On March 8, The Student Life took home 17 awards from the California College Media Association’s (CCMA’s) annual conference, which recognizes achievements in student journalism across the state.
TSL was evaluated in its category of colleges under 15,000 students and won six first place, three second place and eight third place awards. The paper received honors in several categories, such as “Best Newspaper” and “Best Breaking News Story.”
TSL won multiple awards for multimedia and social media at last year’s CCMA conference; this year, TSL continued to stand its ground as a forerunner in multimedia content, placing for “Best Podcast” and “Best Interactive Graphic.” The paper also established itself as an online presence, taking the title of “Best Social Media Reporting.”
Read below for the full list of awards TSL won this year.
First Place:
Best Newspaper for Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn, Elena Townsend-Lerdo, June Hsu and Tania Azhang
Best Overall Newspaper Design for Emma Constable, Jake Chang, Virginia Carroll, Amy Liu, Ben Lauren and Ansley Washburn
Best Breaking News Story for Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn, June Hsu and Annabelle Ink’s coverage of the student arrests at Alexander Hall
Best Editorial for Ben Lauren, Willa Umansky, Maya Olson, Samson Zhang, Juliette Des Rosiers and Frances Walton’s op-ed, “You can’t silence us: A united front against Pomona’s repression”
Best Social Media Reporting for Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn, Elena Townsend-Lerdo, June Hsu, Annabelle Ink and Adam Akins’ coverage of student arrests and activism
Best Photo Illustration for Sasha Matthews’ graphic in “OPINION: 5C students should ditch the 1-10 ‘hotness’ scale”
Second Place:
Best Podcast for Ben Lauren and Dania Anabtawi’s news analysis podcast, TSL: The Splash
Best News Photograph for Sarah Ziff’s photo of Southern California wildfires
Best Newspaper Website for Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn, Elena Townsend-Lerdo, June Hsu and Tania Azhang
Third Place:
Best Interactive Graphic for Dania Anabtawi’s data piece, “The 5Cs Class of 2028 by the numbers.” Members of TSL’s data team — Brecken Enright, Unity Tambelini-Smith, Tommy Matheis, Preston Kwon and Evelyn Hao — also contributed to the data work on this piece.
Best Social Justice Coverage for Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn, June Hsu, Annabelle Ink and Dania Anabtawi’s coverage of campus activism amid the Israel-Palestine War
Best Newspaper Inside Page/Spread Design for Emma Constable, Jake Chang, Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn and Elena Townsend-Lerdo’s coverage of the history of protest in Alexander Hall
Best Special Election issue for Ansley Washburn, June Hsu and Tania Azhang’s election spread
Best Sports Photograph for Sarah Ziff’s photo in “P-P cross country shows out at home invitational after pre-nationals win”
Best Arts and Entertainment Story for Ananya Vinay’s story on the Pomona College Orchestra and Choir performance of Beethoven’s 9th symphony
Best Non-Breaking News Story for Caelan Reeves’ “A history of occupying Pomona College’s Alexander Hall”
Best News Series for Ben Lauren, Ansley Washburn, June Hsu and Annabelle Ink’s continued coverage of Pomona College’s response to pro-Palestinian activism on campus
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