Drake University student publications 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 on February 5.
The Times-Delphic student newspaper 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, the “awesome, undoubtedly hip, yet interestingly informative student-run 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