For the Record; AEC shines at Agricultural Media Summit in Minnesota
A Corpus Christi senior led a winning group of Texas Tech University agricultural communicators taking top honors in two divisions and receiving an award of excellence today (July 27) at the 12th Annual Agricultural Media Summit in St. Paul, Minn. The event is considered among the largest gatherings of crop and livestock media professionals in the United States, officials said.
Tech's Amy Dromgoole won in both the design/layout division (first-place graphic design) and public relations division (first-place campaign), along with recognition in the meeting's public relations division (Award of Excellence).
"For the first time in a long time we had not one, but two finalists for the distinguished Forrest Bassford Scholarship," added Cindy Akers, an associate professor in Tech's Department of Agricultural Education and Communications. "Those two finalists were Kelsey Fletcher and Kristen Odom."
The Ag Media Summit is a joint meeting of the American Agricultural Editors' Association, the Livestock Publications Council and the American Business Media Agri-Council. Some 600 participants attend the agricultural communicators' event annually.
Separately, Fletcher, a senior from Universal City, was honored in the writing division (second-place short feature) and publications division (honorable mention brochure/pamphlet). Joanna Elliott, a senior from Guthrie, received recognition in the web design division (first-place website) and photography division (third-place photo series).
Other Ag Media Summit winners from Tech included:
"Publications Division: The Agriculturist magazine "" Fall 2009 (second place)
"Faith Jurek, a sophomore from Star; public relations division (first-place news release)
"Rae Buchanan, a senior from Cedar Creek; writing division (first-place short personality profile)
"Rex Oliver, a senior from Lometa; writing division (third-place short personality profile)
"Rhea Lynn Leonard, a graduate student from Artesia, NM; design/layout division (fourth-place page layout)
"Richard Kinsey, a senior from Del Rio, and Larkin Davis, a senior from Wellington; electronic media division (first-place video)
"Lindsay Ornbaun, a senior from Williams, Calf., and Michelle Newton, a senior from Hale Center; electronic media division (third-place video)
Written by Norman Martin
CONTACT: Cindy Akers, associate professor, Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2806 or cindy.akers@ttu.edu
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