Note: There are categories missing and some categories are mixed. We're working on it, but here is a list of MOST winners from the 2008 SoCal conference.
Note to schools who had to leave early because of fires: Your awards will be mailed to you for delivery in about a week
MAIL-IN WINNERS
BROADCAST NEWS PORTFOLIO (Meritorious)
Laura Hernandez, Terry Leon and Ola Ekerhov, Santa Monica College
Jean-Pierre Giagnoli, Cerritos College
C-Scope Staff, Cypress College
BROADCAST VIDEO JOURNALISM
1 Aaron Castrejon, Citrus College
2 The Channels Webcast Team, Santa Barbara City College
3 The Channels Webcast Team, Santa Barbara City College
4 Jordan Takeyama, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Yessica Acevedo and Bounroeun Lor, Riverside College
HM Christina Smith, Santa Monica College
HM Werner Gomez, Cerritos College
HM Aaron Castrejon, Citrus College
COLUMN WRITING
1 Kiran Alvi, Mt. San Antonio College
2 Carolina Gonzalez, Rio Hondo College
3 Chris Biderman, Santa Barbara City College
CRITICAL REVIEW
1 Siyang Che, Santa Barbara City College
2 Timothy Hosea, Riverside-Norco
3 Earl Parsons, Bakersfield College
4 Angel Huracha, Southwestern College
HM Joshua Spence, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Thera Pitts, Chaffey College
HM Rigo Hernandez, Palomar College
HM Bianca Carneiro, Santa Monica College
HM Tanya Castell, Southwestern College
HM David Munoz, Rio Hondo College
EDITORIAL CARTOON
1 Michele Suthers, San Diego City College
2 Kallayan Thuch, Long Beach City College
3 Derek Villanueva, Los Angeles City College
4 Ricardo Alcaraz, East Los Angeles College
HM Michael Bislig, Cypress College
HM Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Southwestern College
EDITORIAL WRITING
1 el Don staff, Santa Ana College
2 City Times Editorial Board, San Diego City College
3 The Telescope, Palomar College
4 Lauren Manary, Southwestern College
HM Earl Parsons, Bakersfield College
HM Sean Campbell and Shannon Pagano, Southwestern College
HM Lariat Staff, Saddleback College
HM Corsair staff, Santa Monica College
ENTERPRISE STORY/SERIES (Meritorious)
Franco Sui Yuan and Christian Daly, Pasadena City College
Cameron Barragan, Michael De Lorenzo, Leonard J. Elick III, Brent Maranto, Leah DiPaolo, Nathalie Seguin, College of the Canyons
Corle Huffman and Lauren Manary, Southwestern College
Linus Shentu, Rodrigo Mejia and Christian Daly, Pasadena City College
Pearl Sheets and Andrea Mena, El Camino College
Southwestern College Sun Staff, Southwestern College
Claudia Anaya and Corinna Scott, Glendale College
Britney Barnes, Orange Coast College
Rhys Alvarado, Santa Barbara City College
FEATURE PHOTO
1 Art Sanchez, Santa Monica College
2 Elliot de Lisser, Palomar College
3 Victor Jiang, Pasadena City College
4 Richard Kontas, Glendale College
HM Lou Fontana, Santa Barbara City College
HM Jared Iorio, Pierce College
HM Leo Postovoit, Fullerton College
FRONT PAGE LAYOUT – BROADSHEET
1 Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Southwestern College
2 Joel Paramo and Marcinda Coil, Bakersfield College
3 Jaena Rae Cabrera and Pearl Sheets, El Camino College
4 Astrid Seipelt, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Lariat Staff, Saddleback College
FRONT PAGE LAYOUT – TABLOID
1 Shevaun Brandom, San Diego City College
