Congratulations to all the winners of the 2021-2022 Pinnacle Awards. See the ‎results below!  ‎

The Pinnacles Award presentation can be viewed here.‎ 

Organizational Winners ‎

Best College Media Outlet

Best Diversity Coverage of the Year ‎

• First Place:  Pepperdine Graphic Media, Pepperdine University
• Second Place: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
• Third Place: The Union, El Camino College
• Honorable Mention: 14 East, DePaul University
• Honorable Mention: The Loquitur, Cabrini University 

Four-Year Best College Media Outlet of the Year ‎

• First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
• Second Place: OU Daily, University of Oklahoma
• Third Place: The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University
• Honorable Mention: The Crimson White, University of Alabama
• Honorable Mention: Chimes, Calvin University

 Two-Year Best College Media Outlet of the Year ‎

• First Place: The Oak Leaf News, Santa Rosa Junior College
• Second Place: Coast Report, Orange Coast College
• Third Place: City Times Media, San Diego City College
• Honorable Mention: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
• Honorable Mention: The Union, El Camino College

Broadcast ‎

Four-Year Radio Station of the Year   ‎

• First Place: Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, Rowan University
• Second Place: KBVR-FM, Oregon State University
• Third Place: WUSC, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: WMUL-FM 88.1, Marshall University
• Honorable Mention: WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, North Carolina State University 

Two-Year Radio Station of the Year   ‎

• First Place: WPMD, Cerritos College
• Second Place: CT Sound, San Diego City College
• Third Place: The DrumBeat, Tyler Junior College‎ 

Four-Year TV Station of the Year   ‎

• First Place: Viking Fusion, Berry College
• Second Place: KBVR-TV, Oregon State University
• Third Place: KNWT, Northwest Missouri State University
• Honorable Mention: Eagle View Productions, Tennessee Tech University
• Honorable Mention: MN TV, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 

Two-Year TV Station of the Year   ‎

• First Place: Owl Magazine, Harford Community College
• Second Place: CTTV, San Diego City College
• Third Place: Foghorn News, Del Mar College
• Honorable Mention: The DrumBeat, Tyler Junior College 

Magazine ‎ 

Four-Year Feature Magazine of the Year   ‎

• First Place: Crimson Quarterly, University of Oklahoma
• Second Place: Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University
• Third Place: UNF Spinnaker, University of North Florida
• Honorable Mention: Nineteen Fifty-Six, University of Alabama
• Honorable Mention: Drake Political Review, Drake University 

Two-Year Feature Magazine of the Year  ‎

• First Place: Inside Fullerton, Fullerton College
• Second Place: Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco
• Third Place: CityScene, San Diego City College
• Honorable Mention: Collegian Times, Los Angeles City College
• Honorable Mention: The Current, Amarillo College

 Four-Year Literary Magazine of the Year  ‎

• First Place: Prism, Oregon State University
• Second Place: Hype, New Jersey City University
• Third Place: Ramifications, Berry College

Two-Year Literary Magazine of the Year  ‎

• First Place: Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
• Second Place: Miambiance, Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
• Third Place: AXIS, Miami Dade College North Campus

Newspaper ‎

Four-Year Less-Than-Weekly Newspaper of the Year ‎

• First Place: College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
• Second Place: The Crimson White, University of Alabama
• Third Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: The Graphic, Pepperdine University
• Honorable Mention: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago

Four-Year Weekly Newspaper of the Year ‎

• First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
• Second Place: Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University
• Third Place: The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
• Honorable Mention: Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University
• Honorable Mention: Rice Thresher, Rice University

Two-Year Newspaper of the Year ‎

• First Place: Los Angeles Collegian, Los Angeles City College
• Second Place: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
• Third Place: The Corsair, Santa Monica College
• Honorable Mention: Foghorn News, Del Mar College
• Honorable Mention: The Et Cetera, Dallas College-Eastfield

