2019 NEWS MEDIA CONTEST WINNERS
News Media Organization of the Year:  Wartburg College, The Trumpet 

Best News Photograph
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Christmas with Wartburg - Silvia Oakland
2nd Place - Morningside College, Collegian Reporter - Beto Rally Photo - Abby Koch
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Ironside Axe Club - Tyler Vande Lune
Honorable Mention - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - Eco Club Takes Students to State Park -students explore 
                                     Maquoketa Caves - Ekaterina Rangelova

Best Sports Photograph
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Knights post pins over Cornell - Annika Wall
2nd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Player slides into second, dust flies - Jeff Sigmund
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - James Plummer: The road to success - A. J.  Leporte
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Wall scores Homecoming touchdown - Jacob Hayworth

Best Feature Photo
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Outfly dunk tank - Sophie Kongable
2nd Place - Loras College, The Lorian - Duhawkapella decks the halls - Jonathan Quinn
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Human Trafficking (Someone Else's Property) - Kimberly Nelson
Honorable Mention - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Students falling down inflatable slides - Juana  Jones

Best Multimedia Slideshow
1st Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - Truth or Dare: Credibility of Journalism in the 21st Century - Allysa Ertz, Ella Wiebusch, 
                  Olivia Wieseler
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - BVU’s Coaching Carousel: The Challenges of Building a Successful Program - 
                    Tanner Frost, Elijah Zaige, Timothy Jeffries
3rd Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - Finding Light in the Depths - Jordyn Daggs-Olson
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Downtown Des Moines Architecture - Jeffrey Fitzgerald,
                                     Jani Wahlstrom

Best News Story
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Student admitted after homophobic slur - Silvia  Oakland, Annika Wall
2nd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Eagles win national championship - Juana Jones
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Stronger in their own faith - Silvia Oakland
Honorable Mention - Simpson College, Simpsonian - Kristen Soltis Anderson speaks about millennial voters - Devon Wood

Best Investigative News Story
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Addicted to A's - Kelsey Woodruff
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - Questions Surround Bertrand’s Early Departure - Autumn McClain
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Murder fuels U.S.-Saudi strain - Courtney Moser
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Outrage culture impacts campus political dialogue - Annika Wall

Best Profile Story
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Fladi - Krystal Johnson
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Sleeping Beauty - Jani Wahlstrom
3rd Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - Sisters Set Each Other for Success - Caroline Groesbeck
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Charming Charlie - Gabrielle Gerke

Best Sports Story
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Inside the Head of an Athlete - Brian Grace
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Make Room on the Mat - Cole  Berndsen
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - 'I didn't even know I was close' - Ryan Reebenacker
Honorable Mention - Loras College, The Lorian - It's not over yet... - Jonathan Quinn

Best Feature Story
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Speechless - Silvia Oakland
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Vaccines Cause Adults - Edina Kremic
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - The Future is Female - Kelsey Woodruff
Honorable Mention - Simpson College, Simpsonian - Humans Defeat Zombies — Again - Ann Haakonson

Best Sports Feature
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Representing a nation - Peyton Meisner
2nd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Showing team spirit - Jessica Earle
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - The real MVPs - Mikayla Morris
Honorable Mention - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - Athletic Trainers are The Work Horses of Mustang Athletics -
                                     Mahlon Steepleton

Best Headline Writing
1st Place - Loras College, The Lorian - Pretzels, peanuts, and people: Life lessons of flying - Brigid Flaherty
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Princess of power or princess of empowerment? - Silvia Oakland
3rd Place - Loras College, The Lorian - All they do is pin - Jonathan Quinn
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - 'Just business:' Schulte ties receiving record - Ryan Reebenacker

Best Opinion Writing
1st Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - A Catholic College Student’s Response to the Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church -
                   Olivia Wieseler
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - New bill gives NCAA needed wakeup call - Ryan Reebenacker
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Metal music does not make fans violent - Liam Easley
Honorable Mention - Morningside College, Collegian Reporter - Don’t Count Out the Commuter - Abby Koch

