
2021 Pinnacle Award Winners
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2020-2021 Pinnacle Awards. See the results below!
The Pinnacles Award presentation can be viewed here.
Organizational Winners
Best College Media Outlet
Four-Year Best College Media Outlet of the Year
- First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Second Place: The Brown and White, Lehigh University
- Third Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Honorable Mention: Marquette Wire, Marquette University
- Honorable Mention: Pepperdine Graphic Media, Pepperdine University
New! Best Diversity Coverage of the Year
- First Place: OU Daily, University of Oklahoma
- Second Place: Our America, California State University, Fullerton
- Third Place: Kentucky State Student Media Newsroom, Kentucky State University
- Honorable Mention: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Austin
Two-Year Best College Media Outlet of the Year
- First Place: City Time Media, San Diego City College
- Second Place: The Union, El Camino College
Broadcast
Two-Year Radio Station of the Year
- First Place: KDUX WebRadio, Richland College
- Second Place: The DrumBeat, Tyler Junior College
Four-Year Radio Station of the Year
- First Place: Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM, Michigan State University
- Second Place: The WOLF Internet Radio, University of West Georgia
- Third Place: WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, North Carolina State University
- Honorable Mention: WICB, Ithaca College
- Honorable Mention: Radio UTD, The University of Texas in Dallas
Four-Year TV Station of the Year
- First Place: Ithaca College Television, Ithaca College
- Second Place: Elon Local News, Elon University
- Third Place: UTD TV, University of Texas in Dallas
- Honorable Mention: Breeze TV, James Madison University
- Honorable Mention: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
Two-Year TV Station of the Year
- First Place: Owl Magazine, Harford Community College
- Second Place: The DrumBeat, Tyler Junior College
- Third Place: CTTV Newscene, San Diego City College
- Honorable Mention: ChronicleTV, Richland College
Online
Four-Year Website of the Year
- First Place: Rethink Criminal Justice, Cabrini University
- Second Place: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
- Third Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Honorable Mention: Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple University
- Honorable Mention: Emerge Magazine Multimedia Flux Project, University of Guelph-Humber
Two-Year Website of the Year
- First Place: City Times Media, San Diego City College
- Second Place: Crusader News, Seward County Community College
- Third Place: The Et Cetera, Eastfield College
Magazine
Four-Year Feature Magazine of the Year
- First Place: Tusk Magazine, California State University, Fullerton
- Second Place: Distraction Magazine, University of Miami
- Third Place: Pursuit, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: SHEI Magazine, University of Michigan
Two-Year Feature Magazine of the Year
- First Place: The Current, Amarillo College
- Second Place: El Sol, Southwestern College
- Third Place: Warrior Life, El Camino College
- Honorable Mention: The Bull, Los Angeles Pierce College
- Honorable Mention: The Sentinel, North Idaho College
Four-Year Literary Magazine of the Year
- First Place: Apricity Magazine, The University of Texas at Austin
- Second Place: Jet Fuel Review, Lewis University
- Third Place: The Vanderbilt Review, Vanderbilt University
- Honorable Mention: Underground, Georgia State University
Two-Year Literary Magazine of the Year
- First Place: Urbana Literary and Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
- Second Place: MIAMBIANCE VOL.31, Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
- Third Place: The Wright Side, Wilbur Wright College
- Honorable Mention: Amaranth, Anne Arundel Community College
Newspaper
Four-Year Daily Newspaper of the Year
- First Place: Spartan Daily, San Jose State University
- Second Place: The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina
Four-Year Less-Than-Weekly Newspaper of the Year
- First Place: The Mercury, University of Texas at Dallas
- Second Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Third Place: The Auburn Plainsman, Auburn University
- Honorable Mention: Castleton Spartan, Castleton University
- Honorable Mention: The Temple News, Temple University
Four-Year Weekly Newspaper of the Year
- First Place: The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
- Second Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Third Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Honorable Mention: The Signal, Georgia State University
Two-Year Newspaper of the Year
- First Place: The Voice, Langara College
- Second Place: Collegian, Los Angeles City College
- Third Place: The Valley Star, Los Angeles Valley College
- Honorable Mention: Richland Chronicle, Richland College
- Honorable Mention: The Et Cetera, Eastfield College
Yearbook
Yearbook of the Year
- First Place: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
- Second Place: The Tower, Loyola Marymount University
- Third Place: The Campanile, Rice University
Individual Winners
Advertising
Best Ad Campaign
- First Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Second Place: Emerge Magazine and related media projects 2021, University of Guelph-Hunter
- Third Place: Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State
Best Ad Supplement/Special Section
- First Place: Poly Picks, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fullerton
