{"id":27885,"date":"2025-10-18T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/?p=27885"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:14:16","slug":"2025-reporter-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2025\/10\/18\/2025-reporter-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Reporter of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2025 Reporter of the Year winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two-year school<\/a> \u2022 Four-year school<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 18, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2025 Reporter of the Year competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACP\u2019s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winners were announced during MediaFest25 Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MediaFest25 awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2025 Pacemakers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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

2025 Individual Awards<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Story of the Year
<\/a>Reporter of the Year
<\/a>Multimedia Story of the Year
<\/a>Design of the Year
<\/a>Photo of the Year
<\/a>Cartoon of the Year
<\/a>Broadcast Story of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of Show<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Two-year School<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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First Place
<\/strong>Erica Lee
<\/a>The Union
El Camino College (CA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Second Place
<\/strong>Kelly Feng
<\/a>The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College (WI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third Place
<\/strong>Fousia Abdullahi
<\/a>The Collegian
Tarrant County College (TX)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fourth Place
<\/strong>Dylan Arreola
<\/a>The Hornet
Fullerton College (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifth Place
<\/strong>Bill Eaves
<\/a>Foghorn News
Del Mar College (TX)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable mentions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon Rowley
<\/a>el Don
Santa Ana College (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delilah Brumer
<\/a>Roundup
Pierce College (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shehzil Imran
<\/a>The Brookhaven Courier
Dallas College Brookhaven Campus (TX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliva Fitts
<\/a>The Express
Las Positas College (CA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexa Lima
<\/a>The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Four-year School<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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First Place
<\/strong>Jami Martin-Trainor
<\/a>The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Second Place
<\/strong>Finn Lincoln
<\/a>The NewsHouse
Syracuse University (NY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third Place
<\/strong>Avery Sloan
<\/a>The Pendulum
Elon University (NC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fourth Place
<\/strong>Alex Walters
<\/a>The State News
Michigan State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifth Place
<\/strong>Zoe MacDiarmid
<\/a>The Huntington News
Northeastern University (MA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable mentions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry Wu
<\/a>Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University (IL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Gutteridge
<\/a>The Battalion
Texas A&M University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marianna Souriall
<\/a>The Daily Toreador
Texas Tech University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Warren
<\/a>The Tulane Hullabaloo
Tulane University (LA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alison Winters
<\/a>Vanderbilt Hustler
Vanderbilt University (TN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2025 Reporter of the Year winners Two-year school \u2022 Four-year school Oct. 18, 2025 Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2025 Reporter of the Year competition. ACP\u2019s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence. Winners were announced during MediaFest25 Oct. 18 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27885"}],"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=27885"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28231,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27885\/revisions\/28231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}