2 Western Sun staff, Golden West College
3 The Channels Newspaper, Santa Barbara City College
4 Canyon Call Staff, College of the Canyons
GENERAL EXCELLENCE NEWSPAPER (Unranked)
Renegade Rip, Bakersfield College
INSIDE PAGE LAYOUT- BROADSHEET
1 Almendra Carpizo, Southwestern College
2 Joel Paramo, Bakersfield College
3 Mariana Ricalde, Southwestern College
4 Matt Lopez and Alma Padilla, El Camino College
4 Leo Postovoit and Ben Horak, Fullerton College
HM Scott Watkins, Cerritos College
INSIDE PAGE LAYOUT – TABLOID
1 Ray Pascual, Santa Ana College
2 Sabrina Jones, Riverside College
3 Helen Tracey, Santa Barbara City College
4 Whitney Lawrence, San Diego City College
HM Angela Almaguer, Long Beach City College
LINE ILLUSTRATION
1 Vanessa Soto, Riverside College
2 Tommy Todd, Southwestern College
3 Fred Kim, El Camino College
4 Wes Silvestri, College of the Canyons
HM Tommy Todd, Southwestern College
HM Vanessa Soto, Riverside College
HM Jimmy Purcell, Chaffey College
HM Parandzem Grigoryan, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Aaron Castrejon, Citrus College
MAGAZINE COVER
1 Leo Postovoit, Fullerton College
2 The BULL Staff, Pierce College
3 Jenelle Rensch, Citrus College
4 Daniel Belis, Orlando Pina, Rocky Brown, and Nathan Solis, Pasadena City College
HM Beatrice Alcala, Raul DePaz and Mary Obeyd, Mt. San Antonio College
MAGAZINE FEATURE (NON-PROFILE)
1 Katherine Moore, Pierce College
2 Brandon Furguson, Fullerton College
3 Gil Riego Jr., Pierce College
4 Terry Harrison, Orange Coast College
HM Brad Barker, Rio Hondo College
HM Charlye DeHart, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Pearl Sheets, El Camino College
MAGAZINE GENERAL EXCELLENCE (unranked)
City Magazine, Long Beach City College
The BULL, Pierce College
MAGAZINE LAYOUT/DESIGN
1 Leo Postovoit, Fullerton College
2 City Magazine Staff, Long Beach City College
3 Beatrice Alcala, Mt. San Antonio College
4 Jenelle Rensch, Citrus College
HM Orlando Pina, Daniel Belis, Nathan Solis and Beatrice Alcala, Pasadena City College
MAGAZINE LINE ILLUSTRATION
1 Fred Kim, El Camino College
2 Natalie Yemenidjian, Pierce College
3 Made Rindu, Long Beach City College
4 Pablo Palacios, Los Angeles City College
HM Leo Postovoit, Fullerton College
HM Christina Boyce, Rio Hondo College
MAGAZINE OPINION STORY
1 Olga Ramaz, Glendale College
2 Trevor Owens, Fullerton College
3 Janette Fletcher, El Camino College
4 Anuja Kumaria, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Jeremiah Magan, Fullerton College
HM Kelvin Reynolds, Citrus College
MAGAZINE PHOTO
1 Daniel Belis, Pasadena City College
2 Quinn Paulin, Fullerton College
3 Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez, Pierce College
4 Jenelle Rensch, Citrus College
HM Rocky Brown, Pasadena City College
MAGAZINE PHOTO ESSAY
1 Media Arts/Collegian Staff, Los Angeles City College
2 Chris Lopez, Citrus College
3 Min Shon, Mt. San Antonio College
4 Alex Funes, Pierce College
HM Quinn Paulin, Fullerton College
MAGAZINE PROFILE FEATURE
1 Kelly Goff, Pierce College
2 Mary Obeyd, Mt. San Antonio College
3 Jane Pojawa, Glendale College
4 Kelly Goff, Pierce College
HM Linda Birch, Pasadena City College
HM Denice Banks, Fullerton College
HM Gina Bernal, Rio Hondo College
NEWS FEATURE STORY
