CARBONDALE (WSIL) 鈥� The Daily Egyptian (DE), 九游体育 Illinois University Carbondale鈥檚 student-produced newspaper has won one of the nation鈥檚 top online collegiate awards for the third year in a row.聽
The earned the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Online Pacemaker award in the online news broadcast and magazine site division for its work during the 2018-19 academic year.聽
DE faculty adviser Eric Fidler said the competition shows how the internet 鈥渓evels the playing field when a small program such as ours can compete successfully against the largest journalism schools in the country.鈥�
The DE also took home two other awards:
Isabel Miller, a senior photojournalism major from Carterville, took second in the nation in the sports category for her November 2018 photo during the Salukis football game against Western Illinois.
Allison Morey of Bloomington, a former DE staff member who is a junior majoring in art, finished fourth in advertising for her 鈥淧layer of the Week鈥� campaign, a sponsorship by Shawnee Health Service.聽
ACP is the nation鈥檚 largest and oldest national membership association for college student media, according to the organization鈥檚 website.
The Daily Egyptian has been in publication for 103 years, since Oct. 28, 1916.聽The newspaper now prints once a week but operates daily online at .
