Awards and honors
2008-09
UWIRE Top 100 Student Journalists
Dane Beavers, oudaily.com
Hailey Branson, The Oklahoma Daily
College Newspapers Business & Advertising Managers, Inc.
CNBAM, representing more than 125 schools nationwide, recognizes creativity and design with awards at its annual convention. This year, The Oklahoma Daily ad staff took home two awards:
CNBAM Designer of the Year, John Salvie, ad design manager
Best of Category for black-and-white display ad, first
Gold Crown
Sooner 2008/Crimson Traditions 2007 and OUDaily.com
Given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Sooner yearbook and Crimson Traditions package was one of only three collegiate yearbooks to win the coveted Gold. OUDaily.com also won this highest honor, the first national award since its recent relaunch.
Pacemaker finalist, OUDaily.com and Sooner 2008/Crimson Traditions 2007
Given by the Associated Collegiate Press, the Pacemaker is widely considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism. Winners will be announced at the College Media Convention in October.
Gold Circles
The Gold Circle, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, is the largest national competition for individual achievement in college, university and senior high school publications throughout the United States. The awards recognize the nation's best student journalists. For 2007-08, Student Media's two yearbooks, Sooner and Crimson Traditions, took home 27 Gold Circles, including six first-place awards. The Oklahoma Daily also won 13, including two firsts, and Sower magazine won two. Click here to see individual awards.
2008 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
Given by the Society of Professional Journalists, the awards honor the best in collegiate journalism. OU Student Media competes in Region 8, which includes Oklahoma and Texas. The Daily won third in the region's best "all-around daily student newspaper," and Daily staffers also took first in two individual categories. Click here to see the full awards list.
Hearst Journalism Awards Program
Editorial Writing, sixth
Hailey Branson
Editorial Writing, seventh
Lindsey Allgood
SPJ Oklahoma Pro Chapter Awards
Oklahoma's Society of Professional Journalists' awards pit the students of The Oklahoma Daily against the state’s professional journalists. The Daily was named the state’s best newspaper in Division B (circulation of 7,000-24,999), besting both OSU’s student paper and The Norman Transcript. Student staffers of The Daily won 21 individual awards, including nine first-place honors, and swept the In-Depth Enterprise Reporting/Individual category. See individual awards here.
Given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the award ranks the OU yearbooks among the top nine collegiate books nationwide. Gold and Silver Crown winners will be announced at the College Media Convention in March. The Sooner/CT package is the 10th OU yearbook in a row to garner Crown honors and the 11th since Sooner’s 1997 rebirth.
Pacemaker, Sooner 2007/Crimson Traditions 2006
Given by the Associated Collegiate Press, the Pacemaker is commonly referred to as “the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.”
Honor Roll Yearbook Adviser
Lori Brooks
College Media Advisers
Third place, Yearbook, Best in Show
Sooner 2008/Crimson Traditions 2007
National College Media Convention
Fourth place, Four-Year Daily Broadsheet, Best in Show
The Oklahoma Daily
National College Media Convention
Fourth place, Four-Year Daily Special Section, Best in Show
The Oklahoma Daily
National College Media Convention
First place, organization spread, Sooner 2007
Kayle Salinda
Best of Collegiate Design
Second place, organization spread, Crimson Traditions 2007
Michael S. Mitra
Best of Collegiate Design
Third place, organization spread, Sooner 2007
Michael S. Mitra
Best of Collegiate Design
Fourth place, organization spread, Crimson Traditions 2007
Michael S. Mitra
Best of Collegiate Design
Third place, student life spread, Crimson Traditions 2007
Michael S. Mitra
Best of Collegiate Design
Third place, academics spread, Sooner 2007
Abby Shackelford
Best of Collegiate Design
Second place, individual spread, Crimson Traditions 2007
Michael S. Mitra
Best of Collegiate Design