The Pendulum and Phi Psi Cli repeat with Best of Show honors at the annual North Carolina College Media Association gathering at East Carolina University.
The Pendulum, the newspaper of Elon News Network, and Phi Psi Cli yearbook won Best of Show awards on Feb. 29 from the North Carolina College Media Association. Nearly two dozen students were honored in the individual categories, as well.
The were presented at the association’s conference for college media students and advisers held at East Carolina University in Greenville.
The awards contest included hundreds of entries from more than 20 college media outlets from across the state. Below is a list of only the Elon winners. (The place next to the names indicates where students finished in a particular category.)
Newspaper—Small School (6,800 student enrollment and less)
Best of Show – Newspaper
Best of Show – Online
Cartoon
1: Sam Porozok – “”
Digital Storytelling
1: Oliver Fischer – “”
2: Anton Delgado – “”
3: Abby Gibbs – “”
Feature Writing
1: Deirdre Kronschnabel – “”
2: Diego Pineda – “”
3: Abby Gibbs – “”
News Writing
1: Maggie Brown – “”
3: Abby Gibbs – “”
Opinion Writing
2: Nicole Galante – “”
Photography
1: Thomas Denome – “”
Single- or Two-Page Design
1: Olivia Parks – “”
2: Meghan Kimberling – “”
Sports Writing
1: Amanda Gibson – “”
2: Grace Terry – “”
Yearbook
Best of Show
Student Life Copy
3: Emery Eisner – “Loved Ones Lost”
Sports Copy
1: Sarah Stone – “Health is Wealth”
2: Kaitlyn Fu – “Up in Da Club Sports”
Photography
2: Liam O’Connor – “Cell Phone Crowd Photo”
Inside Spread Design
1: Sarah Stone – “A Killer Show”
3: Lane Pritchard – “Blown Away”
Literary Magazine
Poetry
2: Arianne Payne – “Resurface”
Nonfiction
1: Laura Braley – “Acting”
Photography/Art
1: Kate Gerstner – “Decayed Beauty”
In total, nine þ students attended the daylong conference, which featured workshops, panel discussions, critiques and a keynote address. The students in attendance were ENN staff members Anton Delgado ’20, Clare Grant ’23, Kyra O’Connor ’23, Olivia Parks ’23 and Maria Ramirez ’20. Representing Phi Psi Cli were members Emery Eisner ’22 and Sarah Rusthoven ’23. April Roberts ’20 and Chloe Ekberg ’20 attended for Colonnades.
Additionally, Elon’s Brooks Fuller, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and assistant professor of journalism, presented a session titled “Media Law Update.”
Journalism Lecturer and Pendulum adviser Kelly Furnas, Director of Student Engagement and Alumni Relations & Instructor of Journalism Colin Donohue ’05 and Communications Manager and Phi Psi Cli adviser Tommy Kopetskie accompanied the students to the Greenville conference.