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'Columbia Chronicle' Wins Prestigious Lisagor Award

'Columbia Chronicle' Wins Prestigious Lisagor Award

Campus Communications Staff / May 12, 2025

"Columbia Chronicle" staff members (clockwise): Vivian Richey, Araceli Ramirez, Patience Hurston, and Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez.
"The Columbia Chronicle," Columbia's student-led news outlet, earned the Peter Lisagor Award for Best Campus Coverage and was named a finalist in the Best Email Newsletter category.

The Chicago Headline Club recently announced the winners of the 48th annual Peter Lisagor Awards, honoring excellence in journalism across Illinois and northwest Indiana. Columbia College Chicago's student-run publication, "The Columbia Chronicle," received the award for Best Campus Coverage by Student Journalists. In addition to this win, the "Chronicle" was named a finalist in the Best Email Newsletter category.

"The Lisagors are the top Chicago journalism honors," says Jackie Spinner, faculty advisor for the 'Chronicle' and a professor in the School of Communication and Culture.

The student team behind the Best Campus Coverage win included Patience Hurston, Vivian Richey, Araceli Ramirez, and Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez.

"The students' important coverage of the college's financial challenges was done professionally and accurately," Spinner says. "Even as students, they produce high-level journalism, and that's something we are very proud of at the 'Chronicle'."

The "Chronicle's" "Cafecito con La Crónica," led by then-editor Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez, was recognized in the Best Email Newsletter category, competing with professional outlets "Axios Chicago" and "Politco."

"It's fantastic to see the 'Chronicle's' Spanish-language newsletter as a finalist with two of the best professional news outlets in Chicago," says Spinner.

"Both 'Axios' and 'Politico' are known for their newsletter content. Being a finalist with the Spanish newsletter is really a recognition of the inclusive coverage the Chronicle has tried to provide with La Crónica since 2023," she says.

Congratulations to all the students recognized at this year's Peter Lisagor Awards!

Read the award-winning "Columbia Chronicle."

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