Students from The Echo won 20 awards, including best college newspaper. Photo by The Echo.
The 51¥ School of Communication netted multiple awards from the 2022 Arkansas College Media Association Contest (ACMA), covering work done by its student journalists during 2021.
The student-run newspaper, The Echo, along with its online version, uca.news.live, took home 23 awards, including newspaper of the year, reporter of the year, editorial cartoon, election/political reporting and news writing.
The News6 staff won 9 awards, including television outlet of the year. Photo by News6.
News6, the student-run news television station, won nine awards, including television outlet of the year, interpretative/investigative reporting, sports feature and weather.
The ACMA is composed of student media outlets at public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities in Arkansas. The awards were announced at an April 8 meeting at the Arkansas State University in Jonesboro campus.
The Echo
Newspaper of the Year
- First Place: The Echo
Newspaper Editor of the Year
- Third Place: Delaney Van Wilpe
Reporter of the Year
- First Place: Addison Freeman
Photographer of the Year
- Second Place: Madison Ogle
Newspapers
Art/Illustration
- Third Place: Madison Ogle, “Gas leak cartoon”
- Honorable Mention: Madison Ogle, “Zodiac cartoon”
Cartoon Strip/Panel Entertainment Cartoon
- Honorable Mention: Madison Ogle, “Cartoon Sept. 22, 2021”
Editorial Cartoon
- First Place: Madison Ogle, “Cartoon Sept. 8, 2021”
- Third Place: Madison Ogle, “Cartoon Sept. 15, 2021”
Election/Political
- First Place: Edmund Burke, “Arkansas Supreme Court blocks proposed mask ban”
Front Page Layout
- Third Place: Delaney Van Wilpe & Addison Freeman, “Front Page Nov. 10, 2021”
General Column
- Second Place: Olyvia Gonzalez, “Social media doesn’t need your sonogram photos”
In-Depth News
- Honorable Mention: Delaney Van Wilpe, “Community reflection spurred by anniversary of 9/11”
Meeting/Speech
- First Place: Delaney Van Wilpe, “Brianne Little discusses fear of failure and imposter syndrome in Women in Music series”
- Honorable Mention: Mia Waddell, “Sugar Bear name change fails by majority”
News Photo
- Third Place: Ian Lyle, “Year of COVID-19 and more”
- Honorable Mention: Mia Waddell, “Gas leak photo”
Sports Column
- Second Place: Emilee Hagewood, “Should the Sugar Bears drop Sugar?”
Sports Feature
- Third Place: Madison Ogle, “UCA football coach proposes after Bears win against UAPB”
Sports Photo
- Third Place: Lindzie Lunsford, “Women’s soccer”
Online
Articles-Arts & Entertainment
- Second Place: Jacob Smith, “‘Stillwater’ sends waves of excitement back to moviegoing”
Editorials/Commentary/Blogs
- Second Place: Delaney Van Wilpe, “Musical expression is not for politics to decide”
Newswriting
- First Place: Elvira Toddy, “UCA employee, mother of three, murdered by ex-husband”
- Second Place: Sarah Smythe, “Conway man arrested for Jan. 6 Capitol riots”
Meeting/Speech Coverage
- Second Place: Mia Waddell, “Presidential Town Hall talks tuition freeze, COVID-19 vaccine updates”
Topical Reporting/Blogs
- Second Place: Bennett Tinnermon, “Doodling to calm your boggled mind”
News6
Television Outlet of the Year
- First Place: News6
Interpretative/Investigative
- First Place: Trevor Cook, “Pedestrian Walkway over Stone Dam Creek on Campus”
- Second Place: Chase Mauk, “Local Music During the Pandemic”
News Reporting
- First Place: Ladell Tyler, “Windgate Center for the Performing Arts”
- Third Place: Berris Teague, “Pumpkin Patch”
Sports Feature Award
- Second Place: Thomas Gillette, “Estes Stadium”
- Third Place: Brett Walker, “Campus Recreation”
- Honorable Mention: Brett Walker, “Bear Den”
Weather Award
- Second Place: Anthony Reiter, Trevor Cook, and Collin Gallimore, “The Snow Remains — UCA Weather Update”
