ACP names top student collegiate magazines

Prestigious competition recognizes 14 Pacemakers

Nov. 2, 2024

NEW ORLEANS — Honoring the nation’s best, the Associated College Press named 14 student magazines as winners of its prestigious Pacemaker during an awards ceremony at the the Fall National College Media Convention, in New Orleans.

“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” executive director Laura Widmer said. “ACP is honored to recognize the best of the best.”

The prestigious Pacemaker recognizes overall excellence and distinguishes the top student media produced during a particular school year. The award started shortly after the association was founded in 1921 and is often regarded as the most-competitive, most-honored award in collegiate journalism.

In September, 31 magazines were named Pacemaker finalists. The finalists represented 15 states. California and Oregon set the pace with five finalists followed by Florida with four.

Magazines competed in feature/general audience and literary arts divisions. Magazines produced at four-year and two year institutions competed in separate categories.

Three judges, with extensive magazine-editing and advising experience, studied each entry discussing and analyzing its strengths and weaknesses.

Gary Lundgren, ACP associate director and coordinator of the Pacemaker competition, noted the quality of the winning student magazines rivals those produced by professionals.

“The verbal and visual storytelling in the winning magazines is incredible and robust long-form stories combined with shorter quick-reads to pace the reader through the pages of the feature magazines,” Lundgren said.

“And the creativity displayed in the literary arts magazines is incredible — the unique formats and creative designs make the magazines themselves a work of art,” he said.

Fall 2024 Pacemakers
presented Nov. 2, 2024

Broadcast
Innovation
Magazine
Multiplatform
Newspaper/Newsmagazine

2024 Individual Awards
presented Nov. 2, 2024

Story of the Year
Reporter of the Year
Multimedia Story of the Year
Design of the Year
Photo of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Broadcast Story of the Year

New Orleans Best of Show
presented Nov. 2, 2024

Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition

Dig
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Editor-in-chief: Olivia Peay
Adviser: Robin Jones

Inside Fullerton
Fullerton College
Fullerton, California
Editors-in-chief: Mariana Ramos, Mikey Moran
Adviser: Jessica Langlois

El Sol
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California
Editors-in-chief: Nicolette Monique Luna, Alexa Lima
Advisers: Max Branscomb, Kenneth Pagano

Distraction
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Editors-in-chief: Sal Puma, Lizzie Kristal
Adviser: Randy Stano

Ke Alaka’i
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii
Editors-in-chief: Elijah Hadley, Manhattan Ethington Prien, Ranitea Teihoarii, Lisi Tiafau
Adviser: LeeAnn Lambert

Drake Mag
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Editor-in-chief: Nate Eisenmann
Advisers: Jennifer Wilson, Jeff Inman, Neil Ward

Beaver’s Digest
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
Editors-in-chief: Emma Coke, Natalie Sharp
Advisers: Jennifer Moody

Flux
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Editor-in-chief: Johnny Media
Advisers: Charlie Deitz, Steven Asbury, Chris Pietsch

The Auburn Circle
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Editor-in-chief: Sara Amis
Adviser: Brit Bowen

Axis
Miami Dade College, North Campus
Miami, Florida
Editors-in-chief: Richemonde Israel, Bianca Jules
Advisers: Carmen Bucher, Eric Cornish, Kate Noonan

Phoenix
Valencia College
Orlando, Florida
Editors-in-chief: Mark Christmas, Paris Cumba, Annie Marion, Kim Snipes
Advisers: Meg Curtiss, Jackie Zuromski

Parnassus
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Adviser: Patrick Lochelt

The Peel Review
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
Editor-in-chief: Brittany Helms
Adviser: Allison Bennett Dyche

Hispanic Culture Review
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
Editor-in-chief: Katty Becerra De Melo
Advisers: Carla Burns, Jason Hartsel