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OU Daily student places 1st, 2nd in national advertising competition

OU Daily editors Jazz Wolfe, Jillian Taylor and Karoline Leonard interview OU President Joseph Harroz in May 2023.
Terry Chanda Chishimba works in OU Daily's advertising/marketing space in Copeland Hall in fall 2023.

OU Daily student places 1st, 2nd in national advertising competition

Oct. 26, 2023

OU Daily student Terry Chanda Chishimba earned two advertising awards announced at the annual College Media Business and Advertising Managers conference in early October.

Chishimba’s entries won first place for best self-promotion ad and second place for best sales promotional materials. 

Chishimba, an architect sophomore whose home country is Zambia, joined the ad and marketing staff as a designer his freshman year. 

“The Daily has been a wonderful place for me to gain real-world experience,” Chishimba said. “My time here has been a great opportunity for growth in visual communication.” 

CMBAM is an organization that supports business operations of student media across the country. Its mission as stated on its website: to ensure independent student journalism is relevant and sustainable.

Read the full list of winners.

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