{"id":27522,"date":"2025-08-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/?p=27522"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:02:55","slug":"2025-individual-awards-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2025\/08\/21\/2025-individual-awards-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Individual Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ACP announces finalists for its Individual Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Approximately 388 finalists from 39 contests in seven categories are named; winners announced at MediaFest25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 26, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 The Associated Collegiate Press has named 388 finalists in its popular Individual Awards competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winners will be announced at the ACP Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 18, at MediaFest25<\/a>, the Fall National College Media Convention, in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACP Individual Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of individual students and small teams of journalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future of journalism and communications is bright if the quality of the work submitted in the ACP Individual Awards is any indication,\u201d said ACP associate director Gary Lundgren. \u201cThese contests are highly competitive and it is a huge honor to be named a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACP names 10 finalists in each competition. Ultimately, five winners and five honorable mentions will be recognized. The first-place winner in each contest receives a plaque. The other winners and honorable mentions receive certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the winners are announced on Oct. 18, a gallery of the winners and honorable mentions will be shared on this website allowing student journalists and advisers to see all of the entries recognized in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to the finalists in the following categories \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STORY OF THE YEAR<\/a>
<\/strong>Breaking News Story
<\/a>In-Depth News Story<\/a>
Feature Story<\/a>
Sports Game Story<\/a>
Sports Feature Story<\/a>
Editorial<\/a>
Column<\/a>
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Reporting
<\/a>Local Climate Change Reporting<\/a>
Ernie Pyle Human-Interest Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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REPORTER OF THE YEAR
<\/a><\/strong>Two-year School
<\/a>Four-year School<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MULTIMEDIA STORY OF THE YEAR
<\/a><\/strong>Multimedia News Story
<\/a>Multimedia Feature Story
<\/a>Multimedia Sports Story
<\/a>Photo Slide Show
<\/a>Interactive Graphic
<\/a>Social Media Reporting
<\/a>Podcast
<\/a>Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DESIGN OF THE YEAR
<\/a><\/strong>Newspaper\/Newsmagazine Front Page
<\/a>Newspaper\/Newsmagazine Page\/Spread
<\/a>Magazine Cover
<\/a>Magazine Page\/Spread
<\/a>Yearbook Cover
<\/a>Yearbook Page\/Spread
<\/a>Informational Graphic
<\/a>Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO OF THE YEAR
<\/a><\/strong>News\/Breaking News Photo
<\/a>Feature Photo
<\/a>Sports Game\/Action Photo
<\/a>Sports Feature Photo
<\/a>Environmental Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CARTOON OF THE YEAR
<\/a><\/strong>Editorial Cartoon
<\/a>Comic Strip\/Panel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BROADCAST STORY OF THE YEAR
<\/a><\/strong>Broadcast News Story
<\/a>Broadcast Feature Story
<\/a>Broadcast Sports Story
<\/a>Broadcast Commentary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ACP announces finalists for its Individual Awards Approximately 388 finalists from 39 contests in seven categories are named; winners announced at MediaFest25. August 26, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 The Associated Collegiate Press has named 388 finalists in its popular Individual Awards competition. The winners will be announced at the ACP Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 18, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27522"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27618,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27522\/revisions\/27618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}