ACP honors
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Design of the Year

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Oct. 30, 2023

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2023 Design 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 Oct. 30 in Atlanta.

First Place
Cailin O’Malley
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Cheatbot?

Second Place
Marandah Mangra-Dutcher
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Loaded Debate

Third Place
Meghan Holt
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University (IN)
One Drop at a Time

Fourth Place
Liliana Anguiano, Camila Gonzalez, Nicolette Monique Luna
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)
Manager Admits to ATM Theft

Fifth Place
Kate Bustamante
el Don
Santa Ana College (CA)
Women Stay Inked

Honorable mentions

Jake Cox
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
Costly Consequences

Thy Vo
The Sunflower, Wichita State University (KS)
Cut the Baloney

Erin Martin
The Pendulum, Elon University (NC)
Elon’s Revolving Door

Matt Faught
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Did a Human Make This?

Tabitha Tudor
The Brookhaven Courier, Dallas College Brookhaven Campus (TX)
Brookhaven names Student of the Year

First Place
Aidan Dillon, Jackie Espitia, Noel Lopez, Owen Roberts
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Shabang

Second Place
Claudia Humphrey
The Shorthorn
The University of Texas at Arlington
House Majority

Third Place
Robert Heeter
The Rice Thresher
Rice University (TX)
Abortion through the ages

Fourth Place
Lys Goldman
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan
Cool Hand Luke

Fifth Place
Emily McGinn
The Banner
California Baptist University
Coping with Inflation

Honorable mentions

Kate Bustamante
el Don, Santa Ana College (CA)
Why Do Women’s Stories Matter?

Alex Bracken
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
A Change In Direction

Tatum Mitchell
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University (TX)
Baylor sports year in review

Matt Faught
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
The Best Burger Joints In Dallas

Valenzia Cina
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College (WI)
Memoir tells a child actress’ experiences

First Place
Mariana Ramos, Jett Shim, Ian Winstanley
Inside Fullerton
Fullerton College (CA)
The Trials of Critical Race Theory

Second Place
Megan Fu, Christine Kao
Prime (Daily Bruin)
University of California, Los Angeles
Fall 2022

Third Place
Michael Hu, Sophia Salamanca, Sophia Scott
Fifteen Minutes (The Harvard Crimson)
Harvard University (MA)
Dropping Out and Cashing In: The Rise of DAOHQ

Fourth Place
Teresa Aguilera
Prism
Oregon State University
Bodies: Prism 2023

Fifth Place
Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings
Ball State University (IN)
Missing, Missing, Missing

Honorable mentions

Rachel Farinas
Distraction, University of Miami (FL)
Grown Up Cover

Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings, Ball State University (IN)
The Senses

Gabi Broekema, Amelia Curry
Talisman, Western Kentucky University
Surreal

Christa Wickman
Midas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Nostalgia

Hyunji da Silva, Syd Lewin, Rachel Poulter-Martinez, Viv Rathfon, Madison Tran
Amendment, Virginia Commonwealth University
Amendment 2022

First Place
Fern Barber, Aden Hurdstrom, Alan Nguyen
DAMchic
Oregon State University
The Beauty in Being Alone

Second Place
Abigael Craig, Grace Johnson, Alan Nguyen
DAMchic
Oregon State University
Mirror in the Mirror

Third Place
Leo Medrano
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Where Does the Trash Go?

Fourth Place
Tiana Cohen, Micah Jordan, April Montgomery
Midas
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Cyclical 

Fifth Place
Nicolette Monique Luna
El Sol
Southwestern College (CA)
We Must Never Forget

Honorable mentions

Lucian Himes, Haley Hoidal, Whitney Powell
Currents, Pepperdine University (CA)
Animated

Joseph Boyle, Cayleigh Brown, Kara Hunkele, Peter McKinney
The Peel Literature & Arts Review, Appalachian State University (NC)
A Foreign Affair/Dirt

Micah Jordan, April Montgomery, Abbas Omotosho
Midas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Celestial

Jason May, Alan Nguyen
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
Grocery Shopping 101

Melissa Borgerding
Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
The Rise of Online Anonymity

First Place
Michaela Chen
Tower
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Tower

Second Place
Carolina Camus, Camila Romero
Ibis
University of Miami (FL)
Ibis

Third Place
Kassidy Blount, Madison Kirkland
Angelos
California Baptist University
Iridescent

Fourth Place
Dyanna Bateman, Carly Nicholas
Michiganensian
University of Michigan
Michiganensian 127

Fifth Place
Morgan Dowler, Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
A New Perspective

Honorable mentions

Macey Franko
Royal Purple, Kansas State University
Watch What Happens

Jack Weaver
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
Year in Photos

Audrey Mulholland, Jenna Pardieck
The Ole Miss, University of Mississippi
The Ole Miss

Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck, North Carolina State University
Agromeck

First Place
Kira Sakai
Tower
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
On Call

Second Place
Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
Saving lives with Kayleigh Mann

Third Place
Jack Weaver
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Sports

Fourth Place
Hannah Daily
Angelos
California Baptist University
Lunar New Year

Fifth Place
Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
The next generation of FINER women

Honorable mentions

Carolina Camus
Ibis, University of Miami (FL)
What ‘Canes Say

Reece Bachta
Royal Purple, Kansas State University
Where in the Hale

Libby Owen
Michiganensian, University of Michigan
Helping Ann Arbor Stay Fresh

Megan Williams
Aggieland, Texas A&M University
Meet at Midnight

First Place
Erin Martin
The Pendulum
Elon University (NC)
Elon’s revolving door

Second Place
Thy Vo
The Sunflower
Wichita State University (KS)
Kansas’ Decision

Third Place
Amber Pietz
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University (IN)
16 Years of Eras (Taylor’s Version)

Fourth Place
Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
Your true colors

Fifth Place
Alan Nguyen
Beaver’s Digest
Oregon State University
Possession laws in Oregon

Honorable mentions

Haley Hoidal
The Graphic, Pepperdine University (CA)
Find Your Local Record Store

Victor Pedraza Lopez
Xpress, San Francisco State University (CA)
3 Years of Covid-19

Jake Cox
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
What we know so far: DePaul’s budget gap recap

Jake Fischer, Alan Nguyen
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
Best spots to nap on campus

Razylin Avendano
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Accidental Drug Medication Deaths

First Place
Jett Shim, Ian Winstanley
Inside Fullerton
Fullerton College (CA)
The Juco Struggle Illustration

Second Place
Jack Donnelly
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Little 500 2023

Third Place
Claudia Humphrey
The Shorthorn
The University of Texas at Arlington
Asian cinema

Fourth Place
Dorottya Faa
The Standard
Missouri State University
How to live with a randomly assigned roommate

Fifth Place
Jasmine Lee
Daily Forty-Niner
California State University, Long Beach
Multicultural

Honorable mentions

Melanie Chen
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
Labor unions prevent violations, preserve democracy in workplace

Ian Lucic
Michiganensian, University of Michigan
The Ann Arbor High

Matt Faught
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Latin Horror

Hai-Van Hoang
The Rice Thresher, Rice University (TX)
Proofpoint digest implementation brings mixed reactions

Iyana Graham
Amendment, Virginia Commonwealth University
Red