Awards
AWARDS 2022-2023
NATIONAL AWARDS
National Scholastic Press Association, Spring 2023
The Communicator Online, Pacemaker Finalist
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Crown Finalist
Silver Crown Winner
National Scholastic Press Association
Lucy Cassell-Kelley and Arista Luong, Feature Story, First Place
Addi Hinesman and Morgan McClease, Design, Second Place
Reagan Masek, Honorable Mention, Sports Writing, Honorable Mention
National Scholastic Press Association, Best of Show, Fall 2022
VOICE Literary & Arts Journal, Fourth Place
The Communicator Magazine, Fourth Place
National Scholastic Press Association, Awards Announced at Fall 2022 Conference
Publication Awards
The Communicator Magazine, Pacemaker Finalist
The Communicator Magazine, Pacemaker Winner
Individual Awards
Ryan Thomas-Palmer, VOICE cover,
Anjali Kakarla and Serena O’Brien, Digital Story of the Year, Multimedia Story,
Ella Rosewarne, Photo of the Year, Environmental Portrait
Mia Goldstein, Ella Rosewarne and Grace Wang, Design of the Year, Story Package
Sam Cao, Arista Luong and Cate Weiser, Best Use of Social Media
Journalism Education Association Awards, Fall 2022
Anjali Kakarla, Superior Rating for Newswriting
Elliot Bramson, Excellent Rating for Feature Writing
Ailish Kilbride, Excellent Rating for Sports Writing
AWARDS 2021-2022
NATIONAL AWARDS
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Crown Winner, High School Hybrid News, The Communicator
Crown Finalist, High School Hybrid News, The Communicator
Crown Finalist, Literary Arts Magazine, VOICE
Silver Crown Winner, Literary Arts Magazine, VOICE
Certificate of Merit, Op-Ed or News Analysis Page Design for News Publications, Sebastian Oliva
Certificate of Merit, Photo Story for News Publications, Staff
Certificate of Merit, Photo Story for News Publications, Mia Goldstein, Ella Rosewarne and Cate Weiser
Certificate of Merit, Single Subject News/Feature Package 3 or More Pages or Special Section for News Publications, Staff
Second Place Certificate, Typography of the Look of One Page or Spread for News Publications, Mia Goldstein
Certificate of Merit, Design Multi-Page Presentation for Magazine Publications, Arista Luong
First Place Certificate, Open (Free) Form Poetry for Magazine Publications, Jocelyn Kincaid-Beal, VOICE
Second Place Certificate, Single Illustration, Hand-Drawn for Magazine Publications, Ryan Thomas-Palmer, VOICE
National Scholastic Press Association, Best of Show, Fall 2021
Seventh Place, The Communicator Magazine
Seventh Place, The Communicator Online
Tenth Place, Newsmagazine Design, Mia Goldstein and Ella Rosewarne
Fourth Place, Social Justice Reporting, Izzie Jacob
Sixth Place, Social Justice Reporting, Felicity Rosa-Davies
National Scholastic Press Association, Pacemaker Awards, Spring 2022
Online Pacemaker Winner
National Scholastic Press Association, Best of Show, Spring 2022
First Place, The Communicator Magazine
Fifth Place, The Communicator Online
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
| Writer or Photographer | Award | Category Name | Name of Entry |
| Grace Wang | 1st Place | Alternative Story Form Presentation | Springing Back & Vaxed |
| Sam Cao, Mia Goldstein, Lewis Perry & Grace Wang | 1st Place | Feature Page or Spread | Threading the Needle |
| Reagan Masek & Emmy Chung | 1st Place | Breaking News Coverage | Emergency Shut Down for Three AAPS Schools |
| Reagan Masek | 1st Place | News Brief | Skyline Women’s Lacrosse Team Beats Pioneer for the First Time in History |
| Staff | 1st Place | Staff Editorial | Fragile Nature of Its Identity |
| Ria Lowenschuss | 1st Place | Bylined Opinion Article | Don’t Call Me Baby |
| Noah Bernstein | 1st Place | In-Depth Feature | In Over Our Heads |
| Kurt Hausman | 1st Place | Informative Feature | Public vs. Private High School Athletics |
| Ella Rosewarne | 1st Place | Human Interest Feature | Becoming Brandon |
| Sana Schaden | 1st Place | Personal Narrative | The Indian in Me Runs Deeper Now |
| Ria Lowenschuss | 1st Place | Environmental, Health or Science | Weight Does Not Equate to Worth |
| Ella Rosewarne & Ruth Shikanov | 1st Place | Alternative Story Form | In the Museum |
| Ella Rosewarne & Maggie Wolf | 1st Place | Sports Feature Story | Reflections in the Glass |
| Kurt Hausman | 1st Place | Sports Action Photo | Pioneer vs. Saline Basketball |
| Ella Rosewarne | 1st Place | Environmental Portrait | Making Music in the Room |
| Sana Schaden | 1st Place | Editorial Cartoon | The No Choice Trap |
| Mia Wood | 1st Place | Illustration | Reflections in the Glass_On Our Toes |
| Mia Goldstein | 1st Place | Editorial Opinion Page or Spread | Don’t Call Me Baby |
| Ella Rosewarne | 1st Place | Sports Page or Spread | Reflections in the Glass |
| Evan Ochoa, Abbi Bachman & Ria Lowenschuss | 1st Place | Entertainment Page or Spread | Out Loud |
| Ria Lowenschuss & Cate Weiser | 1st Place | News or Feature Social Media Coverage | Joslyn Hunscher-Young |
| Mia Goldstein, Ella Rosewarne & Cate Weiser | 2nd Place | Story Package | Lost and Found |
| Lucy Tobier | 2nd Place | News Analysis | Anderson Survivors Demand a Safer Campus |
| Staff | 2nd Place | Staff Editorial | The Real Solution |
| Elijah Klein & Izzy Stevens | 2nd Place | Pro-Con Opinion Columns | The Mask Debate |
| Anjali Kakarla | 2nd Place | In-Depth Feature | Figuring it Out |
| Ria Lowenschuss | 2nd Place | Personal Narrative | Un-Traditions |
| Emmy Chung & Reagan Masek | 2nd Place | Personality Profile | Driven by Passion |
| Izzie Jacob | 2nd Place | Diversity Coverage | The Immigrant Dream |
| Ella Rosewarne | 2nd Place | Sports Feature Photo | Working It |
| Claire Steigelman | 2nd Place | Interactive Graphic | Fall Foliage Around CHS |
| Mia Goldstein | 2nd Place | News Page or Spread | Parking Lot Wars |
| Sam Cao, Henry Connor, Kevin Dutton & Ria Lowenschuss | 2nd Place | Entertainment Page or Spread | Reviews |
| Scarlett London | 2nd Place | Feature Columnist | “Unmuted” Series |
| Reagan Masek | 2nd Place | Breaking News Social Media Coverage | Dr.Swift COVID-19 update |
| Charles Solomon, Geneve Thomas-Palmer & Ella Rosewarne | 3rd Place | Feature Writing – Academics | Less Jams, More Jazz |
| Tai Tworek | 3rd Place | Sports Spread | Athletes in Action |
| Abbi Bachman, Zoe Buhalis, Sela Gur-Arie & Grace Wang | 3rd Place | Portrait or Personality Photo | Dress to Express Nadia |
| Noah Bernstein, Sebastian Oliva & Madison Bell | 3rd Place | News Brief | Latinos Unidos First Bachata Class |
| Sam Cao, Sebastian Oliva & Ella Rosewarne | 3rd Place | Informative Feature | Teaching for Mastery |
| Ellie Fife & Emmy Chung | 3rd Place | Human Interest Feature | Life Turning Points |
| Rita Ionides | 3rd Place | Personal Narrative | Changing Course |
| Morgan McClease & Izzie Jacob | 3rd Place | Diversity Coverage | Our Power, Our Beauty |
| Staff | 3rd Place | Alternative Story Form | All of CHS |
