Take a look at how our students fare compared with their peers across the state and country.
2009:
Religion Newswriters Association Virginia Press Association College Newspaper Contest Virginia Press Association Associated Collegiate Press 2008: Best of Collegiate Design College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers Contest Virginia Press Association College Newspaper Contest Associated Collegiate Press Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Newspaper Awards Ball State University Department of Journalism 2007: Associated Collegiate Press College Publisher 2007 Awards of Excellence Virginia Press Association Advertising Contest Virginia Press Association College Newspaper Contest Editor & Publisher Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Yearbook Awards 2006: Associated Collegiate Press College Media Advisers St. Louis Portrait Competition Best of Collegiate Design Phillips Collegiate Journalism Award Contest Virginia Press Association College Newspaper Contest Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Yeabook Awards
• Chandler Award, finalist, David Grant
• Art/illustrations, 1st place, Amie Steele
• Art/illustrations, 2nd place, John Kayrouz
• Art/illustrations, 3rd place, Mina Noorbakhsh
• Excellence of front page design, 2nd place, Collegiate Times staff
• Excellence of general makeup, 3rd place, Collegiate Times staff
• Excellence of headline writing, 2nd place, David Grant
• Excellence of page design, 3rd place, Sharon Pritz
• Photoillustration, 2nd place, Shaozhuo Cui
• Picture story or essay, 1st place, Sally Bull
• Sports photo, 1st place, Mark Umansky
• Column writing, 2nd place, Daron Williams
• Critical writing, 1st place, Jonathan Yi
• Editorial writing, 1st place, Collegiate Times Editorial Board
• Feature writing, 1st place, Taylor Shapiro
• Feature writing, 2nd place, Taylor Shapiro
• Sports writing, 1st place, Thomas Emerick
• Sports writing, 2nd place, Brian Wright
• Sports writing, 3rd place, Brian Wright
• Spot news writing, 2nd place, Gordon Block, Caleb Fleming, Meg Miller, Ashley Oliver, and Zach Crizer
• Spot news writing, 3rd place, David Grant and Caleb Fleming
• First Amendment Award, Collegiate Times
• Online Pacemaker, finalist
• Best advertising campaign, 3rd place
• Four-year college reporter of the year, 1st place, Caleb Fleming
• Newspaper front page design, 1st place, Amie Steele and Claire Craft
• Magazine cover, 1st place, Hali Plourde-Rogers, Melissa Brice and Matt Brubaker
• Newspaper promotion ad color (over 40,000 circulation), 2nd place, Collegiate Times
• Rate card/media kit, best of category, Collegiate Times
• Critical writing, 2nd place, Drew Jackson
• Editorial writing, 1st place, Collegiate Times Editorial Board
• Feature story writing, 1st place, Saira Haider, David Covucci, Joe Kendall, Emerson Blais and Ellen Biltz
• General news writing, 2nd place, Michelle Rivera and Ashley Oliver
• Sports writing, 1st place, Charles R. Barrineau
• Sports writing, 2nd place, Ryan McConnell
• Sports writing, 3rd place (tie), Torrey Smith
• Sports writing, 3rd place (tie), Taylor Shapiro
• Spot news writing, 1st place, Saira Haider, Charles R. Barrineau, Taylor Shapiro, Alexandra Hemenway, Duncan Vick, Kevin Anderson and Sharon Pritz
• Front page design, 1st place, Amie Steele and Claire Craft
• General makeup, 1st place, Collegiate Times
• Page design portfolio, 1st place, Amie Steele
• Sports page design, 1st place, Amie Steele
• Informational graphics, 1st place, Anne Foley
• Informational graphics, 2nd place, Anne Foley
• Feature photo, 1st place, Shaozhuo Cui
• Picture story, 1st place, Shaozhuo Cui
• Sports photo, 3rd place, Mike Shroyer
• Spot news photo, 1st place, Eric Connolly
• Online Pacemaker, winner
• News story, 3rd place, Ashley Oliver
• News photo, honorable mention, Shaozhuo Cui
• Illustration, honorable mention, Amie Steele
• Best of Show Competition, 4-year daily broadsheet newspaper, 5th place
• News writing, 1st place, Staff
• Page one design - broadsheet, 1st place, Claire Craft, Amie Steele
• Special Citation, Collegiate Times
• Newspaper Pacemaker, winner
• Best of Show Awards, Yearbook 300+ pages, honorable mention
• Best of Show Competition, special edition 4-year newspapers, 2nd place
• Best Online News Section, honorable mention
• Online advertising, 2nd place, Jon Mills
• Entertainment and Lifestyles, 3rd place, Ben Traynham
• Column writing, 2nd place, Devin Stone
• Editorial writing, 1st place
• Series of news stories, 1st place, David Grant, Geoff Glass, Ellen Biltz and Ryan McConnell; 2nd place, Ryan McConnell, Michael Sutphin and Ana Fontes
• Sports writing, 1st place, Lindsay Pieper; 3rd place, Joe Kendall
• General makeup, 1st place
• General news photo, 1st place, Annabelle Ombac; 2nd place, Annabelle Ombac; 3rd place, Shaozhuo Cui
• Infographics, 1st place, Allison Jarnagin; 2nd place, Anne Foley
• Illustrations, 3rd place, Anne Foley
• Photoillustration, 1st place, Shaozhuo Cui
• Sports pages, 1st place
• Sports photo, 1st place, Andrew Fuller; 2nd place, James Lang; 3rd place, Eric Connolly
• Feature photo, 1st place, James Berkeley; 3rd place, Shaozhuo Cui
• Photo of the week for April 23, Eric Connolly
• Sports feature writing, 3rd place, Claire Craft
• Theme and concept, certificate of merit, Claire Craft, Annabelle Ombac, Jim Dickhans
• Color spread, certificate of merit, Jim Dickhans, Michelle Via, Claire Craft
• Sports photo, 2nd place, James Lang
• Rate card, honorable mention, Chase Goita
• Yearbook/magazine design, honorable mention, Jenn Sokos
• 1st place, Annabelle Ombac
• Yearbook organizational spread, 4th place, Jenn Sokos
• 3rd place, David Grant
• Column writing, 1st place, Rachel Teitelbaum
• Critical writing, 1st place, Jacob Barron
• Feature photo, 1st place, Annabelle Ombac; 2nd place, Seth Petersen
• Feature writing, 2nd place, Jenn Basham
• Front page, 1st place
• General makeup, 3rd place
• General news photo, 1st place, Byron Kennerly; 2nd place, Annabelle Ombac; 3rd place, Al Fayez
• General news writing, 1st place, David Grant
• Headline writing, 3rd place, Adam Smith
• Infographics, 1st place, Allison Jarnagin; 2nd place, Klaus Schmidheiser
• Page design, 2nd place, Adam Abramson
• Photoillustration, 1st place, Annabelle Ombac
• Series of news stories, 2nd place, Scott Smith
• Sports pages, 1st place
• Sports photo, 1st place, James Lang; 2nd place, Byron Kennerly; 3rd place, James Lang
• Sports writing, 2nd place, Adam Abramson
• Spot news photo, 1st place, Seth Petersen
• Spot news writing, 1st place, Michael Sutphin; 3rd place, Ellen Biltz
• Theme and concept, 3rd place, Jennifer Sokos
• Organization or Greeks spread, 3rd place, April Campen, Michelle Via and Dave Franusich
• Feature photo, certificat of merit, James Berkeley
• Mini-magazines, 1st place, Jennifer Sokos