Online ‎

Four-Year Website of the Year ‎

• First Place: OU Daily, University of Oklahoma
• Second Place: KentWired/Kent Stater, Kent State University
• Third Place: The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
• Honorable Mention: College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
• Honorable Mention: The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina ‎

Two-Year Website of the Year ‎

• First Place: The Union, El Camino College
• Second Place: Coast Report, Orange Coast College
• Third Place: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
• Honorable Mention: The Oak Leaf News, Santa Rosa Junior College
• Honorable Mention: The Summit, Grossmont College

 Yearbook ‎ 

Yearbook of the Year ‎

• First Place: The Tower Yearbook, Loyola Marymount University
• Second Place: The Glomerata, Auburn University
• Third Place: Angelos, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention: Arbutus, Indiana University
• Honorable Mention: Stone Fort, Stephen F. Austin State University

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‎Individual Winners ‎

Advertising ‎

Best Ad Campaign  ‎

• First Place: Kent State Student Media, Kent State University
• Second Place: Emerge Magazine, University of Guelph-Humber
• Third Place: Creative Services, Oregon State University
• Honorable Mention: UTD TV, University of Texas at Dallas
• Honorable Mention: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Best Ad Supplement/Special Section  ‎

• First Place: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
• Second Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
• Third Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
• Honorable Mention: Garnet Media Group, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: The Battalion’s Maroon Life, Texas A&M UniversityB

Best Display Ad   ‎

• First Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Second Place: UTD TV, University of Texas at Dallas
• Third Place: The Reporter, Stetson University
• Honorable Mention: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
• Honorable Mention: Manhappenin’ Magazine, Kansas State University

Best House Ad  ‎

• First Place: Inside Fullerton, Fullerton College
• Second Place: The Collegian, Kansas State University
• Third Place: Viking Fusion, Berry College
• Honorable Mention: Mustang Media Group, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Online Ad   ‎

• First Place: KentStater/KentWired, Kent State University
• Second Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Third Place: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
• Honorable Mention: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University‎

Best Rate Card/Media Kit   ‎

• First Place: Orange Media Network, Oregon State University
• Second Place: Pepperdine Graphic Media, Pepperdine University
• Third Place: Mustang Media Group, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: Daily News, Ball State University
• Honorable Mention: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University

Best Social Media Strategy  ‎

• First Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Second Place: Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
• Third Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington‎

Broadcast ‎

Best Audio Newscast   ‎

• First Place: 89.5 WSOU  Seton Hall University
• Second Place: UTA Radio, University of Texas at Arlington
• Third Place: Globe Newscast Evening Edition with Amelia Lee, Goshen College
• Honorable Mention: The Rowan Report, Rowan University
• Honorable Mention: WZIS News Update, Indiana State University

Best Audio Promo/PSA  ‎

• First Place: UTA Radio, University of Texas at Arlington
• Second Place: Emerge Magazine, University of Guelph-Humber
• Third Place: Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM, Michigan State University
• Honorable Mention: Rev 89, Colorado State University Pueblo
• Honorable Mention: ADHD PSA, Indiana State University

Best Audio Special Event Coverage   ‎

• First Place: The Rowan Report Election Night Special, Rowan University
• Second Place:  AudioFiles/NYCity News Service,  Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
• Third Place: 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall University

Best Audio Sportscast   ‎

• First Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler Vanderbilt University
• Second Place: Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM, Michigan State University
• Third Place:  KCPR, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention:  UTA Radio,  University of Texas at Arlington
• Honorable Mention:  Golden Eagle Radio, California State University, Los Angeles

Best Audio Talk/Entertainment Program   ‎

• First Place: On Air With Amelia Lee, Goshen College
• Second Place: New Jams Radio Hour, Cerritos College
• Third Place: Tucumcari – An Original Drama By Riley Steiner, Cerritos College
• Honorable Mention: Mission Control, Cerritos College
• Honorable Mention: Spooky Podcast: Ann Waggoner Hall, Texas Wesleyan University

Best Video Entertainment Program   ‎

• First Place:  KBVR-TV, Oregon State University
• Second Place: UTD TV, University of Texas at Dallas
• Third Place:  Owl Magazine, Harford Community College
• Honorable Mention: Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University
• Honorable Mention: MN TV, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Best Video Newscast   ‎

• First Place:  Elon Local News, Elon University
• Second Place:  The Andersonian, Anderson University
• Third Place:  Tiger TV Newsbeat, Louisiana State University
• Honorable Mention:  Your Newsroom, Georgia Southern University
• Honorable Mention:  KYOT-TV, University of South Dakota

Best Video Promo/PSA  ‎

• First Place:  KNWT, Northwest Missouri State University
• Second Place:  KBVR-TV, Oregon State University
• Third Place:  Foghorn News, Del Mar College
• Honorable Mention:  OwlSports Update Productions, Temple University
• Honorable Mention:  Aura, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Best Video Special Event Coverage   ‎

• First Place:  Saint Peter’s Tribune, Saint Peter’s University
• Second Place:  MN TV, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Third Place:  WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, North Carolina State University
• Honorable Mention:  The Knightly News, Furman University
• Honorable Mention: SGTV, University of South Carolina

Best Video Sportscast   ‎

• First Place: Elon Local News, Elon University
• Second Place: OwlSports Update Productions, Temple University
• Third Place:  TV2 KSU/KentWired, Kent State University
• Honorable Mention: “The 5th Quarter”- Tiger TV, Louisiana State University
• Honorable Mention:  SGTV, University of South Carolina

Design ‎

Best Editorial Illustration   ‎

• First Place:  el Don, Santa Ana College
• Second Place:  Drake Mag, Drake University
• Third Place:  Distraction Magazine, University of Miami
• Honorable Mention:  F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honorable Mention:  Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University

Best Advertisement   ‎

• First Place:  Richland Chronicle, Dallas College – Richland Campus
• Second Place:  Distraction Magazine, University of Miami
• Third Place:  Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University
• Honorable Mention:  The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
• Honorable Mention:  Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco

Best Comic Strip   ‎

• First Place: The Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University
• Second Place:  The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
• Third Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honorable Mention: The Barometer “Gumbo”, Oregon State University

Best Editorial Cartoon   ‎

• First Place: The College VOICE, Mercer County Community College
• Second Place:  Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University
• Third Place: The Union, El Camino College
• Honorable Mention: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington

Best Infographic   ‎

• First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Second Place: 14 East, DePaul University
• Third Place: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
• Honorable Mention: Upstate Unearthed , Syracuse University

Best Literary Magazine 

• First Place: Jet Fuel Review, Lewis State University
• Second Place: The Peel Literature & Arts Review, Appalachian State University 
• Third Place: Aura, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Honorable Mention: Nova Literary-Arts Magazine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Honorable Mention: Progenitor Arts and Literary Journal, Arapahoe Community College
  
  Best Magazine Contents Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Second Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Third Place:  AMP, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Honorable Mention: Jerk, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention: Focus Magazine, Baylor University

Best Magazine Cover   ‎

• First Place: Reflector Magazine, Georgia Southern University
• Second Place: Currents, Pepperdine University
• Third Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honorable Mention: Atlantis Creative Magazine, University of North Carolina Wilmington
• Honorable Mention: Prism, Oregon State University

Best Magazine Entertainment Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: Ink Magazine, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Second Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Third Place: Emerge Magazine, University of Guelph-Humber
• Honorable Mention: Jerk, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention: AMP, The University of Texas at Dallas

Best Magazine Feature Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: Ink Magazine, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Second Place: Reflector Magazine, Georgia Southern University
• Third Place: Midas Magazine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Honorable Mention: Focus Magazine, Baylor University

Best Magazine News Page/Spread    ‎

• First Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Second Place: Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
• Third Place: Pursuit, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honorable Mention: El Espejo magazine, Texas A&M University-San Antonio

