Ithaca College

 The Ithacan has been named a Gold Medalist for 2018-19 in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Annual college publication critique. The judges evaluated issues of the paper produced last academic year (Grace Elletson, editor in chief).

 Each year the CSPA evaluates member papers on overall content, news, depth reporting, features, opinion/editorial, sports, arts/entertainment, editing/headline writing, and design/graphics based on more than 150 specific criteria. This year the paper scored 981 on the critique's 1,000-point scale and was awarded All Columbia Honors — an additional citation for special merit — in all three of the general categories of the critique (“Essentials,” “Verbal” and “Visual”). 

Among the judges' comments: “It was a distinct pleasure to read and critique the 2018-2019 hybrid print and digital news edition of “The Ithacan.” Outstanding aspects of this newspaper included informative articles, interviews of various individuals and photography techniques. Congratulations on publishing an engaging hybrid publication.”

The CSPA consistently ranks The Ithacan as a Gold Medalist, its highest category. The publication was evaluated in the critique's “hybrid” category, which is defined as “print publications that provide live coverage via website between print editions.”