Article by Brendan Flanagan | Owl Staff
From left to right: Brendan Flanagan, Tacy Brown, Luke Teigue, Kendra Shackleford, and Claudia Brown.
Owl Media, the student multimedia publication of Harford Community College formerly known as Owl Magazine, has been recognized as finalists for a record-breaking thirteen categories in the 2024-25 Pinnacle Awards sponsored by the College Media Association.
Student media publications from across the country entered the competition, and winners will be announced at MediaFest25 in Washington D.C. from October 15-18, 2025.
Owl Media made it to the final round for the following categories:
Best Feature Story (print/web) (Two-Year) for Baltimore United: Reflections on the Key Bridge Collapse by Kendra Shackleford. (https://owlmedia.org/2025/03/26/baltimore-united-reflections-on-the-key-bridge-collapse/)
Best Video Entertainment Program (Two-Year & Division III) for NYC Fashion Challenge by Luke Teigue, Tacy Brown, & Emily Crabbe. (https://youtu.be/62-dGx2vzug?si=-e_ryMb7NQwaqCSy)
Best Short Documentary (Two-Year) for Voice of a Veteran: Just a Country Boy from North Georgia by Luke Teigue. (https://youtu.be/xElY06IJA_A?si=L7wy3DlNhp4eBJza)
Best Feature Package (audio/video) (Two-Year) for Owl Media Takes on New Orleans by Valnae Granger, Ises Webb, Nicholas Ramos, Luke Teigue, and Gabriel Bassford. (https://youtube.com/shorts/4cxdMLNrj1A?si=sMmhxoaN3b3mdu4h) (https://youtube.com/shorts/R1PiJfSKtIs?si=_ipevZzAgAq5CCdD)
Best News Photo Package (Two-Year) for Remembering Rachel Morin One Year Later by Luke Teigue. (https://owlmedia.org/2024/08/14/honoring-rachel-morin-one-year-later/)
Best General News Photo (Two-Year) for Washington Monument from The People’s March by Luke Teigue. (https://owlmedia.org/2025/01/30/the-peoples-march/)
Owl Staff Luke Teigue, Emily Crabbe, Tacy Brown, and Chief Advisor Claudia Brown at the ProCon ’25 Convention in New York City
Best Breaking News Multimedia Coverage (Two-Year) for The People’s March by Luke Teigue & Tacy Brown. (https://owlmedia.org/2025/02/05/my-perspective-on-the-peoples-march-an-op-ed/)
Best Special Event Coverage (audio/video) (Two-Year) for The People’s March 2025 by Tacy Brown & Luke Teigue. (https://owlmedia.org/2025/02/05/my-perspective-on-the-peoples-march-an-op-ed/)
Best General News Package (audio/video) (Two-Year) for Perspectives of the 2024 Presidential Election by Gabriel Bassford, Tacy Brown, Merrick Chojnacki, Sam Demelo, Valnae Granger, Heather Perez, Nicholas Ramos, Matthew Rubin, Owen Swain, Luke Teigue, David Walker, and Ises Webb. (https://youtu.be/jJGZWwMUYUM?si=rieX9ycyrPLIPoO8)
Best Breaking News Photo (Two-Year) for Cry to God by Luke Teigue. (https://owlmedia.org/2025/01/30/the-peoples-march/)
Best General News Multimedia Coverage (Two-Year) for Voices of the 2024 Presidential Election by Gabriel Bassford, Tacy Brown, Merrick Chojnacki, Sam Demelo, Valnae Granger, Heather Perez, Nicholas Ramos, Matthew Rubin, Owen Swain, Luke Teigue, David Walker, and Ises Webb. (https://owlmedia.org/2024/11/05/voices-of-the-2024-presidential-election/)
and Video Outlet of the Year (Two-Year).
The 2024-2025 student staff was led by Editor-in-Chief Luke Teigue and advised by Claudia Brown, Brendan Flanagan, and Brianna Skrivanek.
Owl Media released print magazines from 2011-2020, has been publishing videos on YouTube and Facebook since 2014, and launched a website in late 2022. The publication has won 55 national awards since 2012.
Readers can follow the nationally award-winning publication on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, as well as their website, owlmedia.org.
Students interested in joining the staff may email harfowl@harford.edu or reach out via social media.
Check back soon for results!