| Lucy Tobier | 3rd Place | News-Feature Photograph | Anderson Survivors Demand a Safer Campus |
| Mia Goldstein & Grace Wang | 3rd Place | Front Page – Newsmagazine Style | The History Edition |
| Ailish Kilbride & Ria Lowenschuss | 3rd Place | News Page or Spread | A Smile for Kerrytown |
| Addi Hinesman | 3rd Place | Feature Columnist | “Women In” Series |
| Arista Luong | 3rd Place | Personality Profile Social Media Coverage | Fashion Friday: Paloma Duda Cortes |
| Arista Luong & Scarlett London | 3rd Place | Social Media Promotion | You Are Welcome Here |
| Charlie Rosenfeld & Hannah Rubenstein | 3rd Place | Video Interview | Something That Made You Happy |
| Lucy Tobier | Honorable Mention | Feature Writing – Student Life | Senior Send-Off |
| Noah Bernstein & Sebastian Oliva | Honorable Mention | Feature Writing – Student Life | Graduating in the Golden Hour |
| Madison Bell, Leah Dewey, Felicity Rosa-Davies & Laurel Peterson | Honorable Mention | Feature Writing – Organizations | VOICE |
| Dan Gutenberg | Honorable Mention | Feature Writing – Sports | Hobbs Makes History |
| Grace Wang | Honorable Mention | Personality Profile | Somewhere New – Stella |
| Hannah Bernstein & Jenna Jarjoura | Honorable Mention | Personality Profile | Shining Stars – Judith |
| Chrissy Kuiper, Abbi Bachman & Grace Wang | Honorable Mention | Student Life Spread | Fresh Fashion |
| Tai Tworek | Honorable Mention | Sports Spread | Athletes in Action Cont. |
| Sam Cao, Lily Sickman-Garner & Maggie Wolf | Honorable Mention | Academics Spread | Art Everywhere |
| Charles Solomon, Geneve Thomas-Palmer & Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Organization Spread | Less Jams, More Jazz |
| Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Portrait or Personality Photo | Less Jams, More Jazz |
| Staff | Honorable Mention | Academics Photo | All-Things Day |
| Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Organization, Club or Performance Photo | Dancing in Class |
| Lewis Perry & Henry Connor | Honorable Mention | Follow-Up News Coverage | The Kiley Salmon Saga |
| Mia Goldstein & Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Story Package | Return to School |
| Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Feature Page or Spread | On Proust |
| Lucy Cassell-Kelley | Honorable Mention | News Story | Giving Back Since 2009 |
| Rita Ionides | Honorable Mention | News Story | Self-Driving Shuttles Arrive in Ann Arbor |
| Sana Schaden | Honorable Mention | News Brief | Seasons Club |
| Scarlett London | Honorable Mention | Bylined Opinion Article | Unmuted: The Verdict |
| Elliot Bramson | Honorable Mention | Review | Spencer |
| Evan Ochoa | Honorable Mention | Review | JPEGMAFIA “LP!” Review (Offline Version) |
| Simon Shavit & Claire Steigelman | Honorable Mention | Pro-Con Opinion Columns | In or Out |
| Charlie Rosenfeld | Honorable Mention | In-Depth Feature | Mental Health – Then vs. Now |
| Abbi Bachman | Honorable Mention | In-Depth Feature | Behind the Beat |
| Elliot Bramson | Honorable Mention | Informative Feature | Redefining American History |
| McKenna Duman | Honorable Mention | Human Interest Feature | I Had Butterflies |
| Scarlett London | Honorable Mention | Personal Narrative | The Play at Home Order |
| Lucy Tobier & Felicity Rosa-Davies | Honorable Mention | Personality Profile | After 18 Years, Sean Eldon Returns to CHS |
| Claire Steigelman | Honorable Mention | Environmental, Health or Science | Back to Benthics |
| Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Alternative Story Form | On Proust |
| Ivy Prochaska | Honorable Mention | Alternative Story Form | What Do Students Feel About CHS? |
| Jadyn Taylor | Honorable Mention | Sports Feature Story | Charlie Beeson – Cyclocross Racer |
| Mia Goldstein | Honorable Mention | Sports News Story | Just Short |
| Kurt Hausman | Honorable Mention | Sports News Story | Pioneer Soccer Finishes Season |
| Hannah Rubenstein | Honorable Mention | Environmental Portrait | Emily Wilson-Tobin Joins Community as the New Theater Director |
| Addi Hinesman | Honorable Mention | Environmental Portrait | Tales From a Stay-at-Home Parent |
| Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Illustration | Hazel in Her Place |
| Lucy Tobier & Sebastian Oliva | Honorable Mention | Interactive Graphic | Spork Game Tracker |
| Mia Goldstein & Ella Rosewarne | Honorable Mention | Front Page – Newsmagazine Style | Return to School |
| Ailish Kilbride | Honorable Mention | Editorial Opinion Page or Spread | Isolationism and Perfectionism |
| Ruth Shikanov & Sana Schaden | Honorable Mention | News or Feature Social Media Coverage | French Field Trip |
| Ella Rosewarne & Ruth Shikanov | Honorable Mention | Sports News Social Media Coverage | the Skyline High School Field Hockey Team Wins State Championship |
| Elijah Klein | Honorable Mention | Video Interview | Parking Lot Chronicles |
AWARDS 2020-2021
NATIONAL AWARDS
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Crown Finalist, High School Hybrid News, The Communicator
Gold Crown Winner, High School Hybrid News, The Communicator
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards
First Place, Single Subject Feature Package, Staff, “Identity,” The Communicator
Second Place, Personal Opinion, Off-campus issues: Tai Tworek, “Gauging the Gaps”
Third Place, Typography, Tai Tworek, “Black Youth Experience”
Third Place, Sports Page Design, Mia Goldstein, “Odd One Out”
National Scholastic Press Association Best of Show, Fall 2020
Newspaper/Newsmagazine Design, Sixth Place, Eliot Klus, “Black Death”
Newspaper/Newsmagazine Design, Second Place, Ella Rosewarne, “Proust Questionnaire: Leah White”
National Scholastic Press Association Clips and Clicks, Fall 2020
Honorable Mention, Design Magazine Front Cover, Mia Goldstein and Tai Tworek
Fourth Place, Design Magazine Page Spread, Ella Rosewarne
Fifth Place, Design Magazine Page Spread, Jenna Jarjoura
Honorable Mention, Design Magazine Page Spread, Sophie Nunez
Honorable Mention, Design Magazine Page Spread, Ella Rosewarne and Grace Wang
Fifth Place, Writing: Sports Story, Kurt Hausman
First Place, Writing: Opinion, Eliot Klus
Second Place, Writing: Opinion, Ria Lowenschuss
National Scholastic Press Association Awards, Fall 2020
Pacemaker Finalist and Winner, The Communicator Magazine Staff
Second Place Climate Change Reporting: The Communicator Staff
Third Place, Interactive Graphic, Mori Ono
Third Place, Social Justice Reporting: Mori Ono
Fifth Place, Design for Feature Page/Spread: Ella Rosewarne
Honorable Mention, Design for Illustration: Noah Bernstein
Honorable Mention Design for Feature Page/Spread: Zoe Buhalis
Finalist for NSPA Portfolio Writer of the Year : Tai Tworek (link to her impressive portfolio)
In addition, Mori Ono was featured in an article about Infographics in the magazine, Communication: Journalism Education Today.
