Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle individual honors are in and The Daily placed in eight categories. Here are our results:
First place
• News Writing (Planned News): Nick Hazelrigg, “OU Employs Law Firm to Investigate Misreporting of Alumni Donations During Boren Tenure”
• Sports Features: George Stoia, “Concussions, Consequence and Conscience: OU Football Great Rickey Dixon Reflects on Hall of Fame Career That’s Killing Him”
• Podcast: Kayla Branch, Will Conover and Paxson Haws, “Lovers’ Lane Podcast”
Second place
• Photo Illustration: Caitlyn Epes, “Heisman House”
Third place
• In-Depth News/Feature Story: Kayla Branch, “OU Pulls Away from Troublesome Trends in Higher Education Economics Though Some Questions Remain”
Certificate of Merit
• Personality Profile: George Stoia, “Kyler Murray’s Circle of Trust”
• Single Spot News Photograph: Jordan Miller, “Tom Orr”
• Video Feature Package: Staff, “Out of Bounds”