Student Media Award for OU

By Connor Galvin and Samantha Bechtold

University students attended a conference and two award shows on behalf of student media with attendants from around the country.

Several University of Oklahoma students from OU Student Media, and their advisor, attended the conference in Philadelphia from Oct. 30 through Nov. 2.

Their advisor, Judy Gibbs Robinson, hosted several different sessions at the conference. Blayklee Hirschler, the editor for the OU Daily, the University’s newspaper, also spoke at the conference.

Sooner Yearbook, OU’s yearbook, was up for the “Yearbook of the Year,” and placed third amongst other colleges. It was also nominated for a Pacemaker award for “Yearbook of the Year,” and was titled a finalist. Sooner Yearbook was the only university publication to be nominated for both award ceremonies.

The conference awarded the Pinnacle awards, which were only recently founded, and Pacemaker awards which are known as the “Pulitzer prize for college media.”

Hirschler was awarded the “Design of the Year” for the OU Daily. The Pacemaker award was for “The Weed Issue” of the publication.