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Lion Newspaper Wins Big At Statewide Journalism Competition
Lyons Township High School Lion newspaper students scooped up 18 awards in the statewide Illinois Journalism Education contests.
Lyons Township High School Lion newspaper students scooped up 18 awards in the statewide Illinois Journalism Education (IJEA) contests. Awards include individual articles and overall newspaper and website work. The juried pieces were based on work published August 2020-January 2021.
Honorable Mention - Best Hybrid Publication: LION newspaper
Honorable Mention - Best Website: www.lionnewspaper.com
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1st place - Best Feature Story: “Former LT student pursues career in animation”
Sophia Schultz, Senior (LaGrange Park)
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1st place - Best Multimedia: “Van Gogh exhibit review”
Janessa Mosqueda, Junior (LaGrange)
Grace Moore, Junior (Brookfield)
1st place - Best Single-page Story Package: “Student activism”
Claire Williams, Senior (LaGrange)
Abraham Morales, Junior (Brookfield)
Emmerson McLean, Junior (LaGrange)
1st place - Best Front Page Design: “Quarantine Bingo”
Quinn Riordan, Senior (LaGrange)
2nd place - Best Single-page Story Package: “Student athletes winter signing day”
Lizzie Patel, Senior (Western Springs)
Collette Doyle, Senior (Willow Springs)
2nd place - Best News Story: “LT creates diversity mural”
Brianna Fonseca, Senior (Indian Head Park)
2nd place - Best Personality Profile: “Junior artist to graduate early”
Ella Mahaney, Junior (LaGrange Park)
2nd place - Best Sports Commentary: “Athletes, it’s finally time”
Robert Sullivan, Senior (Western Springs)
3rd place - Best Multimedia: “Womanish exhibit review”
Paige Darling, Senior (LaGrange)
Janessa Mosqueda, Junior (LaGrange)
3rd place - Best COVID-19 Coverage: "LT graduate dies of COVID-19"
Claire Williams, Senior (LaGrange)
3rd place - Best Audio Journalism: "Achievement Gap podcast, episode2"
Janessa Mosqueda, Junior (LaGrange)
Abraham Morales, Junior (Brookfield)
3rd place - Best Reviews: “The Elm restaurant”
Morgan Fry , Junior (LaGrange)
3rd place - Best Two-page Spread: “A nation divided”
Adriana Serrano Matsumoto, Senior (Brookfield)
Sophia Schultz, Senior (LaGrange Park)
Kaitlyn Joyner, Senior (LaGrange Park)
Charlotte McLaughlin, Senior (LaGrange)
3rd place - Best Alternative Storytelling: “Best of everything Fashion”
Paige Darling, Senior (LaGrange)
Grace Moore, Junior (Brookfield)
Honorable mention - Best Audio Journalism: “Wellness Check podcast, episode 2”
Morgan Fry, Junior (LaGrange)
Ella Mahaney, Junior (LaGrange Park)
Honorable mention - Best Serious Commentary: “The Anxiety of being Asian American”
Emmerson McLean, Junior (LaGrange)