The Daily Illini placed second in general excellence for daily collegiate newspapers at the Illinois College Press Association conference in Chicago on Saturday. The award recognizes the best overall student news organization among daily student newspapers in Illinois.

The Vidette from Illinois State University won first place in general excellence for daily collegiate newspapers. The Daily Northwestern from Northwestern University placed third.

General excellence

Second place

Design

Opinion page layout

Third place, Cassidy Brandt

Front page layout

Honorable mention

Sports page layout

First place, Kenyon Edmond and Brian Bauer

Creative works

Online news site

Second place, Tyler Panlilio

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First place, Bradley Fishman

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First place, Bradley Fishman

Advertising open campaign

First and second place

Sports

Sports features story

Honorable mention, Gabby Hajduk

Sports game story

Third place, Jared Farmer

Sports column

Second place, Tati Perry

Third place, Rachel Spencer

Opinions

Editorial

Third place

Column (excluding sports)

Third place, Ellen Barczak

Honorable mention, Andrew Prozorovsky

Photo

Gallery • 4 Photos

Mark Capapas

Bob Wootton steps outside of Kriser's Natural Pet located at 356 E. Ohio St., with his dogs Ducky (left) and Bertie on Friday.

ICPA photo competition

Second place, Mark Capapas

Feature photo

Third place, Mark Capapas

Sports photo

Second place, Jonathan Bonaguro

Spot news photo

Third place, Ben Tschetter

Supplements

In-depth reporting

First place, multimedia reporting

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