2022 - ECC alum Shelby Ann Taylor excels in Pacemaker Awards

Tags: Accomplishment | Alumni Profile

Published 11/01/2022

ECC students and Observer staff Indie Wilson, Kip Kane, Dominic Di Palermo, Nick Obradovich, Eric Rangel, and Michelle Doherty

ECC alum Shelby Anne Taylor, ’21, former Observer editor-in-chief, earned 3rd place in the Story of the Year Feature Writing category of the Pacemaker awards from the Associated Collegiate Press. The Observer is Elgin Community College’s student-run newspaper.

Additionally, the Observer’s website took eighth place nationally for Best in Show in the two-year school division. The winners were announced on October 28 at MediaFest 2022, a national college journalism conference in Washington, DC.

Read the full story on the Observer’s website at elginobserver.com.

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