Best of the Midwest Best of Show winners announced

MINNEAPOLIS – The Associated Collegiate Press presented its Best of Show awards at the 2015 Best of the Midwest College Journalism Convention.

Individual Awards

News Story

1. Navar Watson
Sojourn, Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Ind.

2. Julia Bianco, Mike McKenna
Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

3. Mary Mason
Calumet, Muscatine Community College
Muscatine, Iowa

4. Abigail Reese, Stephen Quillen
The Wheaton Record, Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill.

5. Ben Norman
The Spectrum, North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.

Feature Story

1. Erin Kelso
The Record, St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.

2. Gail Wilson
The Campus Eye, Anoka-Ramsey Community College- Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids, Minn.

3. Julia Bianco
Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

4. Ben Norman
The Spectrum, North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.

Sports Story

1. Jared Johnson
Sojourn, Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Ind.

2. Colton Pool
The Spectrum, North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.

3. Pace Maier
The Spectrum, North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.

4. Raymond Bressette
The North Wind, Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Mich.

5. Sam Smith
The Wheaton Record, Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill.

Multimedia Package

1. Carly Caputa
Pointer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.

2. Kelly McCommons
The North Wind, Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Mich.

3. Katie Wieser, Joe Satterfield, Ettore Fantin, Andrew Hodowanek
Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Editorial/Commentary

1. Benjamin Wilks
The Mirror, Lakeland College
Sheboygan, Wis.

2. Natalie Connors
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wis.

3. Stephen Kolison
Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

4. Karalee Manis
The Mirror, Lakeland College
Sheboygan, Wis.

5. Marie Monson
The Dakota Student, University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, N.D.

News Photo

1. Analicia Honkanen
The North Wind, Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Mich.

2. Chris Juhn
City College News, Minneapolis Community and Tech College
Minneapolis, Minn.

3. Sydney Inks
Pointer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.

4. Kimberly Hill
The Spectrum, North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.

5. Nicole Pederson
The Record, St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.

Single Page Design

1. Natalie Guyette
Arches, Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, Wis.

2. Michael Swearingen
The Record, St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.

3. Meredith Dykehouse
Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

4. Lanea Zagrzebski
Pointer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.

5. Victor Lopez, Annie Nickoloff
Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Best of Show

Special Edition

1. The Spectrum
North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.

2. Chips
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

Four-year Non-weekly Newspaper

1. The Mirror
Lakeland College, Sheboygan, Wis.

2. The Flyer
Lewis University, Romeoville, Ill.

3. Arches
Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, Wis.

4. Sojourn
Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Ind.

5. The Northerner
North Central University, Minneapolis, Minn.

Four-year Weekly Newspaper

1. The Volante
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.

2. The Record
St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.

3. Collegian
South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

4. Observer
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

5. The Spectrum
North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.

5. Pointer
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wis.

Publication Website

1. Observer
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

2. The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis.

3. The Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

4. The Volante
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.

5. Pointer
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wis.

Two-year College Newspaper

1. City College News
Minneapolis Community and Tech College, Minneapolis, Minn.

2. The Times
Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, Wis.

3. The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis.

Congratulations to all winners!

Associated Collegiate Press received a record-breaking number of entries for the annual Best of Show competition held at the 2015 Best of the Midwest Conference, Feb. 6-8 in Minneapolis. Twenty college and university publications entered 245 different submissions in 12 different categories for writing, photography, design and overall publication. Judges worked throughout the conference to determine the winners, announced at the awards ceremony Feb. 8 to close the conference.
“We were really excited to receive entries from programs who had never competed with us before,” said Kirsten Chang, contest and critique coordinator. “This made this year’s contest bigger, but also more competitive.”