Meredith Joyner
Gold Award - Overall Photography Award from single and photo essay entries for photojournalism essay “Choosing Home”
Faculty Mentor: Renée Ittner-McManus
Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications garnered 11 awards at the AEJMC Festival of Visual & Interactive Media or “VIM Fest” awards on March 13, 2024.
The competition was created by the Visual Communication Division as an opportunity to have creative research and student work vetted in a blind-juried, peer-reviewed international competition.
“We were excited to see the level of interest and caliber of the student entries,” said VIM Fest contest chairman Ross Taylor. “The judges and reviewers had a lot of positive comments and were impressed by the level of work by the winners.”
Honors for the SJMC students included a sweep in the single image photojournalism category, a Gold award in the overall photography category, and multiple awards among video animation, general design, and interactive and motion design categories.
“I’m especially excited about the interactive winners because this is a course that we really haven’t won many awards for,” said SJMC instructor Jason Porter. “It’s really wonderful to see the students succeed there.”
SJMC Winners
Be sure and check out their winning work in the galleries on this page.
Jacob Zambrano
First Place - Single Image Photojournalism Category for “Carla Vaca Pinacho”
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Katherine Taylor
Silver Award - Single Image Photojournalism Category for “Fair Shock”
Faculty Mentor: Renée Ittner-McManus
Mary Clare Kreutner
Bronze Award - Single Image Photojournalism Category for “Knuckles”
Faculty Mentor: Renée Ittner-McManus
Thomas Cochran
Honorable Mention - Single Image Photojournalism Category for “Maverick”
Faculty Mentor: Renée Ittner-McManus
Clay Laucella
Bronze Award - General Design Category for “Infographic: The Digital Daze”
Faculty Mentor: Scott Farrand
Zoe Kennedy
Silver Award - Interactive and Motion Design Category for “The Underdog”
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Madison Thompson
Bronze Award - Interactive and Motion Design Category for “Wanderly”
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Nick Lott
Honorable Mention Award - Interactive and Motion Design Category for “Shoetopia”
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Lexi Croft
First Place - Video Animation Category for "Watermelon Law"
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Desiree Solenberger
First Place - Video Animation Category for "Watermelon Law"
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Anna Ottinger
Silver Award - Video Animation Category for “How to Duel”
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter
Clay Laucella
Silver Award - Video Animation Category for “How to Duel”
Faculty Mentor: Jason Porter