Best of Show awards were presented at the ACP Spring National College Media Conference awards ceremony, March 5, 2022, Long Beach, California.

More than 500 collegiate journalists and their advisers attended the conference, with Associated Collegiate Press, the California College Media Association and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges as hosts.

Best of Show competitions included Staff Recognition and Individual Recognition, as well as People’s Choice Awards, judged by staffs at the conference.

Staff Recognition
Individual Recognition
People’s Choice Awards

Newspaper

Two-year campus

1. Southwestern College, The Sun, Chula Vista, California

2. el Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California

3. The Skyline View, Skyline College, San Bruno, California

4. Viewpoints, Riverside City College, Riverside, California

5. Commuter, Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon

Newspaper

Four-year campus with 10,000 students or fewer

1. Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri

2. The Pepperdine Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

3. El Leñador, California State University, Humboldt, Arcata, California

4. The Banner, California Baptist University, Riverside, California

5. The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

6. The Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

Newspaper

Four-year campus with more than 10,000 students

1. The Sunflower, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

2. Mustang News, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California

3. Daily Forty-Niner, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California

4. Spartan Daily, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

5. The Daily Utah Chronicle , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

6. Kansas State Collegian, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

7. Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

Feature Magazine

1. El Sol, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California

2. Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

3. Warrior Life, El Camino College, Torrance, California

4. Pursuit, California Baptist University, Riverside, California

5. Currents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

6. Access, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

7. Dig Mag, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

8. Converge, California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California

9. Word, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

10. City Scene, San Diego City College, San Diego, California

Literary Arts Magazine

1. Havik 2021, Los Positas College, Livermore, California

2. Collections, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

3. Seed, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

Yearbook

1. Tower, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri

2. Royal Purple, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

3. Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

4. The Bluestone, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

5. Petit Jean, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

6. Angelos, California Baptist University, Riverside, California

7. The Tower, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

8. Excalibur, Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri

Website

Two-year campus

1. Talon Marks
Cerritos College, Norwalk, California

2. el Don
Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California

3. City Times Media
San Diego City College, San Diego, California

4. Coast Report
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California

5. SAC Media
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California

6. Substance
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California

7. The Union
El Camino College, Torrance, California

8. Reporter
Moorpark College, Moorpark, California

9. Viewpoints
Riverside City College, Riverside, California

10. Commuter
Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon

Website

Four-year campus with 10,000 students or fewer

1. The Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

2. The Pepperdine Graphic
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

3. The Observer
Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio

4. The Runner
California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California

5. The Banner
California Baptist University, Riverside, California

6. Muleskinner
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri

7. The Oracle
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

8. The Link
Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

9. The Pace Press
Pace University, New York, New York

Website

More than 10,000 students

1. Kansas State Collegian
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

2. The Orion
California State University, Chico, Chico, California

3. Daily Forty-Niner
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California

4. The State Hornet
California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California

5. Mustang News
California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California

6. The Sunflower
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

7. Our American
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

Broadcast News Program

Two-year campus

1. Newscene
San Diego City College, San Diego, California

Broadcast News Program

Four-year campus

1. Mustang News
California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California

2. Our America
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

3. Campus Connection
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California

4. CBU TV
California Baptist University, Riverside, California

Print Design

1. Sean Marty
“Jackpot,”
The Sunflower, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

2. Ali Levens
“How One Delicious Salad Can Create Global Citizens,”
Currents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

3. Ali Levens
“We Are Back,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

4. Savannah Owens, Robert Johnson
“Aqui Estoy: The Origin of ‘El Centro,’”
Que Ondee Sola, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

5. Anika Besst
“Black Lives Still Matter: Amir Locke protest,”
The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota 

6. Thy Vo
“Thirsty for Normal,”
The Sunflower, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

7. Anika Besst
“HUSC survey: masks and online options,”
The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota 

8. Mikyla Berish, Dylan Kowlessar, Toby Sopp, Shijie Jerry Zhong
“Touch-N-Go Concert,”
The Avion, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida

9. Savannah Owens
“Creando Conciencia: Cover design,”
Que Ondee Sola, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

Photojournalism

1. Madison Meyer
“Football Win,” Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

2. Madison Meyer
“Botham Jean Memorial,” Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

3. Gabrielle Salgado
“Dance in Flight’ Gives a Captivating Show,” The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

4. Madison Meyer
“20th Anniversary of 9/11,” Bison, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

5. Jacob ‘Coby’ Aloi
“Protesters gathered in Government Square,” The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

6. Megan Williams
“How One Delicious Salad Can Create Global Citizens,” Currents , Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

7. Keyshawn Davis
“Reclaim MLK Day Parade,” The State Hornet, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California

Broadcast News Story

1. Dominique Williams, Kris Hall, Alec Ramey
“Sac State Says: Commencement,”
The State Hornet, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California

Broadcast Feature Story

1. Veronica Backer-Peral
“Promise and Peril: Fighting Climate Change One Animal at a Time,”
Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

2. Trudy Leong
“Chicago Department of Water Management Disregards Mature and Historic Trees,”
WZRD Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

3. Gabrielle Salgado
“Head in the Game: Pietro Fellin,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

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Print, online, video, audio

1. Ali Levens
“Malibu In Sight Optometry,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

2. Hayley Skrezyna
“NEIU Independent House Ad,”
NEIU Independent, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

Social Justice Reporting

1. Emma Hall, Keyshawn Davis, Dominique Williams
“Stop being afraid: Black faculty urge Sac State to call out campus racism,”
The State Hornet, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California

2. Anitiz Muonagolu
“How Pepp Stacks Up: Queer Inclusivity Across Christian Schools,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

3. Tristan Maglunog
“Chinatown in L.A. paralyzed by fear as hate crimes near 4,000 cases,”
Our America, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California

4. Ryland Pietras
“van Dyke Release Protest,”
NEIU Independent, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

5. Lydia Meier
“Hate speech conversations continue,”
The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

6. Robert Johnson
“Aqui Estoy: The Origin of ‘El Centro’,”
Que Ondee Sola, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

7. Erwin Lopez Rada
“President Gibson Responds to ‘Mass Exodus’ of Faculty, “microaggressions” to Students,“
NEIU Independent, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

8. Lydia Meier
“Inaccessibility on campus,”
The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

9. Jack Fischer, Lydia Meier
“Black Lives Still Matter: Amir Locke protest,”
The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

10. Emily Shaw
“The Power Behind A Name,”
Currents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

Podcast

1. Maritza Camacho, Lauren Spates, Nicholas Vides, Rebecca Bell
“Chronic Catastrophe, Part 1, 2, 3,”
Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3
The Oak Leaf News, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

2. Jacob ‘Coby’ Aloi
“On the Subject of Hate Speech,”
The Oracle, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

3. Kyle McCabe
“Omicron Sends Students on Vacation,”
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

4. Mercy Sosa, Mack Ervin III
“Dr. Alma Flores breaks down teaching as a Latinx professor, campus’ HSI funding,”
The State Hornet, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California

Blog

No awards

Magazine

1. Dig Magazine, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California

2. Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

3. Pursuit, California Baptist University, Riverside, California

Yearbook

1. Tower, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri

2. Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

3. The Bluestone, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Newspaper

1. El Leñador, California State University, Humboldt, Arcata, California

2. Daily Forty-Niner, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California

3. The Daily Utah Chronicle , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah