Awards

2010 Illinois College Press Awards

First Place – John David Reed General Excellence (non-dailies over 4,000) The Columbia Chronicle
First Place – Multimedia Reporting (open) Cristina Aguirre, Chris Ramirez
First Place – Graphic Illustration (open) Erik Rodriguez
First Place – Feature Page Design (non-dailies over 4,000) Jon Allen
First Place – Sports Page Design (non-dailies over 4,000) Ying Kau
First Place – Feature Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Brianna Wellen
First Place – Feature Photo (non-dailies over 4,000) Brent Lewis
First Place – Advertisement Full Page Ad (Open Category) Lauren Miller
First Place – Advertising Campaign (Open Category) Shani Poston
First Place – In-House Promotional Ad (Open Category) Lauren Lahvic, Erik Rodriguez, Brock Brake
First Place – Photo Shootout (Open) Brock Brake
First Place – Photo Essay (non-dailies over 4,000) Photo Staff
Second Place – Sports Page Design (non-dailies over 4,000) Ying Kau
Second Place – News Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Andrew Hunt
Second Place – Feature Page Design & Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Erik Rodriguez, Luke Willusz
Second Place – Editorial Writing (non-dailies over 4,000) Editorial Board
Second Place – Entertainment Supplement (open) A&C Staff
Second Place – Special Supplement (open) Advertising Staff
Second Place – Front Page Layout (non-dailies over 4,000) Graphics Staff
Second Place – Critical Review other than Film (open) Brianna Wellen
Second Place – Photo Essay (non-dailies over 4,000) Photo Staff
Third Place – Headline Writing (non-dailies over 4,000) Mina Bloom
Third Place – Photo Shootout (open) Brent Lewis
Third Place – Ad Less than full page (open) Elizabeth Puetz
Third Place – In House Promo Ad (Open) Ying Kau
Third Place – Critical Review Film (open) Andrew Hunt
Third Place – Ad Campaign (open) Lauren Lahvic, Erik Rodriguez
Third Place – Opinion Pages (open) Eleanor Blick
Third Place – In-Depth Reporting (non-dailies over 4,000) Darryl Holliday
Third Place – Feature Photo (non-dailies over 4,000) Lenny Gilmore
Third Place – News Photo (non-dailies over 4,000) Brent Lewis
Honorable Mention – Photo Shootout (open) Tiela Halpin

2009 Illinois College Press Awards

First Place – John David Reed General Excellence (non-dailies over 4,000) The Columbia Chronicle
First Place – Front Page Layout (non-dailies over 4,000) Thomas Pardee
First Place – Opinion Pages (Open Category) Lauren Kelly
First Place – Sports Game Story(non-dailies over 4,000) Jeff Graveline
First Place – Sports Photo (non-dailies over 4,000) Andy Keil
First Place – Photo Essay (non-dailies over 4,000) Andy Keil, Lenny Gilmore, Oriana Riley
First Place – News Photo (General and Spot) Jody Warner
First Place – Chicago Shoot Out (Open Category) Andy Keil
First Place – Advertisement less than Full Page (Open Category) Dana LaCoco
First Place – Advertising Campaign (Open Category) Konrad Biegaj
First Place – In-House Promotional Ad (Open Category) Andrew McArdle
Second Place – Entertainment Supplement (Open Category) Arts & Culture Staff
Second Place – Headline Writing (non-dailies over 4,000) Bethany Reinhart
Second Place – News Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Benita Zepeda
Second Place – News Photo (General and Spot) Andy Keil
Second Place – Advertisement less than Full Page (Open Category) Andrew McArdle
Third Place – Editorial (non-dailies over 4,000) Editorial Board
Third Place – Feature Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Mina Bloom
Third Place – Sports Feature Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Jeff Graveline
Third Place – Sports News Story (non-dailies over 4,000) Jeff Graveline
Third Place – Feature Photo (including Sports) (non-dailies over 4,000) Robert Bykowski
Third Place – Chicago Shoot Out (non-dailies over 4,000) Brent Lewis
Third Place – Full Page Advertisement (Open Category) Dana LaCoco
Honorable Mention – Special Supplement (Open Category) The Chronicle Staff
Honorable Mention – In-Depth Reporting (non-dailies over 4,000) Taylor Norris
Honorable Mention – Sports Column (non-dailies over 4,000) Jazzy Davenport
Honorable Mention – Sports Photo (non-dailies over 4,000) Lenny Gilmore
Honorable Mention – Feature Page Design (non-dailies over 4,000) Dana LaCoco

