Nationally ranked in two Hearst Journalism Awards Team Multimedia Competition — Digital News/Enterprise category.
The spring 2021 issue about the United Houma Nation ranked 12th in 2022 Hearst Awards and the spring 2020 issue about Grand Bayou ranked 20th in the 2020 Hearst Awards. Nicholls was the only Louisiana school to rank in the Top 20 in both years.