EC Students Earn Journalism Honors

Ball State’s annual J-Day draws more than 1,000 student journalists and their advisers to campus for a day of informative sessions and journalism-related activities. The J-Day contests are a way for high schools to get valuable recognition for their work. This year, nearly 500 entries were submitted in newspaper, yearbook, online and broadcast journalism categories.

Taking home awards for EC were:

Sports Story, Excellent: Emma Hagedoorn
Submission: Play With Pride: A Tribute to Dan Hoffman

Sports Story, Honorable Mention: Lindsay Hope
Submission: A soccer star is coming to EC

Feature Story, Honorable Mention: Jake Veenstra
Submission: Seniors going into the US Army

Personality Feature, Honorable Mention: Emma Hagedoorn
Submission: An old EC kid at New City Kids