Category: Special Honors for Service & Outstanding Achievements
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Dan Reimold Student Media Champion Award
This award is given to individuals, organizations or institutions who go above and beyond to champion the cause, importance and joy of college media in general. This award is named for Dan Reimold, who died in 2015, for his unwavering support and infectious enthusiasm for college media.Reimold was a champion of the idea that college…
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Ron Spielberger Service to CMA Award
Ron Spielberger Service to CMA Award This award was established in 2002 to honor CMA’s executive director and longtime fall convention coordinator, Ron Spielberger, in recognition to his first 20 years of dedicated service to the organization.This award is presented to a CMA member who has made an outstanding contribution to the organization. Recipients of…
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Noel Ross Strader Memorial Award Winners
Noel Ross Strader Memorial Award Winners This award perpetuates the work and memory of a longtime University of Houston professor and administrator in journalism. The award will be made only when meritorious candidates are brought forth. Recipients are a full-time teacher/adviser in campus journalism and must have exercised the principle of freedom of the press…
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Montgomery Distinguished Service Award Winners
Montgomery Distinguished Service Award Winners This award is named to honor Reid H. Montgomery, of South Carolina, an influential member of CMA from its earlier days when it was known as the National Council of College Publications Advisers. He retired in 1988 after serving as president and treasurer of the organization, among other duties. He…
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Louis E. Ingelhart First Amendment Award Winners
Louis E. Ingelhart First Amendment Award Winners This award is named to honor Louis E. Ingelhart, retired Ball State University journalism professor, who dedicated much of his life to studying, writing and teaching the applications of the First Amendment. The award will be made when meritorious candidates are brought forth. Recipients of this award are…
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Ken Nordin Award for Supporting College Media Research
Ken Nordin Award for Supporting College Media Research Ken Nordin was one of us – similar to many members of CMA. He taught at a small, liberal arts institution, Benedictine University, in Lisle, Ill., undergraduate enrollment about 2,600. There, he advised The Candor, the award-winning, weekly student newspaper. He served as a professor of communication…
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Golden Leaf Memorial Recipients
Golden Leaf Memorial Recipients Inspired by Terry Vander Heyden, deceased CMA vice president for member services, this title was derived from the leaves of trees that are alive and growing and golden to connote richness and quality. The award is named for Heyden, who was the first recipient. The award has been established to honor…
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Frank LoMonte Ethics in Journalism Award
Frank LoMonte Ethics in Journalism Award This award honors journalists, advisers or news organizations that perform in an outstanding ethical manner demonstrating the ideals of CMA’s Code of Ethical Behavior. It may also honor especially notable efforts to educate the public on principles embodied in the code or hold journalists ethically accountable for their behavior.…