F Newsmagazine Awards 2022-2023
Illinois College Press Association Awards 2022 (awarded February 2023).
General Excellence, First Place, Staff. March, April, and May 2022 issues.
Sweepstakes. (Award given to newspaper which won the most awards in their division.)
Front Page Layout, First Place, Anna Cai, Audrey Nguyen, Jade Sheng, Covers of the March, April and May issues.
Feature Page Design, First Place, Anna Lee Cai, “This Land Was Your Land … And Now It’s My Land.” May 2022, pp. 10-11
Feature Page Design, Second Place, Bei Lin, “Holland Cotter Is Still Learning.” November 2022, pp. 11-12
Feature Photo, First Place, Natia Ser, “Behind the Scenes”
General News Photo, First Place, Teddie Bernard, “Downtown Rally for Abortion Rights”
Spot News Photo, First Place, Teddie Bernard, “Downtown Rally for Abortion Rights”
Multimedia Reporting, First Place, Michaela Chan, “Germany Canceled Nuclear Energy”
Multimedia Reporting, Third Place, Amanda Reid, “SAIC Holiday Art Sale 2022”
Opinion Page(s), First Place, Sidne K Gard, “What Banning ‘Maus’ Means to Me.”
Opinion Page(s), Second Place, Jade Sheng, “No Way Home.” April 2022, pp. 8-9.
Column, First Place, Michaela Chan, “The Mascot. April 17, 2022.”
Critical Review, First Place, Sidne K Gard, “Loving the Monster: The Mums, Monsters, and Magic of ‘Hilda and the Mountain King.’” February 14, 2022.
Headline Writing, First Place, Nestor Kok, “Grimes Against Humanity.”
In-Depth Reporting, Fourth Place, Teddie Bernard, “SAIC: Where Comics Come to Life”
Best Digital Advertisement, Second Place. Nidhi Shenoy. “December Issue Out Now!”
Advertisement, Best Print Ad, Second Place. Teddie Bernard, “Exchequer Nighthawks.” November 2022, p. 3.
Advertisement, Best Print Ad, Third Place, Nidhi Shenoy, “The F Newsletter.”
Special Supplement, Third Place. “The Cancelled Issue,” March 2023.
Photo Essay, Second Place, Natia Ser, “Guardians of the Sanctuary”
Photo Essay, Third Place, Nestor Kok, Michaela Chan, “SAIC Faculty Rally to Unionize”
Feature Photo, Second Place, Lillian Heredia, “Everything We Have”
General News Photo, Third Place, Nestor Kok, Michaela Chan, “SAIC Faculty Rally to Unionize”
Spot News Photo, Third Place, Aidan Bryant, “Bernie Sanders and AICWU Stand Against Corporate Greed”
F Newsmagazine Awards 2020-2021
F Newsmagazine again won the Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press. The Pacemakers are “the Pulitzer Prizes of college journalism,” according to Wikipedia, whose authority on this matter we happily recognize. ACP has also listed F Newsmagazine among the top 100 Pacemaker winners in 94 years of Pacemaker awards — we’ve been winning these awards since the early ’90s.
F also won second place in The Pinnacle Awards, given by the College Media Association, the professional association of college media advisors, and staff won many individual awards from both organizations.
F entered for the first time the yearly design contest of The Society for News Design, the association of professional news designers. Alongside designers from major global publications, our staff won three awards for excellence: “Awards of Excellence recognize outstanding and excellent visual storytelling. These entries go beyond mere technical or aesthetic competency and may push the boundaries of originality and creativity.”
- F’s art director, Jade Sheng, won for Story Page illustration, for “White Guilt on Display, Instead of Philip Guston.”
- Our staff won in the category: Best Home Page or Landing Page category for our November 2020 issue, credit to Art Director Jade Sheng, and staff designers Cortney Anderson, Justine Guzman, Lela Johnson, Chanina Katz, Raven Mo.
- Our 2019-2020 staff won in the category: “Best new or redesigned product, site, page or app” for our special April 2020 issue, designed in Webflow by Art Director Cat Cao, Shannon Lewis, Raven Mo; Ass’t Art Director Ishita Dharap, staff designers Reilly Branson, Chanina Katz, Audrea Wah.
Here are the Individual Pacemaker winners.
Design of the Year
Informational Graphic
First Place
Lela Johnson (Infographics Editor, MFA Visual Communications 2023), “Policing In the USA”
Second Place
Lela Johnson, “Pay Day”Illustration
Fifth Place
Chanina Katz (Designer, BFA 2021), “The Cut: Inside the July Layoffs at SAIC”Magazine Cover
Honorable mention
Jade Sheng, (Art Director, MFA Visual Communications 2023), “May Cover”
Cartoon of the Year
Second Place
Teddie Bernard (Comics Editor, BFA 2023), “Happy Curfew: A poignant political cartoon”
Story of the Year
Local Climate Change Reporting
Honorable mention
Lela Johnson, “A New Era in Climate Policy?”
