Southern Illinois University students and staff members from the Daily Egyptian attended the annual Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) two day conference this past weekend in Chicago, Illinois and returned nothing short of winners.
Returning with a total of 42 awards ranging from first place to honorable mentions in categories from print advertisement to sports photo and in-depth reporting the Daily Egyptian showed the progress it had made since last year.
The conference awards had a total of 803 entries by 27 schools. The Daily Egyptian placed first in nine of the categories.
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First Place (see below for the winning photos and designs):
Feature page design – Design chief Peyton Cook (Iron Pour)
Sports page layout – Designer Day Starr-Fleming
Sports game story – Student managing editor Brandyn Wilcoxen
In depth reporting – awarded to the Daily Egyptian Staff (for coverage of the Little Rock and Wynne, Arkansas and Salem, Illinois tornados. Sophie Whitten and Ryan Grieser reported, while Mo Collar, Sophie Whitten and Dominque Martinez-Powell took photos)
Spot news photo – Mo Collar (Little Rock tornado)
Sports photo – Lylee Gibbs (SEMO coverage)
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Graphic illustration – Day Starr-Fleming (for a graphic on the effects of stress on Black students)
Print advertisement- Lane Frost
Sweepstakes award (for winning the most awards in the division) – The Daily Egyptian Staff
Second Place:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coverage – Brandyn Wilcoxen (for his asexuality column, William Box for a Gaza editorial and Janiyah Gaston for her story on mental health concerns among Black students)
Digital advertisement
Front page layout
Feature page design
Photo layout
In-depth reporting – Daniel Bethers (on distance education funds)
Headline writing
Spot news photo
Third Place:
Critical review
Sports page design
Editorial
News story
Sports news story
Sports game story
Sports feature story
Sports column
Feature photo
Print general excellence
Honorable Mentions:
Critical review
Podcast – sports
Sports game story
Sports feature story
Sports column
Headline writing
Multimedia
Photo essay
Feature photo
Sports photo
General news photo
Web general excellence
In addition, Dominque Martinez-Powell took third place and an honorable mention in the Ron Wiginton Photo Competition, while Lylee Gibbs took an honorable mention.
The Daily Egyptian and its staff is honored to return to campus with such a high number of awards. A special congratulations to all staff members who placed first in their categories as well as Brandyn Wilcoxen, William Box and Janiyah Gaston for their second place award in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coverage.
News Editor Joei Younker can be reached at [email protected].
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