In addition to competitions, the conference also offered several sessions of workshops relating to the journalism industry, ranging from media law, photojournalism and sports photography, newspaper design and securing internships at publications.

City College was joined by 22 other Northern California community colleges at the annual conference. The state convention for JACC will be held in Sacramento, Calif. on March 26 to 28, 2009, with over 50 community colleges expected to attend.






Below is a list of awards won by City College students at JACC NorCal 2008:

Tabloid General Excellence – The Guardsman
Online General Excellence – The Guardsman
Editor-in-Chief Achievement Award – Alex Luthi, The Guardsman
Editor-in-Chief Achievement Award – Melissa Bosworth, etc. Magazine

Mail-In:

First Place, Feature Photo – Alex Luthi
First Place, Profile Feature Story – Ben Taylor
First Place, Student Designed Advertisment – Jessica Luthi
Second Place, Column Writing – Dominik Mosur
Second Place, Profile Feature Story – Paul Wertheim
Third Place, News Photo – Alex Luthi
Fourth Place, Sports Game Story – Bryan Grace and Paul Wertheim
Honorable Mention, Editorial Cartoon – Michale Morgan
Honorable Mention, Line Illustration – Michael Morgan
Honorable Mention, Photo Story / Essay – Alex Luthi
Honorable Mention, Sports Game Story – Paul Wertheim
Honorable Mention, Tabloid Front Page Layout – Alex Mullaney
Honorable Mention, Tabloid Inside Page Layout – Jessica Luthi

On-The-Spot:

Second Place, News Photo – Christina Hernandez
Second Place, Tabloid News Judgement / Layout – Jessica Luthi
Third Place, Editorial Cartoon – Jessica Luthi
Fourth Place, Tabloid News Judgement / Layout – Arcel Cunanan
Honorable Mention, Copy Editing – Aaron Light

Bring-In:

First Place, Bring-In Ad – Jessica Luthi
Second Place, Bring-In Photo – Christina Hernandez
Fourth Place, Bring-In Infographic – Jessica Luthi

Results for mail-in and on-the-spot / bring-in contests for all colleges: jacconline.org