Oct. 13, 2020

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2020 COVID-19 Coverage competition.

Winners in this and all Individual Award categories, as well as the ACP Pacemaker Awards, will be announced virtually at 6 p.m. Eastern Thursday, Oct. 22, during the Fall National College Media Convention.

To view the awards presentation, register for the convention at collegemediaconvention.org.

Finalists listed below are alphabetical by state.

2020 Individual Award Finalists

Advertisement • Cartoon • Design
Multimedia • Reporter • Photo • Story
Best Use of Social Media • COVID-19 Coverage

2020 Pacemaker finalists

Broadcast • Business • Innovation
Magazine • Newspaper • Online • 2019 Yearbook

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Broadcast: COVID-19 News or Feature Story

COVID rec center
Samantha Spitz
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

Everything you should know about hand washing
Ignacio Calderon, Kendall Polidori
The Columbia Chronicle
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

COVID-19 and Religious Communities
Jenna Galligan
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Coronavirus Special | April 2, 2020
Staff
Elon News Network
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina

Global News Relay: COVID-19
Staff
Lariat TV News Today
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

ChronicleTV News Quarantine Edition
Staff
ChronicleTV
Dallas College Richland Campus
Dallas, Texas

Muslims celebrate Ramadan from home
Skye Seipp
The Et Cetera
Eastfield College
Mesquite, Texas

Students spend 21st birthdays in quarantine
Cami Mondeaux
The Forum
Westminster College
Salt Lake City, Utah

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Online: COVID-19 News or Feature Story

My whole body was aching’:
One Auburn student’s story of being diagnosed with coronavirus
Eduardo Medina
The Auburn Plainsman
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Tracking coronavirus at UCLA
Staff
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Letters from
Staff
The Occidental
Occidental College
Los Angeles, California

Grieving spring:
Bloomington grapples with a surreal new normal
Staff
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

University of Iowa students grapple with how, whether to pay rent after classes transition online
Sarah Watson
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Class of COVID-19
Natalie Parks
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Scenes from the East Lansing area before, after coronavirus pandemic
Annie Barker, Sylvia Jarrus, Di’Amond Moore, Matt Schmucker, Matt Zubik
The State News
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

COVID-19 university and border closures leave international students in confusing situations
Kayla Drake, Matt Hampton, Merlina San Nicolás Leyva
Lindenlink
Lindenwood University
St. Charles, Missouri

UNC professor’s syllabus went viral as classes move online amid coronavirus outbreak
Emily Holler
The Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Verge: of COVID-19
Alena Blanes, Danya Elsayed, Nora Golubevaite, Kedice Jones, Neha Lobana
EMERGE Magazine
University of Guelph-Humber
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Print: COVID 19 News or Feature Story

COVID-19 edition
Staff
Daily Forty-Niner
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California

COVID-19 Special Issue
Staff
The Red & Black
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Coronavirus epidemic is fueling discrimination toward Chinese students
Nick Forsythe
The Columbia Chronicle
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Hawks unite in Covid-19 reponse
Marissa Payne
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

A semester we’ll never forget
Staff
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Rapid move-outs bring challenges
Juliet Isselbacher, Amanda Su
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

COVID-19 Hits Michigan
Staff
The State News
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Behind the Scenes of RIT’s Coronavirus Response
Kasey Mathews, Diana Spencer
Reporter
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

Diplomas and doubts: April 27 issue
Staff
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Penn, Evacuated
Staff
The Daily Pennsylvanian
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Print or Digital: COVID 19 Design/Visuals

Calgary Under Quarantine
Ricardo Garcia
Calgary Journal
Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Unfinished Stories
Max Wu
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

COVID-19: Documenting the pandemic
Staff
Warrior Life
El Camino College
Torrance, California

The facts about COVID-19
Emily Wright
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

COVID 19 Edition
Staff
Central Michigan Life
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

What you need to know about the coronavirus
Katie Herring
The Kent Stater
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

Photo Essay | Students reflect on life inside the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic
Chase Sutton
The Daily Pennsylvanian
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We’ve Been Here Before
Staff
El Espejo magazine
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas