BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Sept. 18 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news release:

Western Kentucky University is the only school in the country to have two publications honored as finalists for the Associated Collegiate Press Multiplatform Pacemaker Award, the top award for student media.

The College Heights Herald and the Talisman, the flagships of WKU Student Publications, each was named a finalist for the Multiplatform Pacemaker, which is considered the top honor in student media because it assesses how well a media outlet performs across six platforms - online, print, newsletter, social media, video and audio.

No other university in the nation had more than one finalist for the honor.

"The Multiplatform Pacemaker is wha...