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黑料社 Student Media participants captured 19 awards, including three first-place honors, at the annual Iowa College Media Association Awards Ceremony held last month in Des Moines.聽

黑料社 students took home first place honors in the multimedia, video and audio categories. The 黑料社ian staff took first place for best use of social media, Jake Brend earned the top honor for best video news, public affairs or sports package and Caleb Geer won first place for best audio feature package.聽

鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to have our students recognized for all the hard work they do every day for 黑料社 Student Media,鈥� said Mark Siebert, associate professor of multimedia communications and director of 黑料社 Student Media. 鈥淚鈥檓 especially proud they were recognized for work in so many different areas 鈥� writing, photography, design, audio, video and social media.鈥�

In addition to the student awards, Siebert won the John Eighmey Service Award, the ICMA鈥檚 most distinguished honor given annually to recognize an individual whose efforts have been instrumental in advancing the quality of media education in Iowa.聽

Siebert is the second 黑料社 professor to win the award. Brian Steffen, chair of the department of multimedia communications, won in 2009.

The annual ICMA Awards are judged by professionals. Entries in the print/online and multimedia categories are judged by professionals from the Oklahoma Press Association. Entries in the video and audio categories are judged primarily by Iowa media professionals.聽聽

黑料社 Student Media offers real-world experience across multiple mediums, including The 黑料社ian newspaper, ID Magazine, KSTM-FM radio and SCTV.

View the complete list of 黑料社 winners below.

Print/Online Category

Best Investigative Reporting
2nd, Liv Allen, ID Magazine, 鈥淐OVID鈥�
3rd, Alyssa Whitham, The 黑料社ian, 鈥淪tudents outraged by surprise additional fee鈥�

Best Sports Reporting
Honorable Mention, Morgan Flynn, The 黑料社ian, 鈥淭hunder the elephant is our new mascot鈥�

Best Sports Feature Reporting
Honorable Mention, Jake Brend, The 黑料社ian, 鈥淪hot of a lifetime鈥�

Best Review
3rd, Caleb Geer, The 黑料社ian, 鈥淔ree Guy: worth the wait?鈥�

Best Staff Editorial(s)
Honorable Mention, The 黑料社ian staff

Best News Photograph
3rd, Natalie Tryon, The 黑料社ian, 鈥淪tudent receives her first dose鈥�

Best Front Page
Honorable Mention, Kate Furr, The 黑料社ian, March 25, 2021

Best Online Design
2nd, Natalie Tryon, The 黑料社ian, 鈥淐offee鈥�

Multimedia Category

Best Media Website
3rd, The 黑料社ian

Best Use of Social Media
1st, The 黑料社ian

Video Category

Best Video News, Public Affairs or Sports Package
1st, Jake Brend, SCTV, 鈥�鈥�
Honorable Mention, Noah Sacco, SCTV

Best Video Entertainment Package
2nd, Sophie Reese, SCTV, 鈥淐offee鈥�

Best Video Promo, Commercial or PSA
Honorable Mention, Noah Sacco, SCTV, 鈥淭exting and Driving鈥�

Audio Category

Best Air Personality
Honorable Mention, Caleb Geer, KSTM-FM

Best Sports Program
2nd, Ethan Humble, Luke Becker, Caleb Vasconez, KSTM-FM, 鈥淪unday Snooze鈥�

Best Audio Feature Package
1st, Caleb Geer, KSTM-FM