Elon News Network, Phi Psi Cli yearbook and Colonnades Literary & Art Journal collect Best of Show honors at the annual North Carolina College Media Association gathering at High Point University.
Elon News Network, Phi Psi Cli yearbook and Colonnades Literary & Art Journal all won Best of Show awards on Feb. 24 from the North Carolina College Media Association. More than a dozen students were honored in the individual categories, as well.
The awards were presented at the association’s conference for college media students and advisers held at High Point University.
The awards contest included hundreds of entries from more than 20 college media outlets from across the state. Below is a list of the Elon winners.
Elon award winners
Best of Show – Newspaper
The Pendulum
Issues from April 5, 2023 and Sept. 13, 2023
Best of Show – Website
Elon News Network
www.elonnewsnetwork.com
Best of Show – Yearbook
Phi Psi Cli
Best of Show – Literary Magazine
Colonnades
3rd Place – Digital Storytelling
Jenna Manderioli
Finding folk: the Festival of Discovery
Honorable Mention – Digital Storytelling
Cailey Cetani
Alamance County’s art community rebounds: a tale of resilience and renewal
1st Place – Digital Storytelling
Naomi Washington
Elon University faculty struggle to navigate new NC By Train schedule
1st Place – Feature Writing
Sarah T. Moore
Student-run dance production ‘Semicolon’ offers hopeful narrative to Elon University community
1st Place – Illustration/Graphic
Erin Martin
Elon’s revolving door
3rd Place – News Writing
Abigail Hobbs
Elon University senior staff members’ leaving shakes up university
1st Place – News Writing
Alicia Clanton and Alexandra Schneider
Cheating or a resource: Elon University faculty balance ChatGPT in classroom
1st Place – Opinion Writing
Erin Sockolof
The war for insulin affordability isn’t over yet
2nd Place – Opinion Writing
Alex Nettles
Future educators have a disproportionate burden to bear
Honorable Mention – Photography
Sarah T. Moore
Hispanic Heritage Month
1st Place – Single or Two-Page Design
Jared Foutz
Page 4, Nov. 1, 2023
2nd Place – Single or Two-Page Design
Audrey Geib
Page 5, Nov. 1, 2023
2nd Place – Sports Writing
Mason Willett and Abigail Hobbs
Elon University volleyball player turns to coaching after medical issues
Honorable Mention – Sports Writing
Miles Hayford
Community weighs transgender sports ban
2nd Place – Nonfiction
Lucas Leveillee
“Early Thoughts on Me and Men”
Elon University students attending the NCCMA conference included Jo Bogart ’26; Kenna Dubraski ’25; Miles Hayford ’27; Ryan Kupperman ’25; Erin Martin ’25; Liliana Molina ’27; Alex Nettles ’26; Carissa Pallander ’25; Charlotte Pfabe ’27; Sophie Rosenthal ’24; and Avery Sloan ’25. They were accompanied by Colin Donohue, School of Communications director of student engagement and special projects and instructor in journalism, and Kelly Furnas, senior lecturer in journalism.