Best Magazine Sports Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: Ink Magazine, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Second Place: SALT, Syracuse University
• Third Place:  Ke Alaka’i, BYU-Hawaii
• Honorable Mention: Manhappenin’ Magazine, Kansas State University
• Honorable Mention: Warrior Life, El Camino College

Best Newspaper Entertainment Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Second Place: Rice Thresher, Rice University
• Third Place: The Mercury, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
• Honorable Mention: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Best Newspaper Feature Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: Ka Leo O Hawaii, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Second Place: The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College
• Third Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
• Honorable Mention:  Rice Thresher, Rice University

Best Newspaper Front Page   ‎

• First Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Second Place: The Vermont Cynic, University of Vermont
• Third Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: The Battalion, Texas A&M University

Best Newspaper Nameplate   ‎

• First Place: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
• Second Place: The Collegian, Tarrant County College
• Third Place: The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• Honorable Mention: Daily News, Ball State University
• Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA

Best Newspaper News Page/Spread  ‎

• First Place: The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College
• Second Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Third Place: Los Angeles Collegian, Los Angeles City College
• Honorable Mention: Los Angeles Collegian, Los Angeles City College
• Honorable Mention: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Best Newspaper Opinion Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place:  Daily News, Ball State University
• Second Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Third Place: Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
• Honorable Mention: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Best Newspaper Photo Page/Spread  ‎

• First Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Second Place: Reveille, Louisiana State University
• Third Place: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
• Honorable Mention: The Banner, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention: The Valley Star, Los Angeles Valley College

Best Newspaper Sports Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University
• Second Place: The Vector, New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Third Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Honorable Mention: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania

Best Online Infographic   ‎

• First Place: Crusader News, Seward County Community College
• Second Place: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
• Third Place: The Graphic, Pepperdine University
• Honorable Mention: The Voice, Langara College
• Honorable Mention: The Hornet, Fullerton College

Best Online Main Page  ‎

• First Place: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
• Second Place: DAMchic, Oregon State University
• Third Place: The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: Pepperdine Graphic Media, Pepperdine University
• Honorable Mention: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University

Best Social Media Main Page   ‎

• First Place: SCAD Connector, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
• Second Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
• Third Place: Lancer Media Group, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention: The DePaulia, DePaul University
• Honorable Mention: KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion, University of Kentucky

Best Special Section Cover   ‎

• First Place: The Vermont Cynic, University of Vermont
• Second Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Third Place: Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Honorable Mention: The Compass, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Honorable Mention: The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Best Yearbook Cover   ‎

• First Place: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
• Second Place: Royal Purple yearbook, Kansas State University
• Third Place: The Tower Yearbook, Loyola Marymount University
• Honorable Mention: Angelos, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention: Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami

Best Yearbook Division Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
• Second Place: Aggieland, Texas A&M University
• Third Place: Tower Yearbook, Northwest Missouri State University
• Honorable Mention: Year in Photos (Kentucky Kernel), University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: The Glomerata, Auburn University

Best Yearbook Entertainment Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
• Second Place: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
• Third Place: The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
• Honorable Mention: Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami
• Honorable Mention: Angelos, California Baptist University

Best Yearbook Feature Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place: The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
• Second Place: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
• Third Place: The Tower Yearbook, Loyola Marymount University
• Honorable Mention:  Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami
• Honorable Mention:  Stone Fort, Stephen F. Austin State University

Best Yearbook News Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place:  Baylor Roundup, Baylor University
• Second Place: The Horned Frog, Texas Christian University
• Third Place:  Royal Purple yearbook, Kansas State University
• Honorable Mention:  Angelos, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention:  Year in Photos (Kentucky Kernel), University of Kentucky

Best Yearbook Sports Page/Spread   ‎

• First Place:  Year in Photos (Kentucky Kernel), University of Kentucky
• Second Place:  Angelos, California Baptist University
• Third Place:  Ibis Yearbook, University of Miami
• Honorable Mention:  The Michiganensian, University of Michigan
• Honorable Mention:  Baylor Roundup, Baylor University

