2025 Reporter of the Year

2025 Reporter of the Year winners

Oct. 18, 2025

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2025 Reporter 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 MediaFest25 Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C.

First Place
Erica Lee
The Union
El Camino College (CA)

Second Place
Kelly Feng
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College (WI)

Third Place
Fousia Abdullahi
The Collegian
Tarrant County College (TX)

Fourth Place
Dylan Arreola
The Hornet
Fullerton College (CA)

Fifth Place
Bill Eaves
Foghorn News
Del Mar College (TX)

Honorable mentions

Brandon Rowley
el Don
Santa Ana College (CA)

Delilah Brumer
Roundup
Pierce College (CA)

Shehzil Imran
The Brookhaven Courier
Dallas College Brookhaven Campus (TX)

Oliva Fitts
The Express
Las Positas College (CA)

Alexa Lima
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)

First Place
Jami Martin-Trainor
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa

Second Place
Finn Lincoln
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University (NY)

Third Place
Avery Sloan
The Pendulum
Elon University (NC)

Fourth Place
Alex Walters
The State News
Michigan State University

Fifth Place
Zoe MacDiarmid
The Huntington News
Northeastern University (MA)

Honorable mentions

Jerry Wu
Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University (IL)

Nicholas Gutteridge
The Battalion
Texas A&M University

Marianna Souriall
The Daily Toreador
Texas Tech University

Olivia Warren
The Tulane Hullabaloo
Tulane University (LA)

Alison Winters
Vanderbilt Hustler
Vanderbilt University (TN)