news journalism program hosts virtual awards ceremony may 26 2020 journalism program hosts virtual awards ceremony in conjunction with the governors committee on people with disabilities the department of communication/journalism program hosted a virtual 2020 barbara jordan media award ceremony recognizing media professionals and student journalists from across texas for work published in 2019 in conjunction with the texas governors committee on people with disabilities the 2020 barbara jordan media award ceremony was hosted virtually by the department of communication/journalism to recognize media professionals and student journalists from across texas for work published in 2019 which accurately and positively reports on individuals with disabilities established in 1982 the barbara jordan media awards recognize the respectful accurate portrayal of people with disabilities by professionals and students in all forms of media in response to the challenges presented by the covid-19 pandemic gcpd and the texas a&m university department of communication/journalism created a virtual awards program honoring the winners and highlighting their outstanding work two winners in the college division rebecca sloane and sarah hoenig were recognized for work created in jour 203 media writing i a required course for the journalism major and minor in the department of communication sloanes video about asl translators becoming a regular part of midnight yell practice was published by the battalion texas a&ms official student multimedia hoenigs print feature about a bryan beep baseball team was published by regional lifestyle magazine insite brazos valley the winners of the 2020 barbara jordan media awards are: college broadcast rebecca sloane the battalion (college station) year two: signing the midnight yell college print magazine sarah hoenig insite brazos valley magazine (bryan) beep baseball: making dreams come true high school documentary eaglevision film productions lindale high school (lindale) students miles hill braulio navarro lauren knox jeffrey ptak jude ratcliff and ashlynn brice miniature blessings: where community meets the classroom high school journalism jordan ramsey and jacob choi eagle nation network prosper high school run mabry run photojournalism lola gómez austin american-statesman just like me radio podcast shelly brisbin relay fm (austin) 36 seconds that changed everything: how the iphone learned to talk radio broadcast (series) laura isensee houston public media texas students fighting for special education services broadcast feature walt maciborski keye-tv (austin) game on! broadcast entertainment teresa woodard wfaa-tv (dallas) im not less: they have autism and the video games they develop are hitting it big print feature suzanne garofalo houston chronicle daughter of the water print profile megan rodriguez the bryan-college station eagle bridget frank: facing challenges pursuing her passion print news mary huber austin american-statesman the long march to healing: one soldiers recovery after the fort hood shooting print magazine britni mcashan texas medical centers pulse magazine (houston) shooting for gold: an elite athlete sets her sights on the paralympics uncategorized