‎Online ‎

Best Audio Slideshow  ‎

• First Place:  Ke Alaka’I, BYU-Hawaii
• Second Place:  The Daily Sundial, California State University, Northridge
• Third Place:  Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University

Best Breaking News Coverage   ‎

• First Place:  The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Second Place:  The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
• Third Place:  The Graphic, Pepperdine University
• Honorable Mention: Daily Bruin, UCLA

Best Multimedia Breaking News Story  ‎

• First Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Second Place: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
• Third Place: The Banner, California Baptist University
• Honorable Mention: The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington

Best Multimedia Feature Story   ‎

• First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
• Second Place: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
• Third Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention: Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University

Best Podcast   ‎

• First Place: The Esoteric Realm – Episode 1 – The Inconceivable Doom of What’s To Come, Cerritos College
• Second Place: Oasis in the Gaslands, San Francisco State University
• Third Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Honorable Mention: The Brown and White, Lehigh University
• Honorable Mention: The Voice, Langara College

Best Social Media Presence   ‎

• First Place: Emerge Magazine, University of Guelph-Humber
• Second Place: Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College/ Eduardo J. Padron Campus
• Third Place: Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University
• Honorable Mention: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington

Best Viral Video   ‎

• First Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Second Place: Owl Magazine, Harford Community College
• Third Place: KCPR, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
• Honorable Mention: The OutCrowd, Syracuse University

 Best Campus Engagement   ‎

• First Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
• Second Place: University Times, California State University, Los Angeles
• Third Place: The Loquitur, Cabrini University
• Honorable Mention: el Don, Santa Ana College
• Honorable Mention: Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University

‎Photo ‎

‎Best Breaking News Photo ‎

• First Place: Ka Leo O Hawaii, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Second Place: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Third Place:  The Valley Star, Los Angeles Valley College
• Honorable Mention:  The University Star, Texas State University
• Honorable Mention: The Spectrum, University at Buffalo

Best Feature Photo ‎

• First Place:  Spartan Daily, San Jose State University
• Second Place:  The State News, Michigan State University
• Third Place: Drake Political Review, Drake University
• Honorable Mention: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honorable Mention: Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University

Best General News Photo ‎

• First Place:  The Corsair, Santa Monica College
• Second Place: The Daily Beacon The University of Tennessee Knoxville
• Third Place: El Espejo magazine, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
• Honorable Mention: Year in Photos (Kentucky Kernel), University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: The Collegian, Kansas State University

Best Photo Illustration ‎

• First Place:  The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Second Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Third Place:  The Battalion, Texas A&M University
• Honorable Mention:  Miambiance, Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
• Honorable Mention:  Currents, Pepperdine University

Best Photo Package ‎

• First Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Second Place: Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University
• Third Place: The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
• Honorable Mention:  The Appalachian, Appalachian State University
• Honorable Mention: Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University

Best Portrait ‎

• First Place:  The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College
• Second Place:  The Crimson White, University of Alabama
• Third Place:  Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University
• Honorable Mention:  The Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara
• Honorable Mention:  The University Star, Texas State University

Best Sports Feature Photo ‎

• First Place: Technician, North Carolina State University
• Second Place:  The Temple News, Temple University
• Third Place:  Upstate Unearthed Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention:  The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention:  The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin

Best Sports News Photo ‎

• First Place:  The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
• Second Place:  The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Third Place: The Corsair, Santa Monica College
• Honorable Mention:  The Daily Sundial, California State University, Northridge
• Honorable Mention:  The University Star, Texas State University

‎ Sports ‎

Best Sports Columnist ‎

• First Place:  The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Second Place:  The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University
• Third Place:  Daily Bruin, UCLA
• Honorable Mention: Reveille, Louisiana State University
• Honorable Mention: The Prospector, The University of Texas at El Paso

Best Sports Feature ‎

• First Place: University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas
• Second Place:  Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Third Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention:  Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

