{"id":24757,"date":"2024-02-01T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/?p=24757"},"modified":"2024-02-01T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:21:07","slug":"2024-business-pacemaker-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2024\/02\/01\/2024-business-pacemaker-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Student Media Business Pacemaker finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ACP Pacemaker recognizes
business excellence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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10 collegiate student media operations recognized<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Feb. 1, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Associated College Press has named 10 collegiate media operations as finalists in its Student Media Business Pacemaker competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Student Media Business Pacemaker was established in 2020 to recognize outstanding student media business and operations teams that work hard to ensure student journalism is supported financially so that it may thrive. The competition was suspended for two years because of the pandemic and to streamline the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The finalists will be honored and the Pacemaker winners announced during Saturday\u2019s awards ceremony at the ACP Spring National College Media Conference,<\/a><\/strong> March 7-9, 2024, in San Diego, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 10 finalists, four will receive Pacemaker honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Lundgren, ACP associate director and coordinator of the Pacemaker competition, was pleased with the renewed enthusiasm for the Student Media Business Pacemaker competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe business and marketing side of student media is critical in today\u2019s media world \u2014 it is very important for ACP to recognize this important aspect of journalism,\u201d Lundgren said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Pacemaker is the association\u2019s preeminent award,\u201d Laura Widmer, executive director, said. \u201cACP is honored to recognize the best of the best with Pacemaker honors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACP Pacemaker Award, one of the oldest awards for collegiate journalism, has a rich tradition. The association began presenting the prestigious award to collegiate newspapers soon after the organization was founded in 1921. Through the years, yearbooks, magazines and online sites were added to the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to submitting a three-page overall narrative and a media kit, applicants shared examples of print, digital, video and audio advertisements designed for clients, a newspaper special section, audience engagement event and social media campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Past Business<\/strong> Pacemaker <\/strong>
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ACP awards archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ACP Spring National<\/a><\/strong>
College Media Conference<\/a><\/strong>
San Diego\/La Jolla<\/strong><\/strong>
March 7-9, 2024
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine<\/a>
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> Register for the conference<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pacemaker<\/strong>
awards ceremony<\/strong>
3:30 p.m. PT
Saturday, March 9
La Jolla, California<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Main Hill Media<\/strong>
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Student leaders: Riley Atkinson, Lauren Beavers
Adviser: Teresa Tackett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mustang Media Group<\/strong>
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California
Student leaders: Matthew Ho, Sam Hubbard, Cindy Nguyen,
Ashley Pagsibigan, Madison Piedrahita, Yuka Shindo
Adviser: Jon Schlitt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The McKinley Avenue Agency<\/strong>
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Student leaders: Jacksen Cole, Katie Harp, Camryn Ryan, Edna Zheng
Adviser: Betsy Meyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WKU Student Publications<\/strong>
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Student leaders: JT Steele, Emma Bayens, Cristina Betz, Bailey Brush, Abby Loftus
Advisers: Sam Oldenburg, Wes Orange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Harvard Crimson<\/strong>
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Student leaders: Cara Chang, Cynthia Lu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Central Michigan Life<\/strong>
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Student leaders: Olivia Garcia, Rachel Kidder, Mason Turner
Advisers: Regan Foster, Kathleen Simon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northwest Missourian<\/strong>
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, Missouri
Student leaders: Sydney Cook, Maddie Mosbauer, Vanessa Weiler
Adviser: Steven Chappell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Appalachian<\/strong>
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
Student leaders: Ethan Batchelor, Julia Woodring
Adviser: Allison Bennett Dyche<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Daily Tar Heel Media Corp.<\/strong>
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Student leaders: Courtland Bartosik, Connelly Miller
Advisers: Courtney Mitchell, Collin Pruitt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Texas A&M Student Media<\/strong>
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Student leaders: Hayden Arevalo, Dan Hung, Emma Moser
Adviser: Spencer O\u2019Daniel
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