{"id":3535,"date":"2016-08-25T09:59:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2016-12-20T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T08:19:09","slug":"newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2016\/08\/25\/newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper Pacemaker finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the ACP Newspaper Pacemaker finalists!<\/span><\/p>\n

Our last round of judging for the finalists was wrapped up last weekend. This year, we had a panel of four judges with a mix of expertise: some were professional journalists, others were educators in the media field.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As always, the college competition was steep. It started with 155 total entries and was narrowed down to 30 impressive finalists over three rounds of judging. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 30 finalists stood out through professionalism, diverse coverage and risk-taking. Among other factors, judges also noted clean design, engaging photography and creative, accurate headlines. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReally impressed with the work from these college students,\u201d one judge said. \u201cTheir newspapers included a variety of topics that were very captivating. Some newspapers can get stuck covering the same topics over and over again … More newspapers should be more creative with their coverage and take more risks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Winners will be announced at our National College Media Convention<\/a> in Washington, D.C. this October. Registration is now open. We\u2019ll also disclose feedback for all finalist and winner entries at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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