Hello John,

Don’t miss your chance to honor top collegiate reporters and editors. Nominations for the Collegiate Network Campus Journalism Awards, celebrating articles and publications from Fall 2024 through Spring 2025, close Friday, September 12.

These awards take place during ISI’s annual Collegiate Network Editors Conference, an invitation-only event designed to teach and inspire top student journalists across the country.

Credibility is a journalist’s currency. Awards like these, judged by accomplished and reputable journalists, can help set young journalists apart from their peers in any career path they pursue, but especially in journalism. Your nomination will help our most talented students receive the invaluable recognition they need to launch their careers.

Students, alumni, faculty, and members of the public are all welcome to submit nominations. You can find full-length Collegiate Network pieces on our Substack under the “Student Journalism” tab.

Individual stories and entire publications will be honored at the awards ceremony. ISI has selected a distinguished committee of professional journalists to choose the winners of the Individual Award categories:
 

• Ross Douthat – New York Times columnist, acclaimed author, and former senior editor at The Atlantic.  
   
• Curt Mills – Executive Director of The American Conservative and veteran political journalist.  
   
• Mary Margaret Olohan – White House Correspondent for The Daily Wire and author of Detrans: True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult.
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These connections will provide students with an inspiring example of professional excellence and an unparalleled chance to engage with journalists at the top of their field. 

Don’t miss the chance to honor the next generation of truth-telling journalists, celebrate intellectual freedom, and promote editorial excellence. 
 

Your participation will help launch the next generation of conservative reporters.

Best,
Johnny Burtka
President and CEO