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.

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