2009 Associate College Press

2009 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Award Winner
2009 Online Pacemaker Finalist Award

2009 Associated College Press Design of the Year

First Place – Brochure Rate Card Lauren Murphy, Matthew Mielke
First Place – Page One, Thomas Pardee
Third Place – Special Section Cover, Dana LaCoco

2009 Associated Collegiate Press Photo Excellence Award

Third Place – Environmental Portrait, Lenny Gilmore

2009 College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM)

Second Place – Best Display Ad Campaign
Third Place – Best Rate Card/Media Kit

2008 Illinois College Press Awards

First Place – John David Reed General Excellence Award (Non-Dailies over 4,000) to the Chronicle Staff
First Place – Sports Feature Story (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Matt Fagerholm
First Place – Entertainment Supplement (Open Category) Jessica Galliart
First Place – Advertisement Less than Full Page (Open Category) Matthew Mielke
First Place – Advertisement Less than Full Page (Open Category) Benjamin Andis
First Place – In-House Promotional Ad (Open Category) Konrad Biegaj
First Place – Advertising Campaign (Open Category) Emilia Klimiuk
Second Place – Feature Story (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Jessica Galliart
Second Place – Feature Page Design (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Dana LaCoco
Second Place – Photo Essay (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Jody Warner, Robert Bykowski, Lenny Gilmore, Jill Casey, Cristina Rutter, Alexa Rubinstein
Second Place – Special Supplement (Open Category) Dana LaCoco, Jessica Galliart, Kaylee King, Joel Alonzo, Megan Ferrginer, Molly Lynch
Third Place – Feature Photo (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Jody Warner
Third Place – Photo Essay (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Jody Warner, Robert Bykowski, Lenny Gilmore, Jill Casey, Cristina Rutter, Alexa Rubinstein
Third Place – Feature Page Design (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Emilia Klimiuk
Third Place – In-House Promotional Ad (Open Category) Dana LaCoco
Third Place – Sports News Story (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Tim Bearden
Honorable Mention – Full page Ad(Non-Dailies over 4,000) Kimberly Badger
Honorable Mention – Editorial (Non-Dailies over 4,000) Bethany Reinhart

2008 Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show Awards

First Place – Four-year College Tabloid
Second Place – Robert Bykowski, Editorial/Commentary

2007 Illinois College Press Association Awards

First Place – John David Reed General Excellence Award (Non-dailies over 4,000) to The Chronicle Staff
First Place – Column (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Chrissy Mahlmeister
First Place – Sports Column (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Wes Giglio
First Place – Photo Essay (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Andrew Nelles, Tim Hunt, Rachel Strecher
First Place – Feature Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Tim Hunt
First Place – Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Jessica Galliart
First Place – Sports News Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Steve Yaccino
Second Place – Graphic Illustration (Open Category) by Emilia Klimiuk
Second Place – Sports Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Andrew Nelles
Second Place – Feature Page Design (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Emilia Klimiuk
Second Place – Column (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Matthew Fagerholm
Third Place – Critical Review/Film (Open Category) by Matthew Fagerholm
Third Place – In-House Promotional Advertisement (Open Category) by Emilia Klimiuk
Third Place – Advertising Campaign (Open Category) by Emilia Klimiuk
Third Place – Feature Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Andrew Nelles
Third Place – Headline Writing (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Jessica Galliart
Third Place – In-Depth Reporting (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Allison Riggio
Honorable Mention – In-House Promotional Advertisement (Open Category) by Emilia Klimiuk
Honorable Mention – Online Publication (Open Category) by Patrick Algrim
Honorable Mention – Sports Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Chrissy Mahlmeister
Honorable Mention – News Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Rachel Strecher
Honorable Mention – News Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Dana Nelson
Honorable Mention – Sports News Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Robert Bykowski
Honorable Mention – Special Supplement (Open Category) by Staff

