2014 Story of the Year

co-sponsored by The Headline Club


News Story

First Place
Jessica Contrera
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.

Second Place
Nicholas Fandos
Fifteen Minutes, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.

Third Place
Meagan Flynn
THINK, Drake Univ., Des Moines, Iowa

Fourth Place
Lisa Khoury
The Spectrum, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Fifth Place
Michael DeMattia, Kate Jamison
Tulane Hullabaloo, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, La.

Honorable Mention
Daniel Block, Anna Gonzales, Izzy Kornblatt
The Phoenix, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

Honorable Mention
Justin David Tate
The Et Cetera, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas

Honorable Mention
IJ Chan
The Breeze, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, Va.


Feature Story

First Place
Wyatt Stayner
Flux, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.

Second Place
Mariella Rudi
Currents, Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, Calif.

Third Place
Jacob Parker
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.

Fourth Place
Erin Edinger-Turoff
The Temple News, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, Pa.

Fifth Place
Matthew Swope
Pursuit, California Baptist Univ., Riverside, Calif.

Honorable Mention
Robert Reyes
The Daily Titan, California State Univ., Fullerton, Fullerton, Calif.

Honorable Mention
Sarah Ferris
The GW Hatchet, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.

Honorable Mention
Emily Donovan
The University Daily Kansan, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.

Honorable Mention
Andy Lyons
Mule Skinner, Central Missouri State Univ., Warrensburg, Mo.

Honorable Mention
Christine Rushton
The Daily Evergreen, Washington State Univ., Pullman, Wash.


Sports Story

First Place
Orlea Miller, Juliet Spies-Gans
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.

Second Place
Austin Tedesco
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Third Place
Elliott Pratt
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.

Fourth Place
Alec McQuade
The Signal, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, Ga.

Fifth Place
Brendan Bures
FSView & Florida Flambeau, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, Fla.

Honorable Mention
Andrew Wilson
The Pendulum, Elon Univ., Elon, N.C.


Editorial/Opinion

First Place
Editorial Staff
Daily Barometer, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Ore.

Second Place
Editorial Board of 2015
Yale Daily News, Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.

Third Place
Eitan Arom
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

Fourth Place
Tiffany Fitzpatrick
The Signal, Univ. of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston, Texas

Fifth Place
Emerald Editorial Board
Emerald Media, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.

Honorable Mention
Kelsey Davis
The Auburn Plainsman, Auburn Univ., Auburn University, Ala.

Honorable Mention
Michelle Kelly, Aaron Washington
The Skyline View, Skyline College, San Bruno, Calif.

Honorable Mention
Mustang News Editorial Board
Mustang Daily, California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Honorable Mention
Samantha Halperin
Tulane Hullabaloo, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, La.

Honorable Mention
Ike Fredregill
Wingspan, Laramie County CC, Cheyenne, Wyo.


Diversity

First Place
Abbey Crain, Matt Ford
The Crimson White, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Second Place
Samantha Schmidt
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.

Emily Donovan
The University Daily Kansan, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.

Fourth Place
Joyce Guo
Yale Daily News, Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.

Fifth Place
Kenney Kost
The Collegian, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas

Honorable Mention
Lu Shen
The Daily Iowan, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Honorable Mention
Victoria Baena
Fifteen Minutes, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.

Honorable Mention
Eleanor Hildebrandt
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Honorable Mention
Sarah Lehr
The Kenyon Collegian, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

Honorable Mention
Natalie Daher
The Pitt News, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.