
2022 Pinnacle Award Winners
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