2011 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners
Four-year Daily Newspaper
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Farzad Mashhood, editor
Amy Emmert, adviser
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
Sarah Brubeck, Jake Wright, editors
Ron Johnson/Ruth Witmer, advisers
Iowa State Daily, Iowa State Univ., Ames, Iowa
http://iowastatedaily.com/home/pdf_archives/2011/
Jessica Opoien, editor
Annette Forbes/Mark Witherspoon, advisers
Minnesota Daily, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
http://www.mndaily.com/archives/pdfs
Devin Henry, Taryn Wobberna, editors
Taryn Wobbema, adviser
The Daily Orange, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
http://issuu.com/dailyorange
Katie McInerney, editor
Pete Waack, adviser
Four-year Non-daily Newspaper
The Northern Light, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska
Jerzy Shedlock, Josh Edge, Shana Roberson, editors
Paola Banchero/Annie Route, advisers
Chimes, Biola Univ., La Mirada, Calif.
Kathryn Watson, editor
Michael Longinow, adviser
Loyolan, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, Calif.
http://issuu.com/laloyolan
Jose Martinez, Kenzie O’Keefe, editors
Tom Nelson, adviser
Golden Gate [X]Press, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, Calif.
http://issuu.com/goldengatexpress/
Ryan Smith, Kelsey Avers, editors
Rachele Kanigel/Austin Long-Scott, advisers
The GW Hatchet, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.
http://archives.gwhatchet.com/volumes/107/
Lauren French, editor
Evelyn Gardner, adviser
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
http://fnewsmagazine.com/wp/
Paul Elitzik, adviser
The Butler Collegian, Butler Univ., Indianapolis, Ind.
http://issuu.com/collegianeditor
Arika Herron, Hayleigh Colombo, editors
Loni McKown, adviser
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Michael Caprio, editor
Daniel Ottaunick, adviser
The Standard, Missouri State Univ., Springfield, Mo.
Sarah Bennett, editor
Jack Dimond, adviser
Student Life, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo.
http://www.studlife.com/pdf-archive/
Kate Gaertner, Josh Goldman, editors
Andy O’ Dell, adviser
The New Hampshire, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
http://issuu.com/tnhstaff
Thomas Gounley, Chad Graff, editors
Julie Perron, adviser
The Volante, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.
Chris Jessen, editor
Chuck Baldwin, adviser
The Vermont Cynic, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
http://www.vermontcynic.com/in-print
Natalie DiBlasio, editor
Chris Evans, adviser
Two-year College Newspaper
The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, Calif.
Diana Inocencio, Lyndsey Winkley, John Carter, editors
Max Branscomb, adviser
The Advocate, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.
http://issuu.com/the_advocate
Sam Attal, editor
Paul DeBolt, adviser
El Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, Calif.
Blanca Valdivia, editor
C.W Little, adviser
The Sentinel, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Devin Heilman, editor
Geoff Carr, adviser
The Et Cetera, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Braulio Tellez, editor
Lori Dann/Sabine Winter, advisers
2011 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Finalists
Four-year Daily Newspaper
Arizona Daily Wildcat, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
http://issuu.com/arizonadailywildcat
Colin Darland, Michelle Monroe, editors
Mark Woodhams, adviser
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Farzad Mashhood, editor
Amy Emmert, adviser
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
Sarah Brubeck, Jake Wright, editors
Ron Johnson/Ruth Witmer, advisers
The Daily News, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
Aly Brumback, Sarah Boswell, editors
John Strauss, adviser
Iowa State Daily, Iowa State Univ., Ames, Iowa
http://iowastatedaily.com/home/pdf_archives/2011/
Jessica Opoien, editor
Annette Forbes/Mark Witherspoon, advisers
The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.
Justin Harris, editor
Omar Sofradzija/Marty Sturgeon, advisers
Minnesota Daily, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
http://www.mndaily.com/archives/pdfs
Devin Henry, Taryn Wobberna, editors
Taryn Wobbema, adviser
Washington Square News, New York Univ., New York, N.Y.
Jaywon Choe, editor
David Cosgrove, adviser
The Daily Orange, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
http://issuu.com/dailyorange
Katie McInerney, editor
Pete Waack, adviser
The Daily Tar Heel, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
http://www.scribd.com/thedailytarheel
Sarah Frier, editor
Erica Perel, adviser
Four-year Non-daily Newspaper
The Northern Light, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska
Jerzy Shedlock, Josh Edge, Shana Roberson, editors
Paola Banchero/Annie Route, advisers
Chimes, Biola Univ., La Mirada, Calif.
Kathryn Watson, editor
Michael Longinow, adviser
Loyolan, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, Calif.
http://issuu.com/laloyolan
Jose Martinez, Kenzie O’Keefe, editors
Tom Nelson, adviser
Golden Gate [X]Press, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, Calif.
http://issuu.com/goldengatexpress/
Ryan Smith, Kelsey Avers, editors
Rachele Kanigel/Austin Long-Scott, advisers
The Review, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, Del.
http://issuu.com/udreview
Josh Shannon, editor
Sandy Iverson, adviser
The GW Hatchet, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.
http://archives.gwhatchet.com/volumes/107/
Lauren French, editor
Evelyn Gardner, adviser
The Famuan, Florida A & M Univ., Tallahassee, Fla.
http://issuu.com/famuanonline
Jordan Culver, editor
Andrew Skerritt, adviser
Signal, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, Ga.
