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March 20, 2021

Associated Collegiate Press honored collegiate media and collegiate journalists in its Best of Show competition for Connect 2021: The Spring National College Media Convention.

Presented on March 20, during the virtual convention, ACP recognized achievement in organizational and individual competition categories. Convention registrants were eligible to enter current work.

Joining ACP in sponsoring the spring convention were
College Media Association, 
College Media and Business Managers,
the Journalism Association of Community Colleges and 
California College Media Association.

CMBAM joined ACP in presenting the Best of Show advertising awards for the convention.

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Organizational awards

Feature magazine

1. El Sol, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California

2. Pulse, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washingon

3. Alice, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

4. SCAN, Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

5. Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

6. Naked, Las Positas College, Livermore, California

7. Tusk, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

8. Warrior Life, El Camino College, Torrance, California

9. Midas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

Literary arts magazine

1. Windhover, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

2. Miambiance, Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, Florida

3. Port City Review, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

4. Havik: Homeward, Las Positas College, Livermore, California

5. Underground, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

6. Sanskrit, University of North Carolina at Charolotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

7. The Yahara Journal, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin

8. HYPE, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey

Newspaper / Two-year campus 

1. The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California, Nov. 27, 2020

2. Viewpoints, Riverside City College, Riverside, California, Dec. 3, 2020

3. The Express, Las Positas College, Livermore, California, Oct. 19, 2020

4. The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin, Feb. 17, 2021

5. Talon Marks, Cerritos College, Norwalk, California, Sept. 30, 2020

6. The Collegian, Delta College, Tracy, California, Dec. 11, 2020

7. The Collegian, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas, Feb. 18, 2021, storm edition,

Newspaper / Less than weekly

1. The Gothic Times, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey, March 2020

2. The Crimson White, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2021 Local Election Edition

3. Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Feb. 24, 2021

4. Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas, Feb. 26, 2021

5. Griffon News, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri, Nov. 18, 2020

6. Stentor, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, Feb. 19, 2021

Newspaper / Weekly

1. The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, March 3, 2021

2. Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, “Things are getting better” 

3. The Ithacan, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, Feb. 25, 2021

4. Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Oct. 29, 2020

5. The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, “Campus Reopening?”

6. The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, election edition,

7. The Signal, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 11, 2021

8. The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Feb. 24, 2021 

9. The Observer, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington, Winter 2021, Issue 8 

10. The Panther, Chapman University, Orange, California, Black Lives Matter Special Issue 

Newspaper / More than weekly

1. Spartan Daily, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, Oct. 13, 2020

2. Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California, Aug. 24, 2020

Broadcast news program

1. Appalachian Weekly News, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, season 5, episode 6

2. Dixie Sun News, Dixie State University, St. George, Utah, March 4, 2021

3. Panther Report News, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 27, 2021

4. The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2021

5. Clarion Radio News, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin, Feb. 18, 2021

Website / Two-year campus

1. The Collegian, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas

2. Viewpoints, Riverside City College, Riverside, California

3. The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California

4. SAC.Media, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California

5. The Union, El Camino College, Torrance, California

6. Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida

7. The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin

8. Coast Report, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California

9. The Collegian, Delta College, Tracy, California

10. The Express, Las Positas College, Livermore, California

Website / 10,000 students or fewer

1. The Collegian, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

2. The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

3. Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

4. The Ithacan, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York

5. Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

6. The Connector, Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

7. Northern Review, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio

8. The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, Texas

9. The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts

10. The Mac Weekly, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Website / More than 10,000 students

1. The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

2. The Observer, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

3. Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

4. The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

5. District, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

6. The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

7. Pulse, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

8. Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

9. NYCity News Service, City University of New York, New York, New York

10. Tusk, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

Yearbook

1. La Ventana, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

2. The Tower, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

3. Petit Jean, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

4. The Campanile, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Advertising awards

Advertising design

Print, online, video and audio

1. Efrain Arias-Medina Jr., Shelly Banz,
Best of Boone website ad,
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2. Lauren Maingot,
“Astrology with Alexis” Ad Spring,
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

