Indiana University's student publications have scored a trifecta of top national honors.
IU was the only university whose newspaper, yearbook and magazine won Pacemaker awards, the top prizes of collegiate journalism, at the
fall national College Media Convention Oct. 28-30 in Orlando, Fla.
The Indiana Daily Student newspaper, Arbutus yearbook and Inside magazine each won a Pacemaker, the Associated Collegiate Press award that recognizes a publication’s overall achievement in content, writing, editing, design and visuals.
“Our student journalists work long hours to serve their readers,” said Ron Johnson,
IU Student Media director, “and these awards recognize their commitment
and skill. The Pacemakers are the pinnacle of college journalism.”
These Pacemakers are the 17th for the IDS, the 13th for the Arbutus and the first for Inside, now in its sixth year.
The Daily Student’s site, idsnews.com, also won first place in the
convention’s best-of-show competition for multimedia presentations for
its interactive feature on the 9/11 anniversary.
In individual categories, IU won three national first places.
Larry Buchanan, May 2011 journalism graduate, continued his success as a collegiate designer,
winning two first places, one in newspaper front page and one in
illustration. Buchanan, who has won numerous design honors, was
recognized in 2010 as the nation’s top collegiate designer by the Society for News Design.
Also winning a first place was Rachel Stark, whose sports story “Runner’s high,”
for Inside magazine, won the overall sports writing category. A May 2011 graduate, Stark has
won other national honors for her writing, and she contributed to IU’s
back-to-back national championships in the Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition.
IU WINNERS
Pacemaker Awards
Newspaper, four-year daily, Indiana Daily Student, 2010-11, Sarah Brubeck and Jake Wright, editors.
Yearbook, above 300 pages, 2010 Arbutus, Katie Myrick, editor.
Magazine, feature magazine, Inside, 2010-11, Sarah Hutchins, editor.
Best of show
First, online, multimedia presentation, 9/11 anniversary. Charlie Scudder, online editor, and Vaibhav Nachankar and Anand Hegde, programmers, IDS.
Third, newspaper special edition, 9/11 anniversary, IDS.
Sixth, feature magazine, Inside, Sarah Hutchins and Stephanie Doctrow, editors.
Eighth, 2011 Arbutus, Christine Ashack, editor.
Eighth, publication website, large school, idsnews.com.
Individual awards
First, design, front page, Larry Buchanan, IDS.
First, design, illustration, Buchanan, IDS.
First, writing, sportswriting, Rachel Stark, Inside.
Fourth, design, infographic, Buchanan, IDS.
Fifth, design, newspaper page, Michael Auslen, IDS.
Honorable mention, advertising, house ad, Allison Tylek, IDS.
HM, photo, environmental portrait, Zach Hetrick, Inside.
