The Ball State Daily News has won 14 first-place Gold Circle
Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, including the top
national awards for sports, news features, commentary and overall design.
The prizes were among
a total 91 Gold Circles won by the newspaper this year, including 37 in the Digital Media
category for work on its website, bsudailynews.com/.
The Daily News took
first, second and third place in the informational graphics category with work
from Evan Backstrom, Chelsea Kardokus and Greg Hudson.
Teddy Cahill took
first in sports writing, and Devan Filchak won the top News Feature prize.
Dylan Buell, the
newspaper’s photo editor at the time, won the top award for General or Humor
Commentary with his essay on, “What not to bring to Ball State.”
The first prize in
Informational Graphics went to Stephanie Meredith. Chelsea Kardokus, meanwhile,
won first-place Gold Circles for Sports Page Design and Typography.
Earlier
this year the Daily News won a Gold Crown Award, the highest prize for
overall excellence from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, for
its online operation.
CSPA is an international student media organization founded in 1925 and based at Columbia University in New York.
The 29th Gold Circle
Awards were among 10,444 entries from across the country.
