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The Appalachian

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The Appalachian

Recognition

The Appalachian awards for the 2022-2023 academic year

Compiled by Allison Bennett Dyche, Adviser to The Appalachian and The Peel

Fall 2022 Awards

The following awards were presented to The Appalachian by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) for their annual Pacemaker & Individual Awards national competition. The full list can be found here: https://studentpress.org/acp/2022-online-pacemakers/; and here: https://studentpress.org/acp/2022/09/29/fall-2022-pacemaker-finalists/. The awards were presented Oct. 28, 2022, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

2022 ACP Pacemaker Awards

Online Pacemaker Award

Winner, The Appalachian website (https://theappalachianonline.com/), staff

Innovation Pacemaker Award

Finalist, Best of Boone annual readers choice survey/orientation guide, staff (entry put together by Aubrey Smith, Gabrielle Troutman, Cameron Burnett)

2022 ACP Individual Awards

2022 Best Use of Social Media, category (https://studentpress.org/acp/2022/08/26/2022-best-use-of-social-media/

Social Media Reporting

Multimedia Story of the Year, category

Photo Slideshow

Podcast

Story of the Year, category

Editorial

  • Second Place, “Nikole Hannah-Jones, the UNC System does not deserve you,” staff, The Appalachian

Photo of the Year, category

Sports Game/Action Photo

  • Honorable Mention, “Women’s soccer falls 2-1 to Coastal Carolina,” Samuel Cooke, The Appalachian

Advertisement of the Year, category

Digital Advertisement

  • Fourth Place, “Best of Boone last day of voting,” Xanayra Marin-Lopez, The Appalachian
  • Honorable Mention, “Best of Boone 2022 voting,” Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Mia Mendez, Meg Powell, The Appalachian

Newspaper Special Section/Advertising

  • Second Place, “Best of Boone 2022,” staff, The Appalachian

Media Kit

  • Honorable Mention, “The Appalachian 2022-2023 Media Kit,” Jessica Kimes, The Appalachian

 

The following awards were presented to The Appalachian by the College Media Association (CMA) for their annual Pinnacle Awards national competition. The full list can be found here: https://www.collegemedia.org/news/article_9a19e4b2-555c-11ed-b1ea-17bc4f396925.html. The awards were presented Oct. 27, 2022, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

2022 CMA Pinnacle Awards

Individual Awards

Design Pinnacles

Best Advertisement:

  • Honorable Mention, Appalachian Nails & Co., Makenzie Hamrick, The Appalachian, Best of Boone 2022 edition

Online Pinnacles

Best Multimedia Breaking News Story

Photo Pinnacles

Best Photo Package

Advertising Pinnacles

Best Rate Card/Media Kit

 

The following awards were presented to The Appalachianby the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) for their fall Best in Show competition at MediaFest22: https://studentpress.org/acp/2022/10/20/2022-best-of-show-fall-convention/. The awards were presented Oct. 30, 2022, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

2022 Best In Show Awards

Podcast

  • First Place, BOO-ne, Episode 2: Monsters of the Backwoods, Ella Adams, Evan Byrd, The Appalachian

Digital Newsletter

Four-year campus

  • Second Place, The Appalachian, staff

Newspaper/Newsmagazine

Four-year campus with more than 15,000 students

  • Eighth Place, The Appalachian, September 2022 print edition

 

 

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