3. Steven Andriantsiratahina,
“Bad Love Poem Contest,”
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin

4. Erika Armstrong,
First Year Experiences,
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

5. Audrey Jackson, Hadley McDaniel, Anna Westbrook,
Creme and Sugar,
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

6. Lauren Maingot,
“Astrology with Alexis” Ad Winter, Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

7. Namon Pope, Olivia Scott, Anna Westbrook,
Natural Food Store,
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

8. Erika Armstrong,
Buy your ticket to Little 500,”
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

9. Cassandra Cullen,
Clarion Radio Handshake App,
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin

10. Franky Huang,
SGA Election,
The Signal, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Rate card

1. Staff,
IDS Rate Card,
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2. Joseph Archipolo, Robert Cosgrove, Anastasia Philippopoulos, Vicki Shao,
WUSB Radio Underwriting Rate Card,
Stony Brook University WUSB Radio, Stony Brook University, Stonybrook, New York

3. Sahej Bhasin, Isabella Teague,
PGM Media Kit,
Pepperdine Graphic Media, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

4. Holly Delay,
2020-2021 Media Kit,
The Kansas State Collegian, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

5. Efrain Arias-Medina Jr., Shelly Banz, Jessica Kimes,
The Appalachian media kit,
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

Newspaper special advertising section

1. Staff,
IDS Fall 2020 Housing Guide,
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2. Staff,
2020 Holiday Guide,
Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

3. Staff,
Healthy Relationships,
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

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Individual awards

Blog

1. Ashlie Rodriguez, 
“Pelo Malo: An Afro-Latina Experience,”
Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida

2. Jeni Dhodary,
“The economy as a body,”
 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Press, Stony Brook, New York

3. Troylon Griffin II,
“Recognizing the power and necessity as a student journalist,“
The Signal, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas

4. Kayla Fisher,
“Always, Kayla: Selecting Your 2020 Presidential Candidate,”
Northern Review, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio

Podcast

1. Theresa Gaffney, Peter Senzamici,
“Intractable: The Rat Problem,”
NYCity News Service, City University of New York, New York, New York

2. Kira Schukar, Kori Suzuki,
“Portraits at a Distance,”
The Mac Weekly, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

3. Max Connor, Robbie Pierce,
“Max’s Table: Produce production during a pandemic,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

4. Meg Aki, Paige Mathieson, Colleen Miller, Nadia Nugent, Perrin Smith,
“Bookmarked and Dogeared” podcast,
District, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

5. Alexis Masciarella, Gianna Milan,
“Astrology with Alexis,”
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

6. Kori Suzuki, Brian Zou,
“Coronavirus: Racism and the Medical System,”
The Mac Weekly, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

7. Katherine Irving, Kori Suzuki,
“Decade of Restoration Part 1: The Fallen King of New England,”
The Mac Weekly, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

8. Kaelin Mendez,
“The Graph: The Ghosts of Pepperdine: Smothers Theatre,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

9. Max Connor, Robbie Pierce,
“Podcast spotlight: Political strategist Daraka Larimore-Hall evaluates results of ballot propositions,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

10. Robbie Pierce, Rose Vega,
“Podcast: Real Talk with Rose: IUDs and pills and implants, oh my!”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

Print design

1. Yssa Almazan, Kim Pham, Elizabeth Tovar,
“Boys Do Cry,”
Tusk, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

2. Anica Graney,
Clarion Cover Oct. 28, 2020,
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin

3. Keagan Larkins,
“Excuse My Drip,”
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

4. Annie Aguiar,
“Should you adopt a pet?”
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

5. Olivia Ginsberg,
“In the Mix,”
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

6. Marci Suela,
“Am I Not Good Enough?”
Spartan Daily, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

7. Samantha Cabeza, Kassandra Eller, Sara Roach, Chandler Vanous, Madeline Wilson,
“Charcuterie 101,”
Pulse, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

