Student features place at Florida AP College Awards

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Shawn Davison at the Florida AP College Awards.
Shawn Davison at the Florida AP College Awards.

Florida State University School of Communication student features placed first and second in the category of “Best Sports” at the Florida Associated Press College Awards on March 22.

Junior Shawn Davison (reporter) and Erik Reed (editor) were awarded first place in the category for their feature “Osceola and Renegade: 30th Anniversary” which aired on Seminole Sports Magazine on Sun Sports.  The video looked at the history of Chief Osceola and Renegade and gave an in-depth view of the inner workings one of college football’s greatest traditions.

“When you put together a good story, you know it can be special at a certain point in time,” Davison, a media and communication studies major, said.  “I got that feeling about this feature when I saw the finished product the first time.”

Erik Reed
Erik Reed

Jenny Knipe (reporter) and Megan Daniels (editor) won second place in the category of “Best Sports”, for the feature “Linden Hall: A Down Under Comeback”, which looks at the career of FSU cross country runner Linden Hall.

“There are so many of us who are trying to make a name for ourselves in this industry and there are plenty of other great features out there,” Davison said.  “To find out our features were the top two in our category was a pleasant surprise.”