The Crimson White

Southeast Journalism Conference

• First Place, Best News Writer (Jacob Ritondo)
• Third Place, Best Arts & Entertainment Writer (Cole Manasco)
• Fourth Place, Best Arts & Entertainment Writer (Lauren Ritz)
• Honorable Mention, Best Op/Ed Writer (Garret Marchand)
• First Place, Best Artist/Illustrator (Susan Xiao)
• First, Best Newspaper [The Crimson White]
• On-Site Competition
  • Hannah Grace Mayfield, Sports Photography, First Place
  • Hannah Grace Mayfield, Feature Photography, Second Place
  • Lorena Morris, Public Relations, Third Place

Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show

• Fourth Place, Website
• Sixth Place, Photojournalism: Sports Photo (Touchdown, Riley Thompson)
• Second Place, Reporting: Election 2024 (Harris and Trump’s tax-free tips policies draw economic criticism, bipartisan support, Canister Clemons)
• Third Place, Reporting: News Story (University criticized for lack of DEI transparency, Jacob Ritondo)
• Eighth Place, Digital Newsletter: Four-year campus

College Media Advisors Apple Awards Best of Show

• Honorable Mention, Best Newsletter: Division 1
• Second Place, Best Newspaper: Division 1

College Media Advisors Pinnacle Awards

Honorable Mention, Best Breaking News Story: Division 1 (Jacob Ritondo and Ethan Henry)

Alabama Media Professionals

• First Place, Design, Collegiate Education (Pearl Langley)
• Second Place, Design, Collegiate Education (Autumn Williams, Rebecca Martin, and Lindsey Wilkinson)
• First Place, Editorial Writing, Collegiate Education (Rebecca Griesbach, Bhavana Ravala, Adaya Jackson, Leah Goggins, and Mikayla White)
• First Place, Sports Writing, Collegiate Education (Ashlee Woods)
• Second Place, News Writing, Collegiate Education (Ainsley Platt)
• First Place, Graphics/Illustrations, Collegiate Ed (Tonya Williams)
• First Place, Photography, Collegiate Education (David Gray)
• Second Place, Graphics/Illustrations, Collegiate Education (Wesley Picard)
• First Place, Features, Collegiate Education (Isabel Hope)

National Federation of Press Women

• David Gray
• Isabel Hope
• Pear Langley
• Ashlee Woods

National Federation of Press Women National Awards

• Second Place, Collegiate/Education, Opinion/Editorial/Reviews – Alabama (Rebecca Griesbach, Bhavana Ravala and Leah Goggins)
• Second Place, Collegiate/Education, Features – Alabama (Isabel Hope)
• First Place, Collegiate/Education, Art and Design – Alabama (Pearl Langley)
• First Place, Collegiate / Education, Sports – Alabama (Ashlee Woods)

Society of Professional Journalists

• Finalist, General News Reporting (Large), Finalist: Racist texts in group message lead to Alpha Phi president’s removal, member’s termination (Ainsley Platt)
• Finalist, Editorial Writing, Our View (The Crimson White Editorial Board)
• Finalist, Sports Photography, Field goal attempt (David Gray)
• Finalist, Editorial Cartooning, COVID storm; the jab; Supply chain issues (Wesley Picard)

Associated Collegiate Press Best Of Show

Tenth Place, Feature Magazine (Tionna Taite, Editor-in-Chief)

Southeast Journalism Conference

• Sixth Place, Best News Writer (Isabell Hope)
• First Place, Best Arts and Entertainment (Jeffrey Kelly)
• Fourth Place, Best Opinion Writer (Alex Jobin)
• First Place, Best Sports Writer (Ashlee Woods)
• Sixth Place, Best College Website

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Region 3

• First Place, Digital Newsletter (Keely Brewer, Editor-in Chief)
• Second Place, Photojournalism (David Gray)
• Fifth Place, Photojournalism (David Gray)
• First Place, Sports Column Writing (Alexander Plant)
• First Place, Photo Illustration (Camille Black and Garrett Kennedy)
• Finalist, General News Photography (Hannah Saad)
• First Place, Feature Writing (Joseph King and Javon Williams)
• Finalist, Best All-Around Student Newspaper (The Crimson White Staff)
• Finalist, General News Reporting (Jessa Reid Bolling)
• Finalist, Sports Photography (Hannah Saad)
• Finalist, Editorial Writing (The Crimson White Editorial Board)

