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Over 200 student journalists from across Orange County competed in the county write-off competition, showcasing their talents everything from newspaper photography to yearbook layout on Saturday, Feb 22nd.

Here are the winning entries:

So Cal JEA State Write Offs will be held March 14th at Fullerton College

The numbers…

• 276 newspaper and yearbook students competed in the on-the-spot competition.
• Newspaper: 17 schools
• Yearbook: 7 schools
• Approximately 75 students submitted entries to the broadcast send-in contest.
• Broadcast: 6 schools
• 24 professional judges

Here is a link to the competition photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ziebarth/sets/72157626174345006/

Congrats to those who qualified to compete in the SoCal Write-off! The date and location will be announced soon.

Banner Photo by Salene Jang/OCHSA; OCJEA Photo by Alex Sandez/TRABUCO HILLS

• Julie Braun, Irvine HS: critical review competition and proctoring
• FilmEd Academy of the Arts: video production
• Kimberley Harris, La Habra HS: certificates
• Alison Jones, Herff Jones: yearbook competition, proctoring and trophies
• Lynn Kagel, Trabuco Hills HS: breakfast and proctoring
• Tanya Katnic, Mater Dei HS: judges coordinator and lunch
• Dave Lyons, Rosary HS: newspaper layout and proctoring
• Marc McCormack, Mission Viejo HS: Best of Show, speaking and proctoring
• Joanne McDermott, Foothill HS: news press conference, moderating and awards
• Bob Rypel, AAA Awards: trophies
• Lindsay Safe, Sunny Hills HS: registration and awards
• Kaitlin Sandeno, Yahoo! Sports: sports feature speaker & 4-time Olympic medalist swimmer
• Jay Seidel, Fullterton College: our excellent and gracious host
• Peter Schelden, Patch Mission Viejo: feature speaker
• Mark Switzer, El Dorado HS: keynote presentation and graphics
• Sean Ziebarth, Fountain Valley HS: broadcast and photo competitions, awards
• Best of Show Judges: Jolene Combs and Daniel Hunt
• Broadcast Judges: Christina Macaulay, Susan Valot, Matthew Workman and Eric Winter
• Newspaper Judges: Scott Martindale, Amber Gonzales, Jon Cassidy, Mary Anne Shults, Jonathan Volzke, Tracy Wood, Will Alexander, Ron Kilgore, Alecia Foster, Nikki Campbell, Caroline Wong, Sarah Santoyo, John Roos, Stegan Agregado and Tom Clanin
• Yearbook Judges: Alison Jones and Christy Rausin-Rost from Herff Jones, and Chris from Walsworth