AWARDS 2019-2020
NATIONAL AWARDS
National Scholastic Press Association
National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Finalist
National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Winner
NSPA Best of Show, March 2020, Theme-Edition, 1st Place
NSPA Best of Show Magazine, March 2020, 8th Place
NSPA Best of Show Online, March 2020, 10th Place
NSPA, Covid Coverage, 2nd Place, Mori Ono
NSPA, Covid Coverage, 8th Place, Ebba Gurney
NSPA, Best of Show Nov. 2019, Second Place
NSPA Digital Story of the Year, Honorable Mention, Mori Ono
NSPA Interactive Graphic, First Place, Gina Liu
NSPA Speciality Magazine Cover, Third Place, Mira Simonton-Chao
Journalism Education Association
Journalism Education Association, National Write-Off Competition, Feature Writing, Excellent Rating, Tai Tworek
Journalism Education Association, National Write-Off Competition, Editorial Cartooning, Honorable Mention, Cy Veilleux
Journalism Education Association, National Write-Off Competition, Commentary Writing, Superior Rating, Loey Jones-Perpich
Journalism Education Association, National Write-Off Competition, News Editing/Headline Writing/Current Events, Superior Rating, Mori Ono
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards, Typography: A designed or art headline, Second Place, Cammi Tirico, “Only He Could”
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards, Sports Page Design, Second Place, Cammi Tirico, “Only He Could”
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards, Cultural Feature, Certification of Mention, Isaac Mckenna, “The Play List”
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards Alternative Story Presentation, Certificate of Mention, Loey Jones-Perpich and Chava Makman Levinson, “The Spork Lookbook”
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Crown Finalist, The Communicator Magazine and Online
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Winner, The Communicator Magazine and Online
STATE AWARDS
MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2019-2020
MIPA Spartan Award, Communicator Magazine
MIPA Gold Award, Communicator Online
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Student Journalism Staff, Isaac McKenna and Camryn Tirico
All-MIPA Student Journalist for Design, Isaac McKenna
| Writer or Photographer | Award | Category Name | Name of Entry |
| Jordan De Padova & Brenan Dionne | Honorable Mention | Audio Presentation | 10 out of 10: Max Mellor |
| Ethan Gibb-Randall | Honorable Mention | Video Podcast | 3 Minutes Ep 1: Forum Council Presidents |
| Mazey Perry | Honorable Mention | Interactive Graphic | I Agree… |
| Mazey Perry | Honorable Mention | Interactive Graphic | So You Don’t Have a Valentine |
| Cy Veilleux | Honorable Mention | Editorial Cartoon | Witch Hunt Reversed |
| Cy Veilleux | Honorable Mention | Editorial Cartoon | Foul! |
| Paige Duff | Honorable Mention | Illustration | Delta’s ‘Booksmart’ censorship matters |
| Geneve Thomas-Palmer | Honorable Mention | Story Package | Invisible People |
| Leo Kupperman | Honorable Mention | Editorial Opinion Page or Spread | JUUL Was Meant For Kids |
| Sam Dannug & Brenan Dionne | Honorable Mention | Entertainment Page or Spread | Reviews Page Edition 3 |
| Mori Ono | Honorable Mention | News Story | Livonia Robotics Competition: Creativity Breaks Through |
| Cammi Tirico | Honorable Mention | News Analysis | They |
| Staff | Honorable Mention | Editorial | The Change We Need |
| Tai Tworek | Honorable Mention | Bylined Opinion Article | White Hype |
| Brenan Dionne | Honorable Mention | Review | JACK BOYS |
| Scarlett London | Honorable Mention | Informative Feature | Hidden hearts |
| Sophie Fetter | Honorable Mention | Personal Narrative | I failed my driver’s test |
| Lily Sickman-Garner, Sylva Das & Anja Jacobson | Honorable Mention | Environmental, Health or Science | Global Climate Strike comes to CHS |
| Sylva Das | Honorable Mention | Alternative Story Form | Humans of Community |
| Loey Jones-Perpich & Ruby Taylor | Honorable Mention | Alternative Story Form | CRAVE: Apple Galette |
| Hannah Bernstein | Honorable Mention | Sports Feature Story | Going for the Rings |
| Owen Kelley | Honorable Mention | Sports News Story | Huron Tennis Season Recap |
| Jordan De Padova | Honorable Mention | Sports News Story | Pioneer Soccer Season Recap |
| Josh Caldwell & Josh Boland | Honorable Mention | Sports Action Photo | Pioneer men’s soccer prevails in districts, advancing to regionals |
| Josh Caldwell & Josh Boland | Honorable Mention | Sports Feature Photo | Pioneer men’s soccer prevails in districts, advancing to regionals |
| Josh Caldwell & Josh Boland | Honorable Mention | Sports Feature Photo | Pioneer men’s soccer prevails in districts, advancing to regionals |
| Sophie Fetter | Honorable Mention | News-Feature Photograph | DWOW Dance Doesn’t Disappoint |
| Mori Ono | Honorable Mention | News-Feature Photograph | Zebrotics wins their first WAPUR competition |
| Jenna Jarjoura | Honorable Mention | Environmental Portrait | Looking Inward |
| Loey Jones-Perpich | Honorable Mention | Environmental Portrait | What if you don’t know? |
| Dan Gutenberg & Noah Bernstein | Honorable Mention | Photo Story | 20 Goals for 2020 |
| Atticus Dewey | Honorable Mention | In-Depth Feature | Rifles and Responsibilities: Gun Ownership in Ann Arbor |
| Zoe Buhalis & Elizabeth Shaieb | Honorable Mention | In-Depth Feature | Why swipe right? |
| Mori Ono | 3rd Place | Interactive Graphic | A Voting System for the People |
| Mia Goldstein | 3rd Place | Illustration | Hello Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea |
| Isaac McKenna, Tai Tworek, Atticus Dewey & Cammi Tirico | 3rd Place | Front Page – Newsmagazine Style | The Identity Edition |
| Scarlett London & Tai Tworek | 3rd Place | Feature Page or Spread | I’m Still Here |
| Cammi Tirico | 3rd Place | News Page or Spread | They |
| Chava Makman Levinson & Scarlett London | 3rd Place | Online Breaking News Coverage | CET’s Tech Week Takes an Unexpected Turn |
| Lacey Cooper & Lily Sickman-Garner | 3rd Place | News Story | Striking for Our Future |
| Leah Dewey | 3rd Place | Personal Narrative | Becoming Halawa |
| Cate Weiser | 3rd Place | Personality Profile | The art of storytelling |
| Mori Ono | 3rd Place | Diversity Coverage | Not Your Model Minority |
