2024 Broadcast Story of the Year
2024 Broadcast Story of the Year winners
Broadcast News Story • Broadcast Feature Story
Broadcast Sports Story • Broadcast Commentary
Nov. 2, 2024
Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2024 Broadcast Story of the Year competition.
ACP’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.
Winners were announced during the Fall National College Media Convention, on Nov 2 in New Orleans.
Broadcast News Story
First Place
Fentanyl Crisis
Raya Torres
Beach TV News
California State University, Long Beach
Second Place
Newhouse Spotlight Team: Green Black Market
Nardeen Saleep, Zach Richter, Jamie Korenblat, Josh Feldstein
NCC News
Syracuse University (NY)
Third Place
DOJ Report: Uvalde Response was a Failure
Raya Torres
Baylor Lariat TV News
Baylor University (TX)
Fourth Place
Anti-Arab Rhetoric on the Rise
Naoufal Enhari, Brianna Knibbs
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
Fifth Place
Newhouse Spotlight Team: Adding Insult To Injury
Peyton Spellacy, Meghan McCloskey, Grace McConnell, Wyatt Miller
NCC News
Syracuse University (NY)
Honorable mentions
CFA Strike at CSUN
Quinn Alexander
Daily Sundial
California State University, Northridge
Invasive fruit flies cause crop quarantine in Riverside County
Johari Jauregui
CBU TV
California Baptist University
Campus Protest Arrests Spark Outcry
Joe Caffrey, Jennifer Garcia
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
Student Construction Protest
Kody Bair, Lucas Warren, Hunter Bostain
AppTV
Appalachian State University (NC)
Briles, McCaw dismissed in Baylor Title IX lawsuit
Danika Young, George Schroeder
Baylor Lariat TV News
Baylor University (TX)
Broadcast Feature Story
First Place
Is “defund the police” dead?
Nathan Kuczmarski
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Second Place
Full Circle
Murphy McFarlane
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University (NY)
Third Place
The Chicago Minute: Mr. Beef or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bear
Isabel Perkinson, Kiernan Sullivan, Linnea Cheng, Meredith Bach
14 East
DePaul University (IL)
Fourth Place
Godspeed
Ayrton Breckenridge
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Fifth Place
Who cares about the national debt?
Nathan Kuczmarski, Sarah Hutter
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Honorable mentions
Art Exhibit Dismantles Stereotypes of Incarcerated People
Matthew Ferrera
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
OK Room
Nora Gallagher, Crystal Trinh
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Superstar Sears
Jacob Wuwert, Dylan Henson, Ryan Hendrix, Hunter Bostain, Matthew Young
AppTV
Appalachian State University (NC)
Behind the voice of JMU sports
Zoe Mowery, Madeline Gallagher
Breeze TV
James Madison University (VA)
LeAndre Hayes: Business owner, skateboarder and husband
Bryce Towle
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Broadcast Sports Story
First Place
TakeTheStairs
Samantha Bellantoni, Matthew Young
AppTV
Appalachian State University (NC)
Second Place
CSUN Women’s Golf Hosts Tri-Match in Prevention of Human Trafficking
Quinn Alexander
Daily Sundial
California State University, Northridge
Third Place
App State Pro Day
Hunter Bostain, Ryan Hendrix
AppTV
Appalachian State University (NC)
Fourth Place
Texas State dominates Baylor in home opener
George Schroeder
Baylor Lariat TV
News Baylor University (TX)
Fifth Place
High Hopes for CSUN Women’s Tennis
Edward Segal
Daily Sundial
California State University, Northridge
Honorable mentions
High School Athlete Tackles Challenges on and off the Field
Mason Willett
Elon News Network
Elon University (NC)
Empowerment on Eight Wheels
Sonja Anderson
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
How the Athlete Student Lab is promoting …
Jack Hildebrand
MNTV Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Student-athletes respond to the abrupt discontinuation of their programs
Donovan Decano
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Going to New Lengths: Swimmer Sets Hudson River Record
Naoufal Enhari, Ebony Prescod
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
Broadcast Commentary
First Place
Is the dismount zone actually making our campus safer?
Jack Raese
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Second Place
Should LMU have an open campus?
Mateo-Luis Planas, Judy Dainton, Hayden Brown
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Third Place
Catching up with the Kernel: Editorial on UK Swim Coach
Giana Gallo, Owen Chesemore, Hannah Stanley
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Fourth Place
Inside the Westwood Homeless Count
Max Davis-Housefield, Victoria Marchetti
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Fifth Place
Climate Anxiety
Marley Penagos, Millie Auchard, Gabrielle Salgado
NewsWaves 32
Pepperdine University (CA)
Honorable mentions
On the hunt for coffee
Kirsten Soliz
Foghorn News
Del Mar College (TX)
Corpus Christi Thrifting Tips
Kirsten Soliz
Foghorn News
Del Mar College (TX)
Free Speech on Campus
Nate Lucas, Bryce Towle
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
From the Newsroom 05/07/24
Kora Siebert, Zach Huffman, Ben Schicker
Arrow
Southeast Missouri State University
Majors that would survive in a horror film
Bella Lantz, Pruett Norris
AppTV
Appalachian State University (NC)