Sept. 24, 2021

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2021 Best Use of Social Media competition.

Winners in this and all Individual Award categories, as well as the ACP Pacemaker Awards, will be announced virtually at 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT Thursday, Oct. 14, during the Fall National College Media Convention.

Finalists listed below are alphabetical by state.

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2021 Individual Award finalists
Advertisement • Broadcast • Cartoon • Design
Multimedia • Photo • Reporter • Story
Social Media • COVID-19 Coverage

2021 Pacemaker finalists
Broadcast • Business • Innovation
Magazine • Newspaper • Online • 2020 Yearbook

Past ACP awards

“COVID Town Hall Livestream”
Sherry Liang, Spencer Donovan, Simran Malhotra
The Red & Black
University of Georgia
Athens, California

“Coverage of law enforcement stand-off”
Jackie Park, Emily Broyles, Jake Markland, Xanayra Marin-Lopez
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University
Boone, California

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

“Spartan Daily coverage of San Jose City Hall protests”
Chelsea Nguyen-Fleige, Bryanna Bartlett, Jesus Tellitud
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

“Election Coverage”
Staff
el Don
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California

“Justice for Adam Toledo rally”
Sonal Soni
The DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

“Breaking news reporting and social media thread with background of The Daily Tar Heel’s lawsuit for access to public records regarding sexual assault cases on campus”
Will Melfi
The Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

“Duke Lockdown Coverage”
Leah Boyd, Nadia Bey
The Chronicle
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

“Daily Emerald Social Media Reporting”
Staff
Daily Emerald
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

“Shorthorn Social Media Reporting”
Staff
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas

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

“Record Stores”
Staff
el Don
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California

“Urbana: We Transcend Barriers”
Gabriela Vilas, Jeidy Gonzalez
Urbana Literary & Arts
Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus
Miami, Florida

“Square 95 promo”
Meg Aki, Perrin Smith
District
Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

“Norman Finkelstein Exclusive”
Jessica Rish, Rebecca Meluch
The DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

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

“Talisman Social Media Promotion”
Ally Mefford, Joeleen Hubbard, Erin Horton, Sheyna Roscoe, Hannah Vanover
Talisman
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

“The Harvard Crimson Instagram”
Staff
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

“Deconstructing the Divide”
Frankie Sailer, Charlene Masona, Taijay Blagrove, Kevin Camelo
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

“Shorthorn Social Promotions”
Staff
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas