The
Featherduster,
El
Paisano win state, national awards
The newsmagazine and
yearbook staffs have had a successful spring semester, garnering
numerous
individual as well as overall publication awards.
UIL State
Journalism Meet
Leslie Reynolds took 3rd place in
feature
writing
Journalism
Education Association spring
convention (Anaheim)
Hannah Kight-superior in newsmagazine layout
Aaron Altounian-superior in photography (two-weeks work)
Hillary Kunz-superior in newspaper sports photography
Anisha Ganguly-superior in editorial writing
Daniel Reese-excellent in newspaper new/feature photography
Jake Webb-excellent in newswriting
Rachel Wright-excellent in review writing
Sarah Adler-excellent in Computer design-headline
Sam Womack-excellent in photography portfolio
Jeff Brown-excellent in infographic design
Adrienne Cooksley-HM advertising
David Finn-HM commentary writing
Hetty Borenstein-HM literary magazine-poetry
Nina Green-superior in yearbook copy/caption: sports
Michelle Suh-HM in yearbook copy/caption: academics
Ashley Duncan-excellent in yearbook copy/caption: clubs
Bailey Herrington-excellent in yearbook copy/caption:
student life
Sarah Wilbanks-excellent in yearbook layout: inside pages
Kelly Hansard-HM in yearbook cover/endsheets
Eva Cranford-HM in yearbook sports
photography
The Featherduster
received Second place Best of Show and the El
Paisano received 7th.
Interscholastic
League Press Conference
The Featherduster-Gold
Star
El Paisano – Gold Star
Cindy Todd was named Max R. Haddick Texas Journalism
Teacher of the Year
ILPC
Daniel Reese-Photo Editor of the Year
ILPC
Individual Achievement Awards
Rachel Wright-1st place newswriting
Grayson Berryhill-3rd place newswriting
Chris Hunt-1st place editorial writing
Jake Webb-HM editorial writing
Blake Borron-1st place sports action story
Katy Roden-3rd place sports feature
Mary-Margaret Parrish and Katie Sorenson-2nd place feature writing
Alex North and Leslie Reynolds-1st place entertainment review
Trey Scott-1st place entertainment feature
Maff Caponi-3rd place entertainment feature
Hillary Kunz, Daniel Reese, Sam Womack and Jenna Stene-1st place photo story
Alex North-1st place personal column, 3rd place in-depth news/feature
and HM Personal
opinion column
David Finn-1st place sports column
Chris Hunt-2nd place sports column and 2nd place double truck design
Greg Iles, Thomas Allison, Anna Sillers, Brittany Parker,
Alex North and Katie Pipkin-2nd place in-depth news/feature
package
Chris Hunt and Grayson Berryhill-HM in-depth news/feature
package
Katie Pipkin-3rd place and HM student art, 2nd place cartoon
Ian Henry-HM computer art
Hillary Kunz-3rd place sports page design and
3rd place general news photo and
3rd place portrait
Hannah Kight-HM sports page design
Daniel Reese-1st place and Tops in Texas
feature photo; 2nd place sports action photo; 2nd place portrait and 2nd place captions
Shannon Soule-2nd place feature photo; HM
sports action photo
Sam Womack-1st place and Tops in Texas
sports feature photo
Nina Green – 2nd place student life spread
Kevin Stoller – HM academic spread
Michael Todd and Kyle Gardner – 1st place sports spread
Ceci Tucker – 1st place class section spread
Holt McNair, Joseph Trahan and Kat Rose – HM
club/organization spread
Kendall Hillary – 1st place sidebar graphic
Stephanie Woods – 3rd place student life feature
story
Ashley Duncan – 3rd place club/organization
feature story
Christina Hooks and Savannah Ritter – 2008 student life
spread
Brandon Parsons, Jaime Piedra and Savannah Ritter – 2nd place 2008 sports spread
Rafic Bittar and Janey Umstattd – first place 2008 academic
spread
Sarah Wilbanks, Michael Todd and Michelle Suh – 1st place
2008 class section spread
Nick Alden, Holt McNair, Savannah Ritter – 2nd place 2008 club/organization
spread
Association
of Texas Photography Instructors Imagemaker Team
Hillary Kunz
Daniel Reese
Shannon Soule
Sam Womack
Katie Pipkin
Jostens
Photo Contest Winners
Sam Womack
Daniel Reese
Eva Cranford
Hillary Kunz