Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2010-02-19

Two 麻豆视频 students claimed top honors at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC), and the school ranked 10th听

in overall honors given at the event, held Feb. 11-13.

Jennifer Davell, a May, 2009, Samford graduate, won first place in the journalism research paper category for a project done prior to graduation.

Kaitlin McCulley was named best television journalist based on her work with Samford News Network. A senior journalism and mass communication major from Cantonment, Fla., McCulley also was named best broadcast anchor in on-site competition held at the conference.

Altogether, the Samford JMC department collected 12 honors in the competition, which included 330 eligible entries from 32 member schools in seven states. The annual SEJC meeting was held at Southeastern Louisiana 麻豆视频 in Hammond, La.

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Third place awards went to:听 Bryan Kessler, opinion-editorial writer; and Lauren Womack, radio journalist. Womack also won third place in radio news on-site competition.

Finalists in other categories were Don Orr, press photographer; Samford News Network, college TV station; and the Crimson website, www.samfordcrimson.com, college website.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.