8. Nathan Huang,
“Fresh Faces: First-years and Transfer Students Discuss Their Passions and Journeys to Pepperdine,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

9. Olivia Ginsberg,
“Woodfired,”
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

10. Logan Wood,
“Humans of Pepperdine,”
Currents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

Photojournalism

1. Sara Nevis,
“Leia Schenk,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

2. Elias Valverde II,
“Vaccine Cringe,”
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

3. Sara Nevis,
“Dionne Smith-Downs,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

4. Kori Suzuki,
“St.Paul, Nov  7, 2020,”
The Mac Weekly, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

5. Audrey Jackson,
“ADH COVID-19 Drive-thru Testing,”
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

6. Patrick Posuniak,
“Bear mace eye wash,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

7. Audrey Jackson,
“Zelden Kool,”
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

8. Audrey Jackson,
“Backstage,”
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

9. Namon Pope,
“Lighting Ceremony,”
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

10. Audrey Jackson,
“Snowboarding at the Benson,”
Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

Broadcast news story

1. Edwin Flores,
“The Essential Workers of Coachella,”
Al Día, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

2. Paige Farley, Jomar Jaramillo,
”UnDACAmented,”
Tusk TV, Tusk, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

3. Stephanie Du Par, Hannah Hickman,
”Community Protests, Counter-Protests Possible Dixie State Name Change,”
Dixie Sun News, Dixie State University, St. George, Utah

4. Megan Burney,
“No WiFi + No Service = No School,”
NYCity News Service, City University of New York, New York, New York

5. Keelin Berrian,
“Protest to the Capitol,”
Panther Report News, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

6. Veronica Backer-Peral,
“Exclusive: Dr. Joan Wicks, mother of inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, shares with the Loyolan why LMU is such a special place for her entire family,”
Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

7. Sara Nevis, Ian Ratliff,
“Video: Sacramento protest through the eyes of a Black Trump supporter,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

8. Steve Hernandez, Chiara Lindsey, Abraham Navarro, Andre Tinoco,
“SACAttack,”
SAC.Media, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California

9. Michael Eskridge, Sara Nevis, 
“How the Sac State baseball team preps through adversity ahead of new season,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

10. Grace Powers,
“Altar for Black Lives,”
Appalachian Weekly News, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

Multimedia news or
feature presentation 

1. Emma Davis, Morgan Howland, Nina Joss, Jackie Llanos, Ben Wasserstein,
The Westham Project,
The Collegian, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

2. Emily Broyles, Jackie Park,
“Sheri, wake up,”
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

3. Sara Nevis, Ian Ratliff, Isabelle Suarez, Dominic Vitiello,
”Candlelight vigil held for two teens,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

4. Rahul Lal, Sara Nevis, Dominic Vitiello,
“Trump supporters protest vote counts in California,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

5. Emily Broyles, Kara Haselton, Xanayra Marin-Lopez,
“Striving for local impact: campaigners take election personally,”
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

6. Yasel Avalos, Stephanie Du Par,
“‘Can you hear us now?’ DSU students’ protest affects Senate’s decision to hear bill,”
Dixie Sun News, Dixie State University, St. George, Utah

7. Stephanie Perez, Troylon Griffin II, Alyssa Shotwell,
“The Signal celebrates Black History Month 2021,”
The Signal, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas

8. Izzy Myszak, Madison Smalstig, Carson TerBush,
“Steve Moore almost died,”
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

9. Spencer Clifton, Kassandra Eller, Sara Roach, Sione Sausau, Gabriel Strasbaugh,
“Football Fuels the Fight: How One Coach Influenced A Social Justice Movement,”
Pulse, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

