Daily receives top honors at national convention

Daily Staff


The Iowa State Daily was awarded top honors at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers National College Media Convention in Orlando this weekend.

The ACP awarded the Daily Pacemaker awards, ACP’s highest honor, for both its print and online products at an award ceremony Saturday.

According to the ACP website, judges selected Newspaper Pacemakers based on “coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics.”

Judges selected Online Pacemakers based on “design, ease of navigation, writing and editing, graphics and interactivity,” the website said.

The Daily also nabbed three Best in Show awards for its print product, online product and Sept. 11 special section in their respective categories. The print and online products placed fifth and the special section placed second.