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Publications racks up 27 State awards

Dez Moore, Editor-in-Chief • April 15, 2013

The Publications department won 27 awards from the Texas Association of Journalism Educators 20112-2013 Clip Contest.

“I am so proud of our students,” newspaper advisor Michael Reeves said. “They work hard throughout the year and to be recognized for the awards just shows how talented our staff is.”

The clip contest awards are in order of the Superior, Excellent, and Honorable Mention.

The following students placed in the following categories:

Newspaper Coverage – Superior – Staff
Nameplate – Honorable Mention – Staff
Advertising – Excellent – Luisa Talamas
Caption Writing – Honorable Mention – Staff
News Story – Honorable Mention – Dez Moore
Editorial – Superior – Haleigh Wagner
In-Depth Package – Superior – Editor-in-Chief Dez Moore, page editor Haleigh Wagner
Sports Action story – Excellent – Tyler Derickson
Sports Column – Excellent – Max Kosusnik
Entertainment Review – Honorable Mention – Ben Livingston
Page One Design – Honorable Mention – Dez Moore
News Page Design – Superior – Dez Moore
Editorial Page Design – Honorable Mention – Marissa Sosa
Feature Page Design – Honorable Mention – 2012 graduate Rafael Corral-Ortiz
Sports Page Design – Superior – Dez Moore
Entertainment Page Design – Superior and Excellent (Two awards) – Savannah Garza
Photo Essay – Excellent and Excellent (Two awards) – Alex Herrera
Double Truck Design – Superior – Staff
Feature photo – Excellent – 2012 graduate Rachel Rodriguez
Sports Action photo – Superior – Alex Herrera
Sports Action photo – Honorable Mention – 2012 graduate Melissa Valencia
Sports Feature photo – Excellent – Alex Herrera
Original Artwork – Honorable Mention and Honorable Mention (Two awards) – Sonny Molina
Yearbook Captions – Superior – 2012 graduates Sierra Salinas and Melissa Valencia

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Dez Moore, Editor-in-Chief

I’m Dez Moore. I am currently a senior and this is my second year on the Eagle’s Eye staff. This year I was chosen to be the Editor-in-Chief. I’m really excited for what awaits our paper this year. This is a really thrilling year for our paper and I have high aspirations for the Eagle’s Eye paper. Now more about myself, I was born to discuss sports. I love writing and talking sports with anyone who provides a decent discussion or argument. I’m a HUGMONGUS Redskins Fan. I spend most of my time at school (the newspaper room) or at the gym training Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and boxing. When I’m at home I am usually watching ESPN and tweeting. (@DezWeNeedMoore) I think I have told you enough about me. Check out the site and the rest of the editors and great staff we have here at the Eagle’s Eye.