ACP honors
top collegiate multimedia stories

Oct. 28, 2022

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2022 Multimedia Story of the Year competition.

ACP’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate journalism, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during MediaFest 22, the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention, on Oct. 28, in Washington, D.C.

ACP awards archive

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First Place
Nichole Whiteley
Ke Alaka’i
Brigham Young University Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii
Surfing Through Hawaii’s Past, Present & Future

Second Place
Marcus Ren, Alexis Weisend
The Daily Emerald
The University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon: A Future in Flames

Third Place
Staff
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Entitled to Equality

Fourth Place
John Lynch, Shwetha Sundarrajan, Daniel Kehn, Jacy Bradley, Maya Wilkins
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Sister Cindy’s controversial sermon at Ball State drew hundreds of viewers to the Quad

Fifth Place
Mandy Huynh, Marilyn Schoneboom, Alessandra Sara, Axel Hoge
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Group protests vice president’s acquittal

Honorable mentions

Delfino Camacho
The Union, El Camino College, Torrance, California
Most affordable gas stations near El Camino College

Mackenzie Wilkes
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
Soluble solutions

Pamela Smith
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Proud to be Ukrainian Hundreds gather Downtown in support of Ukraine

Rachael Perrotta
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Pure joy: 24.1% of early decision I applicants admitted to Class of 2026

Philip Perez, Gabriella Jasso
Foghorn News, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Food pantry sees demand rise

First Place
Michael Asch
Elon News Network
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina
A community divided

Second Place
Audrey Richardson
The State News
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Just keep swimming:
How my 12 teammates and I coped with the termination of the MSU swim and dive program

Third Place
Natalie Brown
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Heart and Sole:
The rise of the modern-day sneakerhead

Fourth Place
Chiara Profenna
The Beacon
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon
Meet the ‘killer bass player’ of the UP community

Fifth Place
Kate Brennan
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Aloha Aina

Honorable mentions

Reyn Ou, Erik Zamora
Daily Forty-Niner, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Why Coca-Cola is nowhere to be seen

Phyllis Cha, Hannah Dailey, Izzy Myszak, Ethan Levy
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
After the audition

Abby Weiss
The Daily Orange, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
THE ONE: Joe Biden’s 1st wife Neilia Biden shaped his life, career while at Syracuse

Luke Ettinger
Emerge, University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, Ontario
A carbon sink flooded with drought:
Agriculture tackling climate change

Taylor Coit, Ward Sakeik, Nicholas Badeaux, Julia Mendoza
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Opal Lee’s Juneteenth Journey

First Place
Nicklaus Utsey, Jake Wilson, Ward Sakeik, Nicholas Badeaux, Shelby Carter
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Movin’ Mavs claim back-to-back championships

Second Place
Kyle Hastings, Matthew Bornhorst, Torstein Rehn
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California
How Cal Poly Baseball Brings Together the San Luis Obispo Community

Third Place
Caleb Bozard, Sydney Dunlap, Will Kronsberg, Zane Heinlein, Spencer Ball
The Daily Gamecock
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
I’ll be able to take it with me forever:
Students storm fountain after Gamecocks win national title

Fourth Place
Vy Nguyen
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michigan Gymnastics Meet

Fifth Place
Landon Reinhardt, Claiborn Schmidt
The Collegian
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
It’s not about me, it’s about us:
New men’s basketball head coach Jerome Tang speaks to media for first time

Honorable mentions

Emily Marsten
Calgary Journal, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
Football concussion protocols in Alberta follow the rules but levels of care can still vary widely

Abby Wilt
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
Going from a Wave to an Olympic Gold Medalist

Robert Read, Kelsey Harrell, Jerod Ringwald, Sarah Galla
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
A built-in best friend: Identical twins Keegan and Kris Murray living their Iowa basketball dream together

Jordan Dawson
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Penn State football’s defense shuts out Indiana in Stripe Out win

Justin Hershey, Truman McDaniel
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
The Three Plays that Doomed Vanderbilt Against South Carolina

First Place
Gavin Liddell
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Grit & Glory

Second Place
Jack Weaver
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Picture Kentucky: Living off the Grid

Third Place
Jesse Barber
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
From Blue Ridge to Blue Room: Local tree selected for White House display

