2009 ACP Story of the Year Winners
co-sponsored by The Deadline Club, New York City chapter of Society of Professional Journalists

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(click links to download PDFs of first-place stories)

Diversity

First Place
Amanda Woodruff
Red & Black, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

Second Place
Nicole Hill
Sooner/Crimson Traditions, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.

Third Place
Michelle Day, Angela Oliver
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.

Honorable Mention
Jessica Fryman
The Nevada Sagebrush, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev.

Honorable Mention
Serena Soloman
The Daily, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Editorial/Opinion

First Place
Indira Dammu
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.

Second Place
Editorial Board
The Daily Texan, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas

Third Place
Editorial Board
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Honorable Mention
Matt Hittle
The Volante, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.

Honorable Mention
Nathaniel French
Daily Campus, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, Texas

Feature Story

First Place
Brad Luttrell
The Kentucky Kernel, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

Second Place
Amy Dempsey, Bahar Ansari
Tusk, California State Univ., Fullerton, Fullerton, Calif.

Third Place
Christian Flow
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.

Honorable Mention
Brittany Burden
The Oklahoma Daily, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.

Multimedia Package

First Place
Staff
Northern Star, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, Ill.

Second Place
Staff
Viewpoints, Riverside City College, Riverside, Calif.

Third Place
Sharat Ganapati, Shane Coughlan, Shahzad Ahsan, Dani Brecher, Abraham Neben
Chicago Maroon, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

Honorable Mention
Staff
The Baker Orange, Baker Univ., Baldwin City, Kan.

News Story

First Place
Jacob Carpenter
The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.

Second Place
Arla Shepard
The Daily, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Third Place
Ryan McGeeney
The University Daily Kansan, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.

Honorable Mention
Allie Rogers
The Breeze, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, Va.

Honorable Mention
Miles Hilder
The Flat Hat, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.

Sports Story

First Place
Matt Dollinger
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.

Second Place
Kevin Hudson
Oregon Daily Emerald, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.

Third Place
Mars Melnicoff
Los Angeles Collegian, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, Calif.

Honorable Mention
Eric Lindsey
The Kentucky Kernel, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

Honorable Mention
Chris Weidman
The Flat Hat, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.