Oct. 7, 2020
Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2020 Design of the Year competition.
Winners in this and all Individual Award categories, as well as the ACP Pacemaker Awards, will be announced virtually at 6 p.m. Eastern Thursday, Oct. 22, during the Fall National College Media Convention.
To view the awards presentation, register for the convention at collegemediaconvention.org.
Finalists listed below are alphabetical by state.
2020 Individual Award Finalists
Advertisement • Cartoon • Design
Multimedia • Reporter • Photo • Story
Best Use of Social Media • COVID-19 Coverage
2020 Pacemaker finalists
Broadcast • Business • Innovation
Magazine • Newspaper • Online • 2019 Yearbook
Ashley Ramynke
el Don
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California
Devin Bradshaw, Thiha Naing, Jennifer Snook
The Express
Las Postias College
Livermore, California
Emily Wright
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Morgan Anderson, Kylie Cameron
The Sunflower
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
Staff
The University Daily Kansan
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Allison Engkvist, Jack Silberman
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Olivia Parks, Grace Terry
The Pendulum
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina
Maisie Williams
The All State
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee
Anthony Lazon
The Et Cetera
Eastfield College
Mesquite, Texas
Dylan McKone, Milo Nguyen
The Daily
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Beatrice Alcala
Collegian Times
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California
Alejandro Vazquez
Daily Forty-Niner
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Solena Aguilar
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California
Summer Bradley, Jennifer Goeckner, Madison Lammert
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois
Elliott DeRose
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Morgan Anderson, Daniel Caudill, Marshall Sunner
The Sunflower
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
Haley Robey
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Talia Trackim
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Anton Delgado, Grace Terry
The Pendulum
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina
Anica Graney
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin
Sam MacDonald, Saige Rozanc-Petski, A’Neshia Turner
Alice
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Beatrice Alcala, Stephanie Ko
Collegian
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California
Reagan Lee, Korah Robinson, Joe Smallwood
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
Hannah Manalang, Sadie Scadden
Ke Alaka’i
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii
Staff
Echo
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Cameron Cirino, Abby Pfannenstiel, Kate Torline
Manhappenin’
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Josh Eller, Aastha Gill, Will Jacott, Jake Van Loh, Katie Viesselman
Textura India
Bethel University
St. Paul, Minnesota
Isabel Liang
34th Street Magazine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Abigail Dahl, Dylan McKone, Milo Nguyen
The Daily
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Krista Kok, Zahn Schultz, Madeline Wilson
Pulse
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington
Sage Zbinden
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
Kevin Caparoso
Warrior Life
El Camino College
Torrance, California
Marian Bulnes, Wolfang Rugeles
Urbana Literary & Arts
Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus
Miami, Florida
Gabriela Azeem-Angel, Claudia Pardo Perez
Miambiance
Miami Dade College-Kendall Campus
Miami, Florida
Cat Cao
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Nick Ellis
Drake Magazine
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Fatima Calderon
Drake Magazine
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Hailee Lunte
Talisman
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Will Jacott, Hersh Singh, Zach Walker
Textura India
Bethel University
St. Paul, Minnesota
Zarah Myers
SALT: Military Photojournalism 2020
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Carson Earls
The Glomerata
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Staff
The Tower
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Casey Lue
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Matt Rasnic
Arbutus
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Ashley Read
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Kendall Boran
Kentucky Kernel Year in Photos
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Alicia Otto
The Griffon
Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph, Missouri
Staff
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Rachel Cole
Roundup
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
Kyle Gage, Liz Liu
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Jacob Sparks
Auburn University
The Glomerata
Auburn, Alabama
Brianna Jordan
Angelos
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
Casey Lue
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Katie Harbert
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Kendall Boran
Kentucky Kernel Year in Photos
University of Kansas
Lexington, Kentucky
Ben Moran
Tower
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, Missouri
Don Bui
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Rachel Gan, Simone Melvin, Olivia Ramirez, Ash Thye
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Rachel Gan, Simone Melvin, Ash Thye
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Liz Liu
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Kunal Mehta, Marci Suela
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
Melissa Locke
Currents
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
Tiffany Nguyen
The Daily Californian
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Casey Lue
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Krista Knudtsen, Roberta Nicastro
SCAN
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Cat Cao
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Raven Mo
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Annie Aguiar, Jacob deCastro, Colin Kulpa
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Niharika Desiraju, Marvis Gutierrez
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Staff
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Nachaela Flores
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
Carolyn Burt
The Corsair
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, California
Melody Del Rio
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
Kire Torres
SCAN
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Wyatt Wurtenberger
The Arbiter
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
Natalie Wade
14 East
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
Sarah Mai
Minnesota Daily
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jordan Larson
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Efrain Arias-Medina
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
Shay Cohen
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas