Awards
The DePaulia has been the recipient of many regional and national Collegiate media awards.
2023
Illinois College Press Association
- First Place, Movie Review – Lauren Coates
- First Place, Feature Story – Una Cleary
- First Place, News Photo – Nadia Hernandez
- First Place Multimedia – Ruchi Nawathe and Amber Stoutenborough
- Second Place, Editorial Cartoon – Alicia Goluszka
- Second Place, Graphic Illustration – Maya Oclassen
- Second Place, Sports game story – Lawrence Kreymer
- Second Place, Sports Feature story – Lawrence Kreymer
- Second Place, Feature Photo – Frankie Perez
- Second Place, Sports Page Design – Darcy Waskiewicz
- Second Place, Sweepstakes – Total points for awards received
- Third Place General Excellence
- Third Place, Column Writing – Erik Uebelacker
- Third Place, Sports News – Erin Henze
- Third Place, Sports photo – Donald Crocker
- Third Place, Front Page Design
- Third Place, Sports Feature story – Darcy Waskiewicz and Amber Stoutenborough
- Third Place, News Story, Afghan Refugees, J. Rosenblum, J. Kunz, E. Perez
- Third Place, Editorial Writing, Staff for editorial on President Esteban
- Third Place, News Podcast – Amber Stoutenborough
- Third Place, Entertainment and Culture Podcast – Amber Stoutenborough
- Honorable Mention, Opinion pages – Samantha Moilanen
- Honorable Mention, Column Writing – Lilly Lowndes
- Honorable Mention, Sports News – Darcy Waskiewicz
- Honorable Mention, Headline Writing – Patrick Sloan-Turner and Erik Uebelacker
- Honorable Mention, Staff, DEI coverage
- Honorable Mention, Photo essay – Amber Stoutenborough and Jacqueline Cardenas
- Honorable Mention, Critical Review – Josephine Stratman
- Honorable Mention, Sports photo – Donald Crocker
- Honorable Mention, Spot News Photo – Nadia Hernandez
- Honorable Mention, News Podcast – Amber Stoutenborough
- Honorable Mention, Website – Patrick Sloan-Turner
- Honorable Mention, Special Supplement for the Gender Issue
2020
Illinois College Press Association
For non-daily newspapers with enrollments of 4,000 students or more.
- Third Place, General Excellence
- First Place, Sports News Story—Shane René
- First Place, Colum Writing (Excluding Sports)— Emma Oxnevad
- First Place, Sports Photo—Alexa Sandler
- Second Place, Editorial Writing—The DePaulia Editorial Board
- Second Place, In-Depth Reporting— Meredith Melland, Dylan Van Sickle, Mikayla Rose Price and Maria Barragan
- Second Place, Sports News Story— Shane René
- Second Place, Sports Column— Lawerence Kreymer and Nate Burleyson
- Second Place, Sports Photo—Ryan Gilroy
- Second Place, Headline Writing—Ella Lee
- Third Place, News Story—Ella Lee and Emma Oxnevad
- Third Place, Headline Writing— Shane René, Lacey Latch and Ella Lee
- Honorable Mention, Feature Writing– Patsy Newitt
Pacemaker awards
2016 – National Pacemaker Award
2016 – Design of the Year Award
2017 – National Pacemaker Award
2016
Associated Collegiate Press
- Honorable Mention, Sports Photography – Josh Leff
- Third Place, Sports Photography – Josh Leff
- Second Place, Feature Photography – Garrett Duncan
- Third Place, Photo Essay – Garrett Duncan
- Third Place, Headline Writing – Courtney Jacquin and Max Kleiner
- Third Place, Sports Page Design – Matthew Paras
- Honorable Mention, Sports Column – Ben Gartland
- Second Place, Sports Feature Writing – Matthew Paras
- First Place, Sports News – Matthew Paras
- Second Place, News Story – Megan Deppen
- First Place, Feature Design – Carolyn Duff and Erin Yarnall
- Third Place, Feature Writing – Rachel Hinton and Shelley Mesch
- Second Place, Front Page Layout – Staff
- Third Place – Multimedia Reporting – Rachel Hinton and Shelley Mesch
- Third Place, Special Supplement – Matthew Paras and Ben Gartland
- Second Place, Editorial Cartoon – Carolyn Duff
Society of Professional Journalists – Regional
Winners:
Best all-around non-daily student newspaper: The DePaulia
Best online sports reporting: Matt Paras, Kirsten Onsgard, Mariah Woelfel, “More than a decade of drought: An oral history of the 2003-04 Blue Demons”
Best TV general news reporting: Hannah Hoffman and Ashley Holden, Chicago mayoral election
Best TV in-depth reporting: Jaclyn Driscoll, artificial turf
Best breaking-news photography: Geoff Stellfox, Laquan McDonald prayer vigil
Best sports photography: Josh Leff, DePaul bench mob
Best feature writing: Kirsten Onsgard, “Composing the future”
Finalists:
Online feature writing: Rachel Hinton and Shelley Mesch, “I was raped”
Online news reporting: Brenden Moore, Matt Paras, Mariah Woelfel, Megan Deppen, Dean Koocher coverage
TV general news reporting: Chloe Atkins, “Julia Neary”
TV sports reporting: Sarah Gorden, “Tyler Graham”
Editorial writing: The DePaulia editorial board
In-depth reporting: Brenden Moore, Coverage of Dean Gerald Koocher
Catholic Press Association
Catholicism:
Second place: “Pope Francis addresses political and spiritual issues in D.C.” by Brenden Moore
Second place: “Millennials embrace Pope Francis” by Megan Deppen
Graphic art or photograph:
First place: “Laquan McDonald remembered at prayer vigil Monday” by Geoff Stellfox
Third place: “DePaul’s bench mob celebrates a basket” by Josh Leff
Online multimedia:
First place: “Adjunct Agony: Uncertainty for part-time professors at DePaul” by Emily Brosious, Matt Koske and Julian Hayda
Second place: “More than a decade of drought: An oral history of the 2003-04 Blue Demons” by Matthew Paras, Kirsten Onsgard and Mariah Woelfel
Third place: “The reality of crime: Theft highest among crimes reported at DePaul” by Courtney Jacquin
Honorable mention: “‘I was raped:’ A DePaul student’s rape and the university’s code of conduct” by Rachel Hinton and Shelley Mesch
Writing:
First place: “DePaul, other universities make strides, still struggle to fight sexual assault” by Courtney Jacquin
Second place: “The right to joke: Which topics can satirists tackle after Charlie Hebdo?” by Emily Brandenstein
Second place: “‘The year it all fell apart’: A DePaul student’s journey to find housing” by Jessica Villagomez
Third place: “In 30th DePaul season, Doug Bruno still has goals to reach” by Ben Gartland
Honorable mention: “Composing the future: The journeys of three School of Music students as they prepare for graduation” by Kirsten Onsgard
Honorable mention: “Ty Corbin’s last stand” by Matthew Paras
