Producing the Most Honored Weekly

Chico State’s student newspaper, The Orion, has been the most honored collegiate weekly in the country for more than a decade.

• The 2012 California College Media Association awarded The Orion the top award for General Excellence and Best Overall Design for all four-year university weeklies in the state.
• In 2011, for the fifth consecutive year, The Orion won first place for general excellence in the Best of Show competition for four-year weekly college and university newspapers. The Orion has consistently placed either first or second in the National College Journalism Convention for over a decade.
• In 2011, The Orion’s website took third place among “large school” competitors, or schools with more than 10,000 students.
• The Orion won the 2009 National Pacemaker Award for the 11^th time at the College Media Convention. The Orion is the only newspaper to win the award, considered the highest honor in college journalism, four consecutive years.
• The Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame inducted The Orion in 2005.