{"587972":{"#nid":"587972","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technique Takes Home 9 Awards at Georgia College Press Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s student newspaper recently participated in the Georgia College Press Association\u0026rsquo;s annual Better Newspaper Contest, coming away with nine awards in as many categories.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E staff earned first place for Best Editorial, second for Layout and Design Excellence, and third for General Excellence, among several other honors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards honor work from January to December of 2016. With a young staff, \u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E Editor-in-Chief Vidya Iyer said, they spent some of that time getting up to speed and training new students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Considering we have so many fresh people, winning nine awards is a lot, and I\u0026rsquo;m very proud of our staff,\u0026rdquo; Iyer said. Some of the awards went to first-time staff members, including third place for Best Photo Series, earned by first-year student Polly Ouellette.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;She\u0026rsquo;s one of our writers who didn\u0026rsquo;t have much photo experience, but she went out and did a really good job,\u0026rdquo; Iyer said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the goals the \u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E has been working toward this year are having a wider variety of content, more robust stories, and multiple sources for each story. They\u0026rsquo;ve also looked at trying different layout and design techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIyer, a fourth-year computer science major, said that while the accolades are worth celebrating, the staff looks beyond awards in why they dedicate time to the operation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s great to win awards, but I don\u0026rsquo;t think that\u0026rsquo;s the reason we\u0026rsquo;re all part of the newspaper,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s nice knowing that we\u0026rsquo;re doing a good job, but it\u0026rsquo;s something we do for fun. It\u0026rsquo;s a great place to meet a diverse group of individuals who are very talented, and it provides a needed break from school. It\u0026rsquo;s nice to be able to use your creative side to do design, photography, or writing. Everyone should join for that.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003ETechnique\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026rsquo;s nine GCPA awards for 2016 are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIndividual Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EImpact Award: Lanah Marie Jose\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBest Review: 3rd place, Will Finch (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/entertainment\/2016\/09\/16\/sully-examines-modern-hero\/\u0022\u003E\u0026lsquo;Sully\u0026rsquo; Examines Modern Hero\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBest News Article (Investigative): 3rd Place, Maura Currie and David Raji (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/news\/2016\/11\/11\/persistent-failures-plague-woodruff-fire-alarms\/\u0022\u003EPersistent Failures Plague Woodruff Fire Alarms\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBest Editorial: 1st Place, Evan Gillon (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/opinions\/2016\/09\/02\/advocating-for-a-campus-with-freedom-of-expression\/\u0022\u003EAdvocating for a campus with freedom of expression\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBest Photo Series: 3rd Place, Polly Ouellette (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/325068957\/Volume-102-Issue-8\u0022\u003EGTPD Ride-Along, Page 10\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPublication Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EImprovement: 3rd Place\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeneral Photography Excellence: 3rd Place\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELayout and Design Excellence: 2nd Place\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeneral Excellence: 3rd Place\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Technique staff earned first place for Best Editorial, second for Layout and Design Excellence, and third for General Excellence, among several other honors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Technique staff earned first place for Best Editorial, second for Layout and Design Excellence, and third for General Excellence, among several other honors."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2017-03-02 13:50:42","changed_gmt":"2017-03-02 13:49:08","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"521201":{"id":"521201","type":"image","title":"Technique","body":null,"created":"1459789200","gmt_created":"2016-04-04 17:00:00","changed":"1475895289","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:49","alt":"Technique","file":{"fid":"205322","name":"technique.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/technique_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/technique_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24963,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/technique_0.jpg?itok=a7W2RYqS"}}},"media_ids":["521201"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/nique.net","title":"Technique"}],"groups":[],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9617","name":"Technique"},{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"167739","name":"student media"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"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:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}