Best Review
1st Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - New 'Halloween' Horror Film Proves that Suspense Can Satisfy Even
                  More than Gore - Cameron Junge
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Haunted hayride - Liam Easley
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - The Lumineers - Peyton Meisner
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - El Camino - Kayla Marthaler

Best Blog
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - A la Court - Courtney Stucker
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - TACK to the FUTURE: Flacco, Prescott and the Quarterback Conundrums - Stefan Collins
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Diversity Do's and Don'ts - Silvia Oakland
Honorable Mention - Buena Vista University, The Tack - Why I’m Okay with the Cubs’ Decision about Joe Maddon - Anthony Gallagher

Best Staff Editorial(s)
1st Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - New Era; Unsafe Zones; Youth Advocates - Veronica Jons, Jada Veasey,
                   Caroline Groesbeck, Courtney Hoffman
2nd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Staff editorial, top of each page - Communique Staff
3rd Place - Loras College, The Lorian - Out with the bad and in with the good - Kelsey Lansing, Kaelyn Rose Gottschalk,
                    Jonathan Quinn, Mikailah Shealer
Honorable Mention - Buena Vista University, The Tack - BVU Hosts 2020 Presidential Candidates at Heartland Forum - Allysa Ertz,
                                     Ella Wiebusch

Best Print Design
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Winter Postseason Sports - Annika Wall
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Communities of Faith - Courtney Moser
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Journey from JUCO - Brynn Martin, McKenna Quandt
Honorable Mention - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - National and MMU Abuzz over Mid-Term Election -
                                     Peter Brooks, Jada Veasey, Caroline Groesbeck

Best Page 1
1st Place - Loras College, The Lorian - Oct. 3, 2019 - Kelsey Lansing, Anna Petersen
2nd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Ag program - Communique Staff
3rd Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times - Safe Zone?   Jada Veasey, Matt Trueblood, Caroline Groesbeck
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College- The Trumpet - Stronger in their own faith - Silvia  Oakland, Sophie Kongable, Annika Wall

Best Magazine/Special Section Cover
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Viewfinder MagazineJohn Ross
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Run the ValleySilvia Oakland
3rd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Outstanding StudentsCommunique Staff
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Wartburg Winter SportsAnnika Wall

Best Online Design
1st Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - www.eaglevoice.com - Nikko Francois, James Dykeman
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Central drops tuition, Wartburg financial aid responds - Courtney Stucker,
                    Alexa Ganzeveld
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Waverly community confronts mass shooting possibility - Ryan Reebenacker,
                    Annika Wall, Nathan Stephany
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - We're both competitors - Ryan Reebenacker

Best Online Edition
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Viewfinder Media
2nd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - www.eaglevoice.com 

Best Graphic or Illustration
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Day of the Dead - Anthony Quesada Sanchez
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Vaccines Cause Adults - Benjamin Moeller
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Nick Nurse: GV to NBA - Megan Marshall
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Wartburg student's political stances - Annika Wall

Best Interactive Content
1st Place - Buena Vista University, The Tack - Free Cupcakes for Five FreedomsAllysa Ertz
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - GV RulesJack  Buttjer, Emily  Klein, Sydney  Johnson, Jessica Gomez
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Anxiety: A Top Concern for College StudentsMelody  Wigdahl
Honorable Mention - Buena Vista University, The Tack - Buenafication Day 2019: Transforming Our CommunitiesThe Tack 

Best Online Video
1st Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Waverly-Shell rock's take on the mass shooting epidemic - Ryan Reebenacker,
                   Annika Wall, Nathan Stephany
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Grand View's Hidden Gem: Dana Hustedt - Sydney Johnson, Jack Buttjer
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet - Schulte ties receiving record - Ryan Reebenacker
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - GV Remembers 9/11 - Ernest Docker, Brynn Martin, Diego Leite

Best Use of Social Media
1st Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique - Social Media - Desiré Kouassi
2nd Place - Simpson College, Simpsonian - President Resigns - Gunnar Davis
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media - Viewfinder Media - Kelsey Woodruff, Zachary Finn, A. J.  Leporte, Jack Buttjer