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Another big year for The Valley Forge staff at the Illinois Community College Journalism Awards! Our whole staff took ho...
11/21/2025

Another big year for The Valley Forge staff at the Illinois Community College Journalism Awards!

Our whole staff took home 2nd place overall in the General Excellence category and 3rd place overall for Best Student Media!!

Kay Watson won a first place award for Best Headline and Isabella Lazansky won a second place in that category as well.

Our 25-26 Editor-in-Chief Maya Johnson won a 2nd place for Best News Story! Ryan McNeilly won a 2nd place for Best Sports Feature and Lauren Schaefer won a third in that category.

Congrats all!!!

Congrats to The Valley Forge staff on winning a bunch of awards at this year's Illinois Community College Journalism Awa...
11/18/2024

Congrats to The Valley Forge staff on winning a bunch of awards at this year's Illinois Community College Journalism Awards!

Our Editor-in-Chief Isabella Lazansky won the 1st place award for Sports Feature! Staff Writers Isaac Frazier and Nathaly Delgado-Enriquez both took home 3rd place awards as well.

Congrats all!!

The Valley Forge students and staff are in NOLA for the 2024 National Student Media and Journalism Conference! This week...
10/31/2024

The Valley Forge students and staff are in NOLA for the 2024 National Student Media and Journalism Conference! This week they'll learn from professionals and peers on best practices for student media organizations.

Interesting in joining the ? Check out our info page on our main site. Link is in the bio!

College Media Association
Associated Collegiate Press

Our staff writer Maya Johnson highlights what you should know before the election on Nov. 5th!
10/16/2024

Our staff writer Maya Johnson highlights what you should know before the election on Nov. 5th!

Photo By: Maya JohnsonPhoto By: Maya JohnsonPhoto By: Maya Johnson Election Day is coming up quickly. Rock Valley College community, are you registered to vote? The Rock Valley “Voting Geniuses” al…

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The Valley Forge page is a place where RVC students and the RVC community can read and connect about our news content. Please be kind to one another. Foul language and unnecessary negativity on this page, or to other members, will not be tolerated. Those comments will be deleted and the poster blocked and removed. Feel free to message us and share your news and events! Just note that comments which are “spammy” will be removed. BECOMING A STAFF MEMBER The Valley Forge is always seeking student writers. All students of the COM 119 - News Writing and other RVC Mass Com journalism courses will be eligible to have their work published. We only accept student staff members from outside of those classes who are currently enrolled at RVC and show a strong desire in journalism, writing, and/or photography. To apply please visit this link: https://www.rvcvalleyforge.com/index.php/join-the-valley-forge/ Our public page is located here: https://www.rvcvalleyforge.com/