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CHS publications students earn awards at annual CSPA convention
March 27, 2008

Carmel High School student journalists earned individual Gold Circle Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). The awards, which judge individual achievement in several different categories, were announced at the CSPA’s spring convention, which concluded on March 21. According to the CSPA Web site, “Gold Circle Awards are offered to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff working with either print or online media.”

The individual winners from newspaper may include work from the current school year, while the yearbook awards recognize entries included in the 2007 publication. The Carmel award-winners are as follows (students are currently on staff unless otherwise noted):

HiLite
Staff – first place, advertising design (full-page multiple advertisements)
Staff – third place, overall design (broadsheet)
Matt Kanitra – honorable mention, advertising design (quarter-page black-and-white)
David Joest – honorable mention, sports design (broadsheet four-color)
Staff – honorable mention, information graphics (text, pullout, at-a-glance boxes)
John Shi and Nancy Tan – honorable mention, news page design (broadsheet black-and-white)

Pinnacle
Hena Ahmed – first place, advertising spread (people ads)
Staff – third place, headline writing
Allison Farrer (Purdue University) and Lauren Reising (Indiana University) – honorable mention, division page design
Staff – honorable mention, use of graphics (informational graphics)
Amanda Burkert and Allison Farrer, honorable mention, color spread

Carmel High School student Wins Ryan White Award
September 19th, 2007

Carmel High School senior John Shi earned first place in the editorial/commentary division of the annual Ryan White Excellence in Journalism competition sponsored by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). His column, titled “Sex Education Policies Slow to Adapt to Reality,” appeared in the May 29 issue of the HiLite newspaper.

According to the JEA Web site (www.jea.org), the Ryan White award was established to recognize student media that “tell the truth about health issues in an interesting and relevant manner.” In the print division, the award recognizes achievement in three categories – editorial /commentary, feature writing and double truck (feature package – judged on story plus graphics and layout). Shi was one of only three students who placed in his division.

This year’s competition was judged by Dennis Kelly, senior assignment editor in the Life section of USA Today. Kelly oversees the paper’s coverage of health, science, education, religion and behavior. For his first-place finish, Shi earned $300, and his name will be read during the Sunday recognition ceremony of the fall national JEA/NSPA convention in Philadelphia.

Shi is currently the managing editor of the HiLite.

Carmel High School newspaper earns Superior rating from Quill & Scroll
September 10th, 2007

The 2006-07 HiLite newspaper earned one of the highest awards from Quill & Scroll, the international honorary society for high school journalists. The anonymous judge gave the paper an International First Place Award for superior achievement. Newspapers earning between 900 and 1,000 points earn that distinction. Carmel’s paper earned 936 points out of 1,000 and additionally earned superior achievements in all five of the evaluation’s individual categories – policy guidelines, coverage, writing and editing, display and design and business practices.

In his critique comments, the judge said, “Your paper ranks among the best in the country…you have an outstanding product that the school and community should be proud of. The writing is strong, the design is strong and the coverage is even stronger.”

Stephanie Nowell (Indiana University) was last year’s editor in chief. Cherrica Li (University of Notre Dame) and Nick Neary (Ball State University) were last year’s managing editors.

Jim Streisel advises the HiLite.

Carmel senior earns honorable mention in annual NSPA Design of the Year competition
Carmel High School senior Jaclyn Chen earned an honorable mention in the Newspaper Page 1 category of the National Scholastic Press Association’s Design of the Year competition. Her design, created during the 2006-07 school year when she was the front page editor of the HiLite newspaper, was one of only six total awards given in the category. Hundreds of newspaper students from around the country enter their work in this annual event.

Chen is currently this year’s HiLite editor in chief.