GCPA names SMP a top Georgia two-year collegiate newspaper
By Sam Chapman
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Editor
The Georgia College Press Association has named the �Six Mile Post� one of the top three collegiate newspapers in the state.
Over the weekend of Feb. 6 and 7, eight SMP staff members along with SMP advisers Dr. Kristie Kemper, professor of English, and Fred Green, associate professor of English, attended the GCPA's annual state conference in Macon.
The conference, held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, lasted approximately six hours and consisted of nine 45-minute discussions, beginning at 9 a.m. with a welcome to all schools that attended and ending at 2 p.m. with a luncheon in which winners of various categories were announced.
Individual awards were the first to be given out.
�Six Mile Post� sports columnist Bobby Moore won first place for Best Column and Ken Caruthers, chief photographer, won second place in the Best Feature Photo category.
Former editor of the �Six Mile Post� and outgoing president of the GCPA, Daniel Bell, received a first place award for Best Feature Story and third place in the Best Editorial category.
Other former SMP staff members Brandy Thomas and Michelle Huskins also won awards. Thomas won second place for Best News Photograph, and Huskins received third for Best Feature Story.
In overall categories, the �Six Mile Post� won second place awards in the categories of General Photography Excellence, Layout and Design Excellence and Best Campus Community Service for Editorials.
The SMP also received third place awards in General Advertising Excellence; Best Campus Community Service for Sports, Features and News; Improvement; and General Excellence.
Staff members who attended the convention were Caruthers, Moore, Rusty Causey, Sam Chapman, Lindy Dugger, Scott Hale, Julianna Hunt and LaShay McBurnett.
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