1997 ACP Reporter of the Year

Note: ACP awarded two sets of Reporter of the Year winners in 1997 because the convention at which the awards were presented switched from the midwinter National College Newspaper Convention to the fall National College Media Convention.

Winter 1997 Winners

First place
Jason Bullock
Daily Reveille
Louisiana State Univ.
Baton Rouge, LA

Second place
Mia Sara Bruch
Arcade
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Third place
Jaclyn LaPlaca
The Daily Pennsylvanian
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Honorable mentions

Cliff Mason
West 17th
Rancho Santiago College
Santa Ana, CA

Sharif Durhams
Daily Tar Heel
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Kathie Bates
Volante
Univ. of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Fall 1997 Winners

First Place
Rui Kaneya
The Chronicle
Columbia College
Chicago, IL

Second Place
Cara LaBrie
The Santa Clara
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

Third Place
Christofer Machiniak
The State News
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Honorable Mentions

Shawn Badgley
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Rachel Breen
Tulane Hullabaloo
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA