Publication (winner) Online News Reporting (winner): "Boulder Flood 2013 coverage" by CU Independent Staff Online Sports Reporting (winner): "Upset: Men's basketball wins Arizona rematch" by Jillian Arja, Will Collins, Kai Casey, and James Bradbury Online Opinion & Commentary (winner): Lizzy Hernandez with CU Independent 2015 2015 Online Pacemaker Award (finalist) Best Digital-Only Student Publication (winner) Online Feature Reporting (finalist): People of 4/20 by Patrick Fort Kai Casey, and Rob Denton Online In-Depth Reporting (finalist): Economic upturn might not be enough for Colorado Democrats in congressional midterms by Lars Gesing Online In-Depth Reporting (finalist): The party of non-voters: Meet Colorado's no-shows by Lars Gesing Online News Reporting (winner): Senator Udall visits CU on campaign trail by Lars Gesing, Gray Bender, and Nigel Amstock Online Opinion & Commentary (winner): Opinion: The view on Ferguson, Mike Brown and the America by Ellis Arnold 2016 2016 Online Pacemaker Award Best Digital-Only Student Publication (winner) Best Use of Multimedia (finalist): Your money, your vote: all you need to know by CU Independent Staff Online Feature Reporting (finalist): Standing OUt: Being an African-American athlete at CU by Ellis Arnold Online News Reporting (finalist): Immigration rally puts forth message of acceptance and action by Sarah Farley, Alexis Clark, and Danny Anderson Online News Reporting (finalist): Missing CU student had 'spiritual awakening,' personal life changes before disappearance by Ellis Arnold Online Opinion & Commentary (winner): Kaley LaQuea opinion writing Online Opinion & Commentary (finalist): McPeak's Politics by Emily McPeak 2017 Best Independent Online Student Publication (finalist). Online Feature Reporting (winner): The heartbreak drug: Xanax at CU Boulder by Jackson Barnett Online Opinion & Commentary (winner): Black Girl in a Blizzard columns by Lauren Arnold Best Use of Multimedia (finalist): Hundreds gather at DIA to protest Trump executive action banning refugees, Muslims by Jackson Barnett Best Use of Multimedia (finalist): With DACA rescinded, Boulder rallies to support immigrants by Carina Julig, Jake Mauff, Lucy Haggard and Heidi Harris 2018 Best Independent Online Student Publication (winner) Online In-Depth Reporting (finalist): The trump effect: Immigration at CU by Jackson Barnett, Heidi Harris, Devi Chung Online In-Depth Reporting (finalist): Use of Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin as ‘study drugs’ pervasive on campus by Hannah Metzger Online Sports Reporting (winner): Happy 500th, Folsom Field: A look back at the history of a great venue by Scott MacDonald Online Opinion & Commentary (winner): Red, right and blue by Henry Bowditch 2019 Online News Reporting (winner): Students