The Decaturian takes home 17 awards at 2022 Illinois College Press Association Conference

Millikin University's student-run newspaper, the Decaturian, garnered several awards at the annual Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) conference, held March 18-20 in Chicago.

The Decaturian took home 17 awards in the under 4,000 circulation category at the ICPA conference, surpassing the Dec's 15 ICPA awards in 2021. As an entire staff, The Decaturian won third place in General Excellence and third in the Sweepstakes category for points earned across all contest categories.

Jeana Pierson, a senior English writing major with a criminal justice minor, and editor-in-chief of the Decaturian, earned first place honors for Headline Writing. Sydney Sinks, a senior English writing major, reporter and editor for the Decaturian, earned two first-place awards for her in-depth reporting and a second-place honor for her editorial work. Carin Houser, a sophomore secondary English education major, writer and editor for the Decaturian, won three ICPA awards. Houser earned first place for her Spot News Photo of a firetruck; she was a member of a team that received third place for multimedia reporting, and she won second place for Sports Page Design.

Below is the complete list of the Decaturian's Illinois College Press Association award recipients:

1st Place

Charlize Pate, Feature Photo (Clock Tower)

Jeana Pierson, Headline Writing

Sydney Sinks, In-Depth Reporting

Sydney Sinks, News Story

Mason Hoyt, Column (Music)

Carin Houser, Spot Photo (Firetruck)

2nd Place

Sports Page Design (Carin Houser)

Editorial (Sydney Sinks)

3rd Place

Online News Site (All Staff)

Multimedia Reporting (Athena Pajer, Carin Houser and Cole Anderson)

Sports Column (Brandt Williamson)

Sports Game Story (Caleb Buehrle)

News Story (Athena Pajer)

Honorable Mention

Front Page Layout (All Staff)

Feature Page Design (All Staff)

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