IDS wins ACP’s Newspaper and Multiplatform Pacemaker, individual awards

The Associated Collegiate Press awarded the Indiana Daily Student the Newspaper and Multiplatform Pacemaker on Nov. 2.

ACP is an organization that promotes the ethics and standards of journalism in print, broadcast and media. The Pacemaker Awards are considered one of the most prestigious awards in all collegiate journalism. These awards “recognize the overall excellence and distinguish the top student media produced during a particular school year.”

The IDS also won first place for the newspaper category of “Best in Show,” an award that selects the best newspaper submitted by convention attendees. The newspaper the IDS submitted was its “The IDS has no confidence in the Media School’s plan for student media” edition.

The Arbutus yearbook won fourth place for the Best Show Award for Yearbook, adding one more prestigious award to the IU student media legacy.

This year marks the 25th Pacemaker the IDS has won for its newspaper.

The IDS received numerous other ACP awards.

ACP:

Best of Show Award for Advertising Media Kit - Second Place

Best of Show Award for Yearbook - Fourth Place (Arbutus)

Photo of the Year, Sports Game/Action Photo category - Fifth Place (Michael Claycamp)

Story of the Year, Sports Game Story category - Fifth Place (Dalton James)

Story of the Year, Feature Story category - Fifth Place (Cam Garber)

Story of the Year, Sports Feature Story - Fifth Place (Marissa Meador)

Best of Show Award for Digital Newsletter - Sixth Place (The Daily Rundown)

Photo of the Year, Feature Photo - Honorable Mention (Briana Pace)


IDS staff also won several College Media Awards.

CMA:

Best Arts and Entertainment Story - First Place (Taylor Satoski)

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (3+ issues a month) - Second Place (Staff)

Best College Media Group of the Year - Second Place (Staff)

Best Coverage of Diversity - Second Place (Gentry Keener)

Best Sports News Photo - Second Place (Michael Claycamp)

Best Column - Honorable Mention (Salomé Cloteaux)

Best Rate Card/Media Kit - Honorable Mention

Best Sports Column - Honorable Mention (Daniel Flick)

Former IDS Editor-in-Chief, Salomé Cloteaux, was honored over the weekend as a finalist for the Courage in Student Journalism Award from the Student Press Law Center. Her Letter from the Editor about the IDS’ Israel-Hamas War coverage got her the nomination. Cloteaux also gave a speech at the event detailing the challenges that led her to write the letter.

“The staff deserve this. Everyone here does phenomenal reporting and are all incredibly resilient. We are so grateful and proud of all the hard work that our staff does every single day. The IDS has a tradition of impactful, extensive and award-winning coverage and we can confidently say that we are continuing that excellence while relentlessly improving.” said Jacob Spudich and Marissa Meador, current co Editors-in-Chief of the IDS.