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Gunn’s Oracle takes top prize at High School Journalism Awards |
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The Oracle, the student newspaper of Gunn High School in Palo Alto, took first place in the General Excellence category at the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club’s High School Journalism Awards which were announced April 30.
The awards, co-sponsored by Hillsdale Shopping Center and Notre Dame de Namur University Communications Program, were presented at an afternoon reception in the Ballroom of Ralston Hall in the NDNU campus in Belmont.
In all, 132 students from12 publications at nine high schools submitted 248 entries in 12 categories. Professional members of the Press Club judged the competition.
Here is a complete list of winners:
General Excellence
1. The Oracle, Gunn High School
2. The Panther, Eastside College Prep School
3. The Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
Layout and Design
1. Eastside Panther, Eastside College Prep School
2. Tie — Verde Magazine, Palo Alto High School, and The Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
3. The Viking Magazine, Palo Alto High School
News Story
1. Aurelle Amram and Tenny Zhang, The Oracle, Gunn High School.
2. Sasha Guttentag and Tenny Zhang, The Oracle, Gunn High School.
3. Tie — Janey Moon, The Thunderbolt, Mills High School, and Carlo Acenas, The Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
Feature Story
1. Caitlin Watson and Emily Hamilton, Verde Magazine, Palo Alto High School
2. Eric Galamay and Jonathan Jaranilla, The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
3. Jessica Linebarger and Sara Connolly, Verde Magazine, Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention: Faisal Hamid, Thunderbolt, Mills High School
Sports Story
1. Peter Johnson, The Viking, Palo Alto High School
2. Ying Wa Mo, The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
3. Alex Cabrera, The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
Column
1. Andy Verderosa, The Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
2. Andy Verderosa, The Burlingame B, Burlingame High School
3. Jesse Cobb, The Times, Terra Nova High School
HM: Austin Smith, The Viking, Palo Alto High School
Editorial
1. Elibet Jimenez, The Panther, Eastside College Prep School
2. Alex Ackroyd, Verde Magazine, Palo Alto High School
3. Faisal Hamid, The Thunderbolt, Mills High School
News Photo
1. Meghan McCarron, The Times, Terra Nova High School
2. Jonathan Jaranilla, The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
3. Jessica Kalinin, The Times, Terra Nova High School
Feature Photo
1. Roseanna Maafu, The Panther, Eastside College Prep School
2. Oliver Lorenz, The Thunderbolt, Mills High School
3. Alex Ackroyd, Verde Magazine, Palo Alto High School
Sports Photo
1. Victoria Vargas, The Panther, Eastside College Prep School
2. Julissa Gomez, The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
3. Alex Milovidov, Viking Magazine, Palo Alto High School
Website Content
1. The Paly Voice, Palo Alto High School
2. The Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School
Website Design
1. The Paly Voice, Palo Alto High School
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