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Command media contest results announced

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Three offices and 26 individuals earned first-place awards in the 2013 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest.

The top entries were announced March 11 by Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, AFRC commander. The public affairs competition featured 317 Web, print, graphic, still photo and broadcasting entries from 30 organizations.

All of the first-place entries in the following categories advanced to the Air Force Media Contest, Joint BaseSan Antonio-Lackland, Texas:

01/01A-Best Command Publication - first place - Heartland Warrior, 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., in the 01-Web-based Publication Category; and second place tie - On-Final, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB, Okla., and Patriot, 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.

02-Website - first place - www.507arw.afrc.af.mil 507th ARW, Tinker AFB; second place - www.grissom.afrc.af.mil 434th ARW, Grissom ARB; third place - www.niagara.afrc.af.mil 914th AW, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y.

03-News Article - first place - Staff Sgt. Ben Mota, 434th ARW, Grissom ARB; second place - Tech. Sgt. Rachel Martinez, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif.; and third place - Senior Airman Madelyn McCullough, 446th AW, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

04A-News Feature Article - first place - Capt. Zachary Anderson, 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell AFB, Kan., in the 04-Feature Article Category; and second place tie - Maj. Cathleen Snow, 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick AFB, Fla., and Paul Zadach, 934th Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS, Minn.

05-Commentary - first place McCullough, 446th AW, Joint Base Lewis-McChord; second place - Lt. Col. James Bishop, 439th AW, Westover ARB; and third place - Anderson, 931st ARG, McConnell AFB.

06-Sports Article - first place - Stacy Vaughn, 445th AW, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; second place - Staff Sgt. Caleb Wanzer, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB; and third place - Dana Lineback, 940th Wing, Beale AFB, Calif.

07-Series - first place - Maj. Marnee Losurdo, 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss.; second place - Staff Sgt. Kelly Goonan and Tech. Sgt. George Cloutier, 439th AW, Westover ARB; and third place - Tech. Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant, 920th RQW, Patrick AFB.

08-Photojournalism - first place - Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr., 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Fla.; second place - Tech. Sgt. Mark Orders-Woempner, 434th ARW, Grissom ARB; and third place - Senior Airman Mark Hybers, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB.

09-Outstanding Initiative in New Media - first place - www.facebook.com/349AMW 349th AMW, Travis AFB; second place - 94th AW, Dobbins ARB, Ga.; and third place - 914th AW, Niagara Falls ARS.

11-Outstanding New Writer - first place - Hybers, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB; second place - McCullough, 446th AW, Joint Base Lewis-McChord; and third place - no award.

12-Air Force Military Print Journalist of the Year - Wyant, 920th RQW, Patrick AFB; second place - Orders-Woempner, 434th ARW, Grissom ARB; and third place - no award.

14-Graphics Illustration - first place - Master Sgt. Robert Barko, 910th AW, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio; second place - Master Sgt. Elizabeth Concepcion, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March ARB, Calif.; and third place - Orders-Woempner, 434th ARW, Grissom ARB.

15-Graphics Animation - first place - Keith Langsdorf, 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS, Minn., and second place - no award.

16-Graphics Layout & Design - first place - Tech. Sgt. Steve Collier, 310 th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo.; second place - Eric White, 910th AW, Youngstown ARS; and third place - Wanzer, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB.

18-Documentation Photograph - first place - Staff Sgt. Daniel Delgado, 920th RQW, Patrick AFB; second place - Anderson, 931st ARG, McConnell AFB; and third place - Senior Airman Crystal Charriere, 419th FW, Hill AFB, Utah.

19-News Photograph - first place - Senior Airman Joseph Bridge, 911th AW, Pittsburgh ARS, Pa.; second place - Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver, 445th AW, Wright-Patterson AFB, and third place - Staff Sgt. Clark, 914th AW, Niagara Falls ARS.

