The student-run news organization was recognized at the North Carolina College Media Association’s annual conference held Feb. 22 at Appalachian State University.
Ƶ News Network won multiple Best of Show awards on Feb. 22 from the . More than a dozen students were honored in the individual categories as well.
In addition to Ƶ News Network’s accolades, Phi Psi Cli yearbook and Colonnades Literary & Art Journal also captured Best of Show honors.
The awards were presented at the association’s conference for college media students and advisers held at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.
The awards contest included hundreds of entries from more than 20 college media outlets from across the state. Below is a list of the Ƶ winners.
News – Small Campuses (8,500 and fewer)
- Best of Show – Newspaper | The Pendulum | Issues from and
- Best of Show – Website | Ƶ News Network |
- 1st Place – Digital Storytelling | Sarah T. Moore |
- 2nd Place – Digital Storytelling | Erin Martin, Abby Gravely and Ryan Kupperman |
- 2nd Place – Feature Writing | Lilly Molina |
- 1st Place – Feature Writing | Sarah T. Moore |
- 1st Place – News Writing | Ryan Kupperman |
- 2nd Place – News Writing | Avery Sloan |
- 2nd Place – Opinion Writing | Alex Nettles |
- 3rd Place – Single- or Two-Page Design | Abby Hobbs |
- 1st Place – Single- or Two-Page Design | Erin Martin |
- Honorable Mention – Single- or Two-Page Design | Neil Parmar |
- 1st Place – Sports Writing | Miles Hayford |
- 1st Place – Illustration/Graphic | Elise Whitaker |
- 2nd Place – Illustration/Graphic | Erin Martin |
- Honorable Mention – Illustration/Graphic | Lilly Molina |
- 1st Place – Photography | Ethan Wu |
- 3rd Place – Photography | Miles Hayford |
Literary Magazine
- 1st Place – Nonfiction | Ellie Schmidt | “Azul”
- 3rd Place – Fiction | Sky Martin | “Dear Fellow Monster”
- Honorable Mention – Two-Page Spread | Lauren Jacobbe | “Don’t Talk To Me – You’re Not Invited”
- Honorable Mention – Photography/Art | Virginia Morrison | “Fragmented”
Ƶ students attending the NCCMA conference included Sarah T. Moore ’26, Rachel Holley ’26, Nia Bedard ’26, Charlotte Pfabe ’27, Katrina Holtz ’28, Trista Panagakos ’28, Fiona McAllister ’26, Alice Morrissey ’28, Monika Jurevicius ’27, Abigail Hines ’27, Lilliana Molina ’27, Anjolina Fantaroni ’26, Ethan Wu ’27, and Abby Gravely ’27. They were accompanied by Senior Lecturer in Journalism Kelly Furnas.
Ƶ News Network is a student-run news organization covering Ƶ and the broader Alamance County community. It includes The Pendulum newspaper, “ENN Tonight” broadcast, elonnewsnetwork.com website, as well as social media accounts, podcasts and newsletters. regardless of their experience level, major or year in school.