- Second Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indian University
- Third Place: Ram Life, Colorado State University
- Honorable Mention: Graduation Edition of the Daily News, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: Daily Titan, California State University
Best Display Ad
- First Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Third Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
Best House Ad
- First Place: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
- Second Place: The Collegian, Kansas State University
- Third Place: Square 95, SCAD Savannah
- Honorable Mention: Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University
- Honorable Mention: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
Best Online Ad
- First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Second Place: Manoa Now, University of Hawaii Manoa
- Third Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas Arlington
- Honorable Mention: Impact 89FM | WBDM-FM, Michigan State University
- Honorable Mention: Northwest Missourian, Norwest Missouri State University
Best Rate Card/Media Kit
- First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Second Place: Collegian Media Group Spring 2021 Rate Card Kit, Kansas State University
- Third Place: Boise State Student Media, Boise State University
- Honorable Mention: Mustang News, Cal Poly Luis Obispo
- Honorable Mention: Garnet Media Group, University of South Carolina
Best Social Media Strategy
- First Place: Urbana Literary and Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
- Second Place: Emerge Marketing Makeover Challenge, University of Guelph-Humber
- Third Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Honorable Mention: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
- Honorable Mention: The 61% Project, Syracuse University
Broadcast
Best Audio Newscast
- First Place: SGTV, University of South Carolina
- Second Place: 91.1 The Globe, Goshen College
- Third Place: WUSC, University of South Carolina
- Honorable Mention: KCPR/Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Honorable Mention: Arrow on the Air, Southeast Missouri State University
Best Audio Promo/PSA
- First Place: UTA Radio, University of Texas at Arlington
- Second Place: University Police, PSA, Arkansas State University
- Third Place: WMUL Million Bucks, Marshall University
Best Audio Special Event Coverage
- First Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
- Second Place: 91.1 The Globe, Goshen College
- Third Place: Coronavirus Spread Continues in Oklahoma As Political Will For Mask Mandates Is Lacking, University of Oklahoma
- Honorable Mention: Fountain Ceremony, Marshall University
- Honorable Mention: Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University
Best Audio Sportscast
- First Place: 91.1 The Globe, Goshen College
- Second Place: Abi Hugh Freshman of the Year, Marshall University
- Third Place: Impact 89FM| WDBM-FM, Michigan State University
Best Audio Talk/Entertainment Program
- First Place: Radio UTD, The University of Texas at Dallas
- Second Place: WRAS/Album 88, Georgia State University
- Third Place: WUSC, University of South Carolina
- Honorable Mention: Viking Fusion, Berry College
- Honorable Mention: KBVR-FM, “Aux Cord with DJ Nasty Nate”, Oregon State University
Best Video Entertainment Program
- First Place: Al Dia, California State University, Fullerton
- Second Place: SGTV, University of South Carolina
- Third Place: CBU TV, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, North Carolina State University
- Honorable Mention: Vanderbilt Video Production, Vanderbilt University
Best Video Newscast
- First Place: 100 Years of Broadcast, Middle Tennessee State University
- Second Place: SGTV, University of South Carolina
- Third Place: Elon News Network, Elon University
- Honorable Mention: The Andersonian, Anderson University
- Honorable Mention: Arrow-From the Newsroom, Southeast Missouri State University
Best Video Promo/PSA
- First Place: Manoa Now, University of Hawaii Manoa
- Second Place: WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, North Carolina State University
- Third Place: The Bell Ringer, Augusta University
- Honorable Mention: MTN Sports “We’re a bit Competitive”, Middle Tennessee State University
- Honorable Mention: Too Young to Wed, University of Oklahoma
Best Video Special Event Coverage
- First Place: SGTV, University of South Carolina
- Second Place: Central News Watch, Central Washington University
- Third Place: TUTV-Temple University Television: OwlSports Update, Temple University
- Honorable Mention: Western Herald, Western Michigan State University
Best Video Sportscast
- First Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
- Second Place: TUTV-Temple University Television: OwlSports Update, Temple University
- Third Place: The Andersonian, Anderson University
- Honorable Mention: CBU TV, California Baptiste University
- Honorable Mention: The Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University
Design
Best Editorial Illustration
- First Place: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
- Second Place: The DePaulia, DePaul University
- Third Place: The ET Cetera, Eastfield College
- Honorable Mention: The Maroon, Loyola University New Orleans
- Honorable Mention: DAMchic “Puppets for Sale, Oregon State University
Best Advertisement
- First Place: Square95, SCAD Savannah
- Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Third Place: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
Best Comic Strip
- First Place: Student Proved, Oregon State University
