{"618578":{"#nid":"618578","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technique Wins 5 Awards from Georgia College Press Association","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s student newspaper, the\u003Cem\u003E Technique\u003C\/em\u003E, won five awards for journalism excellence in the annual Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEntries were categorized as Group 1 (for work by freshmen and sophomores) and Group 2 (for work by juniors and seniors).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFirst Place\u003C\/strong\u003E: Best Photograph, \u003Cem\u003ENews\u003C\/em\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/news\/2018\/04\/14\/statue-commemorating-rosa-parks-unveiled\/\u0022\u003EContinuing the Conversation\u003C\/a\u003E) \u0026mdash; Casey Gomez\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESecond Plac\u003C\/strong\u003Ee: Best Sports Story, Group 2 (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/sports\/2018\/10\/02\/rugbys-family-aims-high\/\u0022\u003ERugby\u003C\/a\u003E) \u0026mdash; Harsha Sridhar\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird Place\u003C\/strong\u003E: Best Sports Story, Group 1 (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/sports\/2018\/01\/26\/the-thrillerdome-effect\/\u0022\u003EThrillerdome\u003C\/a\u003E) \u0026mdash; John Edwards\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird Place\u003C\/strong\u003E: Best Campus Community Service, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/edit.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/Campus%20Community%20Service%20Editorial%20-%20web.pdf\u0022\u003EEditorial\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; Staff\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird Place\u003C\/strong\u003E: Best Campus Community Service, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/edit.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/Campus%20Community%20Service%20Sports%20-%20web.pdf\u0022\u003ESports\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; Staff\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The \u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E staff has done a stellar job over this past academic year, and I\u0026rsquo;m so proud of what we\u0026rsquo;ve accomplished,\u0026rdquo; said Samira Bandaru, editor-in-chief of the Technique. \u0026ldquo;We have had some new people in new positions on staff and have seen immense growth from our editors over the past semester.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBandaru said that while awards are a great confidence booster, the most gratifying experience is seeing the physical publication of the newspaper after working tirelessly each week to publish quality content.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The \u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E is a tight-knit community and we enjoy each other\u0026rsquo;s company, making the work we do just a little bit easier,\u0026rdquo; Bandaru said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMac Pitts, director of the Office of Student Media, said, \u0026ldquo;It truly is a great honor for the \u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E, as a student newspaper, to be recognized annually for the high quality of\u0026nbsp;work they produce. To win awards over other schools in Georgia that have large journalism programs is\u0026nbsp;a true testament to the caliber of students we work with every day.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s student newspaper is recognized for its quality of work."}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2019-02-28 09:48:46","changed_gmt":"2019-02-28 14:48:21","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618579":{"id":"618579","type":"image","title":"Technique staff 2019","body":null,"created":"1551348905","gmt_created":"2019-02-28 10:15:05","changed":"1551348949","gmt_changed":"2019-02-28 10:15:49","alt":"Technique wins 5 awards at GCPA Better Newspaper Contest.","file":{"fid":"235460","name":"Technique Staff 2019.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Technique%20Staff%202019.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Technique%20Staff%202019.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":667812,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Technique%20Staff%202019.jpg?itok=faTO3SiY"}}},"media_ids":["618579"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"180677","name":"Techniqe"},{"id":"25031","name":"gcpa"},{"id":"180678","name":"newspaper"},{"id":"167739","name":"student media"},{"id":"180679","name":"Samira Bandaru"},{"id":"180680","name":"Mac Pitts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}