2006 Illinois College Press Association Awards

First Place – In-Depth Reporting (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Hayley Graham
First Place – News Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Michael Jarecki
First Place – Photo Essay (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Andrew Nelles, Michael Jarecki, Mauricio Rubio
First Place – Full Page Advertisement (Open) by Josh Covarrubias
Second Place – Feature Page Design (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Josh Covarrubias
Second Place – Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Mark Byrne
Second Place – News Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Eric Davis
Second Place – Sports Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Mauricio Rubio
Second Place – Online Publication (Open Category) by Chuck Sievert
Third Place – Entertainment Supplement (Open Category) by Staff
Third Place – Special Supplement (Open Category) by Staff
Third Place – Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Jenifer Fischer
Third Place – Front Page Layout (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Campus News Staff
Third Place – Photo Essay (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Andrew Nelles, Michael Jarecki, Mauricio Rubio
Third Place – Sports Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Chrissy Mahlmeister, Brent Steven White
Third Place – Feature Page Design (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Josh Covarrubias
Third Place – Sports Column (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Tiffany Breyne
Honorable Mention – Full-Page Advertisement (Open Category) by Chris Gallevo
Honorable Mention – Sports Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Tiffany Breyne
Honorable Mention – Critical Review Other Than Film (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Mary Kroeck
Honorable Mention – Editorial (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Staff

2007 Gold Circle Awards, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Second Place – Art Illustration, Two or More Colors for Newspapers by Chris Gallevo
Second Place – Single Advertisement for Newspapers, Chris Gallevo
Certificate of Merit, Editorial Cartoons for Newspapers, Chris Gallevo
Certificate of Merit, Portfolio of Work for Newspapers, Joshua Covarrubias

2006 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker

2006 ACP Online Pacemaker Winner – Chuck Sievert for www.columbiachronicle.com

2006 Columbia Scholastic Press Association

First Place – Color Photo Layout to the Chronicle Photo Staff
Second Place – Art/Illustration of Two or More Colors for Newspapers to Josh Covarrubias
Second Place – In-Depth News/Feature Story to Jeff Danna
Second Place – Color Photo Layout to Erin Mash and Eric Davis
Certificate of Merit – News Feature Writing for Newspapers to Jennifer Sabella
Certificate of Merit – Art/Illustration of Two or More Colors for Newspapers to Josh Covarrubias
Certificate of Merit – Single Feature Photograph for Newspapers to Ben Pancoast
Certificate of Merit – Feature Page Design for Newspapers to Ryan Duggan

2006 College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

First Place – Best General Media Kit/Marketing Package for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week

