2023 Innovation Pacemakers
ACP honors innovation in collegiate media
Oct. 30, 2023
Associated Collegiate Press honored the nation’s top collegiate media with its Innovation Pacemaker awards at the Fall National College Media Convention, in Atlanta.
ACP Pacemakers in Broadcast, Innovation, Magazine, Multiplatform, Newspaper/Newsmagazine and Online were announced at the convention’s awards ceremony.
“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” Executive Director Laura Widmer said. “NSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.”
Fall 2023 Pacemakers
Broadcast
Innovation
Magazine
Multiplatform
Newspaper/Newsmagazine
Online
Spring 2024 Pacemakers
Business
Online
Yearbook
2023 Individual Awards
presented fall 2023
Broadcast Story of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Design of the Year
Multimedia Story of the Year
Photo of the Year
Reporter of the Year
Story of the Year
2024 Individual Awards
presented spring 2024
Business & Advertising
2023 Innovation Pacemakers
listed by state
The Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Student leadership: Chris Benis,
Jillian Caforio, Jennifer Woo
Advisers: Tom Nelson, Kevin O’Keeffe
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Celebrating the five First Amendment freedoms, The Los Angeles Loyolan collaborated with student government to reintroduce First Amendment Week to the Loyola Marymount University community.
The keynote speaker for First Amendment Week was Jennette McCurdy, former child star and author of the New York Times-bestselling memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” familiar to students through the Nickelodeon shows “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat.”
The Loyolan amplified promotions through social media for a successful event.
Pepperdine Graphic Media
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
Student leadership: Sahej Bhasin,
Samantha Torre, Abby Wilt
Adviser: Elizabeth Smith
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Pepperdine Graphic Media’s News Talks help students dive into deeper discussions of what inclusion means, as well as help members of PGM engage with the Pepperdine community. They also advance news literacy in an engaging way and help student journalists understand how their audience engages (or does not engage) with their products.
Immigrants in Middle America
Ball State University & Western Kentucky University
Covering the challenges facing small mid-American cities such as Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Muncie, Indiana, the student media and public media teams at Ball State University and Western Kentucky University collaborated to create content that is shared across multiple platforms and markets.
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Ball State Daily News, Ball Bearings Magazine
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Student leadership: Elissa Maudlin
Adviser: Lisa Renze-Rhodes
College Heights Herald
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Student leadership: Alexandria Anderson,
Jake Moore, Debra Murray
Advisers: Chuck Clark, Carrie Pratt
