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Journalism Assistant Professor Receives National Recognition

 


Marcie Young Cancio’s former students call her a “role model,” “inspiring” and a “living legacy” in terms of the work she has been doing with journalism students at Salt Lake Community College.


For her efforts, Young Cancio recently won a College Media Association Adviser Award under the category Honor Roll Adviser for a two-year newspaper adviser. The honor is awarded to those who have demonstrated “distinguished service” in a particular area while having fewer than five years of experience in college media advising.


Young Cancio teaches journalism and digital media at SLCC. More recently, she started Amplify Utah, a nonprofit that works with The Salt Lake Tribune to publish her students’ work. The goal is to spotlight diversity and offer students the opportunity to tell the stories of their communities. She has also been the faculty advisor for the SLCC student-run newspaper The Globe.


“As both a professor and adviser, Marcie strives to teach media literacy and ethics to her students” wrote past Globe editor-in-chief Amie Schaeffer in her nomination letter for the award. “She also teaches her students to think critically and look at a story from many angles. I know I have become a better writer, editor and leader in the newsroom because of her.”


Marcie (middle) poses with current and former students Samantha Herrera (l-r), Cristian Martinez Montano, Andrew Christiansen and Amie Schaeffer.


SLCC alums Carol Chatwin and Megan Neff in their letters of recommendation praised Young Cancio for giving undergraduates opportunities that have yielded benefits beyond the classroom. And Sean Crossland, former director of SLCC’s Thayne Center for Student Life, Leadership & Community Engagement, recalled having worked on several projects with Young Cancio such as SLCC Votes, meant to elevate student voices around electoral engagement and the impact of political issues on the lives of students.


“As a founding board member of Amplify Utah, I believe fully in the vision that Marcie is crafting and the organization’s transformative potential,” wrote Crossland, who helped jumpstart Amplify Utah. “I have no doubt that this organization will be impactful in the field of journalism and Utah and serve as a model of other innovative educators in college media.”


Young Cancio and other adviser awardees are expected to be formally recognized for their awards in October at the Fall National College Media Convention.

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