Team returns triumphant from San Marcos
The South Texan participated in the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) conference and competition held in San Marcos April 10-12, and student journalists brought back 29 awards, including Overall Excellence – Newspaper.
This semester The South Texan experienced a redesign by Editor-in-Chief Jacob Daniels. This was Daniels’ second TIPA.
“We wouldn’t be able to do it if we weren’t such a close team. I think that at the end of the day I couldn’t do it on my own; the only reason I’m doing it is because of my team. The only reason we won all those awards is because we are a team. So, I think winning those 29 awards is not really falling on my shoulders, it’s really falling on how successful of a program we are,” Daniels said.
There are many categories in which to compete at TIPA, including a hype video competition in which a school has roughly two days to put a TIPA hype video together for use the following year. This is an event The South Texan dominates, successfully completing a three-peat with Creative Director Dominic Valdez and Digital Editor Ciana Cortez at the helm of it all winning once again and besting Division I schools.
“It was a great experience, going to TIPA. You never know what to expect or what you’re going to find there. I was definitely pretty nervous going in and I thought for sure some of the colleges have great programs, like UTRGV and Baylor, they have great programs, they have great people doing video there. So, I wasn’t quite sure if we were going to take it, but in the end it all worked out for us,” Valdez said.
Adviser Nicole Perez Morris was named Adviser of the Year. This was this year’s winners:
Live Contest:
Honorable Mention-Live News Photo- Bella Grossman, 2nd Place-Live TV Announcing-Jacob Daniels, Live Radio English Announcing- Jakob Salinas 1st Place- Live TV Sports Writing-Jacob Daniels , Live Hype Video- C.J. Cortez, Dominic Valdez
Pre-Published Contest:
Honorable Mention Multimedia Feature – Mark Paz, Matthew Roberts, Bella Grossman, CJ Cortez Video News Production-The South Texan Video Program Production-The South Texan Advertising/PSA/Promo-Daniel Moreno Newspaper Feature Page Design-Briana BeltranIn-Depth Reporting-Christopher Olivarez
Third Place
General News Multimedia Story-Mariana Soria, Karla Munoz, Ethan Cavazos, Social Media-The South TexanVideo Newscast-The South Texan Static Ad Design-Marina Arredondo, Audio Sports Reporting-Mark Paz and Melissa Mata, Sports Action Photo-Matthew RobertsVideo Sportscast-Jacob Daniels, CJ Cortezideo Advertising/PSA/Promo- Mark Paz, Bella Grossman, Ethan Cavazos
Second Place Headline Writing-The South Texan, General News Audio Story-Mark Paz, Melissa Mata General News Multimedia Story-Briana Beltran, Dominic ValdezIn Depth Video News Reporting-Christopher Olivarez, Dominic Valdez Social Media Coverage- Jacob Daniels, Mark Paz, Matthew Roberts, Christopher Olivarez
First Place General News Photo-Matthew Roberts General News Video Story-Mark Paz, C.J. Cortez Feature Photo-Dominic Valdez Video Feature Reporting-Briana Beltran, Dominic Valdez, Bella Grossman