KANSAS CITY – The Daily Bruin took home 39 awards at the Fall National College Media Convention.

The conference, which took place Wednesday to Saturday, is the nation’s largest student media convention. It awards student media outlets across the country with College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press honors, with the latter awarding the highest honors in student journalism through its pacemakers.

The Bruin, led by 2025-26 Editor-in-chief Dylan Winward, won the Multiplatform pacemaker and was a finalist for the Newspaper pacemaker.

The Daily Bruin’s staff also won seven ACP Best of Show awards and 19 individual ACP awards. The Bruin also took home 11 College Media Association Pinnacle awards.

See the following list for all the awards The Bruin was awarded:

Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards

• Multiplatform pacemaker: Daily Bruin
• Newspaper pacemaker finalist: Daily Bruin

Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show

• Second place, Website (four-year campus, more than 15,000): Daily Bruin
• Fifth place, Magazine Design: The Night Shift by Rachel Kristen Lee Yokota
• Sixth place, Newspaper Design: On the Right Track by Zach King
• Sixth place, Sports Story: Finally champions: Women’s basketball dominates in program-first NCAA title win by Willa Campion
• Seventh place, Broadcast News Program: On the Steps
• Seventh place, News Story: UCPD received notice of suspected child sex abuse years before childcare teacher’s arrest by Natalia Mochernak
• Tenth place, Digital Newsletter

Associated Collegiate Press Individual Awards

• First place, Editorial Cartoon: Distorted Devotion by Jeanelle Ocampo
• First place, Multimedia Sports Story: Two Schools, One City by Daily Bruin staff
• First place, Interactive Graphic: A Data-Driven Look at UCLA’s Food Trucks by Noah Hrung, Liam McGlynn and Chloe Kim
• Second place, Sports Game Story: Finally champions: Women’s basketball dominates in program-first NCAA title win by Willa Campion
• Second place, Breaking News Photo: UCLA AFSCME Local 3299 members strike Nov. 17 and 18, demand fair work contract by Andrew Ramiro Diaz
• Third place, Editorial: Agostini’s Departure Punishes Transparency by Editorial Board
• Fifth place, Column: UCLA Must Address Tramo-Epstein Connection With Accountability by Nick Levie
• Fifth place, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion reporting: Gloria Molina Grand Park Celebrates Día de los Muertos by Karla Cardenas-Felipe
• Honorable mention, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion reporting: Black Extravaganza Honors Black Culture by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon and Chenrui Zhang
• Honorable mention, Local Climate Change Reporting: The Expansion, Evolution of Zero-Emission Vehicle Policies by Jennifer Michel
• Honorable mention, Ernie Pyle Human-Interest Profile: Liberation Left Untold by Caitlin Brockenbrow
• Honorable mention, Multimedia News Story: How Budget Cuts Have Impacted UCLA by Daily Bruin staff
• Honorable mention, Multimedia Feature Story: A Deeper Dive Into Club Recruitment by Madison Jones, Bethany Kim and Lillian Wu
• Honorable mention, Interactive Graphic: Can Students Eat Healthy at UCLA’s Dining Halls? by Leo Feng, Gabriel Schwinden, Sydney Tomsick and Lillian Wu
• Honorable mention, Newspaper spread: Two Schools, One City by Rachel Kristen Lee Yokota
• Honorable mention, Sports Feature Photo: Softball Makes History With 3 Seniors Receiving AUSL Golden Tickets by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon
• Honorable mention: Broadcast Feature Story: $5 Lunches to Battle Food Insecurity by Piper Begler
• Honorable mention, Breaking News Story: Car Crashes Into 99 Ranch Market by Maggie Konecky and Zimo Li
• Honorable mention, Sports Feature Story: UCLA, USC Men’s Volleyball Unite in Tribute to Braun Levi by Connor Dullinger

College Media Association Pinnacles

• First place, Breaking News Photo: UCLA AFSCME Local 3299 members strike Nov. 17 and 18, demand fair work contract by Andrew Ramiro Diaz
• First place, Multimedia News Package:‘A Perfect Storm’: How Budget Cuts Have Impacted UCLA by Daily Bruin staff
• Second place, A&E Story: ‘ICE Out: Arte en Resistencia’ exhibit demonstrates power of speech in art by Alexis Coffee
• Third place: Sample Plates from UCLA Dining Halls to Meet Caloric Totals by Daily Bruin staff
• Third place, Special Event Coverage: Westwood Village kicks off the season with its annual holiday tree lighting by Megan Hoang
• Third place, General Columnist: Nick Levie
• Honorable mention, Weekly Newspaper of the Year: Daily Bruin staff
• Honorable mention, General Editorial Board: Daily Bruin Editorial Board
• Honorable mention, Game Story: No. 5 UCLA gymnastics wins Big Fours quad meet by Carolina Barsakov
• Honorable mention, Editorial Illustration: Out of Time by Xanni Larsen
• Honorable mention, Feature Photo: Spring Sing 2026: Comedy group Company to sketch community experiences on Spring Sing stage by Izzy Greig