The O'Collegian currently is ranked as one of the top newspapers in the country. In 1995, it received the National Newspaper Pacemaker Award, often considered the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism, and every year since 1989 has received All-America honors, the highest rating given by the Associated Collegiate Press and National Scholastic Press Association. College Media Advisers Inc. The O'Collegian also has won numerous other awards for journalism excellence from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Society of Professional Journalists, Southwestern Journalism Congress and Oklahoma City Gridiron. The O'Colly Online, the electronic version of the O'Collegian, was launched on the World Wide Web in 1995 and renovated at the beginning of the fall 1996 semester. The Daily O'Collegian is a student-operated newspaper and most of the staff are journalism majors.
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