Below is a list of awards The Reflector has won. The list is not comprehensive.
National
Associated Collegiate Press
Pacemaker:
Newspaper Pacemaker: 2009
Best of Show:
- Best Newspaper (four-year campus, less than weekly): Second Place – 2019; Fourth Place – 2020
- Best Website (four-year campus with 10,000 students or less): Fourth Place – 2019; Fifth Place – 2020
- Best Rate Card or Media Kit: Third Place – 2019; Eighth Place – 2020
All-American Honor Rating:
- 2017: Four Marks of Distinction for Coverage & Content, Writing & Editing, Layout & Design, and Leadership
- 2018: Four Marks of Distinction for Coverage & Content; Writing & Editing; Photos, Art & Graphics; and Layout & Design
College Media Association — Pinnacle Awards
- Newspaper of the Year: Third Place – 2019
- Best Online Infographic: Second Place – 2016
Society of Professional Journalists — Mark of Excellence National Competition
- General News Reporting – 2019 (Finalist)
- General News Photography – 2019 (Finalist)
Regional
Society of Professional Journalists — Mark of Excellence Competition — Region 5
- Sports Writing – 2019 (Winner)
- General News Photography – 2019 (Winner)
- Editorial Cartooning – 2018 (Winner)
- Sports Writing – 2019 (Finalist)
- General News Reporting – 2019 (Two Finalists)
- General News Photography – 2019 (Finalist)
- Feature Photography – 2018 (Finalist
- Sports Photography – 2019 (Two Finalists)
- Photo Illustration – 2018 (Finalist)
State
Indiana Collegiate Press Association
- Division II Newspaper of the Year: Second Place – 2018; Third Place – 2019, 2020
- Best Themed Issue: Second Place – 2020
- Best Single Issue: First Place – 2019; Second Place – 2018, 2020
- Best Overall Design: First Place – 2020; Third Place – 2019
- Best Front Page: First Place – 2020; Third Place – 2020
- Best Feature Page: First Place – 2018, Second Place – 2019
- Best Sports Page: Second Place – 2018, 2020; Third Place – 2019, 2020
- Best Editorial Cartoon: First Place – 2018; Third Place – 2018, 2019, 2020
- Best Illustration: Third Place – 2018
- Best Informational Graphic: First Place – 2020; Second Place – 2018, 2019
- Best Animation/Interactive Graphic: First Place – 2019; Third Place – 2018
- Best Online Video: Second Place – 2018
- Best Feature Photo: First Place – 2020; Second Place – 2018; Third Place – 2019
- Best News Photo: First Place – 2020; Third Place – 2019, 2020
- Best Sports Photo: First Place – 2018, 2019; Second Place – 2018
- Best Photo Essay/Picture Story: Third Place – 2019
- Best Entertainment Story: Second Place – 2019
- Best Entertainment Column or Review: First Place – 2019, Second Place – 2020; Third Place – 2020
- Best Review: Second Place – 2018, 2020
- Best Staff Editorial: Second Place – 2018
- Best Opinion Column: First Place – 2019, 2020
- Best Continuous Coverage of a Single Story: Second Place – 2020
- Best Non-Deadline News Story: First Place – 2018, 2019; Second Place – 2020
- Best Sports Feature Story: First Place – 2020; Second Place – 2019; Third Place – 2019
- Best Sports News Story: First Place – 2018; Third Place – 2018, 2020
- Best Sports Column: Third Place – 2018
- Best Overall Website: Third Place – 2019
- Best Use of Twitter: Third Place – 2019
- Advertising Publication of the Year: Third Place – 2019, 2020
- Best Display Ad: Second Place – 2018
- Best Black & White Display Ad: Third Place – 2018
- Best Full Color Display Ad: First Place – 2019; Second Place – 2019, 2020; Third Place – 2018
- Best Electronic House Ad: Third Place – 2019
Society of Professional Journalists — Best in Indiana Journalism Contest
- Breaking News Reporting: Second Place – 2020
- Sports Reporting: Third Place – 2020
- Editorial Writing: First Place – 2020
- News Photography: Second Place – 2020
- Page One or Cover Design: Third Place – 2020
- Best Design Other Than Page One or Cover: Second Place – 2020
- Graphics or Illustration: Third Place – 2020
Last Updated: Oct. 24, 2020