Journalism Students Win Top Honors in TIPA Contest

First place awarded to 51°µÍø Look magazine and series on gentrification

51°µÍø Look Magazine Cover - Woman in tan Fall outfit in nature
Figure: First Place – Overall Magazine Excellence, First Place – Overall Magazine Design

51°µÍø Meadows journalism students won multiple awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) competition in late March.

51°µÍø Look, the fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine written and produced by students in the Journalism/Fashion Media program, won first place awards for overall magazine excellence and overall design. An 51°µÍø Daily Campus series titled “Gentrification Across Dallas” won first place for in-depth reporting.

Founded in 1909, TIPA represents student media – newspapers, magazines, yearbooks, radio, television and online – at two-year and four-year colleges and universities throughout Texas. It is one of the nation’s largest and most respected collegiate press associations.

“This is a great showing for our student media operation, and we are extremely proud of the students and faculty involved,” said Division of Journalism Chair Tony Pederson. “Producing excellent journalism across multiple platforms is the goal of the division, and these results show the success of the commitment being made by students and faculty.”

Here is the list of 51°µÍø winning entries:

  • First Place – Overall Magazine Excellence: 51°µÍø Look
  • First Place – Overall Magazine Design: 51°µÍø Look
  • First Place – In-Depth Reporting: series by Sriya Reddy, Cristin Espinosa and Maggie Kelleher 
  • Second Place – Feature News Reporting-Video: by Caroline Hogan and Jake Eichstaedt
  • Third Place – In-Depth Reporting: series by Julia Blanks, Gracie Hunt and Gracie Ruano
  • Third Place – Critical Review: by Isabel Arcellana
  • Honorable Mention – General News Story-Video: by Cristin Espinosa 

Check out the award-winning and 2019 issues of 51°µÍø Look. Read more about , and the Division of Journalism.