| Josh Boland & Josh Caldwell | 3rd Place | Sports News Story | Pioneer men’s soccer prevails in districts, advancing to regionals |
| Josh Boland | 3rd Place | Sports Action Photo | Pioneer Soccer vs Grosse Pointe South |
| Lucy Tobier, Cate Weiser, Ella Rosewarne & Geneve Thomas-Palmer | 3rd Place | News-Feature Photograph | (Mis)Education of CHS |
| Lucy Tobier, Sophie Fetter & Cate Weiser | 3rd Place | Online Follow-Up News Coverage | Community Fights Hunger |
| Sophie Fetter & Anja Jacobson | 3rd Place | In-Depth Feature | Life 360: Tracking Teens |
| Zoe Buhalis | 2nd Place | Information Graphic | Cut-off and Addicted |
| Isaac McKenna | 2nd Place | Front Page – Newsmagazine Style | The Technology Edition |
| Staff | 2nd Place | Story Package | The Technology Edition Theme Section |
| Ebba Gurney & Chava Makman Levinson | 2nd Place | Sports Page or Spread | Before the Clock Runs Out |
| Tai Tworek & Dan Gutenburg | 2nd Place | News Story | Listening session held in Saline in lieu of tense racial climate |
| Tai Tworek & Dan Gutenberg | 2nd Place | News Analysis | Saline goes global: a racist reality |
| Jordan De Padova | 2nd Place | Bylined Opinion Article | A Case Against Early Decision |
| Sam Dannug | 2nd Place | Review | “All My Heroes Are Cornballs” |
| Roxie Richner | 2nd Place | Informative Feature | When Grassroots Movements and Technology Meet |
| Lacey Cooper | 2nd Place | Personal Narrative | The Feeling of Falling |
| Tai Tworek | 2nd Place | Environmental, Health or Science | Gauging the Gaps |
| Mia Goldstein | 2nd Place | Sports Feature Story | Being the Odd One Out |
| Sophie Nunez | 2nd Place | Environmental Portrait | Off the Fit |
| Mori Ono & Zoe Buhalis | 1st Place | Interactive Graphic | 2020 Spork Tracker |
| Mia Goldstein | 1st Place | Sports Page or Spread | Being the Odd One Out |
| Geneve Thomas-Palmer | 1st Place | News Page or Spread | A Precious Space |
| Paige Duff & Cammi Tirico | 1st Place | Online Breaking News Coverage | Title IX Complaint Filed Against Community High |
| Joey Simon & Carmen Johnson | 1st Place | News Story | Poetic Parallels |
| Geneve Thomas-Palmer | 1st Place | Bylined Opinion Article | What it means to have pride |
| Scarlett London | 1st Place | Informative Feature | I’m Still Here |
| Owen Kelley | 1st Place | Human Interest Feature | David Vahey: A picture-perfect journey |
| Leah Dewey | 1st Place | Personal Narrative | My Own Skin |
| Ella Rosewarne | 1st Place | Personality Profile | Closet Door of Glass |
| Isaac McKenna | 1st Place | Diversity Coverage | You Can’t Really Tell Change Until It’s Over |
| Loey Jones-Perpich | 1st Place | Environmental, Health or Science | Choosing Immunity |
| Ebba Gurney | 1st Place | Sports Action Photo | Jessica Courtight gets ready to hit the ball |
| Mia Goldstein & Ebba Gurney | 1st Place | Sports Feature Photo | Being The Odd One Out |
| Ebba Gurney, Lacey Cooper & Lily Sickman-Garner | 1st Place | News-Feature Photograph | Striking For Our Future |
| Hannah Bernstein & Jenna Jarjoura | 1st Place | Environmental Portrait | In My Room: Delia Binetti |
| Lacey Cooper, Geneve Thomas-Palmer & Loey Jones-Perpich | 1st Place | Photo Story | New freshmen and old friends: Opening day at Community High School |
| Julia Sonen | 1st Place | Online Follow-Up News Coverage | Forum Council approves Multi-Culti plans |
| Tai Tworek & Cammi Tirico | 1st Place | In-Depth Feature | Two Ann Arbors |
Communicator Awards
Excellence in Editorial Leadership for The Communicator
Atticus Dewey, Paige Duff, Lorence Jones-Perpich, Isaac McKenna, Camryn Tirico
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Honor Cords
Josh Boland, Atticus Dewey, Leah Dame, Jordan DePadova, Brenan Dionne, Paige Duff, Ebba Gurney, Lorence Jones-Perpich, Chava Makman-Levinson, Isaac McKenna, Mazey Perry, Roxie Richner, Sophia Scarnecchia, Ruby Taylor, Camryn Tirico, Morraina Tuzinsky
AWARDS 2018-2019
Journalism Education Association National Write-Off Competition
Commentary Writing, Superior, Loey Jones-Perpich
News Editing/Headline Writing/Current Events, Superior, Mori Ono
Feature Writing, Excellent Rating, Tai Tworek
Editorial Cartooning, Honorable Mention, Cy Veilleux
NATIONAL AWARDS 2018-2019
Best of Show for online – 1st place in the nation!
Best of Show for newsmagazine – 1st place in the nation!
National Journalism Education Association Write-off Competition
Gina Liu – Superior Rating, Newswriting
Cammi Tirico – Excellent Rating, Feature Writing
Leah Dame – Excellent Rating – Sports Writing
Ruby Taylor – Superior Rating – Commentary Writing
Ava Millman – Honorable Mention – Newspaper Editing
MIPA 2019
Social Media Coverage 3rd – Ruby Taylor
Honorable Mention: Tai and Dan
Audio News Feature 1st- Mira
Interactive Graphic 1st – Gina Liu
Advertising layout Honorable Mention: Owen and Maddie
Front Page/Magazine Style- N/A
Front Page/newspaper style Honorable Mention – Henry and Zoe
Story Package 2nd- Henry
Editorial opinion page/spread – Honorable Mention Ruby Taylor
Honorable Mention Meghana
Feature page/spread – Honorable Mention Henry
Sports page/spread Honorable Mention Cammi
2nd Mira
News page/spread – 2nd Henry
1st Mazey and Elinor
Entertainment page/spread – Honorable Mention Zoe and Andie
Honorable Mention Isaac
Short Film/ Documentary – 2nd Ruby and Cammi
School Promo Honorable Mention- Emma Hoffman
Online Breaking News Coverage – Honorable Mention Ava
Online Follow up News Coverage – 3rd Ella and Isaac
1st Meghana
News Brief – 3rd Ruby
News Analysis- Josh M.C. Honorable Mention
Sacha Verlon 1st
Bylined opinion article – 3rd Paige
Editorial Cartoon – 3rd Cy
Illustration – 2nd Atticus
1st Zoe
Review – Andie and iO Honorable Mention
In-Depth Feature – 1st Geneve
Honorable Mention Andie
Informative Feature – Honorable Mention Gina
1st Josh MC
Human Interest Feature – Honorable Mention Henry and Charles
3rd Atticus
Personality Profile Feature – 2nd Ethan
Personal Narrative- Honorable Mention Abbie and Andrea
2nd Loey
1st Ebba
Personality Profile – Honorable Mention Loey
1st Mira
Diversity Coverage – Honorable Mention Cammi
2nd Tai
1st Gina
Environmental, health or science – Honorable Mention Sophie, Brenan and Jordan
3rd Cy
1st Cammi
Alternative Story Form – Honorable Mention Jordan Isaac and ELla
3rd Gina and Tai
Sports feature story – Honorable Mention Leah D
2nd Loey
1st Ava M
Sports News Story – Honorable Mention Andrew, Ebba, Shea
NATIONAL AWARDS 2017-2018