9th Annual Webby Award Competition

2005 Webby Nominee – Chuck Sievert for www.columbiachronicle.com

2005 ICPA Awards

First Place – John David Reed General Excellence Award, The Columbia Chronicle
Calumet Photography “Shoot Chicago” Photo Competition (Three of Five Winning Photos) by Erin Mash, Mauricio Rubio, Michael Jarecki
First Place – Full page Advertisement (Open Catregory) by Chris Gallevo
Third Place – Entertainment Supplement (Open Catregory) by Todd Burbo, Hunter Clauss, Tiffany Breyne, and Josh Covarrubias
Honorable Mention – Special Supplement (Open Catregory) by Advertising Staff
Third Place – Graphic Illustration (Open Catregory) by Chris Gallevo
First Place – Front Page Layout (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Campus News Staff
Second Place – Editorial (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Editorial Staff
Honorable Mention – Sports Column (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Todd Burbo
Second Place – Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Hunter Clauss, Jennifer Sabella, and Alicia Dorr
Honorable Mention – Feature Page Design (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Chris Gallevo
First Place – News Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Alicia Dorr
First Place – Sports News Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Alan Baker
Third Place – Sports Feature Story (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Alan Baker
Third Place – Photo Essay (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Eric Davis, Erin Mash, Michael Jarecki, and Mauricio Rubio
Second Place – Photo Essay (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Eric Mash, Ben Pancoast, and Eric Davis
Third Place – Feature Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Eric Davis
Third Place – Eric Davis
First Place – Sports Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Michael Jarecki
Second Place – News Photo (Non-dailies over 4,000) by Eric Davis

Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Competition

First Place – Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper (published no more than once a week)
First Place – Online Spot News Reporting: Andrew Greiner
First Place – Spot News Photography: Eric Davis
Second Place – General Column Writing: Jamie Murnane
Third Place – Feature Writing: Jamie Murnane
Third Place – Column Collection: Editorial Staff
Third Place – In-Depth Reporting: Alicia Dorr
Third Place – Photo Illustration: Eric Davis & Teresa Scarbrough

Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention – Minneapolis, 2005

Second Place – Overall Excellence for Weekly Tabloids at Four-Year Colleges
Third Place – Feature Writing: Trish Bendix
Honorable Mention – Overall Excellence in an Arts & Entertainment Section

2005 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition

First Place – Comic Strip: Scotty Carlson, “Out of My Head”
First Place – Porfolio:- Ryan Duggan, covers from the Chronicle’s Arts & Entertainment section
Third Place – Newspaper Tabloid Page One Design: Ryan Duggan
Certificate of Merit – Newspaper News Page Design: Jeff Danna
Certificate of Merit – First Person Experience: Mark W. Anderson
Certificate of Merit – Single Advertisements for Newspapers: Ashleigh Pacetti
Certificate of Merit – Single Advertisements for Newspapers: Carla Lachman

2005 College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

First Place – Best General Media Kit/Marketing Package for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Ben Bilow
Second Place – Best Newspaper Promotion Campaign for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Carla Lachman
Third Place – Best Display Ad/Full Color for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Carla Lachman

2004 ICPA Awards

First Place – Other Cartoon Strip or Panel (open category) by Scott Carlson
First Place – Sports Feature Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Andrew Greiner
First Place – Feature Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Jeff Danna
First Place – Sports Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Andrew J. Scott
First Place – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Andrew J. Scott
Second Place – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Eric Davis, Theresa Scarbrough, Tina Wagner and Tom Wessell
Second Place – General Excellence (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Second Place – Feature Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Theresa Scarbrough
Second Place – Full Page Advertisement (open category) by Carla Lachman
Second Place – Feature Page Design (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Ryan Duggan
Third Place – Entertainment Supplement (open category) by Ryan Duggan, Jamie Murnane, Todd Burbo and Trish Bendix
Third Place – Front Page Layout (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Scott Carlson and Jennifer Sabella
Honorable Mention – Column Excluding Sports (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Andrew Greiner
Honorable Mention – Critical Review Other Than Film (open category) by Jeff Danna
Honorable Mention – In-House Promotional Ad (open category) by Carla Lachman
Honorable Mention – News Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Andrew J. Scott
One of four co-winners – Calumet Photographic “Shoot Chicago” Photo Competition: Eric Davis

Illinois Press Photographers Association’s Illinois Student Best of Photojournalism 2003 competition

First Place – Picture Story, Knockout,” Andrew J. Scott

Society of Professional Journalists 2003 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Competition

First Place – Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper (published no more than once a week)
First Place – Editorial Cartooning, Ryan Duggan
Second Place – Spot News Photography, Heather Morrison

