Johnson County Community College
Press Release

College Information and Publications
913-469-8500
Julie Haas, Director, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122

4/18/08
Story by Peggy Graham

Student Newspaper Wins State Awards

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. ­ – The Campus Ledger was named the best student newspaper in its division at a state journalism conference April 6-7 in Wichita.

The student newspaper of Johnson County Community College was given the All-Kansas award by the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press for the second year in a row.

To receive the award, the paper must score outstanding marks in all categories judged, including writing, visuals and design, based on three issues from the 2007-08 academic year.

The editor of The Campus Ledger, Alexia Stout-Lang, Olathe, was named first runner-up in the Journalist of the Year contest and received $100 from the Kansas Press Association.

The online edition of The Campus Ledger received a bronze medal in an open competition of college newspaper Web sites. The online editor is John Young, Lawrence.

Members of The Campus Ledger also received 24 individual awards, including six first-place certificates. Nathan Lang, Olathe, former online editor, won first place in headline writing and news photography, and sports editor Stephen Montemayor, Overland Park, won first place in sports-column writing and second place in sports features. Artist Juniper Tanpuz, Kansas City, Mo., took first in illustration and both second and honorable mention in cartoons.

he adviser is Anne Christiansen-Bullers, Prairie Village.

Individual awards included:

• First place – Lang, headline writing and news photography; Justin Millard, Prairie Village, sports feature; Montemayor, sports-column writing; Miguel Morales, Olathe, column writing; Tangpuz, illustration.
• Second Place – Katherine Kramer, Olathe, interior-page design; Montemayor, sports feature; Morales, column writing and news writing; Tanpuz, cartoons.
• Third Place – Matt Galloway, Stilwell, feature writing.
• Honorable Mention – Campus Ledger Staff, news writing; the team of Jennifer Hallock, Overland Park, Stout-Lang, and Linda Friedel, Overland Park, Morales and Montemayor, special section; Galloway, sports feature and news writing; Kramer, interior-page design; Millard, sports news; Montemayor, sports feature; the team of Morales and Kevin Mimms, Overland Park, news writing; Cameron Fletcher, Olathe, headline writing; Stout-Lang, column writing and review writing; Tangpuz, cartoons.