Students enrolled in media and communications classes from around the area spent the Friday school day at the Curris Center on Murray State’s campus attending a workshop over various aspects of media and journalism. The annual workshop was also attended by a multitude of speakers, whose professional interests ranged from media broadcasting and newspaper sports writing, to publishing and writing successfully in a professional setting.

The workshop opened around nine o’clock Friday morning with a speech from the Murray State University’s own President, Dr. Bob Davies. Over three hundred students from nearly a dozen schools were present, and eager to learn of the awards their respective schools and classes achieved from the past year. Murray State has been hosting this event in order to give local high school journalism students a type of specialized experience that they might otherwise be hard pressed to find. The awards that Graves County received are a follows:

Newspaper Awards:

* 1st Place Web Site (Second Year in a Row)

* 2nd Place & 3rd Place Overall Newspaper Design

* 1st Place News Writing – Katie Meade (Junior)

* 1st Place Feature Design – Maranda Branum (Class of ’14)

* 2nd Place Page One Design – Maranda Branum (Class of ’14) and Mariah Day (Senior)

* 2nd Place Advertising Design – Mariah Day (Senior)

* 2nd Place Sports Writing – Bekah Courtney (Junior, transferred to St. Mary’s)

* 3rd Place Column – Jillian Winn (Junior)

* 3rd Place Personality Profiles – Alyssa Rollston (Class of ’14)

* Honorable Mention Photography – Hannah Templeton (Class of ’14)

* Honorable Mention Column – Becca Green (Junior)

* Honorable Mention Editorial and Opinion Pages – Bekah Courtney (Junior, transferred to St. Mary’s) & Becca Green (Junior)

Broadcasting Awards:

* 1st Place News/Feature Package – Katie Watson (Senior)

* 3rd Place Digital Short – Libbie Walker & Colby Wilford (both Class of ’14)