The Ithacan, Ithaca College's award-winning student-run news organization, was named a Pinnacle Awards Finalist in 15 categories by the College Media Association last week.
The winners will be announced at the 2024 Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Association Fall National College Media Convention in New Orleans from Oct. 30-Nov. 2.
Here's a full list of The Ithacan's finalists:
- Best College Media Group of the Year (Division II)
- Periodic Newspaper of the Year (Division II)
- Best Investigative Sports Story (Division II) — Tess Ferguson ’25 for “Athletics department issues dress code for student-athletes"
- Best Sports Feature (Division II) — Ray Milburn ’26 for “The center at center stage: Football player shares his passion for performance"
- Best Print Sports Section (Divisions II and III)
- Best Special Section — More than Four Pages (Division II) for “The Arts Edition”
- Best General News Story (Division II) — Syd Pierre ’24 and Prakriti Panwar ’26 for “Ithaca College student files sexual abuse, harassment, Title IX lawsuit against IC and former Park School associate dean”
- Best Column (Division II)— Gabe Hendershot ’27 for “Pencils Down: Students should not be starving for success”
- Best Feature Photo (Division II) — Xinyi Qin ’26
- Special Topic Email Newsletter (Divisions I and II) — Matt Minton ’24
- General News Email Newsletter (Divisions II and III) — Elizabeth Kharabadze ’24 and Jacquelyn Reaves ’27
- Sports Email Newsletter (Division II) — Danny King ’24
- Best Comic Strip for “The Shoelace Carnival” by DJ Berchoff ’25
- Best Recruitment Ad (Division II and Two-Year Schools) for “Mean Girls Recruitment Campaign"
- Best Video Special Event Coverage (Division II) for “Namgyal Monastery opens His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center"