The Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association named the Indiana Daily Student as a finalist for numerous individual and organizational awards, including the ACP Pacemaker award.
The Pacemaker recognizes the most outstanding student publications from across the country. The IDS was nominated for a newspaper and online Pacemaker award.
The ACP named IDS staff members as finalists for design of the year, story of the year, multimedia story of the year, cartoon of the year and advertisement of the year. Senior Ty Vinson was a finalist for reporter of the year.
The IDS staff was also a finalist for its COVID-19 coverage.
“With the pandemic closing campuses across the country, many of the papers submitted for the competition were produced with student journalists working from their homes, often miles from campus,” ACP Associate Director Gary Lundgren said in a press release. “The high-quality journalism these newspapers provided, against all odds, is remarkable.”
The IDS was also named a finalist for several CMA awards, including awards in advertising, design, online and writing. The staff received a nomination for best diversity coverage of the year.
Winners of the CMA and ACP awards will be announced at the Fall National Media Convention, held virtually from Oct. 22 to Oct. 24.
Awards are listed below.
2020 Associated Collegiate Press awards
Design of the Year finalists
Matt Rasnic, Arbutus
Annie Aguiar, Jacob deCastro and Colin Kulpa, “What’s Tom Allen Worth?”
Newspaper Pacemaker finalist
IDS staff
Reporter of the Year finalist
Ty Vinson, “On tainted soil,” “Martinsville waitress voices concerns over unemployment benefits” and “From memory”
Story of the Year finalists
Annie Aguiar, “A little less than kind”
Caroline Anders, “Live and learn”
Online Pacemaker finalist
IDS staff, idsnews.com
Multimedia Story of the Year finalists
Mel Fronczek, Emily Isaacman and Karli VanCleave, “Softening stigma”
Jacob deCastro and Vivek Rao, “Clean freaks, night owls and Laundrygate: How IU does its laundry”
Cartoon of the Year finalist
Madelyn Powers, “Trump and the giant impeach”
Advertisement of the year finalist
Sarah Keesling, “Eyes playing tricks on you?”
Covid-19 Coverage finalist
Christine Fernando, “Grieving spring: Bloomington grapples with a surreal new normal”
College Media Association Pinnacle Award Finalists
Best College Media Outlet
Best Diversity Coverage of the Year
IDS staff
Advertising
Best Ad Campaign
Indiana Daily Student Creative Team, Housing Fair campaign
Design
Best Advertisement
Sarah Keesling, “Eyes playing tricks on you?”
Best Editorial Cartoon
Madelyn Powers, “The American Dream”
Best Infographic
Vivek Rao and Carson TerBush, “Pandemic Playbook”
Best Newspaper Sports Page/Spread
IDS staff, “Into the deep end”
Best Online Infographic
Annie Aguiar, “What’s Tom Allen worth?”
Best Special Section Cover
IDS staff, Housing and Living Guide
Best Yearbook Cover
Arbutus staff, Arbutus cover
Best Yearbook Entertainment Page/Spread
Arbutus staff, “Va-Va-Va Vaudeville”
Online
Best Breaking News Coverage
Lydia Gerike, “Man drives SUV at anti-fascist, No Space for Hate protesters near Bloomington farmers market”
Best Multimedia Feature Story
Emily Isaacman, Karli VanCleave and Mel Fronczek, “Softening stigma”
Writing
Best Feature Story and Best News Package
Christine Fernando, “Grieving spring: Bloomington grapples with a surreal new normal”
Best Profile
Caroline Anders, “Live and learn”