Multimedia Story of the Year
Multimedia News Story
Fifth Place
Leo Smith (Managing Editor, BFA 2021), Lela Johnson, “Pay Day: Salary Growth and Inequality at SAIC”
Interactive Graphic
Fifth Place
Lela Johnson, “Policing In the USA”
Pinnacle individual awards
Design Pinnacles
Best comic strip
Second Place
Teddie Bernard, “Bad Parable, Halloween”
Best Editorial Cartoon:
Honorable Mention
Teddie Bernard, “Happy Curfew: A poignant political cartoon”
Best infographic
Second Place
Lela Johnson, Leo Smith, “Pay Day: Salary growth and inequality at SAIC”
Best Magazine Entertainment Spread:
Second Place
Cortney Anderson (Designer, BFA Viscom 2021), “No Tiktoker Is an Island”
Best Newspaper Opinion Page/Spread
Second Place
Justine Guzman (Designer, BFA Viscom 2021), “Dear Sports Fans”
Best Social Media Main Page
Honorable Mention
Kaitlin Weed (Engagement Editor, BFAW 2021), Mimi Ozormoor (Engagement Editor, BFA 2024), Instagram
Best Podcast
First Place
Olivia Canny (News and Podcast Editor, MA NAJ 2021), Jason Rodriguez (Podcast Editor, MFAW 2022), “Nicole Marroquín on the power of rebel youth.”
Illinois College Press Association 2021
This year F Newsmagazine won first place for Online News Website and the “Sweepstakes” Award. The Sweepstakes Award replaces the “General Excellence Award.” The “sweepstakes” winner was determined by adding up points assigned for all of the other awards.
Open Division Awards
Editorial Cartoon, First Place, Reilly Branson, “Humpty Trumpty”; Honorable Mention, Reilly Branson, “Medical Masquerade.”
Other cartoon, strip or panel, First Place, Allegra Harvard. “Norms!”
Advertisement, less than full page, Third Place, Catherine Cao, “Is Graphic Design YOUR Passion?” Recruitment ad.
Entertainment Supplement, Third Place, Staff, F Newsmagazine, March 2020, pp. 20-23.
Graphic Illustration, First Place, Lela Johnson, “Policing in the U.S.A.”; Second Place, Catherine Cao, “From the Copper Mine to the Canvas.”
COVID-19 Coverage, First Place, Staff, F Newsmagazine, April 2020 Special Online Issue.
Category D: Non-dailies, under 4,000
Front Page Layout, First Place, Staff, F Newmagazine, December, February and April covers.
Editorial, Third Place, Staff, F Newsmagazine, “We Stand With the Protesters and We Stand With You.”
Feature Story – Other than Sports, Second Place, Leo Smith, “Remembering Noah Wilson”; Third Place, EJ Kok, “Class of COVID-19.”
Feature Page Design, First Place, Raven Mo, “Who’s On the Board?”
News Story, First Place, Olivia Canny, “Campus Reopening: Is SAIC Ready or Not?”; Third Place, Leo Smith, “When the Dean Said a Slur and Then Got Promoted.”
In-Depth Reporting, First Place, Dustin Lowman, Leo Smith, Raven Mo, SAIC Fossil Fuel Divestment Reporting.
Headline Writing, Second Place, Olivia Canny, “Toxic Relationships on Chicago’s South Side.”
Photo Essay, Second Place, Staff, “Inside Looking Out: A Photo Essay from the Lockdown”; Third Place, Teddie Bernard, “Minneapolis, Two Weeks Later.”
Multimedia Reporting, First Place, Luis López Levi, Raven Mo, “When This is Over”; Second Place, Lela Johnson, Leo Smith, “Pay Day: Salary Growth and Inequality at SAIC.”
Online News Site, First Place, F Newsmagazine.
Podcast, First Place, Olivia Canny, Jason Rodriguez, “SAIC Beat.”
Sweepstakes, Non-Dailies under 4,000: Winner, F Newsmagazine.
F Newsmagazine Awards 2019-2020
This year, our staff won the Pinnacle Award for Best College Newspaper from College Media Association, the Online Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press, Best Designed College Newspaper from The 2020 College Design Contest at MSU/Society for News Design, and First Place for Best Online News Site from the Illinois College Press Association. See below for details on these and other awards.
Our staff leadership in 2019-2020 deserves special credit — Mg. Editor Leo Smith, Art Directors Cat Cao and Jade Sheng, Ass’t. Art Director Ishita Dharap, and Webmaster Ilai Gilbert.
Pinnacle Awards
given by the College Media Association and judged by college media advisers.
This year F Newsmagazine won Best College Newspaper (in the four-year less frequent than daily category).
Our other Pinnacle Awards:
Best editorial Cartoon, First Place, Reilly Branson, “Medical Masquerade”
Best Ad Campaign, First Place, Shannon Lewis, F Open Meetings
Best Magazine Page/Spread, First Place, Georgia Hampton, Cat Cao, “Where have All the Wiseguys Gone?” March 2020, p. 22.
Best Podcast, Third Place, “SAIC Beat,” Luis López-Levi, Dustin Lowman, Olivia Canny
Best Infographic: Honorable Mention, Raven Mo, for “Who’s On the Board,” February 2020, p. 16.
