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Awards and Recognition

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Garnet Media Group recognized nationally for advertising, marketing efforts

Marketing Director Gracie Bryant named Best PR/Marketing Manager in country

Students from Garnet Media Group earned multiple national awards in the College Media Business and Advertising Managers (CMBAM) annual conference, held virtually March 25, 2022.

  • First place, Best PR/Marketing Manager: Gracie Bryant
    • Judges' comments: "Public relations and marketing require an extra amount of grit and determination. Communicators have to be innovative and creative to engage with short-attention-span consumers. From outreach to coordinating events to social media oversight and brand management, it is clear that Gracie Bryant heeded the call to position herself and Garnet Media Group to thrive. As a fellow marketer and communicator, Gracie, I am proud you are a part of our community. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition."
  • First place, Best Special Event: Gracie Bryant, Madison Lee, Tyler Sprague for Fall 2021 housing fairs
  • First place, Best Sales Promotional Materials
  • Second place, Best Self-Promotion Ad: Emily Schoonover for #GMGBecause
  • Third place, Best Non-Advertisement Multimedia Project: Garnet & Black podcast team for The M-Word
  • Third place, Best Self Marketing or Promotional Plan: Gracie Bryant and marketing team for GMG's 2021 promotional strategy
  • Honorable mention, Best New Idea: Gracie Bryant and marketing team for Best of Carolina 2021 nominations

The Daily Gamecock, Garnet Media design team bring home statewide awards

Students from The Daily Gamecock and Garnet Media Group’s graphic design team earned 17 statewide awards in the South Carolina Press Association’s annual Collegiate Contest. Winners were announced March 18, 2022 at an awards ceremony held at the press association's headquarters.

  • First place, General Excellence: The Daily Gamecock
  • Collegiate Journalist of the Year: Kailey Cota, The Daily Gamecock 2021 Editor-in-Chief
  • First place, Best Use of Social Media: The Daily Gamecock staff
  • First place, Best Column or Editorial Writing: The Daily Gamecock staff
  • First place, Best Sports Story: Michael Sauls and Kailey Cota
  • First place, Best Photograph: Luke Antley
  • First place, Best Video: Sebastian Lee, Robbie Greenwald, Jatin Patel
  • Second place, Best Specialty Page Design: Cat Harris
  • Second place, Best Column or Editorial Writing: Raymond Escoto
  • Second place, Best Cartoon or Illustration: Kailee Kokes
  • Second place, Best Infographic: Cat Harris
  • Second place, Best Advertisement: Emily Schoonover
  • Third place, Best Feature Story: Nick Sullivan
  • Third place, Best Page One Design: Sabrina Hampton
  • Third place, Best Sports Photograph: Sydney Dunlap
  • Third place, Best Cartoon or Illustration: Julia Lako
  • Third place, Best Infographic: Sabrina Hampton
  • Third place, Best Advertisement: Beth Bryerton

Garnet Media earns regional advertising honors

Student staff members from Garnet Media Group and Garnet & Black magazine – one of Garnet Media Group’s partner organizations – earned local honors at the American Advertising Awards gala on Feb. 24, 2022.

  • Gold ADDY in social media: Best of Carolina Vote Countdown by designer Will Frame and Marketing Director Gracie Bryant
  • Gold ADDY in poster design: awarded to both WUSC Funky Bones Festival designed by Kelsey Worthington, and WUSC Jamboree Poster designed by Emily Schoonover
  • Gold ADDY in television advertising: "Overwhelmed" by Sharia Nixon
  • Student Special Judges' Award: WUSC Jamboree Poster designed by Schoonover
  • Silver ADDY in social media: Best of Carolina Launch by Frame and Bryant
  • Silver ADDY in overall magazine design: Garnet and Black Spring 2021 issue, featuring work of multiple designers led by Creative Director Schoonover, Editor-in-Chief Mark Maddaloni, and Managing Editor Taylor Jennings-Brown
  • Student Best in Show: "Overwhelmed" by Nixon

Garnet Media earns statewide awards

Students from Garnet Media Group were recognized for outstanding work in the South Carolina Press Association Collegiate Awards.

First place, General Excellence: The Daily Gamecock

Collegiate Journalist of the Year: Erin Slowey, The Daily Gamecock 2020 Editor-in-Chief

First place, Best Use of Social Media: The Daily Gamecock

First place, Best Website: The Daily Gamecock

First place, Specialty One Page Design: The Daily Gamecock's "Personal Protective Fashion" by Vanessa Purpura

First place, Best One Page Design: The Daily Gamecock by Erin Slowey and Taylor Sharkey

First place, Best Advertisement: Garnet Media Group podcasts advertisement by Abby Gerwit

Second place, Best Feature Story: "'Everybody is Family' at a local liquor store Jimmie and Son" by The Daily Gamecock 2022 Editor-in-Chief Kailey Cota

Second place, Best Arts and Entertainment Story: "Local artists, City Hall disagree on 'What is Art?'" by Lily Shahida

Second place, Best Column or Editorial Writing: "Column: How COVID-19 brought out years of underlying Asian racism" by Ethan Lam

Second place, Best Photo Story: The Daily Gamecock's Robbie Greenwald and Erin Slowey

Second place, Best Infographic: The Daily Gamecock's Vanessa Purpura

Second place, Best Advertisement: Emily Schoonover

Third place, Best Photography: Alyssa Rasp

Third place, Best Sports Photograph: Olivia McLucas

Third place, Best Infographic: The Daily Gamecock's Vanessa Purpura

Third place, Best Advertisement: Emily Schoonover

Third place, Best Sports Story: "South Carolina New and Creative Media team adapts despite COVID-19 challenges, hiring freeze" by Michael Sauls

Garnet Media earns national awards

Students from SGTV, The Daily Gamecock, Garnet & Black, WUSC and Garnet Media Group's marketing and Creative Services teams were recognized for outstanding work in five contests hosted by the College Media Association and the Associated Collegiate Press. Winners were announced during the organizations' jointly held annual journalism conference, which was held virtually Oct. 14, 2021.

2021 Associated Collegiate Press

ACP’s Individual Awards honor excellence in individual pieces of work done across the scope of collegiate student media, including everything from advertising to writing to a unique-to-2020 category for COVID-19 coverage. Garnet Media Group was recognized for work in the story, design, photo, advertising,

First place, Magazine Cover: Garnet and Black's Spring 2021 cover "Retro Reflections" by Zhané Bradley and Emily Schoonover

First place, Newspaper Special Section/Advertising: Best of Carolina 2021 by Editor-in-Chief Gracie Bryant and Garnet Media Group staff

First place, Broadcast News or Feature on COVID-19 Coverage: SGTV's "Crowded Bar Near USC Fuels Campus Outbreak" by Ward Jolles

Second place, Broadcast Story of the Year - Commentary: SGTV's "Friday Morning Live" on March 19, 2021 by Cade Crenshaw, Josh Tekele, Braden Maloy, and Will Kronsberg

Fourth place, Online Advertisement: "SC Nails" by Abby Gerwit

Fifth place, Broadcast News Story: SGTV's "Sexual Assault Claims Against Professors Spark Student Protest" by Marisa Gjuraj and Finn Carlin

Honorable mention, Feature Story: SGTV's "Bringing the Scoop on Pandemonium Ice Cream" by Sloane O'Cone and Finn Carlin

Honorable mention, Sports Story: SGTV's "Will Muschamp Fired" by Kendall Smith

Honorable mention, Rate Card: Fall 2020 rate card by Julia Linthicum

Honorable mention, Online Advertisement: "Regal Lounge leaderboard" by Julia Linthicum

Honorable mention, Print Advertisement: "#LIVE Like a Gamecock" by Emily Schoonover

Honorable mention, Feature Photo: Garnet and Black's "Taking Up Space - Maya Ingram" by Zhané Bradley

Honorable mention, Magazine Cover: Garnet and Black's Fall 2020 cover "Dating During Covid" by Mark Maddaloni and Emily Schoonover

Honorable mention, Ernie Pyle Human-Interest Profile: year SGTV Station Manager Spencer Buckler was awarded an honorable mention for his piece "The Guy Behind the Trombone."

2019-2020 College Media Association’s Organizational Pinnacles

Second place, Four-Year Daily Newspaper of the Year: The Daily Gamecock

2020-2021 College Media Association’s Individual Pinnacles

First place, Best Audio Newscast: SGTV's "In the Loop" by Justin Walsh, Finn Carlin, Beyonce Watson, Kendall Smith, and Will Kronsberg

First place, Best Video Special Event Coverage: SGTV Nightly News UofSC Runoff Elections by Justin Walsh, Finn Carlin, Cade Crenshaw, Kendall Smith, Kaci Latimore, Logan Grey, Madeline Verzyl, and Emma Gouiran

First place, Best Column: The Daily Gamecock's "Sexual harassment is systemic crisis at USC" by Ian Grenier

Second place, Best Video Entertainment Program: SGTV's "Sweeting Up Your Day with Agape Chocolates" by Calista Yost and Finn Carlin

Second place, Best Video Newscast: SGTV's April 5, 2021 Nightly News by Justin Walsh, Finn Carlin, Kendall Smith, Madeline Verzyl, Nick Klos, and Emma Gouiran

Third place, Best Audio Newscast: WUSC's "Politically Inclined"

Third place, Best Audio Talk/Entertainment Program: WUSC "Hot Topics"

Third place, Best Advertisement: Garnet and Black

Third place, Best Podcast: SGTV's "In the Loop with SGTV News 4" by Justin Walsh, Finn Carlin, Beyonce Watson, Kendall Smith, and Will Kronsberg

Third place, Best Viral Video: SGTV's "TLC Sports Bar COVID-19" by Ward Jolles

Third place, Best Campus Engagement: Garnet Media Group marketing team's Best of Carolina 2021 efforts

Honorable mention, Best Rate Card/Media Kit

Honorable mention, Best Magazine News Page/Spread: Garnet and Black's "Absentee Voting and the USPS" by Emily Schoonover

2020 CMA Film and Audio Festival

The College Media Association’s annual film and audio festival recognizes outstanding work in categories unique to this contest, like DJ performance, creative work, animation, and video and audio reporting.

First place, Film and Audio Festival - Creative: "Remember" by Hannah Perala

Second place, Film and Audio Festival - Creative: "The Sale" by Jack Dienfenbach and 1080C Staff

Garnet Media earns regional advertising honors

Student staff members from Garnet Media Group and Garnet & Black magazine – one of Garnet Media Group’s partner organizations – earned local honors at the virtual American Advertising Awards gala on Feb. 27, 2021.

  • Gold ADDY (first place) and Student Best in Show: Interactive Tarot card Snapchat filter that accompanied a piece in Garnet & Black's fall 2020 issue, designed by Emily Schoonover, G&B's creative director
  • Gold ADDY: UofSC Homecoming's 2020 logo, designed by Molly Collins
  • Silver ADDY: Garnet Media Group recruitment advertisement, designed by Emily Schoonover, who also serves as Garnet Media Group's lead designer for the Creative Services team
  • Silver ADDY: Overall design of Garnet & Black's fall 2020 issue, featuring the work of multiple designers led by Schoonover, Editor-in-Chief Mark Maddaloni and Art Director Alizajane Hicks
  • Silver ADDY: Behind-the-scenes video from "Illumination" style photoshoot, created by Chloe Neal, G&B's former multimedia director

SGTV wins 6 more national college media awards

Staffers from SGTV, the university’s student-run television station and a partner organization in Garnet Media Group, were recognized for their work on promotional videos, news coverage and two short films. Their work was awarded several national awards from the College Broadcasters Inc. at the National Student Electronic Media Convention, held virtually Oct. 30, 2020.

National Student Production Awards

  • First place, Best General Entertainment Program: “Man with a Microchip,” an episode of Weird Things with Ward, by Ward Jolles, Spencer Buckler, Finn Carlin and Vincent Arceo
  • First place, Best Video Station Promo: B&W SGTV News 4 Commercial, by Ward Jolles
  • Second place, Best Video Documentary: “Mr. Blue Sky,” by Savannah Cerniglia, Zach Spencer, Rachel Smith, Connor Bettge, Hannah Perala, Henry Coonrod, Ben Wuori, Brandon Floyd and Luismario Rosas
  • Third place, Best Video Station Promo: Garnet Media Group Coronavirus Promo, by Spencer Buckler
  • Fourth place, Best Video Hard News Reporting: “Coronavirus Outbreak Leaves USC Empty,” by Ward Jolles

Video Media Festival

  • Third place, Short Film–Fiction: “All Bark,” by staff members in SGTV’s short film group, 1080C Productions

Garnet Media earns 16 national awards

Oct. 26, 2020

Students from SGTV, The Daily Gamecock, Garnet & Black, WUSC and Garnet Media Group's marketing and Creative Services teams were recognized for outstanding work in five contests hosted by the College Media Association and the Associated Collegiate Press. Winners were announced during the organizations' jointly held annual journalism conference, which was held virtually Oct. 22-24.

2020 Associated Collegiate Press Pacemakers

The Associate Collegiate Press’ annual Pacemaker contest is widely regarded as the most prestigious award in student media. Pacemakers recognize overall excellence in a student media organization, and this year marks the first time ACP has awarded Pacemakers in the broadcast news category.
     
