For the second year in a row, The Scarlet & Black has been named the News & Multimedia Organization of the Year at the Iowa College Media Association (ICMA) awards. In addition, individual journalists and photographers at The Scarlet & Black received 20 awards — the most ICMA awards received in The Scarlet & Black’s history.
Lyle Muller, The Scarlet & Black’s professional advisor, received the Eighmey award — ICMA’s highest distinction, awarded to an individual who has made tremendous efforts to “advance quality media education in Iowa.”
“It was a humbling announcement,” Muller said. “I’ve had a lot of different awards and been fortunate to do a lot of neat things, but that was very meaningful.”
This is the fourth year that The Scarlet & Black has submitted entries to the ICMA awards. Despite Grinnell College having no committed journalism program, The Scarlet & Black recieved the most awards in the awards’ print and multimedia news category.
“Only a few years ago, The Scarlet & Black wasn’t even a member of the Iowa College Media Association,” Muller said. “This is the fourth year we’ve entered the contest and twice we’ve been the News and Multimedia Organization of the year.”
Best Print/Online News Reporting
First Place – “Grinnell College ranked worst school in the US for comfort expressing ideas” by Nina Baker `24
Best Print/Online Profile
First Place – “Remembering Professor Johanna Meehan” by Claire Giannosa `26
Best Opinion
First Place – “Vivek Ramaswamy built his campaign on “TRUTH” — it crumbled because of lies” by Zach Spindler-Krage `25
Best Staff Editorial
First Place – “Staff Editorial: We need transparency on our budgets” by The S&B Staff
Best Print Newspaper Front Page
First Place – “The White Page” – The S&B Staff
Third Place – “The Drag Show Cover” – Zach Spindler Krage `25, Scarlett Saldaña `27, Khanh Do `27
Best Print/Online News Photo
First Place – “Tommy Hexter campaigns” by Julia Marlin `27
Second Place – “The “Veils” of Kelly Banfield” by Zach Spindler-Krage `25
Honorable Mention – “Renfrow Hall construction from above” by Marc Duebener `27
Best Print/Online Sports Photo
Second Place – “Football celebration” by Marc Duebener `27
Third Place – “Soccer team celebrates at Grinnell College” by Meilynn Smith `27
Honorable Mention – “Caitlin Clark signs autographs” by Zach Spindler-Krage `25
Best Print/Online Feature Photo
First Place – “The Merciful Marilyn Michael” by Meilynn Smith `27
Second Place – “Edith Renfrow Smith as she is honored at Grinnell College” by Zach Spindler-Krage `25
Third Place – “Mealz at Grinnell” by Owen Barbato `25
Best Print Design
Second Place – “Renfrow Building Dedication” by Zoe Zappas `27 and Zach Spindler-Krage `25
Best Print/Online Sports Reporting
Second Place – “Caitlin Clark breaks scording record, but her legacy was already cemented” by Zach Spindler-Krage `25
Best Sports Feature Reporting
Second Place – “Low athletic turnout leaves athletes and administration confused” by Allison Moore `24 and Gabriela Roznawska `26
Best Online Design
Second Place – “Save The Print” by The S&B Staff
Best Headline Writing
Honorable Mention – “The S&B Headlines” by The S&B Staff