Best News Page/Spread: 3rd place, Zainab Ahmed, Ishita Dharap, “The Women of Shaheen Bagh,” March 2020, p. 18.
Best Opinion Page, Second Place, F staff, “The Decade in Review: The 1910s,” December 2019, p. 10.
The Pacemaker Awards
“college journalism’s preeminent awards,” given by the Associated Collegiate Press.
We won the Online Pacemaker award.
We were finalists for the Newspaper Pacemaker, but didn’t make it to first place this year.
Individual Pacemaker Awards from the Associated Collegiate Press:
Editorial Cartoon of the Year, First Place, Reilly Branson, for Humpty Trumpty
Comic Strip, Fourth Place, Madeleine Aguilar, Luteboy Can’t Fly
Magazine Page/Spread, Fourth Place, Cat Cao, “Reading Between the Community Guidelines” November 2019, p. 18.
Informational Graphic, Fifth Place, writer: Kristin Leigh Hofer, designer/illustrator Cat Cao, “From the Copper Mine to the Canvas” February 2020, p. 6.
Informational Graphic, Honorable Mention, Raven Mo, “Who’s on the Board,” February 2020, p. 16.
Story of the Year, In-Depth News Story, Honorable Mention, Leo Smith “When the Dean Said a Slur, and Then Got Promoted,” March 2020, p. 5.
Story of the Year, Local Climate Change Reporting, Fifth Place, Dustin Lowman, “Divestment, Part 2: A ‘Neutral’ Policy”
The 2020 College Design Contest
hosted by the Society for News Design chapter at MSU.
Best Designed Student Newspaper, First Place.
Best Student News Site, Second Place.
Magazine Cover, First Place, Reilly Branson, September 2019 issue. Honorable Mention, Cat Cao, October 2019.
Magazine spread, Third Place, Designer/illustrator Ishita Dharap, writer Zeinab Ahmed, “The Women of Shaheen Bagh,”’ March 2020, p. 18.
Alternative Story Format, Third Place, Designer/illustrator Cat Cao, writer Kristin Leigh Hofer, “From the Copper Mine to the Canvas,” February 2020, p. 6.
The Illinois College Publishers Association Awards, 2020
F Newsmagazine won first place for Best Online News Site.
General Excellence, Second Place.
First place for podcast, to Dustin Lowman, Luis Lopez Levi and Olivia Canny, “SAIC Beat” (tied with the Loyola Phoenix).
First place for front page layout for our September front page, illustrated by Reilly Branson and designed by art director Cat Cao and designer Raven Mo.
First place for Opinion Page, won for “Murals Monuments and Morals,” by Leah Gallant, designed by Nura Husseini. November 2019, p. 16.
Second place for cartoon strip, Sofia Diaz, “Dentures in the Sink.”
Third place for Opinion Page, to Georgia Hampton writer, Katie Wittenberg, illustrator, for “Be Still My Beating Heart: America’s Obsession with Ted Bundy,” March 2019, pp. 12-13.
Second place for Feature Page Design, to Raven Mo, for “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Despite campus sustainability efforts, the Art Institute of Chicago makes money from fossil fuel investments,” by Dustin Lowman, November 2019.
Second place for headline writing to Georgia Hampton: “Thou Shalt Not Pill,” from the special issue, “Reproductive Rights,” June 2019.
Third place for photo essay to Jesse Bond for “Sandy City: Chicago migrates to the lake in the summertime,” September 2019, pp. 8-9.
Honorable mention for photo essay to Sofia A. Rosales Juarez, for “Photo Essay: The Chicago Rally for Reproductive Justice,” June 2019.
Second place for Spot News Photo to Bastian York, for “A Global Strike for Our Global Future,” October 2019.
Third Place for multimedia reporting to Dustin Lowman for “Student Feature: Ricardo Partita,” video interview, November 2019.
2018-2019 Illinois College Press Association awards
31 schools, 1041 entries, 304 in the open category (all newspapers), 215 in the daily newspaper category, 522 in the non-daily newspaper category.
Asterisks mark the “open category” awards, and the comments you will read are by the contest judges.
F Newsmagazine staff
General Excellence, First Place
“Great visual choices overall — lots of well-done graphics and photography, as well as layout choices — but a little too much white space in odd places for my taste. Good variety of topics.”
For this award, we submitted our March, April, and November 2018 print issues, which you can find here.
Special Supplement, First Place*
“Love the voice of this publication- it sounds young, artsy and distinct to SAIC. Fun graphics that engaged the reader helped break up longer essays, and I was impressed by the creative reporting- I loved the pull-out quotes from all the governor candidates!”
You can find this supplement in our March print issue here.
Front Page Layout, Third Place*
“Amazing design, as anyone would expect from an art school. Alas, none of the judges had any clue what was happening on these covers. A newspaper front page is still about journalism, and it wasn’t obvious what the story was in any of these cover images.”
For this award, we submitted the front pages of these issues: September, October, November 2018, which you can find here.
Headline Writing, Fourth Place. “Encycloweedia Bricannabis.”