SGTV News 4, the news reporting branch of the university’s entirely student-managed television station, was one of only three organizations in the nation to win the 2020 Broadcast Pacemaker. Current Station Manager Spencer Buckler, former News Director Ward Jolles, and former Station Manager Chris Terry were among the student staff members who led the organization to nationally recognized success.  

2020 ACP Individual Awards

ACP’s Individual Awards honor excellence in individual pieces of work done across the scope of collegiate student media, including everything from advertising to writing to a unique-to-2020 category for COVID-19 coverage. Garnet Media Group was recognized for work done by Garnet & Black magazine, the marketing team and the Creative Services team.

Third place, Sports Feature Story of the Year: Taylor Jennings-Brown, current managing editor of Garnet & Black magazine, was awarded third place in the nation for her story, “Untold Legacy,” about understanding the legacy of her grandfather, Jackie Brown, who, in 1970, was the first African-American to start for the Gamecock football team.

Fourth place, Advertisement of the Year, rate card: Emily Schoonover, lead designer for Garnet Media Group’s Creative Services team, was honored for her work on the 2019-20 GMG media kit.

Fifth place, Advertisement of the Year, newspaper special section: Garnet Media Group’s marketing team, led by Marketing
Director Gracie Bryant, earned fifth place in the nation for the 2020 issue of GMG’s annual Best of Carolina special edition. The publication features audience-voted picks across 50 categories for the best organizations and businesses in the Carolina community, and voting is currently open for the 2021 edition.

2019-2020 College Media Association’s Organizational Pinnacles

The College Media Association’s annual Pinnacle Awards recognize top-tier work in collegiate student media across the nation. The organizational awards recognize overall excellence and quality of work for the contest year.

First place, four-year TV Station of the Year: SGTV was recognized as the best student-run TV station in the country for “excellence in coverage, content and reporting, production quality, service to the campus community and innovative use of audio/video.” SGTV’s winning entry featured work from Station Manager Spencer Buckler and other student leaders including Lydia Blackstone, Kendall Smith, Tom Santaniello, Finn Carlin and Calista Yost. SGTV placed second in this contest last year.

2019-2020 CMA Individual Pinnacles

The College Media Association’s individual Pinnacle Awards honors individual student work in categories including design, advertising, writing and multimedia. This year, out of a record number of entries, Garnet Media Group was recognized for work done by students in all four partner organizations, as well as members of the marketing and Creative Services teams.

First place, online advertisement: Molly Collins, 2020 alumna and former Creative Services designer, earned first place for the design of an online banner ad for Wedge.

First place, best advertisement (design): Emily Schoonover, lead designer for Creative Services, won first place for her “Book Smarts, Meet Street Smarts” advertisement for USC’s Division of Law Enforcement and Safety.

First place, best newspaper entertainment spread (design): Taylor Sharkey, former design director for The Daily Gamecock, earned first place for the design of the “Homecoming Hootie” spread, about the legacy of USC-born rock band Hootie & the Blowfish.

First place, best special section (four pages or less): The staff of The Daily Gamecock was awarded first place for its 2019 special section, "A Campus Divided," about the university's recent presidential search and selection process. The stories and reporting were done by former Editor-in-Chief Genna Contino, current Managing Editor Rita Naidu, and former Managing Editor Taylor Washington; graphics were created and compiled by current Editor-in-Chief Erin Slowey.

Second place, best advertising supplement/special section: Garnet Media Group’s marketing team, led by Marketing Director Gracie Bryant, was recognized for the 2020 issue of Best of Carolina, an annual publication from GMG that features audience favorites from the Carolina community.

Third place, best campus engagement: WUSC, the university’s student-run radio station, was recognized for its 2019 Cybergarden Fall Fundraiser, organized by the 2019-20 WUSC executive staff led by then-Station Manager Samira Nematollahi.

Third place, best photo illustration: Olivia Griffin, former staff designer for Garnet & Black, earned third place for her photo illustration, for the piece “Seeing Stars” in the magazine’s winter 2019 issue.

Honorable mention, best audio promo/public service announcement: Ben Spells, public affairs director for WUSC, was recognized for his work on an audio PSA for the station’s fundraiser week.

Honorable mention, best video promo/public service announcement: Ward Jolles, former news director for SGTV, was recognized for his promotional video highlighting the work and mission of SGTV News 4.

