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ACP Winners
2011 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners
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View judges' comments
Links to online archives of print issues listed with each publication (if available).
Four-year Daily Newspaper  The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Farzad Mashhood, editor
Amy Emmert, adviser
 Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
Sarah Brubeck, Jake Wright, editors
Ron Johnson/Ruth Witmer, advisers
Four-year Non-daily Newspaper  The Northern Light, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska
Jerzy Shedlock, Josh Edge, Shana Roberson, editors
Paola Banchero/Annie Route, advisers
 Chimes, Biola Univ., La Mirada, Calif.
Kathryn Watson, editor
Michael Longinow, adviser
 Loyolan, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, Calif.
http://issuu.com/laloyolan
Jose Martinez, Kenzie O’Keefe, editors
Tom Nelson, adviser
 Golden Gate [X]Press, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, Calif.
http://issuu.com/goldengatexpress/
Ryan Smith, Kelsey Avers, editors
Rachele Kanigel/Austin Long-Scott, advisers
 The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Michael Caprio, editor
Daniel Ottaunick, adviser
 The Standard, Missouri State Univ., Springfield, Mo.
Sarah Bennett, editor
Jack Dimond, adviser
 The New Hampshire, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
http://issuu.com/tnhstaff
Thomas Gounley, Chad Graff, editors
Julie Perron, adviser
 The Volante, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.
Chris Jessen, editor
Chuck Baldwin, adviser
Two-year College Newspaper  The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, Calif.
Diana Inocencio, Lyndsey Winkley, John Carter, editors
Max Branscomb, adviser
 El Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, Calif.
Blanca Valdivia, editor
C.W Little, adviser
 The Sentinel, North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Devin Heilman, editor
Geoff Carr, adviser
 The Et Cetera, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Braulio Tellez, editor
Lori Dann/Sabine Winter, advisers
2011 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Finalists
Four-year Daily Newspaper
 The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Farzad Mashhood, editor
Amy Emmert, adviser
 Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
Sarah Brubeck, Jake Wright, editors
Ron Johnson/Ruth Witmer, advisers
 The Daily News, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
Aly Brumback, Sarah Boswell, editors
John Strauss, adviser
 The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.
Justin Harris, editor
Omar Sofradzija/Marty Sturgeon, advisers
 Washington Square News, New York Univ., New York, N.Y.
Jaywon Choe, editor
David Cosgrove, adviser
Four-year Non-daily Newspaper  The Northern Light, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska
Jerzy Shedlock, Josh Edge, Shana Roberson, editors
Paola Banchero/Annie Route, advisers
 Chimes, Biola Univ., La Mirada, Calif.
Kathryn Watson, editor
Michael Longinow, adviser
 Loyolan, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, Calif.
http://issuu.com/laloyolan
Jose Martinez, Kenzie O’Keefe, editors
Tom Nelson, adviser
 Golden Gate [X]Press, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, Calif.
http://issuu.com/goldengatexpress/
Ryan Smith, Kelsey Avers, editors
Rachele Kanigel/Austin Long-Scott, advisers
 Signal, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, Ga.
Sheena Roetman, editor
Bryce McNeil, adviser
 The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Michael Caprio, editor
Daniel Ottaunick, adviser
 The Standard, Missouri State Univ., Springfield, Mo.
Sarah Bennett, editor
Jack Dimond, adviser
 ASMSU Exponent, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, Mont.
Eric Dietrich, editor
Bill Wilke, adviser
 The Nevada Sagebrush, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev.
Jessica Fryman, editor
Amy Koeckes, adviser
 The New Hampshire, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
http://issuu.com/tnhstaff
Thomas Gounley, Chad Graff, editors
Julie Perron, adviser
 UWeekly @ OSU, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio
Justin McIntosh, editor
Michael Riches, adviser
 The Volante, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.
Chris Jessen, editor
Chuck Baldwin, adviser
 The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn.
David Namm, Chris Honiball, editors
Chris Carroll, adviser
 Observer, Central Washington Univ., Ellensburg, Wash.
http://issuu.com/cwuobserver
Anthony James, editor
Cynthia Mitchell, Shawn Goggins, Kristin Gaskill, advisers
Two-year College Newspaper  Mesa Legend, Mesa CC, Mesa, Ariz.
Ryan McCullough, Joseph Starkloff, editors
Jack Mullins, adviser
 The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, Calif.
Diana Inocencio, Lyndsey Winkley, John Carter, editors
Max Branscomb, adviser
 El Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, Calif.
Blanca Valdivia, editor
C.W Little, adviser
 The Sentinel, North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Devin Heilman, editor
Geoff Carr, adviser
 Crusader, Seward County CC, Liberal, Kan.
Alfredo Anaya, Dana Loewen, editors
Anita Reed, adviser
 The Et Cetera, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Braulio Tellez, editor
Lori Dann/Sabine Winter, advisers
 The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis.
Cristalyne Bell, editor
Doug Kirchberg, adviser
Judges' comments
Four-year Daily
Summary comments on winning entries:
- A good mix of stories, including in-depth news and fun features
- Professional design with a voice
- Attention to detail
- Accurately reflected their communities and towns with story choice and presentation
- A diversity of stories - profiles, campus, community, world, sports
- Looked beyond the surface reporting
- Good storytelling - visual and written
Summary comments on non-winning entries:
- Inconsistent layout, random type faces
- Failure to set boundaries with writers (not every story is worth 40”)
- Inattention to inside pages
- Pointless editorials
- Poor and inconsistent news judgment, knowing what is and what is not a good story
- Photos didn’t do enough to convey story, poor basics (out of focus, bad cropping)
- Bad editing (AP style, grammar)
Four-year non-daily
Summary comments on winning entries:
- They used different fonts sparingly. However, when they were used, they enhanced coverage and had impact.
- Stories, especially news stories, were clear and concise.
- Feature stories were compelling and a good read and written from interesting angles.
- They covered issues that were important to students, such as safety on campus, parking, budget cuts (impact on available courses and services, etc...) and included lots of student voices.
- They tried to do innovative things, such as alternative forms of storytelling
- They used graphics that were clear and readable and not oversized
Summary comments on non-winning entries:
- Broaden event coverage beyond the event itself - make it less about the event (especially since many of the papers were weeklies and the even was already old news)
- Use less reverse type
- Make better use of alternative forms of storytelling
- Offer a better balance of stories between campus events, university announcements, faculty news, campus issues, student features, national news, etc...
- Reduced the amount of spacing (leading) in stories.
- Headlines were frequently too big or small (most small), and therefore not proportional to stories.
- Eliminate or cut down on the use of static photos, instead using photos that help to tell the story and enhanced the design.
Two-year
Summary comments on winning entries:
- Clearly masterd the balance between visual presentation and reporting/editing quality.
- Reporting was local and original. Exceleltn job of localizing national and community news. Reporting was high quality.
- Visuals enhanced content, photography was sharp, well cropped, enhanced reader’s understanding of story.
- Layout-design consistent, reader friendly, inviting
Summary comments on non-winning entries:
- Lack of attention to headlines and subheads, too often repetitive and rewording of article lead.
- Lack of attention to cutlines, editing of both content and photos (selection and cropping)
- Clearly there was too often an imbalance between visual presentation/design and written content.
- Limited number of contributors sometimes results in less insightful reporting and coverage
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