KINGSVILLE (March 31, 2022) — Staff members of The South Texan, the student newspaper at 91AV, came home from the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association big winners with 22 awards in all. There were 1,800 entries in the pre-published competition with 239 students from 34 schools competing the live contest.
As a group, The South Texan received first place in Overall Newspaper Design and Honorable Mention for Overall Website Excellence and Overall Website Design.
Individual winners include:
Aryssa Enriquez from Mission: first and second place in breaking news and third place in general news story;
Ronni Reyna from Victoria: first place in feature story, general news multimedia story, general news video story and multimedia slide show; second place in podcast; and third place in special print edition and live print news writing;
Rae Martinez from La Feria: first place in general news multimedia story, multimedia slide show and general news audio story; third place in general news video story; and honorable mention in Spanish news writing and TV announcing Spanish in the live contest;
Susan Cortez from San Benito: first place in general news multimedia story, general news video story and third place in general news video story;
Luis Briseno from Kingsville: first place in general news multimedia story;
Emeri Drewery from Edinburg: first place in general news video story;
Makaylah Chavez from McAllen: second place in in-depth reporting;
Joshua Mendez from Cypress: second place in podcast and third place in general news video story;
Tiffany Hinojosa from Corpus Christi: second place in podcast;
Amanda DeFrees from San Antonio: second place in general news audio story;
Gabriella Mastroianni from Corpus Christi: third place in special print edition and critical review;
Erik Estrada from San Antonio: first place in live video news in the live contest and third place in general news video story;
Dylan Sanchez from Houston: third place in sports column.