2004 College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

Second Place – Best Display Ad/Spot Color for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Ashleigh Pacetti
Second Place – Best Display Ad/Full Color for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Ashleigh Pacetti
Third Place – Best Display Ad Campaign for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Ashleigh Pacetti

2004 Columbia Scholastic Press Association

First Place – Personal Opinions: Off-Campus Column Writing for Newspapers, “The Editor’s Desk: If you are between the ages of 18 and 34…” by Georgia Evdoxiadis
Third Place – General Column Writing for Newspapers, “In the Loop… It’s not as bad as ‘Dewey defeats Truman,’” by Chris Coates
Third Place – Personality Profile Writing for Newspapers ” Faculty member inducted into city’s Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame,” by Jeff Danna
Certificate of Merit – In-Depth News/Feature Story “South Loop gets facelift” by Chris Coates

Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention – Minneapolis, 2004

Second Place – Four-year weekly tabloids
Honorable Mention – Review Writing by Matthew Jaster
Honorable Mention – Feature Writing by Jeff Danna

2005 Illinois College Press Association

First Place – News Story (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Carter gives two cents about tuition” by Chris Coates
First Place – Editorial Cartoon (open category), “Irony is not humor” by Ryan Duggan
First Place – Feature Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Convocation circus” by Andrew J. Scott
First Place – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category), “2003 Chicago Marathon” by Andrew J. Scott, Heather Morrison, Joseph Kang
Second Place – General Excellence (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Second Place – In-Depth Reporting (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Gridlock” by Lisa Balde
Second Place – Sports Page Design (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Dustin Klass
Second Place – Other Cartoon Strip or Panel (open category) by John Peter West
Second Place – Advertisement Less Than Full Page (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
Second Place – Editorial (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Parade promotion a true turkey”
Second Place – On-Line Newspaper Editions (open category) by Kristin Kittoe, Radikarn Sudamee
Third Place – News Story (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Student arrested in South Loop marijuana bust” by Chris Coates
Honorable Mention – Sports Feature (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Columbia students feel the rush” by Dustin Klass
Honorable Mention – Editorial Cartoon (open category) by Ryan Duggan
Honorable Mention – Advertisement Less Than Full Page (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
Honorable Mention – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Neighborhood Brawl” by Heather Morrison
Honorable Mention – Feature Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) “Veteran’s Day ceremony” by Andrew J. Scott
Honorable Mention – Feature Story (non-daily over 4,000 category), “Chicago lakefront park goes to the dogs” by Doris Dadayan
Honorable Mention – 96 Front Page Layout (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Fernando Diaz
One of four co-winners – Chicago Photo Shootout: Andrew J. Scott

Associated Collegiate Press national competition
2003 ACP Advertising Awards, co-sponsored by Larson Newspapers.

Ashleigh Pacetti – First Place, Brochure/Rate Card Honorable Mention, Display Ad

2003 ACP Cartooning Awards, co-sponsored by Universal Press Syndicate

John Peter West – First Place, Comic Panel/Strip

Chronicle staff, Finalist – Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker competition
2003 Apple Awards

Best Four-Year Non-Daily Tabloid Newspaper

College Newspapers Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

First Place – Best Black and White Display Ad for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Ashleigh Pacetti
Third Place – Best Newspaper Promotion Ad for newspapers with circulations of less than 40,000 per week: Ashleigh Pacetti

2003 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition

2nd Place – Feature Page Design: Cassie Weicher, “A&E”
Certificate of Merit – Personal Opinion: On-Campus: Katie Walsh, “Better Ideas for Mansion Millions”
Certificate of Merit – Photo Story: Michael Schmidt, “Chicago Golden Gloves”
Certificate of Merit – Advertising and Advertising Photography: Ashleigh Pacetti, “Amiri Baraka”
Certificate of Merit – Advertising and Advertising Photography: Ashleigh Pacetti, “Word Up”

Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention – Minneapolis, 2003

Honorable Mention – Four-year weekly tabloids

2002 Illinois College Press Association, Chicago

First Place – General Excellence (non-daily over 4,000 category)
First Place – In-Depth Reporting (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Neda Simenova
First Place – News Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Angela Caputo and Chris Coates
First Place – Headline Writing (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Georgia Evdoxiadis
First Place – Sports Feature (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Scott Venci
First Place – Sports Column (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Ryan Saunders
First Place – Sports Page Design (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Dustin Klass, Ryan Saunders
First Place – Editorial Cartoon (open category) by John Peter West
First Place – Advertisement Less Than Full Page (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
First Place – Full Page Advertisement (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
First Place – In-House Promotional Ad (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
First Place – Advertising Campaign (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
First Place – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Joe Tamborello
Second Place – Editorial (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Second Place – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Second Place – Feature Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Brian Morowczynski
Third Place – In-Depth Reporting (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Angela Caputo
Third Place – On-Line Newspaper Editions (open category) by Dustin Hansen and Melissa Mastro
Honorable Mention – Editorial (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Honorable Mention – Feature Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Michael Hirtzer
Honorable Mention – News Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Ryan Adair
Honorable Mention – Sports News Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Dustin Klass
Honorable Mention – News Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Dwayne Thomas
Honorable Mention – Editorial Cartoon (open category) by John Peter West
One of five co-winners – Chicago Photo Shootout: Brian Morowczynski

2002 U-WIRE Web Savvy Award

Columbia Chronicle Online – Dustin Hansen & Melissa Mastro

2002 Associated College Press Leader of the Student Press in North America

Columbia Chronicle Online – Dustin Hansen

2002 Associated College Press Online Pacemaker Winner

Columbia Chronicle Online – Dustin Hansen & Melissa Mastro

2002 College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers, Inc.

Second Place – Best Full Color Advertisement: Ashleigh Pacetti

2002 ACP National College Newspaper Convention, Los Angeles

Honorable Mention – Newspaper of the Year Award

2002 ACP Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention, Minneapolis

First Place – Newspaper of the Year Award
Third Place – Arts & Entertainment
Honorable Mention – Newswriting: ‘Jackson promotes education equity’ by Georgia Evdoxiadis
Third Place – Editorial Writing
Honorable Mention – Sports Writing: ‘Whose bubble will be burst?’ by Rudolph Sanchez
Honorable Mention – Page Design: Neda Simeonova

2001 Illinois College Press Association, Chicago

First Place – In-Depth Reporting: ‘South Loop in Transition’ (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Amber Holst
First Place – Staff Editorial (non-daily over 4,000 category)
First Place – Photo Essay: ‘The Chicago Marathon’ (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Mike Schmidt,Dwayne Thomas, Angela Ratkowski and Yohey Seno
First Place – Feature Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Jamie Humphrey
Second Place – Staff Editorial (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Second Place – Special Supplement (open category): Amber Holst
Second Place – Front Page Layout (non-daily over 4,000 category): Neda Simenova
Third Place – General Excellence (non-daily over 4,000 category)
Third Place – Photo Essay (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Daniel Gerdes and Justin Lundquist
Third Place – Sports Photo (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Patrick L. Pyszka
Third Place – Sports Page Design (non-daily over 4,000 category): Scott Venci
Third Place – Feature Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Jill Helmer
Third Place – Critical Review Other Than Film (open category) by Sarah Schmidlin
Third Place – Advertising Less than Full Page (open category): Ashleigh Pacetti
Third Place – Full Page Ad (open category) by Ashleigh Pacetti
Honorable Mention – Online Newspaper Editions (open category)
Honorable Mention – Feature Page Design (non-daily over 4,000 category): Cassie Weicher
Honorable Mention – Sports News Story (non-daily over 4,000 category) by Niel Buethe
Honorable Mention – Entertainment Supplement (open category) by Cassie Weicher, Michael Hirtzer and Melanie Masserant
Honorable Mention – Critical Review – Film: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ is a don’t – (Open Category) by Sal J. Barry
Honorable Mention – In-House Promotional Ad (open category): Ashleigh Pacetti
One of five co-winners – Chicago Photo Shootout: Dwayne Thomas