Best of Show for newsmagazine – 8th in nation
Alec Redding – HM for Environmental Portrait
Mazey Perry – 5th place for Environmental Portrait
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Awards 2017-2018
Spartan Award
Communicator Online
The Communicator Magazine
MIPA Award of Distinction
Communicator Online
The Communicator Magazine
First Place
Mazey Perry, Environmental Portrait
Claire Middleton, Sophia Rosewarne, and Bella Yerkes, Diversity Coverage
Cammi Tirico, Sports Feature Story
Isaac McKenna, Information Graphic
Abigail Gaies, Bylined Opinion
Cammi Tirico, Review
Megan Syer, Editorial Opinion
Cammi Tirico, Sports Page/Spread
Sam Ciesielski and Sacha Verlon, In-Depth Feature
Mira Simonton-Chao, Personal Narrative
Ella Edelstein, News Page/Spread
Madie Gracey and Morraina Tuzinsky, Alternative Story Form
Grace Jensen, Photo Story
Abigail Gaies, Environmental, Health, or Science
Second Place
Ava Esmael, Bylined Opinion
Mira Simonton-Chao, Personal Narrative
Claire Middleton, Photo Story
Editors, Front Page/Newsmagazine Style
Shea O’Brien, Sports Page/Spread
Isabel Ratner, Human Interest Feature
Jordan De Padova, News Brief
Josh Martins-Caulfield and Mira Simonton-Chao, News Story
Paige Duff and Cammi Tirico, In-Depth Feature
Loey Jones-Perpich and Ruby Taylor, Alternative Story Form
Grace Jensen and Megan Syer, News/Feature Photo
Claire Middleton, Sophia Rosewarne, and Bella Yerkes, Diversity Coverage
Third Place
Mary DeBona, Online Follow-up News Coverage
Elena Bernier, In-Depth Feature
Zoe Lubetkin, Personal Narrative
Gina Liu, Diversity Coverage
Ella Edelstein, Feature Page/Spread
Isaac McKenna, News Page/Spread
Isabel Ratner, Bylined Opinion
Megan Syer, Informative Feature
Roxie Richner and Cammi Tirico, Environmental Portrait
Roxie Richner and Cammi Tirico, Photo Story
Zoe Lubetkin, Ethan Kahana, and Sacha Verlon, Personality Profile
Honorable Mention
Grace Jensen and Cammi Tirico, News Story
Ella Edelstein and Gina Liu, News Analysis
Emma Winegarden, iO Soucy, Lucy Scott, and Atticus Dewey, Entertainment Page/Spread
Suibhne O’Foighil, Jordan DePadova, Atticus Dewey, and Zoe Lubetkin, Review
Abigail Gaies, Story Package
Ebba Gurney, Story Package
Mazey Perry, Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
Grace Jensen, Informative Feature
Wm. Henry Schirmer, Human Interest Feature
Roxie Richner, Personality Profile
Ava Millman, Personality Profile
Abigail Gaies, Environmental, Health, or Science
Andie Tappenden, Interactive Graphic
Shane Hoffman, Information Graphic
Mary DeBona, Front Page/Newsmagazine
Grace Jensen, Illustration
Zoe Lubetkin, Sports Action Photo
Neil Beveridge, Environmental Portrait
Ava Millman, News Story/Package
Ava Millman, Animated Opener
Shane Hoffman, Sports Columnist
Loey Jones-Perpich, Diversity Coverage
Elena Bernier, Environmental, Health, or Science
Sacha Verlon, Alternative Story Form
Elena Bernier, Human Interest Feature
Atticus Dewey, Sports Action Photo
Madie Gracey, Online Breaking News Coverage
Zoe Lubetkin, News Brief
Mira Simonton-Chao, Informative Feature
66 and 2 Spartan awards and 2 distinction awards
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Awards 2016-2017
Spartan Award
The Communicator, 2016-2017
Spartan Award
The Communicator Online 2016-2017
Sports Feature Photo
Cammi Tirico, 1st Place
Josh Krauth-Harding, Honorable Mention
Environmental Portrait
Alec Redding, 1st Place
Photo Story
Joel Appel-Kraut, Hannah Rubenstein & Megan Syer, 1st Place
Staff, Honorable Mention
Review
Mira Simonton-Chao, 1st Place
Joel Appel-Kraut, Honorable Mention
Interactive Graphic
Kate Burns & Jake Sorscher, 1st Place
Bylined Opinion Article
Grace Jensen & Megan Syer, 1st Place
Alexandra Hobrecht, 2nd Place
Sports Page/Spread
Megan Syer, 1st Place
Front Page/Newsmagazine Style
Josh Krauth-Harding, 1st Place
Josh Krauth-Harding, Honorable Mention
Advertising Layout
Mira Simonton-Chao, 1st Place
Informative Feature
Shane Hoffmann & Alec Redding, 1st Place
Personal Narrative
Taiwiah Yalley, 1st Place
Mira Simonton-Chao, Honorable Mention
Alex Hughes, Honorable Mention
Personality Profile
Isabel Ratner, 1st Place
Gina Liu, Honorable Mention
Environmental, Health or Science
Alexandra Hobrecht, 1st Place
Special Topic: ELection 2016
Staff, 1st Place
Audio News Feature
Claire Middleton, Sophia Rosewarne & Cammi Tirico, 2nd Place
In-Depth Feature
Claire Middleton, Sophia Rosewarne & Bella Yerkes, 2nd Place
Zoe Lubetkin & Sacha Verlon, 3rd Place
Andie Tappenden, Honorable Mention
Sports Columnist
Viv Brandt, 2nd Place
News/Feature Photo
Cammi Tirico, 2nd Place
Cammi Tirico, Honorable Mention
Feature Columnist
Andie Tappenden, 2nd Place
Online Follow
Madie Gracey, 2nd Place
Entertainment Page/Spread
Mira Simonton-Chao, 2nd Place
Gina Liu, Joel Appel-Kraut & Caitlin Mahoney, Honorable Mention
Feature Page/Spread
Alec Redding, 2nd Place
Alec Redding, 3rd Place
Illustration
Josh Krauth-Harding, 2nd Place
Sophia Rosewarne & Bella Yerkes, 3rd Place
Music Video
Mira Simonton-Chao, 3rd Place
Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
Josh Krauth-Harding, 3rd Place
Alexandra Hobrecht, Honorable Mention
Information Graphic
Kasey Neff, 3rd Place
Mary DeBona, Honorable Mention
Zoe Lubetkin & Sacha Verlon, Honorable Mention
Story Package
Eva Rosenfeld, Sophia Simon & Frances MacKercher, Honorable Mention
Alexandra Hobrecht, Honorable Mention
News Story
Claire Middleton, Sophie Rosewarne & Cammi Tirico, Honorable Mention
Mira Simonton-Chao, Suephie Saam & Ella Edelstein, Honorable Mention
Sports Feature Story
Cammi Tirico, Honorable Mention
Alternative Story Form
Josh Krauth-Harding, Honorable Mention
Ella Edelstein, Honorable Mention
Diversity Coverage
Andie Tappenden, Honorable Mention
Francisco Fiori, Honorable Mention
Ava Esmael, Honorable Mention
Human Interest Feature
Alec Redding, Honorable Mention
News Analysis
Kate Burns, Honorable Mention
News Brief
Isaac McKenna, Honorable Mention
News Page/Spread
Abigail Gaies, Honorable Mention
Hannah Rubenstein & Joel Appel-Kraut, Honorable Mention
Editorial Cartoon
Zoe Lubetkin, Honorable Mention
Sports News Story
Isabel Espinosa & Ava Millman, Honorable Mention
60 and 2 Spartan Awards
Communicator Awards Michigan Interscholastic Press Association 2016
On Thursday, April 21, the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association held its spring conference and announced the following awards.
