Student Media brings home NC College Media Association Awards
- Ben McNeely
- 7 days ago
- 3 min read
NC State Student Media outlets brought home multiple awards from the 2026 North Carolina College Media Association conference.
The annual conference features workshops for student journalists to learn specialty skills and highlights their work from the past year. Elon University hosted this year’s conference on Feb. 28.
The print outlets of Student Media – Agromeck, The Nubian Message, Roundabout, Technician and Windhover – brought home 39 awards in total and five best-in-show publication awards.
This continues Student Media’s recognition of excellence in student journalism. The outlets were recognized on a national level at the 2025 ACP/CMA National Convention in Washington, DC in October 2025.
The full list of awards received from the NC College Media Association Awards are as follows:
Agromeck
Best in Show – Yearbook
Individual Awards
Student Life Copy
First Place: : Pilar Parker, “Equity Under the Microscope”
Second Place: Lacey Seem, “Samples, Science & Success”
HM: Jermaine Hudson, “Early Birds Go Vote”
Sports Copy
First Place: Dylan Ribott, “A Greater Victory”
Second Place: Griffin Cunningham, “A Headache of a Season”
Photography
First Place: Dylan Ribott, “Gymnastics”
Second Place: Aditi Prahlad, “Powwow”
Third Place: Violet Beesley, “Asia Night”
Inside Spread Design
First Place: Jermaine Hudson, “Meet the Divine Nine”
Second Place: Violet Beesley, “The Heart of Asia”
HM: Kennedy Knight, “Red or Blue?”
The Nubian Message
Best in Show – Online
Individual Awards
Feature Writing: Third Place: Jaden Foy, “Interview with a Founding Member of SNCC”
Illustration/Graphic: Third Place: Henoc Dossou, “On Native Land”
News Writing: HM: Nevaeh Sturdivant, Ross Emelle and Jelina-Jo Miller, “NC State Blocks Palestinian-American Author Hannah Moushabeck From Reading Her Children’s Book”
Opinion Writing: HM: Ayenoumou Diallo, “OPINION: The Greatest Home on Earth: Homecoming”
Photography: HM: Aditi Prahlad, “Native culture”
Sports Writing: HM: Emma Hamrick, “NC State Football: An Injured Roster”
Roundabout
Individual Awards
Cover: Third Place: 3: Lily McCabe, “Roundabout”
Magazine
Second Place: Anna Petrie, “The Life and Death of Opportunity”
HM: Katherine Wan, “Mid-Autumn Festival”
Design: 3: Alasia Dawn McCully, “Mid-Autumn Festival”
Technician
Best in Show – Newspapers
Best in Show – Online
Individual awards
Cartoon: HM: Evie Dallmann, “ChatGPT says …” NC State University
Digital Storytelling: First Place : Nicole Bharrat, Lucy Osborn and Colby Trotter, “Does the NC State-UNC basketball rivalry still resonate in the transfer portal era?”
Feature Writing: HM: Wilhelmina Ampomah-Sraha, “Reframe: Alumni launch indie magazine to spotlight Southern creativity”
Illustration/Graphic: HM: Rory Moon, “The Blob”
News Writing: First Place: Justin Welch, “A professor’s death reflects persisting cultural, administrative issues across NC State”
Photography: Second Place: Alex Manuel, “Swimming flex”
Single-or-Two-Page Design: HM: Peyton Masilun and Lucy Osborn, “The most influential Black students, faculty in NC State history”
Sports Writing: First Place: Colby Trotter and Griffin Cunningham, “How the House v. NCAA lawsuit could reshape NC State athletics”
Windhover
Best in Show – Literary Magazines
Individual Awards
Poetry: Second Place: Audrey Fatone “My Grandmother Calls to Warn Me About “Transgenderism””
Fiction: HM: T.M. Carter, “Deep Water”
Two-Page Spread, HM: Cora Jones and Katharine Spanberg, “My Friends/Cityscape”
Photography/Art: HM: Kaela Belingon, “Ocean’s Lullaby”
NC State Student Media is the learning lab for journalism and media production, with six student-run media outlets, and a student-run business and marketing office. For more information, or to join one of our award-winning outlets, visit the Student Media website.
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