Sheena Roetman, editor
Bryce McNeil, adviser
The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill.
http://issuu.com/thecolumbiachronicle
Chris Richert/Jeff Lyon, advisers
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
http://fnewsmagazine.com/wp/
Paul Elitzik, adviser
The Butler Collegian, Butler Univ., Indianapolis, Ind.
http://issuu.com/collegianeditor
Arika Herron, Hayleigh Colombo, editors
Loni McKown, adviser
Tulane Hullabaloo, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, La.
http://issuu.com/hullabaloo_online
Julie Schwartzwald, editor
Tel François-Bailliet, adviser
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Michael Caprio, editor
Daniel Ottaunick, adviser
The Standard, Missouri State Univ., Springfield, Mo.
Sarah Bennett, editor
Jack Dimond, adviser
Student Life, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo.
http://www.studlife.com/pdf-archive/
Kate Gaertner, Josh Goldman, editors
Andy O’ Dell, adviser
ASMSU Exponent, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, Mont.
Eric Dietrich, editor
Bill Wilke, adviser
The Nevada Sagebrush, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev.
Jessica Fryman, editor
Amy Koeckes, adviser
The New Hampshire, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
http://issuu.com/tnhstaff
Thomas Gounley, Chad Graff, editors
Julie Perron, adviser
The Ithacan, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y.
http://theithacan.org/pdf-archive/2010-11
Elizabeth Sile, editor
Michael Serino, adviser
UWeekly @ OSU, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio
Justin McIntosh, editor
Michael Riches, adviser
The Volante, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.
Chris Jessen, editor
Chuck Baldwin, adviser
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn.
David Namm, Chris Honiball, editors
Chris Carroll, adviser
The Vermont Cynic, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
http://www.vermontcynic.com/in-print
Natalie DiBlasio, editor
Chris Evans, adviser
Observer, Central Washington Univ., Ellensburg, Wash.
http://issuu.com/cwuobserver
Anthony James, editor
Cynthia Mitchell, Shawn Goggins, Kristin Gaskill, advisers
Two-year College Newspaper
Mesa Legend, Mesa CC, Mesa, Ariz.
Ryan McCullough, Joseph Starkloff, editors
Jack Mullins, adviser
The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, Calif.
Diana Inocencio, Lyndsey Winkley, John Carter, editors
Max Branscomb, adviser
The Advocate, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.
http://issuu.com/the_advocate
Sam Attal, editor
Paul DeBolt, adviser
El Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, Calif.
Blanca Valdivia, editor
C.W Little, adviser
Collegian, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Ga.
http://www.yudu.com/library/86865/kevinpham-s-Library
Ashley Cummins, Sabastian Wee, editors
David Simpson, adviser
The Sentinel, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Devin Heilman, editor
Geoff Carr, adviser
Crusader, Seward County CC, Liberal, Kan.
Alfredo Anaya, Dana Loewen, editors
Anita Reed, adviser
The Et Cetera, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Braulio Tellez, editor
Lori Dann/Sabine Winter, advisers
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis.
Cristalyne Bell, editor
Doug Kirchberg, adviser
Wingspan, Laramie County CC, Cheyenne, Wyo.
http://wingspan.lccc.wy.edu/Archivedissues.html
Seneca Flowers, Hannah Wheeler, Will Hebert, editors
Rosalind Schliske/J.L. O’Brien, advisers
Judges’ comments
Four-year Daily
Summary comments on winning entries:
- A good mix of stories, including in-depth news and fun features
- Professional design with a voice
- Attention to detail
- Accurately reflected their communities and towns with story choice and presentation
- A diversity of stories – profiles, campus, community, world, sports
- Looked beyond the surface reporting
- Good storytelling – visual and written
Summary comments on non-winning entries:
- Inconsistent layout, random type faces
- Failure to set boundaries with writers (not every story is worth 40”)
- Inattention to inside pages
- Pointless editorials
- Poor and inconsistent news judgment, knowing what is and what is not a good story
- Photos didn’t do enough to convey story, poor basics (out of focus, bad cropping)
- Bad editing (AP style, grammar)
Four-year non-daily
Summary comments on winning entries:
- They used different fonts sparingly. However, when they were used, they enhanced coverage and had impact.
- Stories, especially news stories, were clear and concise.
- Feature stories were compelling and a good read and written from interesting angles.
- They covered issues that were important to students, such as safety on campus, parking, budget cuts (impact on available courses and services, etc…) and included lots of student voices.
- They tried to do innovative things, such as alternative forms of storytelling
- They used graphics that were clear and readable and not oversized
Summary comments on non-winning entries:
- Broaden event coverage beyond the event itself – make it less about the event (especially since many of the papers were weeklies and the even was already old news)
- Use less reverse type
- Make better use of alternative forms of storytelling
- Offer a better balance of stories between campus events, university announcements, faculty news, campus issues, student features, national news, etc…
- Reduced the amount of spacing (leading) in stories.
- Headlines were frequently too big or small (most small), and therefore not proportional to stories.
- Eliminate or cut down on the use of static photos, instead using photos that help to tell the story and enhanced the design.
Two-year
Summary comments on winning entries:
- Clearly masterd the balance between visual presentation and reporting/editing quality.
- Reporting was local and original. Exceleltn job of localizing national and community news. Reporting was high quality.
- Visuals enhanced content, photography was sharp, well cropped, enhanced reader’s understanding of story.
- Layout-design consistent, reader friendly, inviting
Summary comments on non-winning entries:
- Lack of attention to headlines and subheads, too often repetitive and rewording of article lead.
- Lack of attention to cutlines, editing of both content and photos (selection and cropping)
- Clearly there was too often an imbalance between visual presentation/design and written content.
- Limited number of contributors sometimes results in less insightful reporting and coverage