EUGENE, Ore. — Lane Community College graphic design students were recognized with a national Pacemaker Award by the Associated Collegiate Press for their work on . The award was conferred at the Fall National College Media Convention held virtually this month.
The Pacemaker is the highest honor achievable at the collegiate level for journalism and design with students against two-year and four-year schools from both the United States and Canada. Awards are presented in the categories of feature/general audience and arts/literature. This year a total of 12 publications were nominated for six Pacemaker awards in the Feature/General Audience category; four entries were from two-year colleges (including Lane) and eight from four-year institutions.
Lane Community College has a history of great placements in this annual competition, including being named a finalist for the past six years with five wins, including the last four years in a row. Led by instructor Thomas Madison and student editors Chelsea Callas and Deb Hanson, The Bleed is completely student created, including the writing, illustration, photography or proper image acquisition, management, and production of a 52-page magazine about art and design. All of this is performed, according to Madison, in eight weeks, on budget and deadline.
In addition to the prestigious Pacemaker Award, student Heather Van Doorn’s cover for The Bleed placed fifth for the Design of the Year category. In the Best in Show for feature magazine category The Bleed placed fifth, an honor demonstrating excellence among all the entries represented at the convention. In that same Best in Show competition student Rick Williams finished eighth place for reporting on social justice.
“To be recognized at such a level is a gratifying accomplishment for our students,” said Madison. “While we are a two-year program that specializes in graphic design, we are successfully competing against major universities, both state and private, where students specialize in journalism.”
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