10. Caroline Cooney, Matt Hubbard, Alexis Knipe, John Merkel, Sam Raborg,
“The Truth About Tarot,”
Owl, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland

COVID-19 reporting

1. Matt Cohen,
“IU’s great big COVID-19 experiment,”
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2. Grace Adams,
“‘Like a ghost town’: Living on campus during the pandemic,”
Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

3. Staff,
“Watch: Coronavirus Pandemia Mundial,”
Al Día, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

4. Alexander Alvarado, Jessica Benda, Karina Gutierrez, Adam Maldonado, Anthony Robledo,
Daily Titan COVID Issue,
Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

5. Mickey Hutchings,
“Disrupted trips and virtual traveling: App State still reeling from COVID-19’s impact on studying abroad,”
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

6. Cristobal Delgado,
“How COVID-19 Affects Pepperdine, California and the World at Large,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

7. Olivia du Bois,
“Men’s basketball quarantine, isolation in hotels points to COVID-19 policy inconsistencies,”
The Collegian, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

8. Juhi Doshi,
“Chapman students on frontlines of vaccine distribution,”
The Panther, Chapman University, Orange, California

9. Kaylie McLaughlin,
“Campus, local health workers are giving conflicting quarantine advice, students say,”
The Kansas State Collegian, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

10. Maritza Camacho, Emma Molloy,
“Maskholes: Working in grocery stores during coronavirus,”
The Oak Leaf, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

Election reporting

1. Staff,
“Destino 2020,”
Al Día, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

2.Staff,
“Fucking Vote for Democracy,”
Spartan Daily, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

3. Max Connor, Rahul Lal, Sara Nevis, Ian Ratliff, Chris Wong,
Election 2020,
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

4. Jessica Benda, Noah Biesiada, Karina Gutierrez, Adam Maldonado, Anthony Robledo,
Daily Titan post-election edition, Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

5. Ella Feldman,
“Drive-thru ballots and ‘finger condoms’: Students talk voting in the 2020 general election,”
The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, Texas

6. Moss Brennan,
“On Election Day, religion plays a key factor for some voters, “
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

7. Madeleine Beck, Milan Cabebe, Camryn Dadey, Mercy Sosa, Chris Wong,
“Results in your neighborhood: Election 2020,”
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

8. Lilia Epstein,
“Election reflection: SRJC students weigh in on Biden, division and two-party fatigue,”
The Oak Leaf, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

9. Matthew Gomez,
Election,
Coast Report, Orange Coast College, Long Beach, California

10. Vince Ibarra, Sara Nevis, Patrick Posuniak, Samaha Samy, Dominic Vitiello,
Election Day broadcast story,
The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

Social justice reporting

1. Silas Albright,
“3, 2, 1. End injustice together: App State football leads peaceful protest through Boone,”
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

2. Chris Benis, Jesse Ray Payne, Owen Tait, Kacie Thielmann,
“Speak Up and Dribble,”
Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

3. Spencer Clifton, Kassandra Eller, Sara Roach, Nidia Torres, Madeline Wilson,
Fall 2020 Social Justice Issue,
Pulse, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

4. Juhi Doshi,
“Anti-Asian racism and xenophobia on the rise due to pandemic,”
The Panther, Chapman University, Diamond Bar, California

5. Staff,
“Changed Men Seek Changed Sentences,”
NYCity News Service, City University of New York, New York, New York

6. Lilly St. Angelo,
“What wasn’t said: How racism has shaped one IU student’s college experience,”
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

7. Sara Nevis, Ian Ratliff,
“Photos: Demonstrations against racial injustice advance through greater Sacramento area,”
 The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

8. Julia Woock,
“Death and Injustice in the Borderlands,”
The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California

9. Marley Penagos,
“Social Movements Spark Community and Change,”
 Currents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

10. Estefany Nuñez,
“Do I look more dangerous than a white man?: Sac State athletes speak on social justice issues,”
 The State Hornet, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California