“A clever pun that leaves little to the imagination. A reader knows from the get go what is about to unfold below, effectively mirroring the lighter tone of the piece.”
This article was in the April 2018 print issue, which you can find here.
Cartoon strip or panel*
Sofia Diaz, First Place. “Dentures in the sink.” Judge’s comment:
“So THIS is how cats see the world !!! The artist’s willingness to illustrate the feline form in various poses is refreshing, welcome and surprising at this level. Clever concept. Clever compositions. I’m truly impressed by your drawing ability, Sofia. Keep honing your skills, writing, so on. Success in all your future endeavors !!! Congratulations on winning First Place !!! :)”
Note: We submitted Sofia’s comics from these print issues: September, October, and November 2018. You can find pdfs of our print editions in our archives here and some of Sofia’s older comics here.
Bridget Bilbo, Third Place. “Mush Fire.”
“Mushrooms running from fire? Is that a thing? Yes. It. Is. Reminiscent of “Adventure Time” in my thinking, these quirky-looking ‘shrooms invite us to join them as they run to and fro from flames of ??? And I dig it !!! “Butt” to what end? Gorgeous color !!! Nicely drawn !!! Congratulations on your 3rd place finish. (Deep-Fried mushroom appetizers with Ranch Dressing await.)”
Graphic illustration*
Rohan McDonald, First Place. “Rules of Engagement.”
Exceedingly professional design and layout that work together smoothly. The graphic makes me want to read the headline and deck to see what it’s about. Clean, art-lead design. Kudos.”
Rohan (BFA 2019) graduated but he didn’t take his work with him. Find this ad in our February print issue here.
And you can find many of his comics and illustrations here.
Full page ad*
Rohan McDonald, Second Place. “Work at F!”
“Cool, minimalist, and absolutely attention-grabbing. This is unconventional, and it certainly works well for what it needs to do.”
Find this ad in our April print issue here.
In-house promotional ad*
Rohan McDonald, First Place. “Work at F.”
“Great concept and execution. Perfect fit for your audience.”
Photo Essay
Chelsea Emuakhagbon and Ella Roche, “No Room at the Inn”
“Excellent series of tight images that convey mood and help tell a story all their own — and supplement your print coverage. Well done!”
You can find this photo essay in our October print issue here and on our website here.
Feature Photo
Annie Leue, First Place
No comment from judges
You can find her photo, “Design student in Fashion, Body and Garment, holds her handmade sign,” on p. 13 of the February print issue here.
General News Photo
Georgia Hampton, First Place. “Van Dyke Trial Protest.”
“This is a great photo. The only thing I would have done differently is zoom in a little closer on the protesters to cut off some of the dead space at the top, since the sky is so glaringly bright.”
You can find Georgia’s photo on our website here.
Critical Review, film
José Nateras, Second Place. “Simons Says: Touch Your Heart.”
“Great. Well written, good points. Really like this one.”
You can find José’s review in our April 2018 print issue here, and online here.
Pinnacle College Media Awards 2017-2018
The Pinnacle contest is sponsored and judged by the College Media Association, the professional association of College Media Advisors.
Best Advertisement
First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Rohan McDonald, “Pencils Up. Work at F.” Ad for illustrators.
Best Editorial Cartoon
Third Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Rohan McDonald, “Trump Dump”
Best Infographic
Second Place: F Newsmagazine. “Toxic Waste: Mapping the Powerful Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct in 2017.” Text by Irena Frumkin, Design by Annie Leue.
Best Magazine Cover
Third Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago March 2018 Hannah Sun, “The Journey to a Voice”
Best Magazine Entertainment Page/Spread
First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, “Rules of Engagement” (Aziz Ansari and #MeToo), February 2018, Illustrator Rohan McDonald, writer Casey Carsel
Best Magazine News Page/Spread, First Place
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U Up? Reviewing candidates’ tinder profiles. Irena Frumkin, F staff. (Primary elections), February 2018
Best Special Section Cover
First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Flasch of Genius, Sacha Lusk, illustrator; Mary Fons, writer
Michigan State University/Society for News Design, 2018
MSU now hosts the contest for the Student Society for News Design, which used to be hosted at University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.
Annie Leue
First place in the magazine spread category, entry 209.
Honorable mention in the magazine spread category, entry 207.
First place in the alternative story format category.
Third place in the photo page design category.
Sevy Perez
First place in the feature page design category.
Second place in the special sections category.
Rohan McDonald
Second place in the magazine spread category.
Second place in the Art & Illustration category.
Third place in the alternative story form category.
Yen-kai Huang
Honorable mention in the Art & Illustration category,
Honorable mention in the magazine cover category.
Sacha Lusk
Honorable mention in the magazine cover category.
Pacemaker Award, 2018
The Pacemaker Award is given by the Associated Collegiate Press. F Newsmagazine was a finalist for the Pacemaker this year.
