{"id":9958,"date":"2022-02-01T19:31:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T01:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=9958"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:32:03","slug":"rctc-students-win-college-journalism-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/rctc-students-win-college-journalism-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"RCTC students win college journalism awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

BROOKLYN PARK \u2014 Two Rochester Community and Technical College Echo students were honored Thursday at the Minnesota Newspaper Association\u2019s Better Newspaper Contest.<\/p>\n

Mark Fantonial placed first the Information Graphics-Graphic Illustration category for his illustration \u201cDue Today!\u201d that accompanied a column about how a checklist helps students complete daily tasks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis piece is just fantastic,\u201d the judges wrote. \u201cThe artist has shown absolute talent in art and design, and understands well how to communicate emotion. Bravo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Faith

Boyum<\/p><\/div>\n

Faith Boyum placed second in the Business Story category. The story, headlined \u201cSupport, leadership \u2018got us back on our feet,\u2019\u201d explained how RCTC\u2019s Dental Hygiene program adapted to curriculum changes caused by COVID-19 safety measures.<\/p>\n

Fantonial served as a graphic artist for The Echo, RCTC\u2019s student newspaper. Boyum was The Echo\u2019s managing editor during the 2020-21 academic year.<\/p>\n

\u201cFaith and Mark were rock stars during a difficult year,\u201d said faculty adviser Marissa Gentling. \u201cThe COVID pandemic put a lot of obstacles in our path, but they soldiered on and made it a rewarding experience for everyone on staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The awards ceremony was held Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park. The collegiate division of the MNA Better Newspaper Contest includes student journalists from both four-year universities and two-year community colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BROOKLYN PARK \u2014 Two Rochester Community and Technical College Echo students were honored Thursday at the Minnesota Newspaper Association\u2019s Better Newspaper Contest. Mark Fantonial placed first the Information Graphics-Graphic Illustration category for his illustration \u201cDue Today!\u201d that accompanied a column about how a checklist helps students complete daily tasks. \u201cThis piece is just fantastic,\u201d the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1012,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}