Students, publications win top awards at college media convention
IU took home more than a dozen awards from the National College Media Convention, including College Reporter of the Year and a Pacemaker for the Indiana Daily Student.
Senior Taylor Telford was named College Reporter of the Year. Telford, an Ernie Pyle Scholar, is also the reigning Hearst Journalism Awards national writing champion. Telford was selected as College Reporter of the Year based on three submitted stories: “A question of consent,” “The third life of Darryl Pinkins” and “‘I just want it to end.’”
The convention is sponsored jointly by the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association. This year’s convention was Oct. 25-29 in Dallas.
The IU awards include:
- IDS: Pacemaker Award, Alison Graham and Hannah Alani, editors (2016-17).
- Arbutus yearbook: first place in Best of Show, Liz Meuser, editor (2017).
- IDS: second place in Best of Show Newspaper Special Section, Jamie Zega, editor (fall 2017).
- IDS: fourth place in Best of Show Newspaper: Four-Year, More Than Weekly; Jamie Zega, editor (fall 2017).
- Arbutus yearbook: Pacemaker Award finalist, Holly Hays, editor (2016).
- idsnews.com: Pacemaker Award finalist, Alison Graham and Hannah Alani, editors (2016-17).
- Taylor Telford: first place in Four-Year College Reporter of the Year, IDS.
- Lauren McNeeley and Yulin Yu: first place for Design of the Year: Magazine Cover, Inside magazine.
- Ashley VanArsdale, Roman Bennett, Mercer Suppiger and Marina Carsello: first place for Advertising Campaign, IDS.
- IDS staff: second place for Multimedia Story of the Year: Multimedia Feature.
- Anna Boone: fifth place for Design of the Year: Newspaper Page One, IDS.
- Alexa Chryssovergis, Noble Guyon and Anne Halliwell: fifth place for Multimedia Story of the Year: Multimedia Feature, IDS.
- IDS staff: fifth place for Multimedia Story of the Year: Multimedia News.
- IDS staff: honorable mention for Advertising/Editorial Supplement.
- IDS staff: honorable mention for Advertising/Editorial Supplement.
- Jordan Guskey: honorable mention for Story of the Year: Sports, IDS.
- IDS staff: honorable mention for Advertising Brochure/Rate Card.
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