2018 ICPA awards
Non-daily newspaper, less than 4000 students
Second place, F Newsmagazine
Editorial cartoon, honorable mention
Amber Huff
Other Cartoon, strip or panel
First place, Rohan McDonald
Second place, Amber Ling
Full page ad
First place, Hannah Sun
Graphic illustration
First place, Rohan McDonald
Critical review, film
Third place, Emily Rich
Honorable mention, Jose Nateras
Critical review, other than film
First place, Irena Frumkin. Ola, Helio
Online news site
Third place, F Newsmagazine
(First place, Daily Illini, U of I; Second place, Daily Gazette, ISU)
Feature story, not sports
First place, Mary Fons (Joan Flasch)
Sports news story
Third place, Mary Fons
“Honorable mention, Grace Wells
Sports page design
First place, Yen-Kai Huang, “Living Alai,” April 2017, p. 11.
In-depth reporting
Honorable mention, Grace Wells
General news photo
Third place, Melody Bilbo. December 2016 supplement, p. 4.
Spot news photo
Second place, Cassandra Davis, “#Not My President,” January 2017.
Illinois College Press Association, 2017
(Note: URLs will take you to our website page, which is designed differently from the pages in our print edition. The print pages that were submitted to ICPA, which can be found on the back issues page of our website.)
General excellence, Non-daily newspaper, less than 4000 students
Second place, F Newsmagazine
Online news site:
Third place, FNewsmagazine.com
Editorial cartoon: Honorable mention
Amber Huff. Untitled (Martin Luther King, Jr; Black Lives Matter; Barack Obama). Feb., 2017 F Newsmagazine
First place, Rohan McDonald. “The Future is Female” (covers, February 2017; October 2017).
Critical review, film: Third place
Emily Rich, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Women?” November 2017, p. 27.
Best Infographic: First Place:
“How To Get Hired,” Priyoshi Kapur, May 2017 (Page 4-5)
Best Newspaper News Page/Spread, First Place:
#NotMyPresident, Priyoshi Kapur, March 2017 (Page 14-15)
Best Newspaper Sports Page/Spread, First Place:
Living Alai, Yen-Kai Huang, April 2017 (Page 11)
Best Newspaper Entertainment Page/Spread, First Place:
Degrassi for President, Priyoshi Kapur, March 2017 (Page 22-23)
Best Magazine Contents Page/Spread, First Place:
The Lineup, Sevy Perez/Sacha Lusk, April 2017 (Page 3)
Best Magazine News Page/Spread, First Place:
Activism on Ice, Sevy Perez/Sacha Lusk, March 2017 (Page 16-17)
Best Magazine Feature Page/Spread, Honorable Mention:
Kunstschule, Zach Cooper, November 2016 (Page 12-13)
Best Newspaper Nameplate, Third Place
Best Newspaper Photo Page/Spread, Honorable Mention:
Bacon, Eggs, and Instagram, Sevy Perez, November 2016 (Page 16-17)
Best Magazine Sports Page/Spread, Second Place:
Offensive Line, Priyoshi Kapur, April 2017 (Page 6-7)
Best Comic Strip, Third Place:
Kevin, Rohan P. McDonald, May/April/March (Page 23,23,31)
Best Designed Student Newspaper:
F Newsmagazine
Front Page Design:
First Place, Sacha Lusk, “February 2017 Issue”
Alternative Story Format:
First Place, Sophie Johnson, “An Illustrated Guide to the Illinois State Budget Crisis”
Art and Illustration:
First Place, Alex Kostiw, “Sept 2016 Issue”
Standalone media:
Third place, Cassandra Davis, “‘Alien Tears’ Honors A Summer Tragedy”
Pinnacle Awards – Best of Collegiate Design
Best Infographic: First Place: “How To Get Hired,” Priyoshi Kapur, May 2017 (Page 4-5)
Illinois College Press Association 2016
Online News Site
Third Place
Editorial
First Place, “Confronting Trump, Confronting Ourselves“
Headline Writing
First Place, Ryan Blocker, “The Benaissance“
In-depth reporting
First Place, Ryan Blocker and Violet Callis, “More Perfect Union”
Multimedia Reporting
Second Place, Priyoshi Kapur, “Moving Out of the Dorms”
Opinion Page
Second Place, Sophie Lucido Johnson, “An Illustrated Guide to the Illinois State Budget Crisis”
Feature Photo
Third Place, Yubo Dong
News Photo
Third Place, Cassandra Davis, “Confronting Trump, Confronting Ourselves”
In house ad
Third Place, Jarad Solomon, “Hottest Bern”
Comic Strip
Third Place, Sacha Lusk
Pinnacle College Media Awards 2016
Newspaper Pinnacle: Four-Year Less-Than-Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Third Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Best newspaper entertainment page/spread
First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Star Wars Is (Finally) for Girls” story by Sophie Lucido Johnson, illustrated by Alex Kostiw
Best editorial cartoon
First Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sophie Lucido Johnson, An Illustrated Guide to the Illinois State Budget Crisis
Best advertisement:
Third Place: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jarad Solomon, Your Hottest Bern
Pinnacle Awards 2015
Four-Year Website of the Year: Third Place
www.fnewsmagazine.com
Best Newspaper Nameplate: First Place
April 2015 cover: Kanye
Designer: Jordan Whitney Martin
Best Newspaper Entertainment Page/Spread: First Place
“Girl in the Front: Kim Gordon Preaches Punk Politics at the Chicago Humanities Festival”
Text: Rosie Accola
Design/illustration: Megan Pryce
Best advertisement: First Place
Jobs at F Newsmagazine
Design, illustration: Berke Yazicioglu
Best Magazine Feature Page Spread
“Follow Suit”
Text, photos: Patrick Reynolds
Best Magazine News Page/ Spread: First Place
“The Singularity is Dear: Cybertwee’s New Form of Feminist Art Collective”
Text: Jessica Barrett Sattell
Design/illustration: Allison O’Flinn
Best Newspaper News Page/Spread: First Place
“It’s Not Just About Charlie”
Text: Alexia Casanova
Design/illustration Jordan Whitney Martin
Best Newspaper Opinion Page Spread: Third Place
“Exit through the Restaurant: Will the MCA’s New Restaurant Diversify Its Audience?”