- Second Place: F NewsMagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Third Place: The Pendulum, Elon University
- Honorable Mention: The Banner, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
Best Editorial Cartoon
- First Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
- Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Third Place: The Vermont Cynic, University of Vermont
- Honorable Mention: The Auburn Plainsman, Auburn University
- Honorable Mention: F NewsMagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Best Infographic
- First Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Second Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Third Place: Angelos, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA
Best Magazine Contents Page/Spread
- First Place: SALT, Syracuse University
- Second Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Third Place: EST Magazine, The King’s College
- Honorable Mention: Manhappenin’ Magazine, Kansas State University
- Honorable Mention: Alice, University of Alabama
Best Magazine Cover
- First Place: SCAN Magazine, SCAD Atlanta
- Second Place: Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
- Third Place: Beaver’s Digest, “The American Dream”, Oregon State University
- Honorable Mention: Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: Nineteen Fifty-Six, University of Alabama
Best Magazine Entertainment Page/Spread
- First Place: SCAN Magazine, SCAD Atlanta
- Second Place: NewsMagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Third Place: Pursuit, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: Drake Magazine, Drake University
- Honorable Mention: Minero Magazine, The University of Texas at EL Paso
Best Magazine Feature Page/Spread
- First Place: Manhappenin Magazine, Kansas State University
- Second Place: SCAN Magazine, SCAD Atlanta
- Third Place: Distraction Magazine, University of Miami
Best Magazine News Page/Spread
- First Place: SALT, Syracuse
- Second Place: Collegian Times, Los Angeles City College
- Third Place: Pursuit, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: Alice, University of Alabama
- Honorable Mention: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
Best Magazine Sports Page/Spread
- First Place: El Sol, Southwestern College
- Second Place: Manhappenin’ Magazine, Kansas State University
- Third Place: Ke’ Alaka’i, BYU-Hawaii
Best Newspaper Entertainment Page/Spread
- First Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Second Place: The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Third Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Honorable Mention: The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
Best Newspaper Feature Page/Spread
- First Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Second Place: The Observer, Central Washington University
- Third Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Honorable Mention: Pendulum, Elon University
- Honorable Mention: Eagle Eye, Tennessee Tech University
Best Newspaper Front Page
- First Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Second Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Third Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
- Honorable Mention: The Vermont Cynic, University of Vermont
Best Newspaper Nameplate
- First Place: The Graphic, Pepperdine University
- Second Place: The Rice Thresher, Rice University
- Third Place: The Corsair, Santa Monica College
- Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Honorable Mention: The Maroon, Loyola University New Orleans
Best Newspaper News Page/Spread
- First Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Third Place: Collegian, Los Angeles City College
Best Newspaper Opinion Page/Spread
- First Place: The Maroon, Loyola University New Orleans
- Second Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Third Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University
Best Newspaper Photo Page/Spread
- First Place: Pendulum, Elon University
- Second Place: Rocky Mountain Collegiate, Colorado State University
- Third Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Honorable Mention: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Best Newspaper Sports Page/Spread
- First Place: The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
- Second Place: The Equinox, Keene State College
- Third Place: Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University
- Honorable Mention: The Pendulum, Elon University
Best Online Infographic
- First Place: The Reflector, University of Indianapolis
- Second Place: The University Star, Texas State University
- Third Place: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
Best Online Main Page
- First Place: The 61% Project, Syracuse University
- Second Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
- Third Place: Emerge FLUX Multimedia Project, University of Guelph-Humber
Best Social Media Main Page
- First Place: District, SCAD Savannah
- Second Place: The Reflector, University of Indianapolis
- Third Place: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
- Honorable Mention: Tower, Northwest Missouri State University
- Honorable Mention: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Best Special Section Cover
- First Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
- Second Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
- Third Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Honorable Mention: Spartan Daily, San Jose State University
- Honorable Mention: The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Best Yearbook Cover
- First Place: The Campanile, Rice University
