THE ADVOCATE HONORED AT ONPA EVENT

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The Advocate normally travels to participate in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association (ONPA) Collegiate Day seminar and awards ceremony each spring.

While the complications of COVID-19 made the May 7 road trip impossible, it didn’t stop the college’s student newspaper from making the MHCC community proud with another strong showing.

This year’s seminar was a Virtual Collegiate Day hosted by Kevin Slimp, a writer, news industry guru and entrepreneur from Knoxville, Tennessee. A syndicated columnist, he has recently founded Newspaper Academy – the go-to place for virtual training, webinars, podcasts, blogs, and more, all dedicated to serving the journalism community.

Slimp covered several topics at the seminar: “Things You Don’t Know About Adobe Applications That Make Online Journalism More Effective,” and “Entrepreneurial Journalism: Working in a New Media World.”

During the awards ceremony, The Advocate competed with other two-year Oregon colleges and earned 11 staff and individual awards total, including Best Website, Best Cartooning, and a sweep of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd awards in the Best Sections category.

The following awards are for Advocate work published during the 2020 calendar year:

· Best Website: 1st Place, The Advocate

· Best Section Sweep: 1st Place, The Advocate News; 2nd Place, The Advocate Opinion; 3rd Place, The Advocate Arts and Entertainment

· Best Cartooning: 1st Place, The Advocate/Eli Rankin

· Best Overall Design: 3rd Place, The Advocate staff

· Best Feature Story: 2nd place, Brad Le

· Best Feature Photo: 2nd place, Bethany Fallgren; 3rd place, Maysee Thao

· Best Review: 3rd Place, Omar Carrillo

· Best House Ad: 2nd Place, The Advocate