After transferring from Lane Community College, McGuinness chose to continue her academic and journalistic career at the University of Oregon. Hannarose McGuinness is named the 2022-2023 Editor in Chief at the Daily Emerald (Maddie Stellingwerf/Emerald)
The annual Associated Collegiate Press awards took place in Atlanta during the week of Oct 30., where the Emerald Media Group received six individual honorable mentions and the ACP Online Pacemaker award. Ethos magazine Editor-in-Chief, Maris Toalson, and the Daily Emerald’s News and Investigations Editor, Tristin Hoffman, attended the event.
The Associated Collegiate Press advances media and journalism by providing resources to student journalists and professionals through competitions, guest speakers and events.
“It’s a really good reminder for people that we are an organization that is on that caliber for college media organizations,” Evan Reynolds, the Daily Emerald editor-in-chief, said. “It constantly inspires people to keep taking it to the next level.”
The Daily Emerald won the ACP Online Pacemaker award. The award honors top collegiate online media publications.
Caleb Barber won an honorable mention for diversity, equity and inclusion reporting with his story on MEChA’s first in-person Raíces Unidasconference since the Covid shutdown.
Former Sports Desk Editor Aaron Heisen won an honorable mention for sports game story for his story on former safety Bennett Williams leading the Ducks to a 20-17 win against University of Utah.
Ethos writer Nathan Wilson won an honorable mention for local climate change in his story, “The Next Fire Generation.”
Ethos’s Skyler Davis won an honorable mention for news/breaking news photo on her photograph of “Honey Harvesting.”
Derek Heath from Ethos won an honorable mention for sports feature photo with his photo “Baseball Moment.”
Ethos photographer Megan McEntee won an honorable mention for environment portrait on “Bowl Peace.”
New York Times Columnist Charles M. Blow and Wall Street Journal Deputy Editor-in-Chief Charles Forelle were guest speakers at the week-long event. Briefing sessions on social justice reporting and investigative reporting were also held.
Annually, Ethos magazine and the Daily Emerald submit entries to the ACP awards. The ACP judges on photography, storytelling and online media.
“One thing that the Emerald has that we definitely use to our benefit is our independence. The Emerald has been completely independent since the 70s,” former Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Emerald, Hannarose McGuinness, said. “We are always welcome and encouraged to draw light to things that are happening that maybe folks at a larger scale might not want to be known.”
McGuinness emphasized how as an independent student media organization, the Emerald allows journalists to publish stories that cover bigger topics, unlike college publications that are dependent on their respective universities for funding.
“I think that the Daily Emerald is so successful because they have reporters working for them who are very aware of the legacy that we have coming before us,” McGuinness said. “Every reporter who has been to this newsroom preceding us has gone on to make waves in the industry.”
The Daily Emerald has previously won multiple Pacemaker awards.
Reynolds spoke on the unique “Emerald style” that distinguishes the Daily Emerald from other college media websites.
“If you go to our website, you’ll notice that it looks a lot different than other college media’s websites. It’s colorful. And It’s weird.”
Reynolds said that the Emerald is honored for their recognition and hopes to continue thriving.