2001 Mark of Excellence Awards Society of Professional Journalists

Third Place – Editorial Writing: Chronicle staff
Third Place – In-Depth Reporting: ‘South Loop in Transition’ by Amber Holst
Third Place – Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper (published 2 to 4 times per week)

2000 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards (Region 5)

Second Place – Best Online Student Newspaper: Sal J. Barry & James Norman
Second Place – Sports Writing: ‘A dying breed’ by Matt Richmond
Second Place – Sports Photography: Bill Manley
Second Place – Spot News Photography: Tasos Katopodis
Third Place – Feature Photography: Bill Manley

2000 Illinois College Newspaper Business and Managers Association

First Place – Best Newspaper Promotion Ad: Chris Richert (Under 40,000 Circulation category)

2000 Illinois College Press Association

First Place – General Excellence: Chronicle Staff (non-daily category)
First Place – Editorial Writing: ‘For students, no news is bad news’ by the Chronicle Staff (non-daily category)
First Place – Feature Page Design: Michelle Flores (non-daily category)
First Place – Sports Column: ‘Keeping Knight keeps IU from becoming a basketball factory’ by Graham Couch (non-daily category)
First Place – Photo Essay: Patricia Dieball (non-daily category)
First Place – Feature Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category)
First Place – General News Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category)
First Place – Sports Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category)
Second Place – Photo Essay: Donnie Seals Jr. (non-daily category)
Second Place – Sports Feature: ‘A dying breed’ by Matt Richmond (non-daily category)
Third Place – Sports News Story: Spartains vs. Illini by Graham Couch (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Sports Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – In-Depth Reporting: ‘Internet spawns online addictions’ by Lee Sceier (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Sports Page Design: Graham Couch (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Feature Page Design: Michelle Flores (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Column Excluding Sports: ‘Two’s company, three’s a crowd’ by Amber Holst (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – News Story: ‘Gore, Bush reach out to voters’ by Amber Holst (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Front Page Layout: Ryan Adair & Amber Holst (non-daily category)
One of five co-winners – Chicago Photo Shootout: Brenna McLaughlin (non-daily category)

2000 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Competition

Finalist – Best Online College Newspaper: Sal J. Barry

2000 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition

Second Place – Overall Excellence in College Newspapers

2000 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition

First Place – News Features: Leon Tripplett, Billy O’Keefe, & James Boozer
First Place – Cartoons: Mark Stern, ‘Purgatory’ Comic
First Place – Photo Story (Black and White Section): ‘Baby on Board’ by Michelle Pinkowski
First Place – Advertising and Advertising Photography (Advertising Page): ‘Grad School Open House’ by Chris Richert
Second Place – Cartoons: Billy O’Keefe
Second Place – Editorial: Billy O’ Keefe
Second Place – Photo Story (Black and White Section): ‘Friends of the Elderly’ by Rob Hart
Third Place – Editorial Writing: James Boozer
Certificate of Merit – Photo Story (Color Section): ‘Essence of Summer’ by Rob Hart
Certificate of Merit – Advertising and Advertising Photography (Advertising Page): Chris Richert
Certificate of Merit – Opinion Page Design: Billy O’Keefe

2000 ACP National College Newspaper Convention Best of Show

First Place – Online Newspaper of the year (open category): Billy O’Keefe, designer and editor
Third Place – Newspaper of the year (4-year weekly category

