Leadership and Awards
As an editor-in-chief of my school’s newsmagazine, I have spent countless hours and many late nights in room 300 at Community High. Our production hours run from 2-8 p.m. for the staff, but it always runs later for the Print Editor-in-Chiefs.
These stressful, late nights have always been worth it; journalism has always been worth it. Being an EIC is much more than the magazine, the production nights, and the distribution days. It is leading and cultivating a community that is devoted to sharing stories and voices.
Our publication, The Communicator, wins national awards each year. Recently at the National Scholastic Press Association fall convention, we won their top national award, “The Pacemaker,” for our newsmagazine. During the ceremony, 26 of us on the trip instantly jumped up screaming as our name popped up on the screens. Together, we ran to the front, accepted the award, and then gathered holding the award and smiling for this moment.
As nice as awards are, they are not what makes our publication amazing. It’s the staff and the culture that editors before me worked to create and that I work to continue. In a leadership position, my goal is to produce the best work possible and help people see their potential. But as a leader, I always remember that the process matters more than the goal.
The process involves devoting my time to other people. During class, I don’t work on my own articles; it is my time to help other people. I help people create source lists; work with their transcripts to determine direct and indirect quotes; take their articles through the writing process; brainstorm creative titles and informative subtitles; create graphics and take photos; and use InDesign to put their work onto pages. All of this pays off when we distribute the magazine, when we win awards, and most of all when I see our staff open the magazine to see their amazing work inside.
Personal Awards
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Photo of the Year, Fall 2022
Honorable Mention, Environmental Portrait: “Coming Into Confidence”
Design of the Year, Fall 2022
Honorable Mention, Newsmagazine Page/Spread, Story Package: “Bloom”
Clips and Clicks, Spring 2022
Second Place, Magazine Page/Spread: “Bloom”
Honorable Mention, Sports Story: “Reflections in the Glass”
Best of Show, Spring 2022
Seventh Place, Newsmagazine Design: “Proust: Leah White”
Best of Show, Fall 2021
Tenth Place, Newsmagazine Design: “Return to School”
Design of the Year, Spring 2021
Fourth Place, Newsmagazine Design: “Through the Window”
Best of Show, Fall 2020
Second Place, Newspaper/Newsmagazine Design: “Proust Questionnaire: Leah White”
Clips and Clicks, Fall 2020
Fourth Place, Magazine Page/Spread: “Leah White”
Honorable Mention, Magazine Page/Spread: “Soundtrack to Online School”
Design of the Year Fall 2020
Fifth Place, Design for Feature Page/Spread: “Time Cut Short”
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2022-2023 Awards
Student Journalist Staff Member, News Design
All-MIPA, News Design
First Place, Photo Story, “A Music Made Match”
First Place, News Page or Spread: “Food Gatherers and Hidden Histories”
Honorable Mention, Front Page - Newsmagazine Style: “Our Seniors”
Honorable Mention, Front Page - Newsmagazine Style: “Bloom”
2021-2022 Awards
First Place, Human Interest Feature: “Becoming Brandon”
First Place, Alternative Story Form: “In the Museum”
First Place, Sports Feature Story: “Reflections in the Glass”
First Place, Environmental Portrait: “Making Music in the Room”
First Place, Sports Page or Spread: “Reflections in the Glass”
Second Place, Story Package: “Lost & Found”
Second Place, Sports Feature Photo: “Working It”
Third Place, Informative Feature: “Teaching for Mastery”
Third Place, Feature Writing - Academics: “Less Jams, More Jazz”
Honorable Mention, Story Package: “Return to School”
Honorable Mention, Feature Page or Spread: “On Proust”
Honorable Mention, Alternative Story Form: “On Proust”
Honorable Mention, Illustration: “Hazel in Her Place”
Honorable Mention, Front Page - Newsmagazine Style: “Return to School”
Honorable Mention, Sports News Social Media Coverage: “The Skyline High School Field Hockey Team Wins the State Championship”
Honorable Mention, Organization Spread: “Less Jams, More Jazz”
Honorable Mention, Portrait or Personality Photo: “Less Jams, More Jazz”
Honorable Mention, Organization, Club or Performance Photo: “Less Jams, More Jazz”
2020-2021 Awards
First Place, Feature Page or Spread, Proust: “Eli Hausman”
First Place, Front Page - Newsmagazine Style: “The Adaption Edition”
First Place, News-Feature Photograph: “A Bernie Cheer”
Second Place, Diversity Coverage: “The Religion Rift”
Second Place, Sports Feature Story: “In My Dreams”
Second Place, Photo Story: “Bernie Sanders Visits Ann Arbor”
Third Place, Environmental Portrait: “Eli Hausman”
Third Place, Alternative Story Form: “Proust: Leah White”
Honorable Mention, Human Interest Feature: “Soundtrack to Online School”
Honorable Mention, News-Feature Photograph: “Bernie Sanders Rallies”
2019-2020 Awards
First Place, Personality Profile: “Closet Door of Glass”
Third Place, News-Feature Photograph: “(Mis)Education of CHS”
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2022-2023
Second Place, Design Portfolio of Work
First Place, Feature Package: “Return to School”
Second Place, Feature Package: “Bloom”
2021-2022
Certificate of Merit, Photo Story for News Publications
Print Publication Awards While Print Editor-in-Chief
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Print Pacemaker, 2022
Pacemaker Winner, The Communicator Magazine
Best of Show, Fall 2022
Fourth Place, The Communicator Magazine
Best of Show, Fall 2021
Seventh Place, The Communicator Magazine
Best of Show, Spring 2022
First Place, The Communicator Magazine
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2022-2023
Silver Crown Winner, High School Hybrid News: The Communicator
Crown Finalist, High School Hybrid News: The Communicator
2021-2022
Gold Crown Winner, High School Hybrid News: The Communicator
Crown Finalist, High School Hybrid News: The Communicator
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2022-2023
Spartan Award: “The Communicator Magazine”
2021-2022
Spartan Award: “The Communicator Magazine”
