{"id":1898,"date":"2010-03-30T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/03\/30\/delta-states-the-delta-statement-wins-big-in-competition\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:08:07","slug":"delta-states-the-delta-statement-wins-big-in-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/03\/delta-states-the-delta-statement-wins-big-in-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State’s The Delta Statement wins big in competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From left, Thomas Wetzel, Andy Howell, Natalie Pierre-Maliq and Taylor Mitchell display the many awards won in newspaper competition.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Delta State University’s student newspaper, The Delta Statement, is the winner of 13 awards in the four-year colleges and universities competition judged by journalism professionals from the Mississippi State Press Association. <\/font><\/p>\n

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The awards were announced at a state-wide conference held in Jackson on March 25, at the 11th Annual O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference, sponsored by the Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Participating colleges and universities were Alcorn State, Delta State, Jackson State, Millsaps, Mississippi State, and the University of Southern Mississippi.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Delta Statement received 2nd<\/sup> Place for General Excellence category, a major win over many universities with greater resources and larger journalism programs.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The publication won 1st<\/sup> Place in three categories: General News Photo by Thomas Wetzel of Yazoo City; Single Advertisement and Miscellaneous Ad, both by Andy Howell of Grenada. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The Delta Statement won 2nd<\/sup> Place in five other categories: Editorials by Natalie Pierre-Maliq, of Panama City, Fla.; Single Advertisement, Layout & Design, Front Page and Graphics, all by Howell. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The student newspaper won 3rd<\/sup> Place in four categories: General News Story and Investigative Package, both by Pierre-Maliqi; General Interest Column, by Brittany Davis of Indianola; and Sports Photography, by Taylor Mitchell of Cleveland. <\/span><\/div>\n

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