2026 Awards

Best of Show

Broadcast News

Best of Show
Kernel Chronicles | University of Kentucky

Second Place
The Scoop | Roger Williams University (RI)

Third Place
Coyote News | University of South Dakota

Newsletter

Best of Show
The Kansas State Collegian | Kansas State University

Second Place
Kentucky Kernel Newsletter | University of Kentucky

Third Place
The Crimson White | University of Alabama

Fourth Place
Eagle Eye | Northeastern Illinois University

Newspaper/Newsmagazine

Best of Show
The Daily Iowan | University of Iowa

Second Place
The Sunflower | Wichita State University (KS)

Third Place
College Heights Herald | Western Kentucky University

Fourth Place
The Daily | University of Washington

Fifth Place
Kentucky Kernel | University of Kentucky

Sixth Place
The Columbia Chronicle | Columbia College Chicago (IL)

Seventh Place
The Criterion | Colorado Mesa University

Eighth Place
The Crimson White | University of Alabama

Ninth Place
The Kansas State Collegian | Kansas State University

Tenth Place
The Mass Media | University of Massachusetts, Boston

Magazine

Best of Show
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion | University of Kentucky

Second Place
Talisman | Western Kentucky University

Third Place
Manhappenin’ | Kansas State University

Fourth Place
WORD | University of California, Santa Barbara

Fifth Place
Horizon Mag| Colorado Mesa University

Sixth Place
Fem Design | Northeastern Illinois University

Seventh Place
Cat. 5 | Eckerd College (FL)

Eighth Place
Wright Side Mag | Wilbur Wright College (IL)

Ninth Place
The Hawks’ Eye | Roger Williams University (RI)

Tenth Place
La Mosca | Northeastern Illinois University

Website

Best of Show
The Crimson White | University of Alabama

Second Place
The Sunflower | Wichita State University (KS)

Third Place
Kentucky Kernel | University of Kentucky

Fourth Place
The Daily Evergreen | Washington State University

Fifth Place
The Collegian | California State University, Fresno

Sixth Place
The Kansas State Collegian | Kansas State University

Seventh Place
The Daily Iowan | University of Iowa

Eighth Place
Spinnaker | University of North Florida

Ninth Place
The Solano Pulse | Solano Community College (CA)

Yearbook

Best of Show
Royal Purple | Kansas State University

Second Place
Year in Photos by Kentucky Kernel | University of Kentucky

People’s Choice Awards

First Place (tie)

The Daily Iowan | Newspaper at the University of Iowa
The Daily | Newspaper at the University of Washington

Second Place

KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion | Magazine at the University of Kentucky