- Second Place: Royal Purple, Kansas State University
- Third Place: Angelos, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
- Honorable Mention: The Tower, Loyola Marymount University
Best Yearbook Division Page/Spread
- First Place: Angelos, California Baptist University
- Second Place: Royal Purple, Kansas State University
- Third Place: Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami
- Honorable Mention: The Griffon, Missouri Western State University
- Honorable Mention: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
Best Yearbook Entertainment Page/Spread
- First Place: Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami
- Second Place: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
- Third Place: The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
- Honorable Mention: Aggieland, Texas A&M University
- Honorable Mention: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
Best Yearbook Feature Page/Spread
- First Place: Royal Purple, Kansas State University
- Second Place: Tower, Northwest Missouri State University
- Third Place: The Campanile, Rice University
- Honorable Mention: Angelos, California Baptist University
- Honorable Mention: The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
Best Yearbook News Page/Spread
- First Place: The Tower, Loyola Marymount University
- Second Place: Angelos, California Baptist University
- Third Place: The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
Best Yearbook Sports Page/Spread
- First Place: The Tower, Loyola Marymount University
- Second Place: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
- Third Place: Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami
- Honorable Mention: Royal Purple, Kansas State University
- Honorable Mention: Tower, Northwest Missouri State University
Online
Best Audio Slideshow
- First Place: Viking Fusion, Berry College
- Second Place: The Voice, Langara College
- Third Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
Best Breaking News Coverage
- First Place: The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
- Second Place: The Rice Thresher, Rice University
- Third Place: The Beacon, University of Portland
- Honorable Mention: NYCity News Service, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
- Honorable Mention: The University Star, Texas State University
Best Multimedia Breaking News Story
- First Place: The University Star, Texas State University
- Second Place: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
- Third Place: Elon News Network, Elon University
- Honorable Mention: The Orion, California State University, Chico
- Honorable Mention: University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas
Best Multimedia Feature Story
- First Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Second Place: Elon News Network, Elon University
- Third Place: The Eagle, American University
Best Podcast
- First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Second Place: Rowan Radio Draft Special, Rowan University
- Third Place: In the Loop with SGTV News 4, University of South Carolina
- Honorable Mention: Kokopelli, New Mexico State University
- Honorable Mention: The Future Accords, University of Hawaii
Best Social Media Presence
- First Place: Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
- Second Place: The Graphic, Pepperdine University
- Third Place: The WOLF Sports Instagram, University of West Georgia
- Honorable Mention: el Don, Santa Ana College
- Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
Best Viral Video
- First Place: Owl Magazine, Harford Community College
- Second Place: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
- Third Place: SGTV, University of South Carolina
- Honorable Mention: The Union, El Camino College
- Honorable Mention: The Equinox, Keene State College
Best Campus Engagement
- First Place: University Times, California State University, Los Angeles
- Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Third Place: Garnet Media Group, University of South Carolina
Photo
Best Breaking News Photo
- First Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Second Place: Corsair, Santa Monica College
- Third Place: The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania
- Honorable Mention: SALT, Syracuse University
- Honorable Mention: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
Best Feature Photo
- First Place: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
- Second Place: The DePaulia, DePaul University
- Third Place: Flow Magazine, University of North Alabama
Best General News Photo
- First Place: Ka Leo o Hawaii, University of Hawaii Manoa
- Second Place: Pursuit, California Baptist University
- Third Place: The Corsair, Santa Monica College
- Honorable Mention: Ke Alaka’i, BYU-Hawaii
- Honorable Mention: Kent Stater/KentWired, Kent State University
Best Photo Illustration
- First Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
- Second Place: Pursuit, California Baptist University
- Third Place: The Sun, Southwestern College
- Honorable Mention: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
- Honorable Mention: The Maroon, Loyola University New Orleans
Best Photo Package
- First Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Second Place: The Beacon, University of Portland
- Third Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
- Honorable Mention: Crusader News, Seward County Community College
- Honorable Mention: The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania
Best Portrait
- First Place: el Don, Santa Ana College
- Second Place: Angelos, California Baptist University