1 Kara Willingham, Saddleback College
2 Jose Serrano, Santa Ana College
3 Katherine J. White, Bakersfield College
4 Earl Parsons, Bakersfield College
HM Heidi Stenquist, San Diego City College
HM Erica Arvizu, San Diego Mesa College
HM Nichole Rivera, Santa Ana College
NEWS PHOTO
1 Khai Le, Riverside College
2 Tom Wright, Santa Monica College
3 Victor Jiang, Pasadena City College
4 Nathalie Seguin, College of the Canyons
HM Bill Bridgeford, Saddleback College
HM Jonathan Velasquez, Los Angeles City College
NEWS STORY
1 Gabriel Mendoza and Victor Castellanos, Mt. San Antonio College
2 Jonathan Salazar, Santa Ana College
3 Erica Arvizu, San Diego Mesa College
4 Stephen DeFilippo and Alexandra Wilcox, Santa Barbara City College
HM Jeff Cimmurrusti, Orange Coast College
HM Calvin Men, Orange Coast College
HM Rhys Alvarado, Santa Barbara City College
HM Katherine J. White, Bakersfield College
ONLINE JOURNALISM GENERAL EXCELLENCE (unranked)
Talonmarks.com, Cerritos College
Cychron.com, Cypress College
TheRip.com, Bakersfield College
Corsair Online, Santa Monica College
PccCourier.com, Pasadena City College
SouthwesternCollegeSun.com, Southwestern College
TheChannelsOnline.com, Santa Barbara City College
TheRoundupOnline.com, Pierce College
LariatNews.com, Saddleback College
City Times online, San Diego City College
TheClarionOnline.com, Citrus College
ChaffeyBreeze.com, Chaffey College
ONLINE PHOTO
1 Tom Wright, Santa Monica College
2 Edward Derbes, Cypress College
3 Paul Olden, Los Angeles Valley College
ONLINE PHOTO ESSAY (Meritorious)
Silvia Gogh, Pasadena City College
Nick Carey, Pierce College
Kiyomi Kikuchi, Antonio Hernandez and Natalie Yemenidjian, Pierce College
Chris Biderman, Victor Bryant, Karli McAllister and Anna Gauthier, Santa Barbara City College
Ariel Seth and Mantis Calvert, Santa Barbara City College
OPINION STORY
1 Eric Patten, Los Angeles Valley College
2 John Schultz, Chaffey College
3 Shahani Salcedo, Long Beach City College
4 Edward Derbes, Cypress College
HM Michael Fields, Moorpark College
HM Earl Parsons, Bakersfield College
HM Brian McKinney, Los Angeles City College
HM Will Theisen, Santa Monica College
HM Miguel Guzman, College of the Canyons
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
1 Khai Le, Riverside College
2 Fabian Niederberger, Glendale College
3 Rosa Vasquez and Erik Molano, Pasadena City College
4 Rosa Vasquez, Pasadena City College
HM Paul Olden, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Michael Agudo, Scott Watkins, Tim Dickerson, Steve Martin and Werner Gomez, Cerritos College
PHOTO STORY/ESSAY
1 Jonathan Gibby, John Phillips and Ana Rosa Murillo, Los Angeles Valley College
2 Erin Hoover, Pierce College
3 Art Sanchez, Santa Monica College
4 Ava Weintraub, Pierce College
HM Nathan Nowack, Santa Monica College
HM John Phillips, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Victor Jiang and Sandy Ha, Pasadena City College
PROFILE FEATURE STORY
1 Vanessa Nevarez, Southwestern College
2 Laura Hernandez, Santa Monica College
3 Whitney Clark, Santa Barbara City College
4 Jessica Bourse, Glendale College
HM Julia Kupisiewicz, Citrus College
HM Mike Meraz, Riverside College
HM Katherine Contemprato, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Stacey Wang, Pasadena City College
