Awards
Baylor Student Media is proud of its national award-winning news outlets. The Baylor Lariat, Lariat TV News, Roundup yearbook and Focus Magazine have all amassed a number of prominent awards befitting the top-tier work Baylor's student journalists are doing. This year baylorlariat.com landed the prestigious EPPY Award from Editor & Publisher, the top trade magazine of the journalism industry, as well as the Online Pacemaker from the Associated Collegiate Press. The Roundup yearbook also won a Pacemaker.
Below is a sampling of the department's most recent awards.
Organizational Awards
EPPY Award for Best College Campus Website, Editor & Publisher magazine — Baylorlariat.com
Online Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Press — Baylorlariat.com
Yearbook Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Press — Baylor Roundup
Best Social Media Presence, College Broadcasters Inc. — The Baylor Lariat
Best Use of Social Media, Associated Collegiate Press — The Baylor Lariat
Silver Crown, Columbia Scholastic Press Association — Baylorlariat.com
Silver Crown, Columbia Scholastic Press Association — Focus Magazine
Overall Excellence, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association - Baylor Roundup
Individual Awards
National Federation of Press Women
First place: Photography – Caleb Boren
First place: Feature Writing – Sarah Pinkerton
Third place: Graphics/Illustration – Sarah Pinkerton
College Media Association
First place: Feature Photo – Caleb Boren
Second place: Video Promo/PSA – Abby Lesh
Associated Collegiate Press
First place: Video Advertisement – Abby Lesh
First place: Social Media Reporting – Lariat Staff
Second Place: Broadcast COVID-19 Coverage – Lariat TV News Staff
Third Place: Yearbook Cover – Rachel Cole
HM: Editorial Cartoon – AB Boyd
HM: Multimedia Sports Story – Jessika Harkay & Drake Toll
College Broadcasters Inc.
Second place: Best Sportscast – LTVN staff
Third Place: Best Newscast – LTVN staff
Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Circle Newspaper Awards
First place: Personal Opinion/Off-Campus Issues – Carson Lewis
First place: Entertainment Review – Preston Gossett
First Place: Single Subject News/Feature Package – Lariat staff
Second place: Editorial Writing – Madalyn Watson
Second place: General or Humor Commentary – Igor Stepczynski
Second place: Sports Commentary – Jessika Harkay
Second place: Headline Writing – Lariat Staff
Second place: Editorial Page Design – Rewon Shimray
Third place: News Writing – Tyler Bui
Third place: Personal Opinion/On-Campus Issues – Emily Cousins
Third place: Sports News – DJ Ramirez
Third place: Editorial Page Design – Rewon Shimray
Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Circle Digital Media Awards
First place: Editorial Writing – Matthew Soderberg
First place: Sports Commentary – DJ Ramirez
First place: Sports Photo – Caleb Boren
First place: Photo Portfolio – Caleb Boren
Third place: Sports Feature – Pranay Malempati
Third place: Feature Photo – Nathan De La Cerda
Third place: Photo Slideshow – Caleb Boren
Third place: Video Feature Package – Igor Stepczynski
Certificate of Merit: Computer-Generated Art/Illustration – AB Boyd
Certificate of Merit: Video Feature Package – Sarah Gill
Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Circle Yearbook Awards
First place: Organizations/Greek Writing – Matti Pennington
First place: Cover Design – Camille Rasor
First place: Title Page – Camille Rasor
First place: Sports Action Photo – Caleb Boren
First place: Photo Illustration – Caleb Boren
First place: Photo Portfolio – Caleb Boren
First place: Opening and Closing Spread Design – Camille Rasor
First place: Division Page Design – Camille Rasor
First place: Student Life Spread – Andreea Loghin
First place: People Spread – Camille Rasor
First place: Organizations/Greek Spread – Matti Pennington
Second place: Academic Writing – Jillian Veldey
Second place: Personality Profile – Isabella Rodriguez
Second place: Theme and Concept – Camille Rasor
Second place: Table of Contents – Camille Rasor
Second place: Sports Spread – Josh McSwain
Second place: Sports Spread/Multipage – Josh McSwain
Second place: Organizations/Greek Spread – Matti Pennington
Third place: Sports Feature Writing – Drake Toll
Third place: Personality Profile – Jillian Veldey
Third place: Sports Feature Photo – Ali Barnett
Third place: Informational Graphics – Camille Rasor
Third place: Academic Spread – Camille Rasor & Jillian Veldey
Third place: Design Portfolio – Andreea Loghin
