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Student Achievements

Mustang Media Group Wins Prestigious National Award

Cal Poly's Mustang Media Group won the award at the Associated Collegiate Press Spring National College Media Conference in La Jolla.

Mustang Media Group (MMG), the student-run campus media organization, received a National Pacemaker Award at the Associated Collegiate Press Spring National College Media Conference held March 7-9 in La Jolla, a coastal community in San Diego. 

It was the sixth time that MMG had earned the honor, considered the pinnacle of achievement in college journalism. 

The conference was attended by over 1,000 student journalists and advisors. 

MMG's recognition comes on the heels of two National Pacemaker Awards received last fall: one for multiplatform journalism and another for its print newspaper. The most recent honors singled out MMG's business and operations teams for demonstrating operational excellence and exceptional financial management. 

At the state level, the California College Media Association awarded the organization top honors for advertising, design and photography. Its website and newspaper ranked third, behind UC Berkeley and UCLA.