College Media Advisors

• First Place, Best Breaking News Story (The Crimson White)

Associated Collegiate Press (national)

• Nineth Place, Newspaper Special Edition Editorial (Rebecca Greisbach, Editor-in-Chief)
• Fourth Place, Newspaper Special Section/Advertising

College Media Advisors

• Third Place, Best Editorial (The Crimson White)

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence (national)

• First Place, In-Depth Reporting

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence (regional)

• First Place, Editorial Writing
• First Place, In-Depth Reporting
• First Place, Photo Illustration
• First Place, Editorial Cartooning
• Finalist, Photo Illustration
• Finalist, General Column Writing
• Finalist, Feature Writing

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence (regional)

• First Place, Editorial Cartooning
• First Place, Editorial Writing category
• First Place, General Column Writing
• First Place, General News Reporting
• First Place, Sports Writing
• Finalist, Feature Writing
• Finalist, General News Photography
• Finalist, Sports Photography
• Finalist, In-Depth Reporting

Associated Collegiate Press (national)

• Seventh Place, Editorial Writing

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence (National)

• First Place, Editorial Writing

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence (Regional)

• Winner, Best All-Around Daily Newspaper
• Winner, Editorial Writing
• Winner, Sports Photography (Pete Pajor)
• Winner, Feature Writing (Francie Johnson and Hannah Widener)
• Finalist, Online News Reporting (Andy McWhorter)
• Finalist, Photo Illustration (Pete Pajor and Sloane Arogeti)
• Finalist, Editorial Cartooning (Kevin Pabst)
• Finalist, Sports Writing (Mary-Catherine Hodges and Reed O’Mara)
• Finalist, Best Use of Multimedia (Holly Jackson)

College Media Advisers Pinnacle (National)

• First Place, Best Investigative Story (Abbey Crain and Matt Ford)
• First Place, Best Breaking News Story (Deanne Winslett)
• First Place, Best Sports Game Story (Marc Torrance)
• Third Place, Best Opinion Column (John Brinkerhoff)
• Second Place, Best News Website

Associated Collegiate Press (National)

• Diversity Story of the Year (Abbey Crain and Matt Ford)
• Multimedia Feature Story of the Year (Daniel Roth)

Southern University Newspapers (Regional)

• First Place SUN Newspaper of the YearFirst Place, Best Individual Retail or House Ad
• First Place, Best Marketing Package
• Second Place, Best Advertising Campaign or Series
• Second Place, Best Theme Page or Special Section
• First Place, Best ADEA

Alabama Press Association (Statewide)

• First Place, Best Editorial Page
• First Place, Best Headline
• First Place, Best Editorial
• First Place, Creative Use of Multimedia, (Daniel Roth)
• Second Place, Best In-Depth News Coverage (Abbey Crain, Matt Ford and Mark Hammontree)
• Third Place, Best Sports Feature Story (Marc Torrence)

Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism (National)

• Abbey Crain, Matt Ford and Mazie Bryant

Student Press Law Center (National)

• College Press Freedom award (Abbey Crain, Matt Ford and Mazie Bryant)

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Silver Crown Certificate for the Fall 2002 Crimson White

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Silver Crown Certificate

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Gold Medalist Certificate

Associated Collegiate Press

• 2001-2002 Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist

Southeast Journalism Conference

• 3rd Place Overall Sweepstakes
• 2nd Place Best Newspaper (Luke Connell)
• 3rd Place Best Special Event Coverage of 9/11/2001 (Luke Connell)

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Gold Medalist Certificate

Southeast Journalism Conference

• 3rd Place Best Newspaper

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Gold Medalist Certificate

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Silver Crown Award

Society of Professional Journalists

• 1st Place, Mark of Excellence Award for Best All-Round Non-Daily

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Silver Crown Award

Mayor’s Advisory Council for the Handicapped of the City of Tuscaloosa

• Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition for Exemplary Efforts in Promoting Education and Public Awareness of the Handicapped

Associated Collegiate Press

• All American for CW Second Semester 1978-1979

American Newspaper Publishers Association and Associated College Press

• Pacemaker Award (Two-to-three times weekly category)

Associated Collegiate Press

• All American for CW First Semester 1975-1976