Risley, Brocton
SPORTS NEWS
First place: Michael Ruiz, Brocton
Second place: Daniel Ferguson, Brocton
Third place: Nick Gundel, West Seneca West
Honorable mention: Taylor Balbierz, Frontier
CARTOONING
First place: Trent Thompson, Fredonia
Second place (tie): Kirsten Kaminski, Frontier; Matt Sweeney, Frontier; Joshua Pohlman, West Seneca West MS
Third place: Colleen Tulowitzki, West Seneca West MS
BEST ART PHOTO
First Place: Courtney Rosiek, Sandscript, Lake Shore
Second Place:Zach Beaudoin, Sandscript, Lake Shore
GRAPHIC ART
First place: Elisa Fuentes, Brocton
Second place (tie): Carly Uzar, West Seneca West Middle School; Thomas Giambra, Brocton
Third place (tie): Josh Pohlman, West Seneca West Middle School; Danielle Larsen, West Seneca West Middle School
Honorable Mention: Alyssa McLaughlin, West Seneca West Middle School
BEST NEWS PHOTO
First Place: Liz Bromsted, Brocton
Second Place: Justin Kranz, Frontier
Third Place: Eliz Arnavut, Fredonia
Honorable Mention: Yououf Zubairi, Frontier
BEST FEATURE PHOTO
First Place: Ian Muldowney, Fredonia
Second Place: Bri Tschip, Fredonia
Third Place: Alex Shean, Lake Shore HS
Honorable Mention: Liz Bromsted, Brocton
Honorable Mention Sean Pecuch, Fredonia
BEST SPORTS PHOTO
First Place: Sean Pecuch, Fredonia
Second Place: Greg Zeiss, Frontier Central
Third Place: Kristen Becker, Brocton
Honorable Mention: Cody Foy, Brocton; Liz Bromsted, Brocton; Olivia Kaltenbach, Brocton
BEST PHOTOGRAPHER
First Place: Sean Pecuch, Fredonia HS
Second Place: Liz Bromsted, Brocton
Third Place: Kristen Becker, Brocton
Honorable Mention: C. Peterson, West Seneca, West Horizons
VIEWPOINT
First place: Yousef Zubairi, Frontier Central.
Second place: Aubrey Cunningham, Fredonia.
Third place: Keri Murphy, West Seneca West MS
Honorable mention: Jeremy Eckstrom, Brocton; Frankie Harris, Lake Shore HS; Molly Nichol, Frontier Central: Viviana De La Rosa Pelaez, Brocton