HM Alexandra Wilcox, Santa Barbara City College
SPORTS ACTION PHOTO
1 Lisa Vargas, Bakersfield College
2 Christian Millan, Long Beach City College
3 Andrey Miranda, Santa Ana College
4 Kim Galbraith, Santa Ana College
HM Jesus Arroyo, El Camino College
HM Marilyn Taylor, Santa Monica College
HM James Choy, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Nathalie Seguin, College of the Canyons
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO
1 Ally Armstrong, Bakersfield College
2 Ally Armstrong, Bakersfield College
3 Daniel Belis, Pasadena City College
4 Raul DePaz, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Erin Hoover, Pierce College
HM Aaron Castrejon, Citrus College
SPORTS GAME STORY
1 Gerardo Rocha, Southwestern College
2 Nick Ingram, El Camino College
3 John Scafetta, Palomar College
4 Cerise Ostrem, Saddleback College
HM Will Theisen, Santa Monica College
HM Ray Pascual, Santa Ana College
HM Michael Brown, Long Beach City College
STUDENT DESIGNED ADVERTISEMENT
1 Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Southwestern College
2 Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Southwestern College
3 Leo Postovoit and Trevor Owens, Fullerton College
4 Ava Weintraub, Pierce College
HM Aaron Castrejon, Citrus College
HM Aaron Castrejon, Citrus College
ON-THE-SPOT CONTESTS
BRING-IN AD
1 Mark Rojas, Southwestern College
2 Beatrice Alcala and Sarah Heady, Mt. San Antonio College
3 Marissa Lopez, East Los Angeles College
4 Miyu Kataoka, El Camino College
HM Sean Greene and Jeremy Zeller, Moorpark College
HM Erin Charles, Antelope Valley College
HM Kevin Hidalgo, Jessica Russell and Guillermo Flamenco, Los Angeles City College
HM Ivie Hasegawa and Kevin Hidalgo, Los Angeles City College
BRING-IN PHOTO
1 Mark Rojas, Southwestern College
2 Ally Armstrong, Bakersfield College
3 Matt Robinson, Long Beach City College
4 Mark Rojas, Southwestern College
HM Randy Phenning, Moorpark College
HM Jonathan Gibby, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Daniel Monteroso, Moorpark College
HM Jared Iorio, Pierce College
BRING-IN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
1 Marina Dzessa, College of the Canyons
2 Beatrice Alcala and Jessica Cardenas, Mt. San Antonio College
3 Amanda Goodhue and Andrew Vasquez, Citrus College
HM Kallayan Thuch, Long Beach City College
HM Esmeralda Ramirez, Southwestern College
BROADCAST NEWS WRITING
1 Carolina Gonzalez Velarde, Rio Hondo College
2 Andrew Ansolabehere, Bakersfield College
3 Aaron Dobruck, El Camino College
4 Peter Kim, Palomar College
HM Brittany Silverstein, Moorpark College
HM Bruna Nessif, Pasadena City College
HM Rosalynn M. Garcia, Citrus College
HM Jose Olvera, Citrus College
BROADSHEET LAYOUT (Mail-in and On-the-Spot mixed)
1 Mark Rojas, Southwestern College
1 Anthony Schwartz, Palomar College
2 Sean Greene, Moorpark College
2 Crystal Evans, Palomar College
3 Megan Taros, El Camino College
3 Daniel Van Hoosier, Long Beach City College
4 Gil Riego, Pierce College
4 Desiree Perez, Riverside College
HM Ivie Hasegawa, Los Angeles City College
HM Kris Prue-Cook, Pierce College
HM Pearl Sheets, El Camino College
HM Christina Demirchyan, Pasadena City College
HM Joel Paramo, Bakersfield College
COPY EDITING
1 Aaron Sheldon, Pierce College
2 Joey Large, Santa Barbara City College
