Star Tribune/ Minnesota State High School League Newspaper Challenge winners announcedMinneapolis/St. Paul - (May 17, 2005) - Albert Lea High School’s Ahlahasa (Riley Worth, teacher/advisor) took the top honors as Best Newspaper among Class AA student newspapers for the second consecutive year in the High School Newspaper Challenge. St. Paul Academy and Summit School’s Rubicon (Ellen Austin, teacher/advisor) was named Best Newspaper in Class A.
The Star Tribune and the Minnesota State High School League created the contest to encourage and recognize excellence among high school newspapers and student journalists in the state. “This contest offers the Star Tribune and the League a perfect opportunity to recognize student journalists,” said Howard W. Voigt, League director of information.
Judging took place in April, with 123 entries submitted by 36 schools. Star Tribune newsroom leaders served as judges. Winning entries will be published in the League’s Fall 2005 Bulletin. The Star Tribune Foundation will award $6,000 in grants — $1,500, $1,000 and $500, respectively — to the top three schools with the best overall newspapers in each class. Second and third place winners in the Best Newspaper category were:
In Class AA: Columbia Heights High School’s Heights Herald (Jill Jungers, teacher/advisor) placed second and Minneapolis South High School’s Southerner (Mark Jensen, teacher/advisor) took third.
In Class A: Cannon Falls High School’s Lantern (Patricia Doyle, teacher/advisor), first in 2003-04, took second place and West Lutheran High School in Plymouth placed third with Warrior World (Beth Gauger, teacher/advisor).
In addition to “Best Newspaper,” awards were given in six other categories:
News Reporting
1st - Leann Cody and Kate Ceronsky of Mounds View High School for “School board passes weighted grades.”
2nd - Lark Turner of St. Paul Academy and Summit School for “Tsunami.”
Feature Writing
1st – Lora Evinger of Visitation High School, Mendota Heights, for “A tale of teenage drug use, there and back”
2nd – AnnaLisa Krupnick of Edina High School for “Edina graduate debuts designs on runway”
3rd – Stacy White of Breck School, Golden Valley, for “From school supply to loyal comrade”
Sports Writing
1st – Alison Rogers of Edina High School for “Coaches call it quits”
2nd – Mike Peden of St. Paul Harding High School for “Harding athletic support vanishing”
3rd – Hannah Goldberg and Laura Regan of Mounds View High School for “Should middle school athletes be allowed to play in high school sports?”
Opinion Writing
1st –Bria Fleming of Red Wing High School for “Vote!”
2nd – Amy Classen of Cannon Falls High School for “Unveiling the truth about the melting pot”
Photography
1st – Maggie Foucault of Minneapolis South High School for “Students ‘adopt’ recent Chinese immigrant”
2nd – Matt Young of Cannon Falls High School for “Setting the tone for this season”
3rd – Ariel Kagan of St. Paul Academy and Summit School for “Spartan football wins homecoming”
Layout/Design
1st – Albert Lea High School
2nd – St. Louis Park High School
3rd – The Blake School, Minneapolis
Contact Pat Adkins
Phone: (612) 673-7572
Email: padkins@startribune.com
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