‎‎Best Sports Game Story ‎

• First Place: Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University
• Second Place:  Daily 49er, California State University, Long Beach
• Third Place:  The DePaulia, DePaul University
• Honorable Mention:  The Collegian, Kansas State University
• Honorable Mention:  Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University

Best Sports Investigative Story ‎

• First Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
• Second Place: Daily Titan, California State University, Fullerton
• Third Place:  The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention:  Rice Thresher, Rice University
• Honorable Mention:  Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky

Best Sports Multimedia Story ‎

• First Place: Upstate Unearthed, Syracuse University
• Second Place:  BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
• Third Place: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University
• Honorable Mention:  The State News, Michigan State University
• Honorable Mention: Rocky Mountain Collegian and CTV Channel 11, Colorado State University

Best Sports Section ‎

• First Place:  The Battalion, Texas A&M University
• Second Place: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
• Third Place:  Rice Thresher, Rice University
• Honorable Mention:  The Pendulum, Elon University
• Honorable Mention:  Daily Bruin, UCLA

Best Online Sports Section ‎

• First Place:  The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Second Place:  The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
• Third Place:  Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention:  The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
• Honorable Mention:  Daily Bruin, UCLA

‎Writing ‎

‎Best Arts and Entertainment Story    ‎

• First Place:  UT Community News, California State University, Los Angeles
• Second Place:  Pursuit, California Baptist University
• Third Place:  The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College
• Honorable Mention: 34th Street Magazine, University of Pennsylvania
• Honorable Mention: Reveille, Louisiana State University

Best Breaking News Story   ‎

• First Place: The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington
• Second Place: The University Star, Texas State University
• Third Place: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: Elon Nees Network, Elon University
• Honorable Mention: The Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara

‎‎Best Column   ‎

• First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Second Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
• Third Place: The Union, El Camino College
• Honorable Mention: The College VOICE, Mercer County Community College
• Honorable Mention: The Eagle, American University

Best Coverage of Faith

• First Place: The DePaulia, Depaul University
• Second Place: The Alestle, Southern Illinois University
• Third Place: KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion, University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: Elon Nees Network, Elon University
• Honorable Mention: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University

Best Editorial    ‎

• First Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
• Second Place: The Crimson White, University of Alabama
• Third Place: Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
• Honorable Mention: Rice Thresher, Rice University
• Honorable Mention: The Antelope, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Best General News Story   ‎

• First Place: The Daily Mississippian, University of Mississippi
• Second Place: NYCity News Service, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
• Third Place: The DePaulia, DePaul University
• Honorable Mention: The Graphic, Pepperdine University
• Honorable Mention: Baylor Roundup, Baylor University

Best Feature Story   ‎

• First Place: Times-Delphic, Drake University
• Second Place: University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas
• Third Place: Mustang News, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Honorable Mention: BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
• Honorable Mention: Drake Mag, Drake University

Best Investigative Story   ‎

• First Place: NYCity News Service, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
• Second Place: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University
• Third Place: The Beacon, University of Portland
• Honorable Mention: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: The NewsHouse, Syracuse University

Best News Package   ‎

• First Place: Ke Alaka’i, BYU-Hawaii
• Second Place: The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
• Third Place: Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
• Honorable Mention: Spartan Daily, San Jose State University
• Honorable Mention:  Daily Bruin, UCLA

Best Profile   ‎

• First Place: The Bulletin, Emporia State University
• Second Place: The Reporter, Miami Dade College
• Third Place: Augustana Mirror, Augustana University
• Honorable Mention: The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University

Best Special Section: Four Pages or Less   ‎

• First Place: The Battalion, Texas A&M University
• Second Place: The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College
• Third Place: The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: el Don, Santa Ana College
• Honorable Mention: The Gothic Times, New Jersey City University

Best Special Section: More than Four Pages   ‎

• First Place: Daily News, Ball State University
• Second Place: The Pendulum, Elon University
• Third Place: Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
• Honorable Mention: The DePaulia, DePaul University
• Honorable Mention: The Corsair, Santa Monica College