The Herald and ASU-TV came home with a combined 55 awards from the annual Arkansas College Media Association conference. 

ASU-TV won six awards, including a first-place win for television feature. The Herald won 49, including 14 first-place awards and two general excellence awards.

The awards are listed in full below:

ASU-TV:

• First place-Television Feature: Christian Wilcox, Tristan Bates, Liliana Dawson & Thanh Nguyen “Game Changers”
• Second place-Television feature: Kenzi Cutler “Keepers of the Ancient Library”
• Second place-Social Media Promotion: Christian Wilcox, Cason Campbell, Emily Pilkington & Julia McKee “ASU-TV: Your Campus Channel”
• Third place-Television feature: Ty Phillips, David Carey, Laura Moore & TeeJay Jones “Tuning In”
• Third place-Newspaper Video Podcasts: Christian Wilcox “The Rip-Off”
• Honorable Mention-Television Sports Reporting: Carson Campbell & Emily Pilkington “ASU-TV Recap: Arkansas State vs Arkansas Football from Little Rock, AR”

The Herald-Newspaper:

First Place:

• Newspaper Meeting/Speech Coverage: Jerry Don Burton, “SGA unanimously votes to expand use of flex dollars”
• Newspaper Review Writing: Jerry Don Burton, “‘ARC Raiders’ perfects extraction shooter formula”
• Newspaper Editorial Page Layout: Jerry Don Burton & Elijah Templeton “Android beats iPhone when it counts”
• Newspaper General Column: Elijah Templeton “Politics is simple; just stand for something”
• Newspaper Sports Column Writing: William Livingston “Return of the Back”
• Newspaper Spot News Photo: Ibuki Hinohara 
• Newspaper News Photo: Ibuki Hinohara
• Newspaper Front Page Layout: Jerry Don Burton

Second Place: 

• Newspaper Election/Political: Laila Casiano & Shailey Wooldridge “SGA Presidential debate: 2025-2026 presidential, vice presidential candidates share platforms”
• Newspaper Sports Page Layout: William Livingston “The Super Bowl Special” 
• Newspaper Editorial Page Layout: Shayaan Sayeed “Herald editors and staff defend their Hogwarts house”
• Newspaper Spot News Photo: Ibuki Hinohara

Third Place: 

• Newspaper Election/Political: Jerry Don Burton & Allie Carson “SGA fills five senator seats, passes two resolutions in last meeting of semester”
• Newspaper General Column: William Livingston “Our Greatest Ally”
• Newspaper Headlines: Jerry Don Burton “Mud, sweat and tears: Howler 10k draws waves of runners, fuels student-led outreach”
• Newspaper Front Page Layout: Jerry Don Burton
• Newspaper Feature Page Layout: Elijah Templeton “Arts and Entertainment page layout” 
• Newspaper Spot News Photo: Ibuki Hinohara
• Newspaper News Photo: Ibuki Hinohara
• Newspaper Sports Photo: Ibuki Hinohara

Honorable Mentions:

• Newspaper Feature Writing: Laila Casiano & Shailey Wooldridge “Inside the A-State Greenhouses”
• Editorials/Commentary/Blogs: Elijah Templeton “Trump’s self-destructive tariffs totally sucks”
• Newspaper Sports Story: Allie Carson “RED WOLVES ARE GOING DANCING!” 
• Newspaper Sports Feature: Allie Carson “ The Red Balloon: A decades-old tradition”
• Newspaper Sports Column: Eric Fluke “Indiana Sports: Blueprint for Success”
• Newspaper Feature Page Layout: Elijah Templeton “Arts and Entertainment page layout”
• Newspaper Sports Photo: Ibuki Hinohara

The Herald Website:

First Place:

• Online Meeting/Speech Coverage: Jerry Don Burton “Journalism alumna hosts 2025 Greenfield Lecture”
• Online Election/Political: Allie Carson “SGA previews new resolution, discusses upcoming Fall Festival”
• Online Sports Writing: William Livingston “Five candidates who could fill the shoes of Bryan Hodgson”
• Online arts and entertainment article: Amelia Young “Modern Horror knows what truly scares us”
• Online Spot News Photo: Ibuki Hinohara
• Online Feature Photo: Ibuki Hinohara

Second Place:

• Online Topical Reporting/Blogs: Laila Casiano “College of Liberal Arts and Communication partners with Aunt Flow, free menstrual products to campus”
• Online Arts and Entertainment Articles: Allie Carson “Disney remakes aren’t always bad”
• Online Sports Writing: William Livingston “Fresh season, fresh faces: Red Wolves men’s basketball has high hopes under new leadership”
• Online Headlines: William Livingston “The Sack of Troy: 2025 Edition”
• Online Spot News Photo: Allie Carson

Third Place:

• Online Election/Political: Allie Carson “SGA fills open seat, discusses recent wellness walk”
• Online Breaking News (within 24 hours): Allie Carson and William Livingston “Ryan Pannone introduced as new Red Wolves basketball head coach”
• Online Topical Reporting/Blogs: Amelia Young “Medieval and REnaissance studies minor grows, slowly but surely”
• Online Feature Writing: Amelia Young “Staying motivated as the semester comes to an end”
• Newspaper Review Writing: Amelia Young “A splendid review of A-State Theatre’s ‘Emma’”

Honorable Mentions:

• Online Topical Reporting/Blogs: Allie Carson “One Pill Can Kill campaign comes to campus to raise deadly drug awareness”
• Online Headlines:William Livingston “Maybe things aren’t so tariff-fying after all”
• Online Personality Profile: Herald Staff “Remembering Sandra Combs, former Herald advisor”
• Online Media Package: Jerry Don Burton “A-State to host civil rights trail photography exhibit”

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