TMN Wins Multiple State Awards

The Truman Media Network took home a total of 27 awards from the Missouri College Media Association and Missouri College Broadcast Educators joint conference, April 12.

The Index placed first for Sweepstakes and Editorial Writing in division two.

MCMA/MBEA 2025 was hosted at University Central Missouri’s campus in Warrensburg. The conference had many sessions hosted by various student media advisors. There were sessions ranging from radio to yearbook. Vince Jones, news editor, attended the conference for the first time this year.

“It was all really rewarding,” Jones said. “Seeing the seniors win awards was nice.”

Jones’ most memorable session covered solutions journalism, which taught him how to cover a story by focusing on the solutions to a problem.

“Mostly I just liked spending time with everybody, and seeing all the awards,” Jones said.

First Place
•    Sweepstakes – Staff
•    Photo Page – Lillie Morisaki
•    Political/Editorial Cartoon – Heather Beard
•    In-Depth News Reporting – Staff
•    Feature Writing – Mara Callahan
•    Editorial Writing – Staff
•    News Writing – Mikayla Stokes

Second Place
•    Special Section – Staff
•    Feature Page – Mara Callahan
•    Photo Page – Lillie Morisaki, Grace Potter
•    Sports Page – Lillie Morisaki
•    Editorial – Kaylee O’Dell
•    Information Graphic – Sydney Ellison
•    Nonpolitical/Entertainment Cartoon – Heather Beard
•    News Photography – Lillie Morisaki
•    Column – Lillie Morisaki
•    Editorial Writing – Staff

Third Place
•    Website – Rahul Chaudhari
•    Page One Design – Sydney Ellison, Lillie Morisaki
•    Column – Anthony Sarullo
•    Feature Writing – Mara Callahan

Honorable Mention
•    Best Overall Newspaper – Staff
•    Page One Design – Sydney Ellison
•    Entertainment Review – Mikayla Stokes
•    Investigative Reporting – Sydney Dial
•    News Writing – Sydney Dial
•    In-Depth News Reporting – Staff