Certificate of Merit: Feature Photo – Caleb Boren
Certificate of Merit: Feature Presentation – Andreea Loghin
Certificate of Merit: Student Life Spread – Andreea Loghin
Certificate of Merit: Student Life Spread/Multipage – Andreea Loghin
Certificate of Merit: Student Life Spread/Multipage – Andreea Loghin
Certificate of Merit: Sports Spread – Josh McSwain
Certificate of Merit: Sports Spread/Multipage – Josh McSwaing
Certificate of Merit: Academic Spread – Jillian Veldey
Certificate of Merit: Design Portfolio – Josh McSwain
Press Women of Texas
First place: News Story – Sarah Gill
First place: Feature Story – Sarah Pinkerton
First place: Sports Story – DJ Ramirez
First place: Opinion – Matthew Soderberg
First place: Photo – Caleb Boren
First place: Design – AB Boyd
Broadcast Educators Association
First place: Sports News Program - Nate Smith and Drake Toll
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
First place: Inside News Design/Yearbook - Andreea Loghin
First place: Sports Design/Yearbook - Josh McSwain
First place: Cover Design/Newspaper - Matt Muir
First place: Multimedia Sports Story - Pranay Malempati and Nate Smith
First place: Sportscast/Video - Nate Smith
First place: Story Package Design/Magazine - Anna Tabet
First place: Op/Editorial Page Design - Rewon Shimray
First place: Editorial Cartoon - AB Boyd
First place: Headline Writing - Lariat Staff
First place: Photo Story - Brittney Matthews and Chase Li
First place: Sports Action Photo - Caleb Boren
Second place: Overall Design/Newspaper - Lariat Staff
Second place: Feature Reporting/Video - Grace Smith
Second place: General News Multimedia Story - Winston Margaritis and Vivian Roach
Second place: Newscast/Video - Lariat TV News Staff
Third place: Cover Design/Yearbook - Camille Rasor
Third place: Sports Column - Jessika Harkay
Third place: Overall Design/Yearbook - Roundup Staff
Third place: Critical Review - Darby Good
Third place: Sports Game Story - DJ Ramirez
Third place: Television Program - Lariat TV News Staff
Third place: Newspaper - Baylor Lariat Staff
Third place: Photo Story - Brittney Matthews
Third place: Photo Illustration - Chase Li
Third place: In-Depth Reporting - Matt Muir
Honorable Mention: Inside News Design/Yearbook - Camille Rasor
Honorable Mention: Editorial - Matthew Soderberg
Honorable Mention: Sports Column - DJ Ramirez
Honorable Mention: Sports Spread Design/Yearbook - Josh McSwain
Honorable Mention: Overall Design/Magazine - Sommer Stanley and Anna Tabet
Honorable Mention: In-Depth Reporting - Matthew Soderberg
Honorable Mention: Newscast/Video - Lariat TV News Staff
Baptist Communicators Association
First place: Video - Lariat TV News Staff
First place: Video Storytelling - Grace Smith
First place: Opinion - Matthew Soderberg
First place: Newspaper Article Spread - DJ Ramirez
First place: Newspaper Front Page - Matt Muir
First place: Newspaper Issue - Lariat Staff
First place: Yearbook Design - Roundup Staff
First place: Mixed Media Coverage - Sarah Gill, Brittney Matthews and Vivian Roach
Second place: Video Storytelling - Sarah Gill
Second place: Photography - Caleb Boren
Second place: Single Article - Emily Cousins
Second place: Feature Writing - Anna Tabet
Second place: Magazine Article Spread - Anna Tabet
Second place: Magazine Cover - Anna Tabet and Sommer Stanley
Second place: Magazine Issue - Anna Tabet and Sommer Stanley
Second place: Yearbook Article Spread Design - Jillian Veldey
Second place: Newspaper Overall Publication - Lariat Staff
Second place: Overall Yearbook - Roundup Staff
Third place: Interactive Communications - Lariat Staff
Third place: Photography - Chase Li
Third place: First-Person Column - Lilly Price
Third place: Magazine Overall Publication - Focus Staff
ACES: The Editing Society
First place: Headline Writing - Carson Lewis, Brittney Matthews, Matt Muir, Rewon Shimray, Madalyn Watson
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 8 (Texas and Oklahoma)
Finalist: In-Depth Reporting - Lariat Staff
Finalist: Nonfiction Magazine Writing - Sommer Stanley
Finalist: Sports Photography - Caleb Boren
Finalist: Editorial Cartoon - AB Boyd and Rewon Shimray
Finalist: Television Sports Reporting - Nate Smith
Finalist: Television General News Reporting - Grace Smith
Finalist: Online Sports Reporting - DJ Ramirez
Finalist: Best Use of Multimedia - Sarah Gill, Brittney Matthews and Vivian Roach
Finalist: Best Use of Multimedia - Chase Li, Madison Martin and Madalyn Watson
Finalist: Headline Writing - Carson Lewis, Brittney Matthews, Matt Muir, Rewon Shimray, Madalyn Watson