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Student newspaper brings home Reporter of the Year, other awards

糖心Vlog传媒LR senior Cameron Moix recently earned the Reporter of the Year award during the Arkansas College Media Association鈥檚 annual convention in Arkadelphia. Moix, a journalism major from Conway, received the honor on the heels of serving as The Forum鈥檚 news editor for the 2012-13 academic year. The Forum is 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 weekly student newspaper. He also won second place in news writing for 鈥淣o charges sought in case of former dean, says attorney,鈥� and sports feature writing for 鈥淭eam manager turned player is fueled by his past.鈥� Moix interned at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He received a second place award for Reporter of the Year at last year鈥檚 convention. In addition, The Forum maintained its third-place ranking in the Newspaper General Excellence category for the second consecutive year. Other newspaper staff members earned honors in the following categories: 鈥� Justin Rowland, first and second place, newspaper advertising 鈥� Bryron Buslig, second place, cartoon strip or single panel entertainment cartoon; second place, art/illustration 鈥� Liz Fox, second place, review writing for 鈥淓nglish band reflects on career with new reissue and material;鈥� second place, meeting/speech coverage for 鈥淥xford American editor talks new gig, commute;鈥� second place, newspaper headlines for 鈥淗istory Channel pillages, plunders and perplexes with new miniseries鈥� 鈥� Matt Johnson, second place, sports story writing for 鈥淟ady Trojans shine at Sun Belt;鈥� second place, news photo for 鈥淟adies punch third straight ticket to NCAA鈥� 鈥� Jennifer Ellis, third place, election/political writing 鈥� Alexis Williams, third place, personality profile for 鈥淣aming the 900: spotlight on the class of 2016鈥� 鈥� Paige Mason, third place, cartoon strip or single panel entertainment cartoon 鈥� Sarah Melero, third place, editorial cartoon 鈥� Ricky Harris, third place, editorial page layout 鈥� Jennifer Ellis, honorable mention, sports page layout 鈥� David Ellis, honorable mention, general column writing 鈥� Chelsey McNiel, honorable mention, feature writing for 鈥淔ield House to host women鈥檚 roller derby鈥� Staff of The Forum Focus also picked up awards in ACMA鈥檚 magazine categories: 鈥� Sarah De Clerk, first place, special features writing for 鈥淐ampus garden provides opportunity for education and cooperation鈥� 鈥� Mason, first place, magazine art/illustration for 鈥淕uide to the native plants populating the campus garden鈥� 鈥� Rowland, first place, contents page design; first and second place, magazine feature layout; third place, magazine cover design 鈥� Harris, first and second place, magazine feature layout 鈥� McNiel, second place, feature news photo for campus garden photo 鈥� Williams, third place, nonfiction writing for 鈥淭he Joint鈥