3 Aleksandra Ilicheva, Santa Monica College
4 Kristen Becker, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Pearl Sheets, El Camino College
HM Eric Walker, Palomar College
HM Trevor Owens, Fullerton College
CRITICAL REVIEW
1 Jeremy Zeller, Moorpark College
2 Eryn Burkhart, Santa Barbara City College
3 Kelly Ardis, Bakersfield College
4 Sean Greene, Moorpark College
HM Jaclyn Holman, East Los Angeles College
HM William Grieve, San Diego Mesa College
HM Lisa Anderson, Santa Monica College
HM Courtney Grabendike, Riverside College
HM Johnny Ngo, San Diego Mesa College
HM Nicole Bennett, Riverside-NorCo
EDITORIAL CARTOON
1 Jimmy Purcell, Chaffey
2 Jose Zuniga, East LA
3 Adam Valenzuela, Mt. San Antonio
4 Sara Heady, Mt. San Antonio
HM Natalie Yemenidjian, Pierce
HM Miyu Kataoka, El Camino
HM Gerard McDormott, Southwestern
HM Eduardo Herrera, LA Valley
FEATURE PHOTO
1 Erin Hoover, Pierce College
2 Marina Dzessa, College of the Canyons
3 Andrew Vasquez, Citrus College
HM David Muñoz, Rio Hondo College
HM John Ornales, Bakersfield College
FEATURE STORY
1 Miyu Kataoka, El Camino College
2 Carmichael Cruz, Mt. San Antonio College
3 Brittany Silverstein, Moorpark College
4 Jenny Dubois, Long Beach City College
HM Albert Fulcher, Southwestern College
HM Joey Large, Santa Barbara City College
HM Brittany Wong, Pasadena City College
HM Natalie Yemenidjian, Pierce College
HM Amanda Goodhue, Citrus College
NEWS PHOTO
HM Ally Armstrong, Bakersfield College
HM James Sinclair, Santa Barbara City College
HM Travis Wesley, College of the Canyons
HM John Ornales, Bakersfield College
NEWS STORY
1 J. Daniel Fernandez, Rio Hondo
2 Rosalyn Garcia, Citrus
3 Melissa Raymond, Palomar
4 Brandi Fleeks, Antelope Valley
HM Angelica Davelos, Chaffey
HM Jason Lawder, Pasadena
HM Evan Lancaster, Mt. San Antonio
HM Holly Angeles, Southwestern
OPINION WRITING
1 Sean Campbell, Southwestern College
2 Aleksandra Ilicheva, Santa Monica College
3 Michael Brown, Long Beach City College
4 Mike Roach, Santa Monica College
HM Suzy Brown, El Camino College
HM Jose Alonso Ramirez, Citrus College
SPORTS PHOTO
1 Khai Le, Riverside College
2 Christian Millan, Long Beach City College
3 Filip Jerzycke, El Camino College
4 Peter Bicknell, Orange Coast College
4 Ally Armstrong, Bakersfield College
HM Marina Dzessa, College of the Canyons
HM Mariana Ricalde, Southwestern College
HM Alejandra Bayardo, Pasadena City College
HM Scott Mitchell, Los Angeles Valley College
SPORTS WRITING
1 Rachel Roth, Pierce College
2 Jason Lowder, Pasadena City College
3 Ray Peregrino, Mt. San Antonio College
HM Harry Gore, Los Angeles Valley College
HM Anthony Schwartz, Palomar College
TABLOID DESIGN
HM Michael Simmons, Long Beach City College
EDITORIAL CARTOON
1 Jimmy Purcell, Chaffey
2 Albert Ramirez, East LA
3 Adam Valenzuela, Mt. San Antonio
4 Sara Heady, Mt. San Antonio
HM Natalie Yemenidjan, Pierce
HM Miyu Kataoka, El Camino
HM Gerard McDormott, Southwestern
HM Eduardo Herrera, LA Valley
NEWS WRITING
1 J. Daniel Fernandez, Rio Hondo
2 Rosalyn Garcia, Citrus
3 Melissa Raymond, Palomar
4 Brandi Fleeks, Antelope Valley
HM Angelica Davelos, Chaffey
HM Jason Lawder, Pasadena
HM Evan Lancaster, Mt. San Antonio
HM Holly Angeles, Southwestern
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