2022 Best Use of Social Media

Aug. 31, 2022

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2022 Best Use of Social Media competition.

Individual Award winners will be announced at MediaFest22, the Fall National College Media Convention, at 3:30 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 28, at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

A gallery of winners will be posted after the Oct. 28 announcement.

Finalists below are listed by state.

Register for the convention.
Enter the convention’s Best of Show contest.

Pacemaker finalists
Announced in September 2022, these Pacemaker finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Oct. 28 awards ceremony.

Broadcast • Innovation • Magazine •
Multiplatform • Newspaper • Online

2022 Yearbook Pacemakers will be presented in spring 2023.

Pacemaker 100
To celebrate our 100th birthday, we’ll honor our top Pacemaker winners and announce the Top 10 at the fall convention.


Social Media Reporting

Kristina Agresta, Vincent Medina, Leila Nunez
Daily Forty-Niner, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California
“Covering the Long Beach Grand Prix”

Staff
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
“Social Media Reporting: The Graphic”

Marshall Sunner, Alyssa Fullington
The Collegian, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
“Social Media Reporting”

Arnav Binaykia, Manasa Gudavalli
Washington Square News, New York University, New York, New York
“Taylor Swift at NYU’s commencement”

Cameron Stuart, Hollie Moore
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
“Report shows faculty of color retiring early due to “toxic work environment””

Staff
The Chronicle, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
“The Chronicle’s Social Media Reporting 2021-2022”

Jacob Kisamore
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
“Elon Softball vs. Delaware”

Browning Blair, David Ferrara
The Tiger, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
“Digitalizing the News: The Tiger’s Approach to Social Media Reporting”

Staff
The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
“Women’s Basketball National Championship”

Abraham Mohamad
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
“The Shorthorn’s Approach to Social Media”

Social Media Promotion

Staff
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
“Best Social Media Promotion: The Graphic”

Staff
el Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California
“Informing, Engaging and Promoting print products”

Ana Muñoz, Gabriela Garcia, Kamila Izquierdo
Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida
“Social Media Promotion”

Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Ball Bearings Magazine Social Media Promotion”

Ryan Walker, Luca Richman, Manasa Gudavalli
Washington Square News, New York University, New York, New York
“WSN Social Media”

Staff
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“Entitled to Equality”

Staff
Emerge, University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, Ontario
“Social Media campaign for 2022 print and web magazines plus InstaZine and Emerge Conference events”

Alan Nguyen
Orange Media Network, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
“OSU’s new president”

Staff
Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
“G&B Print Editions Promotion Campaign”

Staff
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
“The Shorthorn’s Promoting content using Social Media”