2020 CMA Film and Audio Festival

The College Media Association’s annual film and audio festival recognizes outstanding work in categories unique to this contest, like DJ performance, creative work, animation, and video and audio reporting.

Second place, video feature package: SGTV News Director Lydia Blackstone and reporters Will Kronsberg and Frank Martinez earned honors for their feature story on Carolina Styles, the barbershop and salon located inside UofSC’s Russell House.

Second place, video news package: Former News Director Ward Jolles and Vincent Arceo, SGTV’s digital manager, were recognized for their May 30 story “‘I Can’t Breathe’ Rally Turns Violent” about protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Daily Gamecock wins 25 statewide journalism awards

Sept. 17, 2020

Students from The Daily Gamecock and Garnet Media Group’s advertising design team earned 25 statewide awards at the annual South Carolina Press Association’s Collegiate Contest. Winners were announced on Sept. 14, 2020 via a virtual awards ceremony.

The Daily Gamecock won first place as an organization in the General Excellence category for the 10th time in the past 12 years. About the selection, judges said The Daily Gamecock is “a very good publication with diverse and complete coverage of campus life. Good photos, strong writing. Layout is clean and easy-to-read; great job!”

The Daily Gamecock earned first place in 12 other categories as well:

  • Arts & Entertainment Story: Awarded to Nick Sullivan for “Homecoming Hootie”
    • Judges’ comments: “Hootie has been written about so often, I wasn’t sure there was anything new to say, but your writing surprised me in a good way!”
  • Editorial Writing: Awarded to the editorial board for “Student Government's purpose, competence, ethics in question”
    • Judges’ comments: “The editorial board pulled no punches, excoriating student government for poorly overseeing a more-than-$200,000 budget while bolstering quality, accountability journalism. It’s everything you want to see in an editorial.”
  • Column Writing: Awarded to Iggy Shuler for “What we say when we talk about women in music”
    • Judges’ comments: “The words were engaging and vividly helped me see and feel her viewpoint; well done!”
  • Student Government Beat Coverage: Awarded to The Daily Gamecock staff for a selection of examples of reporting on student government issues
    • Judges’ comments: “A standout entry. The staff understands the watchdog role of the press, reports on issues that matter, and pushes back when shut out of important discussions. A very strong body of work.”
  • Special Section or Edition: Awarded to The Daily Gamecock staff for the fall 2019 Welcome Back edition
    • Judges’ comments: “This Welcome Back section is useful in a huge variety of ways: clear, exhaustive treatment of the sensitive Caslen controversy, excellent layout and typography. A fine job.”
  • Page One Design: Awarded to Taylor Sharkey for the Feb. 11, 2019 front page.
    • Judges “liked the use of a big, bold headline and strong lead photo, as well as the white-on-black look of the feature.”
  • Sports Photograph: Awarded to Vanessa Purpura for a photo of Ryan Hilinski celebrating the Gamecocks’ 2019 upset win over then-No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs
    • Judges’ comments: “Captured at just the right moment — a page one photo.”
  • Photo Story: Awarded to Alyssa Rasp for coverage of a Matt & Kim concert
    • Judges’ comments: “Love how the photographer took advantage of her surroundings to capture a series of great, unique shots.”
  • Infographic: Awarded to Taylor Sharkey for the “Finding the One” infographic
    • Judges’ comments: “Clean design. Background image lured me in, and the infographic sealed the deal.”
  • Advertisement: Awarded to Emily Schoonover for her advertisement for the RAVE Guardian App
    • Judges’ comments: “Clever headline, clean copy, simple design make this ad stand out.”
  • Website: Awarded to The Daily Gamecock staff for www.dailygamecock.com
    • Judges’ comments: “It’s clear staff uses the site to keep campus informed with tons of timely, relevant content. Outstanding effort.”
  • Use of Social Media: Awarded to The Daily Gamecock staff for the organization’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
    • Judges’ comments: “A clear winner for overall strategy, engagement, and innovation. Very well done.”

The Daily Gamecock swept the Page One Design and Advertisement categories, earning first (as listed above), second and third places in both:

  • Second place, Page One Design: Awarded to Taylor Sharkey for the cover of the 2019 football season preview special edition
  • Second place, Advertisement: Awarded to Emily Schoonover for a Best of Carolina advertisement
  • Third place, Page One Design: Awarded to Erin Slowey and Taylor Sharkey for the April 1, 2019 front page
  • Third place, Advertisement: Awarded to Molly Collins for her Wedge online ad

The following staff members were recognized for their work with second- and third-place awards in a variety of categories:

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