The Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office received 11 awards for expertise in journalism, photography, graphic design and social media prowess in the 2016 U.S. Army Installation Management Command Keith L. Ware Communications Competition.
"We have a talented staff who work hard to tell Fort Jackson's story," said Pat Jones, the director of Public Affairs.
The public affairs staff competed against more than 100 entries in print, web, and social media categories from Army installations around the world.
Robert Timmons, a staff writer for the Fort Jackson Leader, was named IMCOM's Civilian Journalist of the Year and will now compete at the Army-level. Timmons has worked at the Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office for two years and retired from the U.S. Army in 2013 as a chief public affairs noncommissioned officer.
Timmons also received third place in the Photojournalism category for his photos and news story on the University of South Carolina Football team's visit to Fort Jackson. The football team was introduced to the life of a basic trainee through a series of physically and mentally taxing team building events. Timmons garnered another third place in the Sports Photo category for his photograph of a USC football player making a touchdown grab.
Nicholas Salcido, Fort Jackson webmaster and social media manager, received four first place awards for his efforts designing the Fort Jackson centennial logo and additional graphic design talents.
Salcido's centennial logo design won first Place in the Identity Design category and Infographic category, as he designed an illustrative graphic explaining the logo concept.
Salcido also received first place in the Social Media Meme category for his graphic representation celebrating Feb. 29 or Leap Day 2016. His final recognition was for a proposed billboard concept highlighting a drill sergeant of the cycle at Hilton Field during a graduation ceremony.
The Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office received three organization awards for its communications efforts in 2016. Fort Jackson took second place for Outstanding Digital Presence this year. IMCOM judged Army installations on all digital platforms used to achieve unit-level communication
objectives. Fort Jackson's digital platforms included Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the official website.
Additionally, Fort Jackson received second place in the Outstanding Communication Effort category for its work celebrating Fort Jackson's Centennial. The Fort Jackson Leader also received an honorable mention in the Civilian Enterprise Newspaper category.
"There are 75 garrisons who compete in this competition and for us to receive this recognition validates the hard work we have put in over 2016," Jones said.
The annual awards program recognizes military and civilian employees for journalistic excellence and furthering the objectives of the Department of the Army public affairs program.
First and Second place selectees from each category will represent IMCOM in Army-level competition to be judged before being forwarded to the Department of Defense level competition.
Individual Awards
IMCOM Civilian Journalist of the Year -- Robert Timmons
Infographic -- First Place -- What is our Centennial logo -- Nicholas Salcido
Social Media Meme -- First Place -- Leap Day 2016 -- Nicholas Salcido
Identity Design -- First Place -- Centennial Logo -- Nicholas Salcido
Layout and Design -- First Place -- Fort Jackson Billboard COA 2 -- Nicholas Salcido
Photojournalism -- Third Place -- Push, Push, Push: Student athletes sample Fort Jackson wares -- Robert Timmons
Sports Photo -- Third Place -- USC Football -- Robert Timmons
News Photo -- Honorable Mention -- Messages of Faith -- Robert Timmons
Organization Awards
Outstanding Digital Presence -- Second Place
Outstanding Communication Effort -- Second Place -- Centennial Campaign
Civilian Enterprise Newspaper -- Honorable Mention -- Fort Jackson Leader
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