Text: Alexia Casanova
Design/graphic: Anna B. Smylie
Associated Collegiate Press 2015
Best Design: First Place
Jordan Martin
Best comic strip: Third Place
Berke Yazicioglu
Pacemaker Award: Finalist
Pacemaker Award
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2003, 1999, 1998, 1993
Student Society for News Design 2015
For the third year in a row, F Newsmagazine won best design and one of our designers named Designer of the Year. This is a national competition hosted by the student organization of the Society for News Design, the professional association for newspaper and magazine designers, and is judged by prominent designers.
Print judges:
Dan Zedek: Assistant managing editor for design
The Boston Globe,
Lee Steele: President of SND,
Presentation Editor/Columnist, Hearst Corporation
Marianne Seregi: Magazine Art Director
The Washington Post
Digital judges:
Seth Hamblin: Deputy Global Visual Editor
WSJ.com and The Wall Street Journal
Juan Velasco: Co-founder and creative director of 5W Infographics and former Art Director at National Geographic magazine
Mike Swartz: Partner, Upstatement
Overall Design of Magazine
1st Place, F Newsmagazine
Designer of the Year
1st place, Anna Smylie
3rd place, Jordan Martin
Website design: Honorable Mention, F Newsmagazine.
Features: 1st place Jordan Martin, “It’s Not Just About Charlie.”
Photo Story Design: 2nd place, Monica Burciaga, Jordan Martin. “A Hundred Rubies.”
Illustration: 1st place Anna Smylie, “Ayotzinapa”
2nd place, Anna Smylie, “Command + P”
Honorable Mention, Anna Smylie, “Startups vs Astronauts”
Alternative Story
1st place, Berke Yazicioglu, “Famous Hook-ups”
Magazine or Special Section Cover
1st place, Jordan Martin, “You Did It!”
Honorable Mention, Jordan Martin, “Let’s Pretend”
2015 Illinois College Press Association
Best Online News Site
First Place, F Newsmagazine
Feature Page Design
First Place, Meghan Ryan Morris (MFA 2014)
Second Place, Freddy Eschrich (MFA 2014) and Jessica Barrett Sattell (MA 2015)
Graphic Illustration
Third Place, Meghan Ryan Morris (MFA 2014)
Editorial Cartoon
Third Place, Rae Kim Job (BFA 2016)
Front Page Layout Design
Honarable Mention, Freddy Eschrich (MFA 2014), Jordan Martin (BFA 2015) and Meghan Ryan Morris (MFA 2014)
Editorial Cartoon
Honorable Mention, Berke Yazicioglu (BFA 2015)
Art and Illustration, First Place
Alex Kostiw, “Return to Twin Peaks”(December 2014, p 11)
Magazine Cover, First Place
Jordan Martin, November 2014
Also: Honorable mention for Jordan for October 2014
Feature Page, Newspaper
Third place, Jordan Martin, “It’s Not Just About Charlie.”
Honorable Mention, Berke Yazicioglu, “The Dearth of Designer Diversity”
2014 Gold Circle Awards, Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Below are F Newsmagazine’s awards for 1st, 2nd place and Certificate of Merit (CM).
N39. | N40. | N41. Overall Design
2. Staff, F Newsmagazine
N57. Op-Ed or News Analysis Page Design Portfolio of work
1. Meghan Ryan Morris, F Newsmagazine
N75. | N76. | N77. Single Subject News or Feature Package, Two Pages, Double-truck or Special Section Design Tabloid format
3. Frederick Eschrich, “Syria: Facts, Figures and Opinions”
N15. Headline writing
1. Staff, F Newsmagazine
N17. Briefs writing
2. Alexia Casanova and Troy Pieper
N18. Sidebar writing
2. Alyssa Moxley, “The Sound of One Man Thinking”
N2. In-depth news/feature story
CM. Alex Wolff, “Cash 4 Sperm”
N5. Personal opinion: Off-campus issues
1. Nadine Mostafa, “Silence is Surrender”
N8. First person experience
2. H. Melt, “The Right to Use My Own Name”
N12. Personality profile
CM. Anjulie Rao, “The Patron Saint of Self-Mutilation”
N27. Single spot news photograph
CM. Tessa Elbetter, “Boots on the Ground”
2013 Illinois College Press Association
In November, F received the Pacemaker Award for 2013. The Associated Collegiate Press and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation have co-sponsored the Newspaper Pacemaker competition since 1971. ACP began the awards in 1927. This is an award for General Excellence. “Judges select Pacemakers based on the following: coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics.”
