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Publications win statewide awards

From left, Tim Webber, Jessica Lynk, Morgan Gstalter, Jake Bullington, Gerald Tetzlaff and Hunter Phillips

The Times-Delphic, Urban Plains and Drake Magazine won a total of 25 awards, including nine first-place honors, in the Iowa College Media Association contest.

The Times-Delphic won 10 awards:

First place

  • Investigative story, Sarah Fulton
  • Headline writing, Courtney Fishman

Second place

  • News photo, Cody Frost
  • Social media, Tim Webber, Courtney Fishman and Jake Bullington

Third place

  • Headline writing, Austin Cannon
  • Interactive graphic, Paityn Langley
  • Page 1 design, Michael Lopez, Jessica Lynk and Claudia Williams

Honorable Mention

  • News story, Giuliana LaMantia
  • Sports feature, Andrew Beall
  • Opinion writing, Tim Webber

Urban Plains, produced by the spring 2015 journalism capstone, won eight awards:

First place

  • Online edition
  • Interactive graphic, Erin Menardi, Rachel Collins, Raeann Langas, Nicole Kasperbauer and Alex Peterson
  • Profile, Meagan Flynn

Second place

  • Slideshow, Steph Kocer and Alex Peterson
  • Online video, Rachel Collins

Third place

  • Profile, Chance Hoener
  • Feature, Amanda Horvath and Faith Brar
  • Online video, Janet Eckles and Kenneth Schwarz

Drake Magazine won seven awards:

First place

  • Feature photo, Rachel Collins
  • Feature story, Molly Longman
  • Print design, Alecia McEachran
  • Magazine section or cover design, Kayli Kunkel and Cole Norum

Second place

  • Online edition
  • Interactive graphics, Kayli Kunkel
  • Blog, Zoe Ekonomou