2021 Best Use of Social Media
Oct. 14, 2021
Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2021 Best Use of Social Media competition.
Winners were announced during the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention awards ceremony, presented virtually on Oct. 14.
2021 ACP Pacemaker Awards
Broadcast
Business
Innovation
Magazine
Newspaper
Online
2020 Yearbook
Best of Show
Virtual 2021
Fall National College Media Convention
Oct. 16, 2021
Social Media Reporting
First
“Shorthorn Social Media Reporting”
Staff
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Second
“Social Media Reporting: the Graphic”
Staff
Graphic
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
Third
“Election Coverage”
Staff
el Don
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California
Fourth
“COVID Town Hall Livestream”
Sherry Liang, Spencer Donovan, Simran Malhotra
The Red & Black
University of Georgia
Athens, California
Fifth
“Coverage of law enforcement stand-off”
Jackie Park, Emily Broyles, Jake Markland, Xanayra Marin-Lopez
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University
Boone, California
Honorable mentions
“Spartan Daily coverage of San Jose City Hall protests”
Chelsea Nguyen-Fleige, Bryanna Bartlett, Jesus Tellitud
Spartan Daily, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
“Justice for Adam Toledo rally”
Sonal Soni
The DePaulia, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
“Breaking news reporting and social media thread with background of The Daily Tar Heel’s lawsuit for access to public records regarding sexual assault cases on campus”
Will Melfi
The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
“Duke Lockdown Coverage”
Leah Boyd, Nadia Bey
The Chronicle, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
“Daily Emerald Social Media Reporting”
Staff
Daily Emerald, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Social Media Promotion
First
“Square 95 promo”
Meg Aki, Perrin Smith
District
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia
Second
“Talisman Social Media Promotion”
Ally Mefford, Joeleen Hubbard, Erin Horton, Sheyna Roscoe, Hannah Vanover
Talisman
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Third
“Urbana: We Transcend Barriers”
Gabriela Vilas, Jeidy Gonzalez
Urbana Literary & Arts
Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus
Miami, Florida
Fourth
“The Harvard Crimson Instagram”
Staff
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fifth
“Record Stores”
Staff
el Don
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California
Honorable mentions
“Social Media Promotion: the Graphic”
Staff
Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
“Norman Finkelstein Exclusive”
Jessica Rish, Rebecca Meluch
The DePaulia, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
“Ball Bearings Social Media”
Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Deconstructing the Divide”
Frankie Sailer, Charlene Masona, Taijay Blagrove, Kevin Camelo
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“Shorthorn Social Promotions”
Staff
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas