At this year’s Illinois College Press Association, F Newsmagazine made history by winning 35 awards in the Open and Division categories.
Some of the major awards won by School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s student-run newspaper included first place for General Excellence (Web), second place for general excellence (print), first place for front page page layout, and both first and third place for feature page design. F Newsmagazine also won the overall sweepstakes award for the most prizes overall awarded to colleges in Illinois.
Held annually in Chicago, the ICPA brings together student-run newspapers from the state of Illinois as it hosts a conference featuring sessions and events for student journalists. The conference culminates in an awards ceremony and luncheon, which was attended by 11 F Newsmagazine staff members.
Full awards list for 2024:.
Editorial Cartoon, Honorable Mention, Sidne K. Gard, “Pokemon X”
Editorial Cartoon, Second Place, Teddie Bernard, “Everyone’s Doing It”
Entertainment Supplement, Second Place, F Newsmagazine staff
Critical Review (Film), First Place, Myle Yan Tay, “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Critical Review (Film), Second Place, Kit Montgomery and Teddie Bernard, “Is the Barbie Movie Kenough or is it Everything?”
Critical Review (Other Than Film), First Place, Eliza Sullivan, “It End With Us”
Advertisement (Best Print Ad), Third Place, Teddie Bernard, “Ignite Your Passion”
Advertisement (Best Print Ad), Second Place, Teddie Bernard , “Exchequer Ad”
Advertisement (Best Digital Ad), Honorable Mention, Ketaki Kulkarni, “May Banner Ad”
Advertisement (Best Digital Ad), First Place, Bei Lin, “April Banner Ad”
General Excellence (Print), Second Place
General Excellence (Web), First Place
Front Page Layout, First Place, Bei Lin, Ketaki Kulkarni, and Teddie Bernard
Editorial, Honorable Mention, “Entering a New Era”
Editorial, Second Place, “To Mask or not to Mask”
Opinion Page(s), Third Place, Ankit Khadgi, “Decolonize SAIC”
Opinion Page(s), Second Place, Sidne K. Gard, “Accommodation as Advocacy”
Column, First Place, Sisel Gelman, “Slut Saga”
Feature Page Design, Third Place, Aditi Singh, “A Year of Revolution in Iran”
Feature Page Design, First Place, Shijing Li, “Mars Argo’s Return to Music”
News Story, Honorable Mention, Marium Asif, “SAIC Students Criticize School for Neutrality on Palestine”
Sports News Story, First Place, Teddie Bernard and Sidne K. Gard, “Caring, Collaborating, Climbing”
Sports Page Design, First Place, Bei Lin, “Caring, Collaborating, Climbing”
In Depth Reporting, Honorable Mention, Ankit Khadgi and John W. Bateman, “SAIC Ends its Only Journalism Department”
Headline Writing, Second Place, Sidne K. Gard, “Bury Your Gays and Cancel Your Lesbians”.
Headline Writing, First Place, John W. Bateman, “SAIC: Where A Credit Hour Costs More Than An Ounce of Gold”
Photo Essay, Third Place, Nitya Mehrotra, “Bollywood Drag Show”
Photo Essay, Second Place, F Newsmagazine, “Protestors Rally in Support of Gaza”
Sports Photo, Second Place, Teddie Bernard and Sidne K. Gard, “Caring, Collaborating, Climbing”
General News Photo, First Place, F Newsmagazine, “Protesters Rally in Support of Gaza”
Spot News Photo, First Place, Marium Asif, “One in 300,000”
Spot News Photo, Third Place, F Newsmagazine, “Protesters Rally in Support of Gaza”
Multimedia Reporting, Third Place, Marium Asif, “One in 300,000”,
Multimedia Reporting, First Place, Teddie Bernard, “Life After Art School”
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coverage, Honorable Mention, Sidne K.Gard, “Accommodation as Advocacy”
Additionally, F Newsmagazine won the sweepstakes award, taking the highest number of awards among all the student newspapers at this year’s convention.
