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It was a big week in the Big Easy for independent student media of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The Associated College Press/College Media Association (ACP/CMA) National College Media Convention, that took place recently in New Orleans, resulted in several major awards.

Pinnacle Awards:

• TV2 won 2013 TV Station of the Year for the second year in a row.
• The Agenda, TV2’s topical comedy-satire show won Best TV Entertainment Program.
• TV2 also was a finalist in four of five TV categories in the 2013 national competition, including Best Sportscast and Best Newscast. 

Best of Show Awards:

• The Daily Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹r and The Burr both placed in the top 10 in Best of Show
• The Burr placed fourth overall in the feature magazine competition, and the Daily Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹r was ninth in the four-year daily broadsheet competition.

Best of College Design Awards:

• The Daily Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹r also won third place for Newspaper Editorials/Opinions in CMA’s Best of College Design competition for its post-presidential election opinion page.

The ACP/CMA national convention is the largest gathering of college journalists and advisors in the world.