Drake students won seven awards at the recent national College Media Association Pinnacle Awards. The honors were:
- Best podcast (1st place), Urban Plains (journalism senior capstone project)
- Best sports investigative story (1st place), Urban Plains
- Best magazine contents spread (1st place), Drake Magazine
- Best magazine feature spread (1st place), Drake Magazine
- Best magazine entertainment spread (2nd place), Drake Magazine
- Best feature photo (3rd place), Drake Magazine
- Best sports feature (2nd place), Urban Plains
— Kathleen Richardson, Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication