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Larry Buchanan's first place winner in the newspaper illustration category was one of two top awards for the May graduate.

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IU was the only university whose newspaper, yearbook and magazine all won Pacemaker awards,  the top prizes of collegiate journalism, at the fall national College Media Convention Oct. 28-30 in Orlando, Fla.

The Indiana Daily Student newspaper, Arbutus yearbook and Inside magazine each won Pacemakers, the Associated Collegiate Press award that recognizes a publication’s overall achievement in content, writing, editing, design and visuals.

“Our student journalists work long hours to serve their readers,” said Ron Johnson, IU Student Media director, “and these awards recognize their commitment and skill. The Pacemakers are the pinnacle of college journalism.”

These Pacemakers are the 17th for the IDS, the 13th for the Arbutus and the first for Inside, now in its sixth year.

The Daily Student’s site, idsnews.com, also won first place in the convention’s best-of-show competition for multimedia presentations for its interactive feature on the 9/11 anniversary.

In individual categories, IU won three national first places.

Larry Buchanan, BAJ’11, continued his success as a collegiate designer, winning two first places, one in newspaper front page and one in illustration. Buchanan, who has won numerous design honors, was recognized in 2010 as the nation’s top collegiate designer by the Society for News Design.

Also winning a first place was Rachel Stark, BAJ’11, whose sports story “Runner’s high,” for Inside magazine, won the overall sports writing category. Stark has won other national honors for her writing, and she contributed to IU’s back-to-back national championships in the Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition.

IU’s other winners include:

Buchanan's front page design winner featured IU's Little 500 bike race.

Pacemaker Awards

• Newspaper, four-year daily, Indiana Daily Student, 2010-11, Sarah Brubeck and Jake Wright, editors.
• Yearbook, above 300 pages, 2010 Arbutus, Katie Myrick, editor.
• Magazine, feature magazine, Inside, 2010-11, Sarah Hutchins, editor.

Best of show

• First, online, multimedia presentation, 9/11 anniversary. Charlie Scudder, online editor, and Vaibhav Nachankar and Anand Hegde, programmers, IDS.
• Third, newspaper special edition, 9/11 anniversary, IDS.
• Sixth, feature magazine, Inside, Sarah Hutchins and Stephanie Doctrow, editors.
• Eighth, 2011 Arbutus, Christine Ashack, editor.
• Eighth, publication website, large school, idsnews.com.

Individual awards

• First, design, front page, Larry Buchanan, IDS.
• First, design, illustration, Buchanan, IDS.
• First, writing, sportswriting, Rachel Stark, Inside.
• Fourth, design, infographic, Buchanan, IDS.
• Fifth, design, newspaper page, Michael Auslen, IDS.
• Honorable mention, advertising, house ad, Allison Tylek, IDS.
• HM, photo, environmental portrait, Zach Hetrick, Inside.

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