venues, as well as interviews with local and visiting bands and musicians. The opinion desk's blog, "The Sample Gates", featured content from columnists and editors on current events. BlogNetNews recognizes the "Sample Gates" on its Indiana Political Blogwire. Launched in the spring of 2012, "Collegiate Brand News" was a satirical blog that features fake news and photos reflecting current events and student life at IU. The IDS photo blog, "Focus", was home to work from IDS photographers. These blogs have since been discontinued. The IDS website hosts the podcast "Posted," a weekly recap from the IDS that shares the week's top news stories. The IDS remains active on a number of social media channels. Their Twitter, @idsnews, shares breaking news and other online content. The Indiana Daily Student Facebook hosts a number of Facebook Groups to engage with readers. These include "Hoops: IU Basketball Fan Forum," created in 2018; "The Hub: your Little 500 Source," created in 2019, which shares content regarding the annual Little 500 bike race; and "Bloomington, IU Coronavirus Updates," created in Spring 2020 to share information regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The IDS Instagram, @idsnews, shares photos, stories and reader engagement content. Awards Over the years, the IDS has garnered numerous national, regional and state honors. It is a consistent winner of the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award. In its history, the IDS has won 41 Gold Crowns. IDS writers won the Hearst writing competition every year from 2013-2019. The IDS also consistently places in the Indiana Collegiate Press Association awards, winning 70 awards in advertising, online and print content in 2020. The IDS marketing and creative team consistently wins awards from the College Media Business and Advertising annual contest for their advertising campaigns. The IDS is an affiliate of UWIRE. Distinguished alumni The famous World War II reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle served as editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student in 1922. Washington journalist Robert E. Thompson who served in 1958 as John F. Kennedy's press secretary and covered eleven presidents as a White House Newsman served as editor-in-chief in 1949. Crusading editor Don Mellett served as editor-in-chief Golden Globe-winning TV producer and creator of Glee Ryan Murphy worked for the IDS as arts editor in the 1980s. Former Baltimore Sun editor Tim Franklin served as editor-in-chief. Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Michel du Cille was