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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Amarillo College mass media students won 36 awards |
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| 6 | 7 | | at the annual convention of the Texas Intercollegiate Press |
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| 7 | 8 | | Association on March 26, 2021; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Judged by working news professionals, the statewide |
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| 9 | 10 | | competition assesses mass media content produced by students at |
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| 10 | 11 | | two- and four-year colleges and universities, both public and |
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| 11 | 12 | | private; and |
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| 12 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Amarillo College captured first prize for overall |
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| 13 | 14 | | excellence for its newspaper, The Ranger, in Division 3, and took |
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| 14 | 15 | | home second prize in the overall excellence in magazine category in |
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| 15 | 16 | | the Open Division; individual first prize awards went to Caylee |
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| 16 | 17 | | Hanna in Breaking News, Caylee Hanna and Jessika Fulton in Podcast, |
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| 17 | 18 | | Shawn McCrea in Critical Review and in Static Ad Design, Joey |
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| 18 | 19 | | Pantoja in Editorial and in Op Ed Editorial Design, Daniar Onoz in |
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| 19 | 20 | | Editorial Cartoon, Stormie Sanchez in General Column and in General |
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| 20 | 21 | | News Print, and Lauren Ebben in General News Audio Story; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Also receiving individual awards were Jenna Gibson, |
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| 22 | 23 | | Sidney West, Bridget Ulloa, Brittnee Talley, Johnny Lawhon, Kaden |
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| 23 | 24 | | Bryant, Ruth Martinez, CJ Scott, and Emily Reeves; moreover, the |
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| 24 | 25 | | Ranger staff won honorable mention in Headline Writing, Overall |
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| 25 | 26 | | Design Newspaper, and Special Edition Design-Print, and the college |
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| 26 | 27 | | garnered a third-place award and an honorable mention for two of its |
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| 27 | 28 | | newscast audio reports; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, The outstanding performance by these talented mass |
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| 29 | 30 | | media students is a tribute to their hard work and commitment to |
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| 30 | 31 | | producing high-quality content, and they may indeed reflect with |
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| 31 | 32 | | pride on their noteworthy achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Amarillo College mass media |
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| 34 | 35 | | students on winning 36 awards at the 2021 Texas Intercollegiate |
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| 35 | 36 | | Press Association convention and extend to them sincere best wishes |
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| 36 | 37 | | for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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| 38 | 39 | | for the students as an expression of high regard by the Texas House |
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| 39 | 40 | | of Representatives. |
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