Jackson: The Red Line Project Named ACP Pacemaker Finalist
Updated: Friday, May 4, 2012
DePaul student work on The Red Line Project won three prestigious Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism at a May 4 ceremony at the Union League Club.
The site was a finalist in four categories and took home three Lisagors, competing in the professional journalism categories. The winning entries:
- Best Start-up Publication (Staff of The Red Line Project)
- Best Online Feature Story: “10 Remember 9/11” 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11 (Staff of The Red Line Project)
- Best Online Business Story: "Business Ties: Small Business Near Chicago’s Red Line El Stops" (Alaina Africano, Katie Karpowicz, James Mazurek and Sarah Vonnegut-Gabovitch)
The Lisagors, awarded by the Chicago Headline Club, were established in1977 to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his outstanding example and to recognize truly superior contributions to journalism. The awards are named for Peter Lisagor, The Chicago Daily News’ Washington bureau chief from 1959 to 1976, who was one of the nation’s most respected and well-known journalists
Horizon Interactive Award Silver Winner
Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
The Red Line Project won a silver award at the 10th annual Horizon Interactive Awards. The site placed second in the best college/university media website category.
Pacemaker Award Finalist
Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Red Line Project has been named one of six finalists for the 2012 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Awards. Winners will be announced at the ACP National College Media Convention Oct. 31-Nov. 4 in Chicago.
SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards
Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2012
The Red Line Project won seven SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards -- including two first-place finishes -- April 14 at a ceremony in Indianapolis. Winners will move on to compete at the national Mark of Excellence Awards against winners from 11 other regions.
The results:
Online News Reporting: Blizzard 2011 Coverage (The Staff of the Red Line Project), FIRST PLACE
Online Opinion Writing: Sports Journalism in a Digital World, Sam Kraft, FIRST PLACE
Best Independent Student Website: The Red Line Project, SECOND PLACE
Online News Reporting: Chicago Mayoral Inauguration: AnnCatherine Brady, Bree Tuch and Blythe Meyer, SECOND PLACE
Online In-Depth Reporting: 10 Remember 9/11, The Staff of the Red Line Project, SECOND PLACE
Online Feature Reporting: Firefighter Steve Serb (10 Remember 9/11), Holly Pennebaker, THIRD PLACE
Online Sports Reporting: Chicago’s Young Athletes Deal With Life in the Limelight, Lauren Klopmeyer and Alex Soulier, THIRD PLACE
Editor & Publisher EPPY Awards
The Red Line Project's Chicago Sidelines section won first-place in the 2011 Editor & Publisher EPPY Awards Best College/University Sports Website category. The Chicago Sidelines site was created by DePaul University's first Online Sports Reporting class in Spring Quarter 2011.
The Red Line Project also was an EPPY finalist for Best College/University Journalism Site and Best College/University Online Documentary (10 Remember 9/11).
Read more about the award and view all of the EPPY winners.
SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards
Posted: April 3, 2011
The Red Line Project and its sibling site, ChicagoStorytelling, won four SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards on April 2 at the SPJ Super Regional in Erlanger, Ky. Region 5 covers universities and colleges in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
The sites won awards for:
Best Independent Online Student Publication: The Red Line Project, third place
Online Feature Reporting: Pilsen's San Jose Obrero Mission (ChicagoStorytelling's Fatimah Salami and Amber Tweedie), third place
Online Depth Reporting: Cob Connection in Chicago Storytelling/GapersBlock (Lora Swarts and Ivy Liu), third place
Online News Reporting: Felony Franks (Ashley Kohler and Charlotte Eriksen), third place
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