Cheers for the Echo, News 6, and Scroll members!
They won several awards from the Arkansas College Media Association.
The Echo overall received first place for Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year, while several Echo members won individual awards.
The Scroll won Year Book of the Year for 2023 and students won individual awards like First in Cover, First in Feature Layout, First in Closing, and more.
Many News 6 students placed as well, winning awards like First in Sports Feature, First in Interpretive/Investigative Reporting, and First in Feature.
General Excellence
Newspaper of the Year
First: The Echo, University of Central Arkansas
Website of the Year
First: The Echo, University of Central Arkansas
Yearbook of the Year
First: Scroll, University of Central Arkansas
Newspaper Editor of the Year
Second: Mia Waddell
Newspaper Reporter of the Year
Second: Emily Kennard
Photographer of the Year
Second: Madison Ogle
Newspaper
Newswriting
First: Mia Waddell and Emily Kennard — Car hits student in crosswalk
Second: Milo Strain and Emily Kennard — Professor asks COVID-positive students to come to class
masked
Third: Milo Strain — YouTuber’s detainment causes training for CPD
Election/Political Reporting
First: Torrie Herrington — UCA highlights banned books
Third: Torrie Herrington — SGA election sees decreased turnout
Editorial Page Layout
First: Hannah Rorher and Mia Waddell
General Column
First: Mia Waddell — Student press offers rare view of shooting
Sports Column
First: David Green — Female sports deserve more credit
Meeting/Speech Coverage
First: Emily Kennard — School board shuts down meeting after trans UCA student’s critical comments
Second: Emily Kennard — Legislature questions UCA over DEI
Third: Mia Waddell — Room and board increased by 5% to cover Aramark contract costs
Feature Page Layout
First: Courtney Shepherd — Lifestyle page
Second: Brenna Metts — Lifestyle page
Third: Brenna Metts — Lifestyle page
Advertising
First: Mia Waddell — Miss UCA ad
Feature Photo
First: Madison Ogle — Kappa Alpha Psi Wins the Greek Step Show
Honorable mention: Madison Ogle — Students Celebrate at Pep Rally
Sports Story
First: Gabe White — Ospreys drenched in loss
Honorable mention: Emily Kennard — Bears scramble in final seconds
Personality Profile
First: Torrie Herrington — Friends, colleagues share memories of Mark Spitzer
Third: Brenna Metts — Richard McFadden is a kid at heart
Cartoon Strip or Single Panel Entertainment Cartoon
First: Kevin King — Birthday bear
Second: Madison Ogle — ‘The Whale’ beats ‘Elvis’ at Oscars
Third: Kevin King — Nice lunch lady
Editorial Cartoon
First: Madison Ogle — Fox News lied
Second: Madison Ogle — Deja vu at Trump rally
Third: Madison Ogle — Cops take Trump for ride
Front Page Layout
Second: Mia Waddell — Homecoming
In-Depth News Reporting
Second: Ashlyn Taylor — Narcan revives Pike partygoer
Sports Feature
Second: Mia Waddell — UCA Bears Women’s basketball coach resigns as season closes
Third: Ashlyn Taylor — Football coach promotes game: Brown gives brownies to students
Feature Writing
Second: Madison Ogle — Behind the suit: inside the lives of Bruce and Sugar Bear
Sports Photo
Second: Madison Ogle — Kennesaw State player
Honorable mention: Gabe White — Bears reign supreme
News Photo
Third: Madison Ogle — Sarah Sanders Attends PBR
Editorial Writing
Third: Anna Yanosick — Politicians try to dismantle FOIA with failed bills
Sports Page Layout
Honorable mention: Mary LeSieur and Mia Waddell
Art/Illustration
Honorable mention: Brenna Metts — How to make your own zine
Online
(All of the online awards are for The Echo website, ucanews.live)
In-Depth Reporting
First: Emily Kennard — Are walk times too short? Students, staff weigh in
Second: Emily Kennard — ‘It wasn’t just racism:’ Current, former athletes discuss cheer program problems
Articles-Arts & Entertainment
First: Brenna Metts — Rock’n’ roll grows at Bell Urban Farm
Honorable mention: Milo Strain — Death metal meets Conway scene at Full Moon Records
Headlines
First: Mia Waddell — Drag queens here, queer and ready to vote
Election/Political Reporting
First: Madison Ogle — Children’s story hours differ on gender at Faulkner County Library
Second: Blake Weaver — Bills that would limit FOIA fail to pass state legislature committees
Third: Milo Strain — Arkansas law highlighted in national news
Sports Photo
First: Madison Ogle — Hail Mary Earns Bears Win
Second: Emily Kennard — Bears Scramble in Final Seconds
Spot News Photo
First: Mia Waddell — Outbreak of tornadoes kills five Arkansans
Second: Sydney Ambrus — Outbreak of tornadoes kills five Arkansans
Feature Photo
First: Madison Ogle — Foam Drop Dance Party
Second: Torrie Herrington — Community gets creative at Artsfest
Third: Madison Ogle — Death metal meets Conway scene
News Photo
Second: Torrie Herrington — UCA students show pride
Third: Madison Ogle — Central Arkansas Pride
Meeting/Speech Coverage
Second: Emily Kennard — Conway City Council approves K-9s, acknowledges CPD lawsuits
Editorials/Commentary/Blogs
Second: Torrie Herrington — Being the oldest bears emotional baggage
Newswriting
Second: Brenna Metts — Tree limb injures student
Honorable mention: Emily Kennard — Officer pulls gun after brawl
Topical Reporting/Blogs
Second: Madison Ogle — Little Rock Lego convention connects fanatics, artists
Honorable mention: Mia Waddell — Drag queens here, queer and ready to vote
Personality Profile
Second: Torrie Herrington — Dennis Knox earns degree after 58 years
Honorable mention: Brenna Metts — Speaker displays wildlife photos
Feature Writing
Third: Madison Ogle — Students welcome renovated atrium
Television
Interpretive/Investigative Reporting
First: Jason Gregory — Harding Centennial Fountain
Feature
First: Autumn Martin — Jewel Moore Nature Reserve
Second: Autumn Martin — Spec Ops Gaming Lounge
Third: Jason Gregory — Biketoberfest
Sports Feature
First: Will Tidwell — Arkansas Special Olympics
News Reporting
Second: Ethan Grannis — UCA Aviation Academy
Third: Austin Wader — Rock City Outfitters
Honorable mention: Autumn Martin — German program
Yearbook – 2023 Scroll
Closing
First: Hannah Jobe
Cover
First: Hannah Jobe and Olivia Roberson
Layout-Organization/Greek
First: Hannah Jobe, Madison Ogle and Julia Trantham — Hot ones Gets Turned Upside-down
Second: Olivia Roberson — Miss UCA
Feature Layout
First: Edmund Burke, John Cobb and Kyle Lee — A Grapple with Gravity
Second: Olivia Roberson and Madison Ogle — Gig Harvey
Honorable mention: Oliva Roberson — Met Gala
Introduction Theme Page/Opening
Second: Hannah Jobe — Theme explanation
Honorable mention: Hannah Jobe — Opener
Feature Photo
Third: Olivia Roberson — Then & Now
Honorable mention: Oliva Roberson — Then & Now