Toronto Star honours future newshounds

 

 

The students gathered after the awards ceremony to show off their plaques. Photo by Kate Allen/TorontoStar

 

The future of Canadian journalism is in good hands, if the students singled out on Thursday are any indication. More than 100 budding reporters, photographers, and editors assembled at the Star's printing facilities in Vaughan for the Toronto Star High School Newspaper Awards, which have recognized the best in high school journalism since 1995.

Click to read the rest of the article by yearlong intern (and former HSNA winner) Kate Allen.

 

See below for a full list of the winners:

2011 TORONTO STAR HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER AWARDS 

RECOGNIZING AND ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM

 

Brad Henderson Award

Sasha Hillman-Olmsted          Jarvis Collegiate Institute

 

Best Electronic Newspaper

1^st Place:                 Lancer Lines Online Staff, Elmira District Secondary School

2^nd Place:                Hazel Llanes, Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School

 

Best Newspaper (Credit Course and Volunteer)

1^st Place:                 Samantha Kellerman, Yeogai Choy & Staff, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                The Staff, Thornhill Secondary School

Comics

1^st Place:                 Cindy Pu, Glenforest Secondary School – (not in attendance)

2^nd Place:                Cindy Pu, Glenforest Secondary School – (not in attendance)

 

Critical Writing 

1^st Place:                 Ilan Tzitrin, Thornhill Secondary School

2^nd Place:                Emily Pringle, Oakville Trafalgar High School

 

Editorial Writing

1^st Place:                 Caroline Mei, Thornhill Secondary School

2^nd Place:                Haileigh Wilson, Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute

 

Feature Photography

1^st Place:                 Kailee Mandel, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Kailee Mandel, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

 

Feature Writing – Long

1^st Place:                 Odesia Howlett, Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School

2^nd Place:                George Wan, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

 

Feature Writing – Short

1^st Place:                 Chloe Li, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Jenny Ge, Victoria Park Collegiate Institute

 

Humour

1^st Place:                 Jinglan (BerBer) Xue, Martingrove Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Inbar Levona, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

 

Illustration

1^st Place:                 Kevin Mercado, Senator O’Connor College School

2^nd Place:                Isabel Ji, Victoria Park Collegiate Institute

 

Layout and Design, Page (Credit Course and Volunteer Newspapers) 

1^st Place:                 Susan Wang, Richmond Hill High School

2^nd Place:                Julia Schabas & Lily Ljubicic, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

 

News Photography

1^st Place:                 Trang Hoang, Riverdale Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Tomer Michailov, Thornhill Secondary School – (not in attendance)

 

Opinion Writing

1^st Place:                 Hana Carrozza, Martingrove Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Emilia Hunter, Riverdale Collegiate Institute

 

Reporting

1^st Place:                 Yasmin Ahmed, Jarvis Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Megan Stephens, Jarvis Collegiate Institute

 

Sports Photography

1^st Place:                 Emily Yip, Victoria Park Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Samantha Kellerman, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

 

Sports Writing, Column

1^st Place:                 Daniel Boltinsky, Academy for Gifted Children

2^nd Place:                Jason Luo, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

Sports Writing, Feature

1^st Place:                 Jon Reed, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

2^nd Place:                Catherine Gao, Martingrove Collegiate Institute

 

Sports Writing, Reporting

1^st Place:                 Alexis Allison, Trenton High School

2^nd Place:                Daniel Boltinsky, Academy for Gifted Children