{"id":27795,"date":"2025-08-28T14:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/?p=27795"},"modified":"2025-10-25T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T22:35:54","slug":"2025-innovation-pacemaker-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2025\/08\/28\/2025-innovation-pacemaker-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Innovation Pacemaker finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ACP Pacemaker honors innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Seven student media operations recognized for forward thinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 28, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 The Associated Collegiate Press has recognized seven collegiate student media programs as finalists in the Innovation Pacemaker competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker winners will be announced at <\/strong>the Fall National College Media Convention <\/strong><\/a>at the ACP Awards Ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Grand Hyatt Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Innovation Pacemaker is designed to encourage out-of-the-box thinking and reward student media for the courage to take chances to improve service to their customers, readers and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCollegiate student media is rapidly changing and those programs that don\u2019t generate new revenue streams and innovative ways to deliver content to their readers will struggle to survive,\u201d associate director Gary Lundgren said. \u201cPrint is now just one component \u2014 there is far more to a successful student media program than publishing the campus newspaper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership, coverage, content delivery, marketing, business, community, press freedom and partnerships are among the areas where innovation is encouraged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Please join us at the National College Media Convention<\/a> in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This convention provides a unique opportunity to network with industry professionals, learn from seasoned journalists, and gain valuable insights into the ever-evolving world of media and journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall Pacemaker finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadcast<\/a>
Innovation
<\/a>Magazine
<\/a>Multiplatform
<\/a>Newspaper\/Newsmagazine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Innovation Pacemaker finalists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

listed by state<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beach TV News
<\/a><\/strong>California State University, Long Beach
Student leaders: Tanisha Bucad, James Grech, Carlos Raya, Jerry Reynoso, Linsey Towles
Adviser: Jesus Ayala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Los Angeles Loyolan
<\/a><\/strong>Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Student leader: Anni Spacek
Advisers: Tom Nelson, Kevin O’Keeffe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Collegian, KWDC, Fierce Mustang Media
<\/a><\/strong>San Joaquin Delta College (CA)
Student leaders: Jelissa King, Andrea Rivera
Advisers: Adriana Brogger, Tara Cuslidge-Staiano, Leo Marquez, Matthew Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily Bruin <\/strong>
<\/a>University of California, Los Angeles
<\/strong>Student leaders: Zimo Li, Shiv Patel, Dylan Winward
Advisers: Doria Deen, Abigail Goldman, Jose Hernandez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Red Line Project
<\/a><\/strong>University of Illinois Chicago
Student leaders: Taeya Borek, Rebekah Cheung, Kyra Theodore
Adviser: Mike Reilley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sunflower
<\/a><\/strong>Wichita State University (KS)
Student leaders: Kiona Brown, Allison Campbell, Mia Hennen, Ainsley Smyth, Garima Thapa
Adviser: Amy DeVault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily Nebraskan
<\/a><\/strong>University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Student leaders: Alex Gryczanowski, Jackson Ingvoldstad, Gus Kathol, Nina Kudlacz
Adviser: Allen Vaughan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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