- Third Place: Ke Alaka’i, BYU-Hawaii
- Honorable Mention: Edda, Augustana University
Best Sports Feature Photo
- First Place: The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania
- Second Place: SALT, Syracuse University
- Third Place: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
- Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Honorable Mention: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
Best Sports News Photo
- First Place: The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania
- Second Place: The Daily Mississippian, University of Mississippi
- Third Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Honorable Mention: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
- Honorable Mention: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
Sports
Best Sports Columnist
- First Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
- Second Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
- Third Place: Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University
- Honorable Mention: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: The DePaulia, DePaul University
Best Sports Feature
- First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
- Second Place: The Butler Collegian, Butler University
Best Sports Game Story
- First Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Second Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
- Third Place: The Miami Hurricane, The Miami Hurricane
- Honorable Mention: the Graphic, Pepperdine University
- Honorable Mention: Quinnipiac Women’s Basketball Sweeps Fairfield, Move Into Second Place, Quinnipiac University
Best Sports Investigative Story
- First Place: Marquette Tribune, Marquette University
- Second Place: The Arbiter, Boise State University
- Third Place: The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
- Honorable Mention: The Reveille, Louisiana State University
- Honorable Mention: the Graphic, Pepperdine University
Best Sports Multimedia Story
- First Place: Elon News Network, Elon University
- Second Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
- Third Place: Lightning Strikes 25 Times, Middle Tennessee State University
- Honorable Mention: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
Best Sports Section
- First Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
- Second Place: The Pendulum, Elon University
- Third Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
- Honorable Mention: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA
Best Online Sports Section
- First Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Second Place: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
- Third Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
Writing
Best Arts and Entertainment Story
- First Place: Jerk, Syracuse University
- Second Place: The Beacon, University of Portland
- Third Place: Urban Plains, Drake University
- Honorable Mention: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
- Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA
Best Breaking News Story
- First Place: The Crimson White, University of Alabama
- Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
- Third Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Honorable Mention: The Pioneer, CSU East Bay
- Honorable Mention: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
Best Column
- First Place: The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina
- Second Place: The Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University
- Third Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
Best Editorial
- First Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
- Second Place: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
- Third Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
- Honorable Mention: The Roar, Piedmont University
- Honorable Mention: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
Best General News Story
- First Place: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
- Second Place: The Miami Hurricane, The Miami Hurricane
- Third Place: The Sun, Southwestern College
- Honorable Mention: NYCity News Service, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
- Honorable Mention: The University Star, Texas State University
Best Feature Story
- First Place: The Beacon, University of Portland
- Second Place: The DePaulia, DePaul University
- Third Place: The Eagle, American University
- Honorable Mention: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
Best Investigative Story
- First Place: The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
- Second Place: The DePaulia, DePaul University
- Third Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
Best News Package
- First Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
- Second Place: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
- Third Place: The Reveille, Louisiana State University
Best Profile
- First Place: The DePaulia, DePaul University
- Second Place: The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University
- Third Place: The Sun, Southwestern College
- Honorable Mention: NYCity News Service, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Best Special Section: Four Pages or Less
- First Place: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
- Second Place: The Echo, California Lutheran University
- Third Place: The Sun, Southwestern College
Best Special Section: More than Four Pages
- First Place: the Graphic, Pepperdine University
- Second Place: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
- Third Place: Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University