Fourth Place
Staff
Talisman
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Wild Wild Western: 2 days of WKU Homecoming

Fifth Place
Will Geschke, Maddie Stellingwerf
The Daily Emerald
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Protesters march through downtown Eugene to oppose draft of supreme court decision

Honorable mentions

Ethan Dulaney
The Occidental, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
Holi 2022 Celebration with South Asian Student Association

Jerod Ringwald, Ayrton Breckenridge
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
No. 18 Iowa football vs. No. 17 Indiana

Soren Frantz
The Equinox, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
Photo essay: 2022 LEC Championship Game

Staff
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
Elon University celebrates Holi

Faith Worrell
The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
PHOTOS: The South Carolina women’s basketball team celebrates its 2022 national championship win

First Place
Abby Weiss
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
THE ONE: Joe Biden’s 1st wife Neilia Biden shaped his life, career while at Syracuse

Second Place
Chiara Profenna
The Beacon
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon
Interactive Timeline: Celebrating women’s history month through UP’s history

Third Place
Lana Phol
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
UTA Salary Database

Fourth Place
Kristine Nguyen, Jordon Levy
Emerge
University of Guelph-Humber
Toronto, Ontario
2022 VR Visual Showcase Project

Fifth Place
Annabelle Childers
Currents
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
Is it Worth It?: Examining the United States’ Complicated Past with War and State-Building

Honorable mentions

Lindsey Parungo, Priya Kanneboyina, Samantha Low, Ziqing Luo
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
How grade distributions changed during online learning

Kelsey Harrell
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
How universities across the Big Ten Conference are continuing to combat COVID-19

Arnav Binaykia
Washington Square News, New York University, New York, New York
NYU COVID positivity rate more than 20x pre-omicron average

Betul Tuncer
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Black Action Society’s Computer Center Takeover Interactive Timeline

Nick Cook
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
When time stood still

First Place
Mary Steffenhagen
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
New York, New York
Home Ed: An Investigative Podcast

Second Place
Nandika Chirala, Trent Griffith, Brynn Jones, Abhinav Krishnan
The Vanderbilt Hustler
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Diermeier and the giant unicorn: Understanding fossil fuel divestment

Third Place
Alan Humphreys
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Fiat Lux: Michael Schindlinger and Irene Chen

Fourth Place
Karl Winter
The Graphic
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
S2 Finale: Gender Identity and Transgenderism in College Sports

Fifth Place
Ella Adams, Mia Mendez, Evan Byrd
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
BOO-ne, Episode 1: Appalachian Witchcraft & Folklore

Honorable mentions

Jimena Romero, Erika Hernandez, Nicole Viloria, Diego Faria, Sebastian Parra
Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida
Calle Ocho Extravaganza

Matteo Wong
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Annex

Alex Tey
Washington Square News, New York University, New York, New York
Forgotten NYU, Episode 2: A New Type of Normal

Braden Dyreson, Nick Eickhoff, Nick Stonesifer
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
We asked Penn State students for their THON Line Dance predictions | Wrap Around Podcast

Claudia Fuss, Asime Ibraimi
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin
Real Nonsense Episode 5: Lets talk about sex baby — sex health, virginity and everything in between

First Place
Samuel Hyland
The Vanderbilt Hustler
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
The day the vending machines turned against me

Second Place
Staff
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Flyby Blog

Third Place
Riley Hostutler
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Riley Hostuler Blog

Fourth Place
Morgaine McIlhargey
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Kira kira

Fifth Place
Ayden Herold
The Daily Collegian
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
I learned how to jig with Penn State’s Irish Dance Team

Honorable mentions

Josh Jones
The Express, Las Positas College, Livermore, California
Tom Brady changed my life

Alejandra Garcia
Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida
The Story of You: Grooming Warning Signs

Nithin Ragunathan
The Chronicle, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Data dive: Zoning in on Duke men’s basketball ahead of its Elite Eight matchup against Arkansas

Ellie Olivares
Orange Media Network, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Somebody As Fly As Me — A Story of Friendship and the Duality of Man in An Evening With Silk Sonic

Elizabeth Donnelly
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Pitt Prescription | Exploring vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 booster shots