1999 Illinois College Press Association

First Place – Spot News Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category)
First Place – Photo Essay: Michelle Pinkowski (non-daily category)
First Place – Opinion Page Design: Billy O’Keefe (open category)
First Place – Front Page Layout: James Boozer (non-daily category)
First Place – Feature Writing: Valerie Danner, Jessica Quist & Chris Richert (non-daily category)
Second Place – General Excellence (non-daily category)
Second Place – Advertisement Less Than a Full Page: Chris Richert (open category)
Second Place – Critical Review Other Than Film: Mike O’Brien (open category)
Second Place – Sports Feature Story: Graham Couch (non-daily category)
Second Place – Feature Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category)
Second Place – In-Depth Reporting: Elizabeth Nendick, Stephanie Berlin, Carmen DeFalco, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Todd Hofacker & Jen Magid (non-daily category)
Second Place – Headline Writing: Jotham Sederstrom (non-daily category)
Second Place – Photo Essay: Bill Manley, Rob Hart, Chris Kubiet, Brenna McLaughlin & Kevin Poirier (non-daily category)
Second Place – Sports Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category)
Third Place – Advertisement Less Than a Full Page: Chris Richert (open category)
Third Place – Editorial: James Boozer (non-daily category)
Third Place – Sports News Story: Graham Couch (non-daily category)
Third Place – Chicago Shoot-Out Competition: Donnie Seals
Honorable Mention – Editorial Cartoon: Billy O’Keefe (open category)
Honorable Mention – Other Cartoon: Billy O’Keefe (open category)
Honorable Mention – News Story: James Boozer (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Graphic Illustration: Billy O’Keefe (open category)
Honorable Mention – Critical Review – Film: James Boozer (open category)
Honorable Mention – Column: Billy O’Keefe (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Column: Valerie Danner (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – News Story: James Boozer (non-daily category)
First Place – In-Depth Reporting: Eileen Lavelle and Felicia Dechter for a story on student nutrition

1999 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition

Second Place – Overall Excellence in College Newspapers

1999 ACP/CMA National College Media Convention

Honorable Mention – Reporter of the Year: Kimberly Brehm

1999 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition

First Place – Health Features Category: Eileen Lavelle & Felicia Dechter for a story on student nutrition

1998 University of Missouri College Photographer of the Year

Silver Medal – Pictoral: Alyce Henson
Bronze Medal – Illustration: Kevin Poirer

1998 Illinois Press Photographers Association

First Place – Creative Vision: Jason Glaser
Honorable Mention – Portrait: Jason Glaser
Honorable Mention – Pictoral: Jason Glaser
Honorable Mention – Sports Action: Rob Hart
Honorable Mention – Pictoral: Rob Hart

1998 Associated Collegiate Press’s Best of the Midwest competition

First Place – News Story: Leon Tripplett
First Place – Online Publication: Billy O’Keefe
Second Place – Feature Story: Leon Tripplett

1998 Illinois College Press Association

First Place – Critical Review Other Than Film: Lawrence Benedetto (open category)
First Place – Sports Column: Rob Steva (non-daily category)
First Place – Sports Feature Rob Steva (non-daily category)
First Place – In-Depth Reporting: Eileen LaVelle, Felicia Dechter & others (non-daily category)
First Place – Feature Photo: Tobias Lopez (non-daily category)
First Place – Spot News Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category)
First Place – Photo Essay: Vince Johnson, Rob Hart & Tamera Bell (non-daily category)
Second Place – News Story: James Boozer (non-daily category)
Second Place – Editorial Cartoon: Billy O’Keefe (open category)
Second Place – Photo Essay: Rob Hart (non-daily category)
Second Place – Feature Story: Leon Tripplett (non-daily category)
Second Place – Sports Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category)
Third Place – Cartoon Strip/Other Panel: Billy O’Keefe (open category)
Third Place – Full Page Advertisement: Chris Richert (open category)
Honorable Mention – Front Page Layout: James Boozer, Billy O’Keefe, Vincent Johnson & Tim Lofgren (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Column: Benjamin Trecocci (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Sports Feature: Marcus Jenkins (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Feature Photo: Vince Johnson (non-daily category)
Honorable Mention – Chicago Shoot-Out Photo Competition: Rob Hart