Journalism Goes to Conference at UVU

On February 16, The Lion’s Roar Newspaper Staff went to the 7 Annual Deseret News and UVU Review Newspaper Conference held at the UVU Campus. As a staff Payson got 2 place for front page design along with 4 honorable mentions in writing; Audrey Miller, Best Column; Mercedes John, Best Feature; Jakob Johnson, Best News Story; and Maygan Straight, Best News Story. Also Jayden Worwood won an honorable mention in the category of Best Photo Illustration.

 “I was very excited to receive an award in this category because I’m pretty passionate about digital art,” said Worwood.

The conference began with speakers from the Deseret News who talked about careers in journalism and the changing of media.  The staff was able to choose classes that discussed how to make a better newspaper; everything from how to cut out the unnecessary words of an article, to life in the college newsroom, and how to conduct interviews. 

“I learned a lot about interviewing and already have started applying it,” said Taylor Campbell.

The staff is very proud of the awards they received, but more importantly they are proud of the quality of the writing & design of their paper.

The Lion’s Roar staff was able to leave its mark, even in competition against the 5A schools of Northern Utah.

 “What I’m really proud about is that we came away with 6 awards. We were one of the smallest schools at the conference, but were probably the third most mentioned school,” said Newspaper Advisor Krystal Baker.