20-Feature Photograph - first place - Orders-Woempner, 434th ARW, Grissom ARB, and second place tie - Staff Sgt. Jared Becker, 4th CTCS, March ARB, and Staff Sgt. Nathan Federico, 302nd AW, Peterson AFB, Colo.

21-Sports Photograph - first place - King, 919th SOW, Duke Field; second place - Concepcion, 4th CTCS, March ARB; and third place - Federico, 302nd AW, Peterson AFB.

22-Portrait/Personality Photograph - first place - Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, 4th CTCS, March ARB; second place - 2nd Lt. Leslie Forshaw, 920th RQW, Patrick AFB; and third place - Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert, 911th AW, Pittsburgh ARS.

23-Illustrative Photograph - first place - Goonan, 439th AW, Westover ARB; second place - Tech. Sgt. Joseph McKee, 914th AW, Niagara Falls ARS; and third place - Maj. Jon Quinlan, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB.

24-Pictorial Photograph - first place - Staff Sgt. Mikhail Berlin, 445th AW, Wright-Patterson AFB.; second place - McKee, 914th AW, Niagara Falls ARS; and third place - Goonan, 439th AW, Westover ARB.

25-Picture Story - first place - McKee, 914th AW, Niagara Falls ARS; second place - Lopez, 4th CTCS, March ARB; and third place - Wyant, 920th RQW, Patrick AFB.

26-Outstanding New Photographer - first place - Oliver, 445th AW, Wright-Patterson AFB; second place - Hybers, 507th ARW, Tinker AFB; and third place - no award.

27-Air Force Military Photographer of the Year - first place - King, 919th SOW, Duke Field; second place - Goonan, 439th AW, Westover ARB; and third place - Daigle, 307th BW, Barksdale AFB.

28-Air Force Civilian Photographer of the Year - first place - Shannon McKay, 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS, and second place - no award.

35-Television Spot Production - first place - Langsdorf, 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS; and second place - no award.

36-Television News Report - first place - Staff Sgt. Brent Skeen, 459th ARW, Joint Base Andrews, Md.; second place - Master Sgt. Chance Babin, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB, Ga.; and third place - no award.

37-Television Feature Report - first place - Babin, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB, and second place - no award.

41-Television Newsbreak - first place - Manuel Smith, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB, and second place - no award.

44-Air Force Civilian Broadcast Journalist of the Year - first place - Smith, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB, and second place - no award.

45-Video Documentary - first place - Langsdorf, 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS, and second place -no award.

46-Video Field Production - first place - Skeen, 459th ARW, Joint Base Andrews; second place - Langsdorf, 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS; third place - no award.

Other command award winners by category are:

04B- Human Interest Feature Article - first place - Wyant, 920th RQW, Patrick AFB; second place - Senior Airman Elizabeth Van Patten, 94th AW, Dobbins ARB; and third place - White, 910th AW, Youngstown ARS.

04C-Personality Feature Article - first place - Master Sgt. Christian Michael, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley AFB, Colo.; second place - Senior Airman Charles Hutchison IV, 439th AW, Westover ARB; and third place - Staff Sgt. Joshua Nason, 944th FW, Luke AFB, Ariz.

05A-Stringer Writer - first place - Senior Master Sgt. Haisshia Havens, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.; second place - Capt. Ethan Bryant, 96th Airlift Squadron, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS; and third place - Staff Sgt. Gary McGraw, 920th Maintenance Squadron, Patrick AFB.

08A-Stringer Photojournalism - first place - Staff Sgt. Nick Gibson, 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick AFB, and second place - no award.

Other categories qualifying to advance to the Air Force contest are:

13-Air Force Civilian Print Journalist of the Year - Ann Skarban, 302nd AW, Peterson AFB.

38-Television Sports Report - Skeen, 459th ARW, Joint Base Andrews.

40-Regional TV Newscast - Babin, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB.

42-Outstanding New Broadcaster - Langsdorf, 934th AW, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS.

Results of the Air Force contest are expected to be announced in March.