The judges presented the staff with a plaque with an image of the March 2013 cover, which featured a photo by our brilliant and sadly missed staff photographer, Chris Johnson.
F received the following awards at the February convention of the Illinois College Press Association. Here is a list, with some judges’ comments:
First Place, General Excellence:
“The editors of FNewsmagazine deliver a professional, high-quality publication that reflects the energy and creativity of SAIC. Though it doesn’t fit the format of a traditional student newspaper, its broad range, engaging presentation and high standards reflect well on its staff and the school.”
1st Place, Feature Story (other than sports)
Nadine Mostafa (pseudonym), “Silence is Surrender” (About Syria)
“Powerful and intelligent, almost too much so: more magazine style than newspaper. Brave.”
1st Place, Feature Page Design
Alli Berry, “1 Moment of Extended Brokenness.”
“Well-written; lots of quotes. Clean layout echoes digital electronics. Images, fonts and layout mirror the subject matter. Liked that the 3 stories can work independently of each other and don’t have to be read in a certain order.”
3rd Place Feature Page Design
Frederick Eschrich, “Syria: Facts, Figures and Opinions”
“Nice package; good illustrations; 2-color very effective. Proof-read!”
2nd Place Critical Review: Film
Diana Buendia
3rd Place, Feature Photo
Chris Johnson, “Happiness is a Cold Gun”
Honorable Mention, General News Photo
Chris Johnson, “School Closings Stir Up Teachers Union”
“Great idea with solid composition.”
3rd Place, Spot News Photo
Tessa Elbettar, “Boots on the Ground”
“A good basic protest/rally photo of a current event.”
Student Society for News Design 2012
Overall design of a newspaper
First Place: F Newsmagazine
Designer of the Year
Second Place: Alli Berry
Honorable Mention: Joe Carpentar, Patrick M. Jenkins
Special Section
First Place: Eric Baskauskas, “–liner”
Honorable Mention: Alli Berry, “Endless Summer”
Information Graphic
Honorable Mention: Quinn Keaveney, “A Year at SAIC”
Illustration
First Place: Joe Carpenter, “The Happy Housekeeper”
Third Place: Joe Carpenter, “Connect the Dots”
Front Page Tabloid
Second Place: Alli Berry, “Now is the Winter of our Discontent”
Newspaper Page Design
First Place: Emily Haasch, “You Will Pay”
Third Place: Joe Carpenter, “Interning or Indentured”
Honorable Mention: Alli Berry, “Taking Over the Streets”
2012 Illinois College Press Association
Headline writing
1st place: Staff, F Newsmagazine
News Story
1st place: Diana Buendia
Opinion page(s)
1st place: Margot Brody, Patrick Jenkins
Photo essay
1st place: Ben Macri
Feature photo (including sports)
3rd place: Ben Macri
Editorial cartoon
3rd place: Cody Tumblin
Critical review (other than film)
Honorable mention: Kristofer Lenz
Front page layout
Honorable mention: Staff, F Newsmagazine
2011 Illinois College Press Association
General Excellence
Second Place: F Newsmagazine
In-Depth Reporting
First Place:Ania Szremski, “Getting Paid: Chicago art critics talk money”
Multimedia Reporting
First Plave: Nick Briz, “F Studio Visits: Kyle Evans”
Special Supplement
Second Place: Eric Baskauskas, “-liner”
Feature Story
Third Place: Annette Elliot, “A Flower Between the Cracks: Third Place”
Feature Page Design
Third Place: Alli Berry, “Chicago Psychics”
Front Page Layout
Honorable Mention: Eric Baskauskas, Sungwoo Suh, Alli Berry, February 2011, March 2011, April 2011
Multimedia Reporting
Third Place: Dijana Kadic and Chelsey Hoff, “Men at Work”
Feature Story
Honorable Mention: Brandon Kosters, “Erotic Therapy: Chicago Dominatrices”
In-House Promotional Ad
Second Place: Joe Carpenter, “Are Words Your Thing?” (crossword puzzle)
Graphic Illustration
Honorable Mention: Eric Baskauskas, “An Artpocalypse?”
Advertisements Less Than Full Page
Honorable Mention: Eric Baskauskas, Exchequer Pub ad.
2011 ACP Pacemaker Awards
Four-year Non-daily Newspaper
Finalist: F Newsmagazine
Environmental Portrait
Honorable Mention: Alli Berry
2010 Student Society for News Design Awards
F Newsmagazine won awards from the Student Society for News Design, including Second Place for Best Overall Design and Second Place for Best Overall College News Web Site, in a category in which we were competing with websites of daily newspapers throughout the country.
Overall design of a newspaper
Second Place: F Newsmagazine
Best overall college news Web site
Second Place: F Newsmagazine
Newspaper front page design for a newspaper published three times a week or less.
