Recently, the Michigan Press Association gave out its awards to various student and college newspapers across the State.
The Torch attained 14 awards in many different categories including several different awards on articles, photography, original cartoons and general excellence.
To enter this competition, the editor-in-chief met with several of the other editors for the paper and began to look over the work which had been published by the Torch over the past year looking for the few gems that stood out as worthy to be entered into the competition.
“We tried to get a variety of writers, but still selecting the most outstanding work from the year. It is a hard decision, but as a group we collaboratively selected what we thought was the best,” Editor-in-Chief Mary Benson said. “This is a yearly contest that we enter. It allows us to see how well we did overall and how we can improve next year.”
Students here are Ferris should feel proud to know their paper has been so positively acknowledged by the Michigan Press Association.
“Every once in awhile, it is nice to be acknowledged,” Benson said.
MPA Awards-Division II
Investigative Story
Honorable Mention
Ashley Meyer
Feature Story
Honorable Mention
Katelyn Crain
Sports/News Feature
2nd place
Alex Wittman
Editorial
Honorable Mention
Jax Anger
Feature or Sports Photo
1st Place
Brock Copus
Feature or Sports Photo
3rd Place
Brock Copus
Original Cartoon
1st Place
John Vestevich
Non-Front Page Design
Bulldog Hockey
Torch Staff
General Excellence
3rd Place
Single Ad
1st Place
Sam Lehnert/John Vestevich
Single Ad
2nd Place
Laura Pewinski
Single Ad
3rd Place
Laura Pewinski
Single Ad
Honorable Mention
Laura Pewinski
Special Advertising Section
1st Place
Sam Lehnert/ Laura Pewinski