The UW Oshkosh Advance-Titan won four national awards during the College Media Association convention held in Atlanta, Georgia last week.

Taking second place in the Pinnacle College Media Awards competition for Arts and Entertainment writing was Kelly Hueckman, currently the Advance-Titan’s managing editor, for her story, “UWO’s ‘Grease’ reclaims the stage.” The award was given based on the quality of writing  and thoroughness of reporting.  

Advance-Titan staff also received three honorable mentions in the national competition:

•   Editor-in-Chief Katie Pulvermacher earned honorable mention for breaking news coverage, “Keep our jobs here, keep our people near.” The story was about a protest in September 2022 when about 100 custodial staff members were facing being outsourced. This category recognized excellence in a single story based on the quality of writing and thoroughness  and reporting, written on deadline about a breaking news event.
•   News Editor Anya Kelley got honorable mention for her column on Trump suing the media again, this time over Bob Woodward for releasing an audiobook titled “The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump.” Winners for this category, too, were based on the quality of writing  and thoroughness of reporting.    
•   Sports Editors Jacob Link and Nolan Swenson took the honors for Best Sports Section. This category recognized excellence in sports  coverage and content; design, graphics and illustrations; photography; and reporting, writing and editing.

The Pinnacle College Media Awards are a national contest to recognize excellence in student-produced college media from the College Media Association. This contest honors individual student work on college newspapers, websites, magazines, yearbooks, radio or television stations, including Internet or closed circuit outlets, produced during an academic year.

“I am so proud of everyone who won awards and the A-T staff as a whole,” A-T adviser Barb Benish said. “The dedication they have for their work truly sets them apart from other papers, and the awards they won last week were an example of that.”