Spartan Award (Highest award in the state for publications)
Communicator Magazine
Communicator Online
Informative Feature
Conan Cekola, 1st Place
Matty Hack, 2nd Place
Hannah Rubenstein, Honorable Mention
Bylined Opinion Article
Matthew Ferraro, 1st Place
Carson Borbely, Honorable Mention
Anurima Kumar, Honorable Mention
Advertising Layout
Abe Weiner, 1st Place
Abe Weiner, 2nd Place
Audio News Feature
Erez Dessel, 1st Place
Erez Dessel, 2nd Place
In-Depth Feature
Danny Freiband, 1st Place
Hannah Rubenstein, Honorable Mention
Eva Rosenfeld, Honorable Mention
Editorial Cartoon
Olivia Comai, 1st Place
Eva Rosenfeld & Matthew Ferraro, Honorable Mention
Front Page/Newsmagazine Style
Staff, Honorable Mention
Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
Staff, Honorable Mention
Feature Page/Spread
Sophia Simon, Honorable Mention
News Page/Spread
Danny Freiband, Honorable Mention
Sports Page/Spread
Hannah Davis, 3rd Place
News Analysis
Matthew Ferraro, 3rd Place
Review
Andrew Gechter, Honorable Mention
Human Interest Feature
Eva Rosenfeld, 1st Place
Sam Uribe, 2nd Place
Personal Narrative
Eliza Upton, 2nd Place
Personality Profile
Alexandra Hobrecht, 3rd Place
Madeline Halpert, Kelly Arnold & Caroline Phillips, Honorable Mention
Diversity Coverage
Eva Rosenfeld, 1st Place
Grace Jensen, Honorable Mention
Environmental, Health or Science
Frances Mackercher, Honorable Mention
Sports Feature Story
Kate Burns, 2nd Place
Angel Rich, Honorable Mention
Sports Action Photo
Honorable Mention
Sports Feature Photo
Mary DeBona, Honorable Mention
News/Feature Photo
Cameron Fortune, 2nd Place
Environmental Portrait
Sabina Fall, Honorable Mention
Entertainment Page/Spread
Grace Koepele & Natalie Potter, 2nd Place
Natalie Potter & Andreea Serban, Honorable Mention
Pro/Con Editorial Columns
Grace Jensen & KT Meono, Honorable Mention
Illustration
Eleanor Olsen, 2nd Place
Video Podcast
Eva Rosenfeld & Ruby Lowenstein, 2nd Place
Sports News Story
Alexandra Hobrecht, 1st Place
Photo Story
Hannah Rubenstein, 1st Place
43 and 2 Spartan awards
Communicator Awards Michigan Interscholastic Press Association 2015
On Monday, April 21, the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association held its spring conference and announced the following awards.
Spartan Award (Highest award in the state for publications)
Communicator Magazine
Communicator Online
School of Distinction (Award recognizing student media outlets that are free of prior review and censorship)
Community High
ALL-MIPA State Journalism Team
Madeline Halpert
Top Journalist in Reporting and Writing
Madeline Halpert
Podcast
Marianne Cowherd, 1st place
Information Graphic
Marcelo Salas and Caroline Phillips, Honorable Mention
Isabel Sandweiss and Alex Wood, 1st place
Advertising Layout
Hannah Davis, 2nd place
Eva Rosenfeld, 1st place
Front Page Magazine
Marcelo Salas, Honorable Mention
Marcelo Salas and Ada Banks, 1st place
Feature Page Spread
Josh Krauth-Harding and Eleanor Olson, 2nd place
News Page Spread
Eliza Upton, Honorable Mention
Frances Mackercher and Ada Banks, 2nd place
Entertainment
Marcelo Salas, 3rd place
Hannah Tschirhart, Honorable Mention
Photo Story
Kelly Arnold, 1st place
Online Breaking News Coverage
Natalie Potter, 2nd place
New Story
Matthew Ferraro, Honorable Mention
Eva Rosenfeld and Sophia Simon, 2nd place
Online Follow up News Coverage
Sophia Simon, Fernando Rojo and Oren Stein, 1st place
Online News Brief
Marianne Cowherd, Honorable Mention
Sophia Werthmann and Natalie Potter, 3rd place
Bylined Opinion
Hannah Rubenstein, Honorable Mention
Hannah Hesseltine, 3rd place
Marianne Cowherd, 2nd place
Eva Rosenfeld, 1st place
Photo Slideshow
Sophia Camp and Ada Banks, Honorable Mention
Editorial Cartoon
Eleanor Olson, 3rd place
Illustration
Eleanor Olson, 2nd place
Hazel O’Neil, 1st place
Review
Erez Dessel, 3rd place
Ryan Michaels, 2nd place
Marcelo Salas, 1st place
In-depth Feature
Eva Rosenfeld, 3rd place
Madeline Halpert, 2nd place
Erez Dessel and Joel Appel-Kraut, 1st place
Informative Feature
Kelly Arnold 2nd place
Kelly Arnold, 1st place
Human Interest
Madeline Halpert, Honorable Mention
Madeline Halpert, 1st place
News/feature Photograph
Hannah Rubenstein, Honorable Mention
Emily Ojeda, Honorable Mention
Environmental Portrait
Sophia Camp, Honorable Mention
Personal Narrative
Anurima Kumar, Honorable Mention
Eliza Upton, 2nd place
Ella Steiger, 1st place
Personality Profile
Ava Sherick, Honorable Mention
Matty Hack, Honorable Mention
Hannah Davis and Marcelo Salas, 2nd place
Diversity Coverage
Sophia Werthmann, 2nd place
Isabel Ratner, 1st place
Environmental Health or Science
Matty Hack, 1st place
Alternative Story Form
Marcelo Salas, Honorable Mention
Eva Rosenfeld and Frances Mackercher, 3rd place
53 and 2 Spartan awards and 1 distinction award
National Scholastic Press Association 2014-2015 Awards
Online Pacemaker Finalist
Online Pacemaker Winner
NSPA Design of the Year Award, Honorable Mention, Alex Wood
NSPA Story of the Year Award, Feature Story, Fifth Place, Madeline Halpert
NSPA Editorial Opinion, Honorable Mention, Aina Kelsaw-Fletcher
2014
The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association presented the following awards to The Communicator on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in Lansing. The Communicator is the student-run paper at Community High School.
First Place Awards
Alex Wood, Diversity Coverage
Staff, Editorial Opinion/ Spread
Oren Steiner, Entertainment Page/ Spread
Cody Ziesler, Environmental Portrait
Staff, Editorial
Liam Knight, Information Graphic
Fernando Rojo, Podcast (Audio)
Hazel O’Neil, Illustration
Madeline Halpert & Marcelo Salas, News Analysis
Jett Jones, News Story
Madeline Halpert, In-Depth Feature
Nick Middleton & Sophie Steinberg, Sports Action Photo
Kelly Arnold, News Page/ Spread
Kelly Arnold, Environmental, Health or Science
Caroline Phillips, Human Interest Feature
Isabel Sandweiss, Personality Profile
Second Place Awards
Casey MacDonald, Personal Narrative
Erez Dessel, Human Interest Feature
Staff, Editorial
Alona Shewach & Liam Knight, Entertainment Page/ Spread
Ada Banks & Eva Rosenfeld, In-Depth Feature
Hannah Shevrin, Diversity Coverage
Eva Rosenfeld, Personality Profile
Hazel O’Neil, Editorial Cartoon
Marcelo Salas & Madeline Halpert, News Page/ Spread
Staff, Breaking News Coverage
Ada Banks, Photo Slideshow with Audio
Third Place Awards
Sophia Werthmann, Human Interest Feature
Mari Cohen & Cooper DePriest, Environmental, Health or Science
Jeff Ohl & Jett Jones, In-Depth Feature
Hannah Shevrin, Personal Narrative
Eva Rosennfeld, Feature Page/ Spread
Hazel O’Neil, Editorial Cartoon
Matthew Hack, Feature Writing
Honorable Mention Awards
Alex Wood, Informative Feature
Marl Cohen, In-Depth Feature
Ryan Michaels, Review
Hannah Shevrin, Bylined Opinion
Marianne Cowherd, News Story
Marcelo Salas, News Story
Oby Ugwuegbu & Sophia Simon, Photo Story
Briene O’Donnell & Ruthie Graff, Pro/Con Editorial Columns
Eva Rosenfeld, Caroline Phillips & Kelly Arnold, Front Page/ Newsmagazine Style
Eva Rosenfeld, Alternative Story Form
Hazel O’Neil, Illustration
Natalie Potter, Sports News Story
Eliza Upton, Sports News Story
Jesse Rubin, Sports Column
Gabe Kardia, Sports Column
Nick Hagopian-Zirkel & Sophia Camp, Photo Slideshow
Liam Sullivan, Follow-Up News Coverage
Fernando Rojo, Podcast (Video)
Dan Metzler, News Writing
New York Times Op-Ed Contest
Matthew Hack, Top 10 Winner
State Awards
Spartan- Communicator Print
Gold Spartan- Communicator Online
54 and 2 Spartan awards
2013
The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association presented the following awards to The Communicator on Monday, April 15, 2013 in Lansing. The Communicator is the student-run paper at Community High School.
First Place Awards
Mari Cohen, Brienne O’Donnell, Cooper DePriest, Eliza Stein &
Abby Kleinheksel, News Analysis
Staff, Editorial
Mari Cohen, In Depth Feature
Kate Summers, Informative Feature
Abby Kleinheksel & Julia Kortberg , Human Interest Feature
Mari Cohen, Personality Profile
Jeff Ohl, Environmental, Health or Science Coverage
Julia Yanar, Editorial Cartoon
Caroline Phillips, Advertising Layout
Marcelo Salas, Front Page/Newspaper Style
Caroline Phillips, Sports Page/Spread
Staff, Entertainment Page/Spread
Cooper DePriest & Mari Cohen, Photo Story
Second Place Awards
Casey MacDonald, Personal Narrative
Leon Pescador, Diversity Coverage
Gabrielle Vuylsteke, Environmental, Health or Science Coverage
Brienne O’Donnell, Front Page/Newspaper Style
Ruthilah Graff, Editorial-Opinion Page/Spread
Brienne O’Donnell & Madeline Halpert, Feature Page Spread
Third Place Awards
Cooper DePriest & Sarah Zimmerman, Pro/Con Editorial Columns
Isabel Sandweiss, Informative Feature
Madeline Halpert, Informative Feature
Abby Kleinheksel, Human Interest Feature
Susan LaMoreaux, Environmental, Health or Science Coverage
Ruthilah Graff, Alternative Story Form
Eliza Stein & Cooper DePriest, Sports Feature Story
Gwyneth Moreland, Editorial Cartoon
Honorable Mention Awards
Marcelo Salas, News Story
Mari Cohen, News Analysis
Kate Summers, News Analysis
Staff, Editorial
Eliza Upton, Review
Kelly Arnold, Feature Column
Annabel Weiner, Personality Profile
Caroline Phillips, Personality Profile
Molly Kraus-Steinmetz, Honorable Mention
Melanie Langa & Julia Kortberg, Honorable Mention
Sarah Zimmerman, Environmental, Health or Science Coverage
Hannah King, Sarah O’Connor & Hannah Tschirhart, Alternative Story Form
James Mackin, Illustration
State Awards
Spartan – Communicator Online
Spartan – Communicator Print
On-Site Contests MIPA
Honorable Mention, Editorial Writing – Alex Wood and Kelly Arnold
Third Place, Special Projects – Brienne O’Donnell
First Place, Special Projects – Communicator Staff
National Awards
Pacemaker Finalist – Communicator Online
Pacemaker Finalist – Communicator Print
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2013 – Gold Key to Mari Cohen for Journalism
PRESS RELEASE: On September 6, 2012 The National Scholastic Press Association announced that The Communicator, Community High School’s student-run newspaper is a recipient of four national awards.
The Communicator is led by an incredible group of editors: Mari Cohen, Kerry Fingerle, Julia Kortberg, Jordan Siden, Brienne O’Donnell, Cooper DePriest, Abby Kleinheksel, Eliza Stein, Colleen O’Brien, and Kelly Arnold. The adviser for the newsmagazine and online edition is Tracy Anderson.
– Melanie Langa, Danny Langa, Annabel Weiner and Vittoria Meloni received one of five Honorable Mentions in the Multimedia News Story of the Year category.
– Colleen O’Brien is one of four finalists in the Design of the Year category. (Colleen won second place in the U.S.)
– Kate Summers is one of five finalists for Multimedia News Story of the Year (Kate won second place in the U.S.)
– The Communicator is one of nine newsmagazine finalists for the Pacemaker, which is the top national award given by the National Scholastic Press Association.
Congratulations to all of the journalism students at Community High.
2011-2012 Awards
The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association presented the following awards to The Communicator on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in Lansing. The Communicator is the student-run paper at Community High School.
Spartan Award
Communicator Print
Gold Award
Communicator Online
All-State Journalism Team
Melanie Langa
First Place Awards
Jordan Siden, News Page/Spread
Annabel Weiner, Vittoria Meloni, Danny Langa and Melanie Langa, Enhanced Story Package
Danny Langa and Melanie Langa, Breaking News Coverage
Eliza Stein and Brienne O’Donnell, Human Interest Feature
Margaret Whittier-Ferguson, Personal Narrative
Mari Cohen, Informative Feature
Jordan Siden, Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
Kate Summers, News Analysis
Zach Shaw and Adam Mannheim, Sports Feature Story
Colleen O’Brien, Illustration
Ruthie Graff and Clare Lauer, Environmental, Health or Science
Colleen O’Brien, Front Page/Magazine Style
Eliza Stein and Brienne O’Donnell, Diversity Coverage
Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Interactive Graphic
Melanie Langa and Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Podcast
Second Place Awards
Sarah Kerson and Melanie Langa, Enhanced Story Package
Clare Lauer, In-Depth Feature
Cooper DePriest, Advertising Layout
Margaret Whittier-Ferguson, Editorial Cartoon
Abby Kleinheksel and Brienne O’Donnell, Environmental, Health or Science
Mari Cohen, Personal Narrative
Kyle Aaronson, Personality Profile
Mari Cohen, Diversity Coverage
Staff, Editorial
Helen Januszewsi, Ella Bourland and Annabel Weiner, News Brief
Jordan Siden, News Analysis
Kerry Fingerle and Julia Kortberg, Breaking News Coverage
Fernando Rojo and Danny Langa, Podcast
Erez Levin, Entertainment Page/Spread
Zach Shaw, Sports Page/Spread
Abby Kleinheksel, Feature Page/Spread
Colleen O’Brien, Front Page/Magazine Style
Kerry Fingerle, Photo Story
Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Environmental Portrait
Third Place Awards
Fernando Rojo and Danny Langa, Podcast
Ruthie Graff, Photo Story
Katie O’Brien, Entertainment Page/Spread
Colleen O’Brien, Comic Strip
Staff, Editorial
Joella Bennett, Editorial Cartoon
Nick Margolis and Zach Shaw, Sports News Story
Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Follow-up News Coverage
Nick Margolis and Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, News Brief
Honorable Mention Awards
Melanie Langa, In-Depth Feature
Melanie Langa, Environmental, Health or Science
Melanie Langa and Michelle Wander, Photo Slideshow with Audio
Cooper DePriest, Nick Margolis and Eli Sugerman, News Story
Annabel Weiner and Cooper DePriest, Diversity Coverage
Colleen O’Brien, Comic Strip
Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Photo Slideshow
Julia Kortberg, Human Interest Feature
Jordan Siden, In-Depth Feature
Zach Shaw, Sports Page/Spread
Aaron London, Human Interest Feature
Julia Raymond, New Story
Julia DeVarti, Review
Maggie Sowder, Environmental, Health or Science
James Mackin and Sari Greifer, Photo Slideshow
Cooper DePriest and Abby Kleinheksel, Alternative Story Form
Eliza Stein and Brienne O’Donnell, Feature Page Spread
Eva Hattie Schueler, Diversity Coverage
James Mackin, Alternative Story Form
Abby Kleinheksel, Sports Feature Story
Helen Januszewski, Personality Profile
Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Sports Feature Photo
Onsite Contests
First Place – Zach Shaw – Feature Writing
Pacemaker Awards
(The top national award from the National Scholastic Press Association)
Newsmagazine
2012 Pacemaker Finalist
2010 Pacemaker Finalist (one of five)
2009 Pacemaker Finalist (one of three)
Online
2012 Pacemaker Finalist
2011 Pacemaker Finalist
2010 Pacemaker Finalist
Golden Pen Adviser of the Year Award
2010 – Tracy Anderson
given by the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
2008 National Scholastic Press Association Story of the Year
- Diversity Coverage – First Place
2007 – 2008 National Awards from Journalism Education Association On-Site Contest
- Newswriting – Superior
- Editorial Writing – Honorable Mention
- Feature Writing – Honorable Mention
- Review Writing – Honorable Mention
- Copy Editing/Headline/Caption Writing – Excellent
- Photography Portfolio – Superior
2007 – 2008 Individual Awards from Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
First Place Awards
- Feature Column
- Diversity Coverage
- Environmental Story
- Illustration
Second Place Awards
- Sports Page/Spread
- Editorial Cartoon
- Sports Feature Story
- Alternative Story Form
- Bylined Opinion Article
- Informative Feature
Third Place Awards
- In-Depth Feature
- News Analysis
- Diversity Coverage
- Sports Feature Story
- Sports Photo
- Portrait
Honorable Mention Awards
- Photo Story
- Entertainment Page/Spread
- Sports Page/Spread
- News Page/Spread
- Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
- Advertising Layout
- Information Graphic
- Illustration
- Comic Strip
- Editorial Cartoon
- Portrait
- Sports Photo
- News Analysis
- Editorial
- Review
- In-Depth Feature
- Informative Feature
Onsite Awards from Michigan Interscholastic Press Association 2008
- Second Place Award in Editorial Writing
- Third Place in Feature Writing
- Third Place in News Writing
- Honorable Mention in Feature Writing
- Honorable Mention in News Writing
Spartan Contest Award
The Communicator Silver
2006 – 2007 National Awards from Journalism Education Association
- Newswriting – Honorable Mention
- Sports Writing – Excellent
- Editorial Cartoon – Superior
2006 – 2007 Individual Awards from Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
First Place Awards
- News Story
- Editorial
- Bylined Opinion Article
- In-Depth Feature
- Personality Profile
- Diversity Coverage
- Sports Feature Story
- Front Page/Magazine Style
- Feature Page/Spread
- Photo Story
Second Place Awards
- News Analysis
- Editorial
- Bylined Opinion
- In-Depth Feature
- Diversity Coverage
- Editorial Cartoon
- Sports Page/Spread
Third Place
- News Story
- Human Interest Feature
- Personality Profile
- Comic Strip
- Information Graphic
- Front Page/Magazine Style
- Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
- Entertainment Page/Spread
Honorable Mention
- Review
- Informative Feature
- Sports Feature Story
- Illustration
- Advertising Layout
- Photo Story
2007 Spartan Contest Awards
The Communicator (newsmagazine) Spartan
The Communicator (online) Gold
2005 – 2006
NATIONAL AWARDS
Best of Show
Fourth Place
National Scholastic Press Association Conference in Chicago, November 2005
STATE AWARDS
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
Web Spartan Award
The Communicator was the only school newspaper to win the Web Spartan.
First Place Awards
- Sports News Story
- Front Page Magazine Style
- Sports Feature Story
- Sports Page/Spread
- Story Package
- Advertising Layout
- News Page/Spread
- Illustration
- Information Graphic
- Diversity Coverage
- Human Interest Feature
- Bylined Opinion
- Feature Page/Spread
- Informative Feature
- Personality Profile
Second Place Awards
- Feature Page/Spread
- Sports Page/Spread
- Comic Strip
- Editorial Cartoon
- Sports News Story
Third Place Awards
- Front Page/Magazine Style
- Diversity Coverage
Honorable Mention
- Entertainment Page/Spread
- Comic Strip
- Human Interest Feature
- Entertainment Page/Spread
- Illustration
- Review
- Photo Story
- Editorial Cartoon
- Sports Column
2004 – 2005
STATE AWARDS
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
First Place Awards
- Infographic
- News Analysis
- Illustration
- News Page/Spread
- Sports Page/Spread
- Feature Column
- Entertainment Page/Spread
- Feature Page/Spread
Second Place Awards
- News Analysis
- Sports News
- News Magazine Cover
- Personality Profile
Third Place Awards
- Infographic
- Illustration
- Story Package
- Portrait
- News/Feature Photo
- Entertainment Spread
Honorable Mention Awards
- Photo Story
- Advertising Layout
- Sports Feature
- Portrait
- News/Feature Photo
- Sports News
- Feature Page/Spread
- By-lined Opinion
- Diversity Coverage
The Communicator also received the “Gold Medal” award from the Interscholastic Press Association.
National Scholastic Press Association Journalism Honor Roll
Kevin Yaroch
Brian Cavanagh-Strong
Iris Faraway
Luke King
Bridget Smith
Martin Tinkerhess
John Wallington
Nathan Banka
2003 – 2004
STATE AWARDS
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
First Place Awards
- Feature Page/Spread
- Entertainment Page/Spread
- Review
Second Place Awards
- News/Feature Photograph
- Front Page/Newsmagazine
- Feature Page/Spread
Third Place Awards
- Portrait
- Infographic
- Advertising Layout
- Front Page / News Magazine
Honorable Mention Awards
- Human Interest Feature
- Personality Profile
- Sports Photograph
- Portrait
- Sports Page/Spread
- Entertainment Page/Spread
NATIONAL AWARDS
Journalism Education Association
Excellent
- Review Writing
Honorable Mention
- Newsmagazine Layout
- Copy Editing/Headline/Caption Writing
- Editorial Writing
National Scholastic Press Association Journalism Honor Roll
Nathan Banka
Caleb Curtis
Iris Faraway
Steve Hall
Luke King
Nick Lundholm
Joe Stapleton
Nick Taylor
Miller Tinkerhess
Steve Vozar
2003 J&S National Design Contest
Grand Prize Winner
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