Amarillo College Student Media brought home top honors once again this year at the Amarillo chapter of the American Advertising Federation’s 2026 Advertising Awards on Feb. 20.  “The Current,” AC’s student-produced magazine, won a Gold ADDY award and a Special Judges Award for its fall 2024 edition.

Amarillo College Student Media won 14 awards at the Texas Community College Journalism Association convention held Nov. 11 at the University of North Texas. The annual convention brought student journalists together for a day of workshops and an awards ceremony.

The contest recognized work published by AC students during the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters and included submissions by former editor-in-chief of AC’s student newspaper “The Ranger,” Raygan Lopez, as well as Daniel Antillon, Jo Early, Shawn McCrea and others.