SJMC journalism and PR students won awards or nominations in the national College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press contests, PR News annual contest, and PRIME Awards.

Associated Collegiate Press awards:

Three Drake publications won Pacemaker awards, the top award in college journalism. Drake Magazine and the Annual won magazine Pacemakers, and Urban Plains, the senior SJMC journalism capstone website, won an online Pacemaker.

Other ACP awards include:

• Honorable Mention, multimedia story of the year, sports: Urban Plains, Melissa Studach
• 5th place, Design of the Year, newsmagazine/special section cover: Drake Magazine, Maddie Hiatt
• Honorable Mention, Design of the Year, infographic: Drake Magazine, Linzi Murray

College Media Association awards:

• Four-Year Feature Magazine of the Year: Second Place, Drake Magazine
• Best General News Story: Second Place, Molly Longman, Drake Magazine 
• Best Magazine Cover: Second Place, Maddie Hiatt, Drake Magazine
• Best Magazine Contents Page/Spread: Third Place, Maddie Hiatt, Drake Magazine
• Best Arts and Entertainment Story: Honorable Mention, Sydney Schulte, Urban Plains

PR News annual contest:
Two seniors were named finalists: Maddy Gildersleeve was nominated as Student of the Year and Sarah Mondello was nominated as Intern of the Year.

PRIME Awards in the Central Iowa Public Relations Society of America competition:

Community Champion Merit Award
Drake Master of Communication Leadership Capstone: YMCA Supportive Housing Campus Plan
Students: Jill Brimeyer, Alexis Davis, Thomas Lehn, Aimee Schmidt, Seth Stevenson

Student Merit Award
Drake PR Planning Class: USDA Farm to School Communications Plan
Students: Kelly Marble, Jasen Emamian, Reed Fischer, Miranda Jama, Kate Havens, Becca Hawkins, Tess Nissen

Excellence Award for Outstanding Student Member
Student: Savana Morrison

Kathleen Richardson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication