{"id":12320,"date":"2026-04-29T14:06:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=12320"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:08:35","slug":"griffon-media-students-receive-state-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/29\/griffon-media-students-receive-state-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Media students receive state honors\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"alignright size-fusion-600 wp-image-12321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"students and advisers with award certificates\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-310x233.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/JournalismSpringfield-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>April 29, 2026\u2013Griffon Media students from 含羞草社区 brought home ten awards from the Missouri College Media Association and Missouri Broadcast Educators Association Annual Conference in Springfield, Missouri on April 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students won the following state awards:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Missouri Broadcast Educators Association<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video &#8211; Hard News Story: First Place, Rebecca Evans \u201925<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Film: Second Place, Bailey Woodbury, junior cinematic arts major from St. Joseph<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video Commercial\/Promo: Third Place, Woodbury<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Missouri College Media Association Awards (Division 2)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website: Second Place, Griffon Media Staff<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video: Second Place, Gurtej Sohal \u201925<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video: Third Place, Charlie Sample, junior applied communication and journalism major from Columbia, Missouri<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multimedia Package: Third Place, Sample<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multimedia Package: Honorable Mention, Sohal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News Writing, Honorable Mention, Woodbury<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Story Illustration: Honorable Mention, Ellice Randleman senior graphic design major from St. Joseph<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending the conference from 含羞草社区 were Kendall Warren, sophomore applied communication and journalism major from Kansas City, Missouri; Sample; Johnny Fragakis, senior applied communication and journalism major from Petaluma, California; former editors Sohal and Evans; and co-advisers Dr. James Carviou and Dr. Luling Huang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">含羞草社区 is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. 含羞草社区 is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 29, 2026\u2013Griffon Media students from 含羞草社区 brought home ten awards from the Missouri College Media Association and Missouri Broadcast Educators Association Annual Conference in Springfield, Missouri on April 11. 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