BESTof COLLEGIATE DESIGN21 Cma The voice of collegiate media and its advisers, College convenes at varying sites across the country. The Spring Media Association serves student media pros, staffs and National College Media Convention convenes each March programs with education, research and resources. CMA in New York City. CMA also offers Summer Advisers Work- communicates and works with professional media organi- shops and other educational events. zations and education associations on the local, state and national levels. CMA members maintain strong lines of communication through print and electronic media. CMA’s website and Founded in 1954 as the National Council of College Pub- social media outlets inform members and collegiate lications Advisers, CMA now has more than 900 members media staffs of trends and news. College Media Review, its — the people who advise the nation’s collegiate media flagship journal, is the leading academic journal on advis- newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, broadcast and elec- ing collegiate media, both print and electronic. The CMA tronic media and their staffs — from coast to coast. list-serv gives members the opportunity to gain quick advice from colleagues and discuss breaking news and CMA serves thousands of students and advisers at two issues affecting collegiate media. annual conventions. A national volunteer network of advisers, working with CMA’s associate executive director, If you serve collegiate newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, coordinates hundreds of educational sessions. The fall radio, television, online or cable operations in any capac- convention, sponsored with Associated Collegiate Press, ity, let us serve you. For more information, visit collegemedia.org. CMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CMA HEADQUARTERS STAFF 2010-12 DAVID SWARTZLANDER, president CHRIS CARROLL, executive director Doane College Vanderbilt University [email protected] RACHELE KANIGEL, vice president San Francisco State University LORI BROOKS, associate executive director College Media Association KELLEY CALLAWAY, vice president, member [email protected] services Rice University JEFF BREAUX, business director Vanderbilt University CHRIS POORE, treasurer [email protected] University of Kentucky JIM HAYES, broadcast and technology director BONNIE THRASHER, secretary Vanderbilt University Arkansas State University [email protected] SALLY TURNER, past president Eastern Illinois University See officer bios at collegemedia.org. COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION www.collegemedia.org Best of Collegiate Design is an official publication of College /CollegeMediaAdvisers Media Association. The publication is produced to recognize and showcase the very best in collegiate design work as produced by @collegetalk student editors, designers, photographers and other staff mem- bers across the country. The views expressed in these pages don’t necessarily reflect the opinions of CMA or its officers. 2301 Vanderbilt Place The Best of Collegiate Design 21 contest and book were coordi- VU Station B 351669 nated by CMA Associate Executive Director Lori Brooks. Profes- sional journalists judged all categories. You can see their brief Nashville, TN 37235-1669 bios at the end of the BOCD21 book. (615) 322-6610 • fax: (615) 343-2756 Dickinson College Drake University East Tennessee State University Eastern Illinois University Eastfield College Elizabethtown College Elon University Fordham College at Lincoln Center George Washington University Georgia State University Glendale Community College College Media Association received more than 1,000 entries for BOCD21 from 128 colleges and universities spread across the Gonzaga University United States. Our 20 judges are from leading newspapers, magazines, websites, creative companies and media organizations Grand View University nationwide. (You can read their bios starting on page 83.) Greenville College We hope you find inspiration and ideas in our winning entries and take-home tips in the judges’ comments. Please plan to enter Harford Community College again in the spring of 2014! Indiana University Indiana University Southeast Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Iowa State University Ithaca College American University James Madison University Appalachian State University Keene State College Asbury University Kent State University Austin Community College Knox College Austin Peay State University Langara College Baylor University Laramie County Community College. Bethune-Cookman University Lewis University Bismarck State College Los Angeles City College Boise State University Louisiana State University Bridgewater State University Loyola Marymount University Brigham Young University Madison Area Technical College Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Marquette University California Baptist University Mesa Community College California State University, Chico Messiah College California State University, Fullerton Metropolitan State University of Denver California State University ,Long Beach Miami Dade College Cedarville University Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus Coastal Carolina University Michigan State University College of Charleston Missouri State University College of DuPage Moraine Valley Community College Columbia College Chicago 4 5 Mount Mary College University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mt. San Antonio College University of Indianapolis New York University University of Miami North Carolina State University University of Michigan, Flint North Idaho College University of Montana School of Journalism Northern Kentucky University University of Nebraska, Lincoln Northwest Missouri State University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Occidental College University of North Carolina, Charlotte Oklahoma City University University of North Carolina, Pembroke Oral Roberts University University of North Florida Oregon State University University of Oklahoma Otterbein University University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania State University University of San Diego Quinnipiac University University of South Carolina Radford University University of South Carolina, Aiken Rice University University of Southern Maine Rollins College University of Texas, Arlington Santa Ana College University of Texas, Dallas Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) University of Texas, El Paso SCAD Atlanta University Of Vermont School of the Art Institute of Chicago Vanderbilt University Seward County Community College Western Kentucky University Simpson College Wichita State University Slippery Rock University Wilkes University South Dakota State University Wilson College Southeastern Louisiana University Xavier University of Louisiana Tallahassee Community College Taylor University Tennessee Technological University Texas Christian University Texas Wesleyan University Trinity Western University University at Buffalo University of Alabama, Birmingham University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Guelph-Humber University of Houston 6 7 tableofcontents ALL PUBLICATIONS Informational Graphic ...................................................................................................12 Editorial Illustration/Cartoon .........................................................................................15 Special-Section Cover ....................................................................................................17 Advertisement ...............................................................................................................20 NEWSPAPERS Features Page ................................................................................................................23 Opinion Page .................................................................................................................26 Sports Page ....................................................................................................................29 Photo Page ....................................................................................................................32 Nameplate .....................................................................................................................35 Front Page .....................................................................................................................37 MAGAZINES Cover .............................................................................................................................41 Contents Page/Spread ...................................................................................................44 Story Page/Spread .........................................................................................................47 YEARBOOKS Cover .............................................................................................................................51 Division Page .................................................................................................................54 Student-Life Spread .......................................................................................................57 Academic Spread ...........................................................................................................60 Sports Spread ................................................................................................................63 Individual Spread ..........................................................................................................65