2022 CCMA Excellence in Student Media

Best Breaking News Story ( More than 15,000 Students)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Cal Poly Pomona
    Entry Title: Supply chain 'perfect storm' causes campus, global shortages
    Entry Credit: Janean Sorrell, Elizabeth Casillas
    Judge Comment: Very good example of taking a national or global story and making it relative to a local community. Terrific job of putting supply chain woes into context. Excellent comments and writing.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: San Jose State University
    Entry Title: San Jose rail yard shooting: Gunman among 10 dead
    Entry Credit: Madilynne Medina
    Judge Comment: This was a big story, here and across the country. The reporter did a great job on a short deadline. Transit service is crucial to students and the story reflected that as well as the news itself.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Chico State University
    Entry Title: Chico State historian arrested for child pornography
    Entry Credit: Chloe Curtis, Matthew Wreden
    Judge Comment: Sometimes details are sparse as stories unfold, but the news here needed to get out quickly. The writers did just that - and promised more as the story developed.
  • Competition Comment: None