F News Can't Lose

F Newsmagazine, SAIC’s student-run publication, received numerous accolades from the Illinois College Press Association this year. F won second place for General Excellence and a dozen awards were given to F staff members for writing and design. SAIC recognizes the hard work of F Newsmagazine’s writing and editorial staff, who made possible the following achievements:

• Best Newspaper Sports Page/Spread, First Place: "Living Alai," Yen-Kai Huang, April 2017 
• Cartoon, Strip or Panel, First Place: “Kevin,” Rohan McDonald, February, March, April 2017
• Full Page Ad, First Place: Hannah Sun, October 2017
• Graphic Illustration, First Place: Rohan McDonald. “The Future is Female,” covers, February 2017, October 2017
• Critical Review, Other than Film, First Place: Irena Frumkin, “Immersed in Oiticica,” May 2017
• Feature Story, Not Sports: First Place: Mary Fons, “Joan Flasch of Genius,” October 2017 
• Spot News Photo, Second Place: Cassandra Davis, “Not My President.” Web: January 27, 2017, Print: March 2017
• General News Photo, Third Place: Melody Bilbo, Rally outside Trump Tower, November 6. Special section about the election, December 2016
• Critical Review, Film, Third place: Emily Rich, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Women?”  November 2017
• Editorial Cartoon, Honorable Mention: Amber Huff. Untitled (Martin Luther King, Jr; Black Lives Matter; Barack Obama). Feb. 16, 2017
• Critical Review, Film, Honorable Mention: Jose Nateras, “Stephen King’s ‘It,'” October 2017
• In-Depth Reporting, Honorable Mention: Grace Wells, “What Happened to Michael Bonesteel?” September, 2017

You can find the award-winning designs in the back issues at F Newsmagazine.