First Place: Cody Petruk, “Why Design?”
Honorable Mention: Javier Lopez, “Literacy Issue”
Features page design
Second Place: Silas Reeves, “A manual for relief”
Illustration
Honorable Mention: Olivia Liendo, “Peevee the Freelancer”
Information graphics
Javier Lopez, “Big bucks in the Big 10”, “A manual for relief”
2010 Illinois College Press Association Awards
Feature Page Design
First Place: Olivia Liendo, “Design Heroes”
“Hands down winner. This presentation is clean, crisp and inviting. It would do proud thevery designers to whom this lovely package pays homage. Marvelous work!”
―Judge: John Plevka, Managing Editor, Journal Star (Peoria)
Full Page Advertisement
First Place: Silas Reeves (design) and Nidhi Isaac (photo), “Chicago’s New Literary Community”
“One of the coolest ads I have ever seen, in any contest. Awesome!”
―Judge: Jeff Holman, Illinois Press Association.
First Place: David Essman, “Due to budget cuts, we could not publish David Essman’s comic. Please enjoy these ads in its place.” (David filled ½ page with satirical ads.)
“Funny yet pointed. Wonderful layout and bold use of black and white. Outstanding.”
―Judge: Chris Britt, The State Journal-Register.
Photo Essay
Second Place: Jennifer Mosier, “Keeping your Money Safe”
Feature Page Design
Third Place: Elliott Beazley, “The Modern Wing”
“Sophisticated, user-friendly presentation. Gorgeous stuff. Hard to stop looking at this one.”
―Judge: John Plevka, Managing Editor, Journal Star (Peoria).
Multimedia Reporting
Second Place: Quintin Roper, Casilda Sanchez, “Fashion Focus ’09”
Judge: Ryan Denham, online news editor, Pantagraph.
Online Publication
Honorable Mentions: Natalie Edwards, Brook Jonquil, and Casilda Sanchez
Critical Review
Second Place: Natalie Edwards
Graphic Illustration
Honorable Mention: Elliott Beazley and Mike Gibisser, “The Possibility of its Loss”
“Lots of information, glad to have the graphic.”
―Judge: Matt Schury, reporter, Kendall County Record.
Special Supplement
Third Place: Beth Capper, Emily Bauman, and Aaron Hoffman, “Taxing”
Judge: Lynn Saputo, Graphic Designer, Illinois Press Association.
Third Place: Beth Capper, Emily Bauman, and Aaron Hoffman, “The Moving Image”
Editorial Cartoon
Second Place: Alexandra Westrich, “Surgeons or Saboteurs?”
“Wonderful visual. Well-crafted. Full of rich detail.”
―Judge: Chris Britt, The State Journal-Register.
Student Society of News Design 2008 Design Contest
F Newsmagazine was awarded Best in Overall Design by the Student Society of News Design in its 2008 design contest, as well as a number of other awards for our designers; Mary Louise Killen was our art director. The Student Society for News Design is affiliated with the professional organization for newspaper designers and illustrators, the Society for News Design.
In recent years, F Newsmagazine has won the Pacemaker Award and On-Line Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press and Newspaper Asssociation of America, as well as Silver and Gold Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and Best Website from the Illinois College Press Association.
F Newsmagazine won the most awards in the non-daily newspaper category. Aaron Hoffman, our art director, was named Second Place Designer of the Year. Here are our other winners:
Features: One page or spread
First Place: Basor Guyukkusoglu, “Art of Excess”
Third Place: Aaron Hoffman, “Four Models”
Honorable Mentions
Lin Tan, “Front Lines”
Aaron Straus, “E for all”
Mary Louise Killen, “The Art of War”
Photos: One page or spread
First Place: Javier Lopez, “Ecuador”
First Place: Brigitte, “Ink”
Magazine spread design
Second Place: Aaron Hoffman, “Feeling Local”
Third Place: Javier Lopez and Aaron Hoffman, “Waiting for Godot in New Orleans”
Magazine or special section cover
First Place: Eric, “Politics and art”
Second Place: Aaron Straus, Amand Sukenick, “Disorientation”
Information Graphics
First Place: Javier Lopez, “Helvetica”
Second Place: Elliott Beazley, “Vandalize this!”
Illustration
First Place: Eric Garcia, “Art < Politics”
Third Place: Maria Squeri, “Feeling Local”
Honorable Mentions
Alexandra Westrich
Eric Garcia (“El Machete”)
Online Newspapers, Other Online Presentation
First Place: Lin Tan/Jason Conny/Joe Post, Designers
Fifth Place: Eric Garcia, Editorial Illustration
Newspapers, Photo page/Spread:
Second Place: Javier Lopez, Designer
Magazines, Cover:
Third Place: Basar Buyukkusogly, Designer
Fifth Place: Eric Garcia, Designer
Associated Collegiate Press, 2008
Pacemaker Award: Monica LaBelle and Jesse Stein, Editors.
Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, 2007
Charles Schulz College Cartooning Award, Second Place, Lucy Knisely
Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, 2006
Charles Schulz College Cartooning Award, First Place, Russell Gottwaldt
