By Lookout Staff

May 5, 2010--The Corsair, Santa Monica College’s newspaper, was a recipient of 14 awards at last month’s state convention of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges in Los Angeles. Among the prizes were one for General Excellence and two first-place individual awards.

The Corsair was one of only 13 community college newspapers in California to receive the prestigious General Excellence award. A first-place finish in broadcast news writing went to Ingrid Rosales, the current Corsair calendar editor. And Carlos Gutierrez, a Corsair staff photographer from the fall semester, earned a first-place award in the feature photo category.

Rebecca Slawter, the Corsair news editor, earned second place in a news writing contest during the convention. Corsair staff photographer Alfredo Luna received a second-place prize in the news photo contest.

Other winners included:

Honorable Mention, Editorial Cartoon: Corsair staff

Honorable Mention, Inside Page Layout (Tabloid):
Jessica Thomas, Guiliana Dakdouk and Ingrid Rosales

Honorable Mention, Sports Feature Photo: Alfredo Luna

Second Place, News Writing: Rebecca Slawter

Third Place, Opinion Writing: John Stapleton IV
Third Place, Editorial Cartoon: John Stapleton IV
Third Place, Feature Photo: Salvador Guerra

Fourth Place, Feature Story: Carly Gillis

Honorable Mention, Critical Review: Debby Vasquez
Honorable Mention, News Photo: Antoine Themistocleous
Honorable Mention, News Photo: Monique Michaels