The Daily Illini wins best college newspaper in Illinois
The Daily Illini Staff traveled to Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 18th for the Illinois College Press Association award ceremony.
February 18, 2017
The Daily Illini won first place for “General Excellence” and “Online News Website” at the Illinois College Press Association award ceremony in Chicago Saturday afternoon.
The ICPA hosts this competition annually and judges various components of college newspapers from across the state.
Staff members also placed in other categories, including general news, sports photo, photo essay, headline writing, sports page design, sports column, sports feature, sports game story, news story, features story, column, editorial, front page layout, full page ad, advertising campaign and in-house promotional ad.
Here is the full list of awards the staff received. Please visit the website for links to the stories and photos.
First Place- General Excellence: The Daily Illini Staff.
Three random days, 1 2 3, were chosen for this category.
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The Daily Illini Staff- First Place: Online News Site:
The Daily Illini Editorial Board- First Place: Editorial
The Daily Illini Editorial Board- Second Place: Editorial
Matt Silich- First Place: Column other than sports
Peter Bailey-Wells- First Place: Sports Column
Kevin McCarthy- Second Place: Sports Column
Cole Henke- Third Place: Sports Feature Story
Joey Figueroa- First Place: Sports Game Story
Abigale Svoboda- Honorable Mention: News Story
Alice Smelyansky- Third Place: Feature Story
Lily Katz- First Place: Photo Essay
Ryan Fang- Honorable Mention: Photo Essay
Austin Yattoni- First Place: Sports Photo
Ryan Fang- Second Place: General News Photo
Lily Katz- Honorable Mention: General News Photo (the ninth photo)
Brian Bauer- Second Place: Spot News Photo (the Fourth photo)
Kelsie Travers- First Place: Feature Page Design (front page)
Michelle Tam- Second Place: Feature Page Design (A6)
The Daily Illini Staff- Third Place: Headline Writing (front page headline)
Michelle Tam- Honorable Mention: Sports Page Design (B1)
The Daily Illini Design Staff- Second Place: Front Page Layout 1 2 3
Cate Hummel and Amanda McCash- Third Place: Advertising Campaign
John Morgan- First Place In-House Promotional Ad
John Morgan and Keyanna Turner- Third Place Classified Section
Erin Lin and Cate Hummel- Honorable Mention Full-Page Advertisement
John Morgan and Herb Aji- Honorable Mention Advertisement Less than Full Page
Cheng-Hao Hsieh- First Place Advertisement Less than Full Page
