Herald editors and staff earned 52 awards at the Arkansas College Media Association (ACMA) conference. 

The conference, hosted Friday at the Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, Arkansas, recognized college media across Arkansas. Students also attended breakout sessions to learn and network with industry professionals.

The awards are listed below:

Newspaper:

1st place

• Meeting/speech coverage – Jerry Don Burton, Caroline Averitt 
• Sports feature writing – Anna Cox, Will Livingston
• Election/political – Laila Casiano
• Headlines – Laila Casiano

2nd place

• Election/political – Rachel Rudd
• Newspaper news photo – Shelby Russom
• In-depth news – Jerry Don Burton, Caroline Averitt
• Feature writing – Rachel Rudd
• Review writing – Elijah Templeton
• Sports feature writing – Will Livingston
• Sports column writing – Will Livingston
• Sports story – Benjamin McDowell
• Meeting/speech coverage – Anna Cox, Shailey Wooldridge
• News writing – Shailey Wooldridge
• Editorial page layout – Laila Casiano

3rd place

• Editorials/commentary/blogs – Jerry Don Burton
• Newspaper sports photo – Abigail Leggett
• In-depth news – Laila Casiano
• Sports page layout – Anna Cox

Online:

1st place

• Website general excellence – The Herald
• Headlines – Caroline Averitt
• News photo – Rachel Rudd
• Newspaper sports feature writing – Anna Cox, Will Livingston
• Newspaper personality profile – Anna Cox
• Sports photo – Abigail Leggett
• Social media breaking news – Laila Casiano
• Social media promotion – Laila Casiano
• Online election/political – Laila Casiano
• Arts and entertainment – Laila Casiano

2nd place

• Feature writing – Rachel Rudd, Laila Casiano
• News photo – Shelby Russom
• Meetings/speech coverage – Laila Casiano
• Newspaper personality profile – Caroline Averitt
• Audio podcast – Laila Casiano, Shelby Russom
• Election/political – Shailey Wooldrige, Laila Casiano
• Breaking news within 24 hours – Anna Cox, Shailey Wooldridge
• Social media promotion – Caroline Averitt
• Sports photo – Ibuki Hinohara
• Personality profile – Shailey Wooldridge

3rd place

• Headlines – Allie Carson
• Breaking news within 24 hours – Shailey Wooldridge, Jerry Don Burton
• Personality profile – Rachel Rudd
• News photo – Jack Douglas
• Meeting/speech coverage – Shailey Wooldridge

Honorable mentions:

• Newspaper General Excellence – The Herald
• Newspaper news writing – Jerry Don burton
• Newspaper feature page layout – Caroline Averitt
• Editorials/commentary/blogs – Will Livingston
• Online arts and entertainment review – Elijah Templeton
• Online arts and entertainment articles – Elijah Templeton
• Newspaper sports page layout – Will Livingston
• Online news writing – Laila Casiano

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