{"id":213654,"date":"2026-03-31T21:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213654\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:59:07","slug":"university-of-miami-student-media-garners-national-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213654\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Miami student media garners national recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Miami student media outlets continue to gain national recognition for outstanding work. In the recent Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Spring National College Media Conference held in San Francisco and at the College Media Association Spring Convention in New York City, several student media publications received an impressive collection of honors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The highlight was the Ibis Yearbook winning the prestigious Pacemaker Award\u2014often called the \u201cPulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism\u201d\u2014an achievement that places the University of Miami among only three recipients this year, alongside Baylor University and Ouachita Baptist University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Student media awards\" class=\"\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ibis-front-and-back-cover-embed-940x575.webp.webp\" width=\"940\"\/>Ibis has maintained a remarkable tradition of excellence, consistently earning Pacemaker honors or finalist status since 2005. This is the third consecutive year it has received the Pacemaker Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing recognized as a Pacemaker Yearbook, one of only three in the nation, is an incredible honor for the Ibis,\u201d said Jake Sperling, a third-year School of Architecture student who is the yearbook\u2019s editor-in-chief. \u201cThe Ibis has consistently upheld an incredibly high standard of excellence for our work. Year after year, we push ourselves to come up with unique ideas to revamp content and make each edition unique.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the accolades didn\u2019t stop there. The University\u2019s print student media swept the Best of Show categories, with Distraction magazine, Ibis 2025 yearbook, and The Miami Hurricane newspaper (under 15,000 circulation) each clinching first place in their respective divisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was ecstatic and proud to learn that The Miami Hurricane received first place for our Free Speech edition,\u201d said Katie Karlson, editor-in-chief of the newspaper. \u201cThis award was the first one the Hurricane had received for an edition produced with this current staff and me as editor-in-chief. It was a really rewarding moment for everyone involved, especially considering the amount of dedication and number of late nights that went into producing the edition.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these major honors, student media secured three overall design awards: <a href=\"https:\/\/distractionmagazine.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DistractionMagazine.com<\/a> earned second place for best website (four-year campus), <a href=\"https:\/\/themiamihurricane.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Miami Hurricane website<\/a> came in seventh among schools with fewer than 15,000 undergraduates, and UMTV\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/umtv.miami.edu\/newsvision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsVision<\/a>\u201d was awarded ninth place for broadcast news program (four-year campus).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Student media awards\" class=\"\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ibis-centennial-section-embed-940x627.webp.webp\" width=\"940\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/com.miami.edu\/profile\/randy-stano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Stano<\/a>, professor of professional practice in the School of Communication and editorial adviser to the Ibis Yearbook and Distraction Magazine, said the University\u2019s student media had gained a reputation for excellence. He was gratified to hear other media advisers praise the work of the University of Miami students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel honored to work with the talented staff we have on the Ibis Yearbook and Distraction Magazine,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is super to see these publications recognized at the national level.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stano noted that this latest award was the 18th Pacemaker Award from\u00a0ACP for the Ibis Yearbook, along with five finalists\u2019 awards for the Ibis over the past two-plus decades, as well as numerous Best of Show.<\/p>\n<p>The individual achievements were equally impressive, with students winning two first-place awards and collecting numerous other honors. Among the standout winners: <\/p>\n<p>First Place: Taryn Jacobs, UMTV, \u201cHistory of SportsDesk\u201d; Charlotte DeAngelis and Ava Stroshane, Distraction, \u201cThe Little Things\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Second Place: Ava Stroshane, Ibis, \u201cTouchdown!\u201d; Ava Kezirian, UMTV, \u201cOliver\u2019s Patches\u201d; and Ariella Green and Jake Sperling, Ibis, \u201cThis is Miami\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later in March, student media received further national recognition from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), which announced its Collegiate 2026 Gold and Silver Crown awardees for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Crown Awards are the highest recognition given by the CSPA to a student print or digital medium for overall excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Distraction Magazine was the only print general magazine Gold Crown winner and the combination print\/online edition of Distraction was one of three hybrid Gold Crown winners, making it the only publication to receive two Gold Crowns.<\/p>\n<p>In the same competition, the 2025 Ibis Yearbook was one of three Silver Crown winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"University of Miami student media outlets continue to gain national recognition for outstanding work. 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