Photo of students at GCPA conference.

GHC student news outlet receives first-place awards from Georgia College Press Association

The Six Mile Post student news outlet at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) was recently recognized by the Georgia College Press Association (GCPA) for outstanding achievements in journalism. Student staffers were honored at the GCPA Press Institute in April.  

The student news outlet won the following awards: 

Organizational Awards 

First Place: General Excellence – Division B (enrollment less than 5,000) 

First Place: Improvement Award 

First Place: Layout and Design Excellence 

First Place: Best Campus Community Service (Sports) 

Second Place: Best Campus Community Service (Editorial) 

Second Place: Best Website 

Third Place: Best Campus Community Service (News) 

 

Individual Student Awards 

Third Place: Impact Award – Christopher Daniel 

Second Place: Best Column and Second Place: Best Sports Photograph – Brandon Dyer (class of 2023) 

Third Place: Best Entertainment Story – Victoria Bissette 

First Place: Best Investigative Reporting News Article – Julia Haynes 

 

Ashley Hall, class of 2023, received the following awards: 

First Place: Best Review 

Third Place: Best News Photograph  

Second Place: Best News Photograph  

First Place: Best Objective Reporting News Article  

Second Place: Best Investigative Reporting News Article  

 

Get the latest student news from the Six Mile Post at sixmilpost.com