LT’s Lion newspaper recognized at national convention

Lyons Township High School's student newspaper, Lion, accumulated an all-staff and several individual awards at the national high school journalism fall convention hosted by the Journalism Education Association and the National School Press Association (JEA/NSPA).

The October 31, 2013, issue of the Lion earned tenth place in the Best of Show Broadsheet 17 or more page category competition at the annual convention in Boston, November 14-17, 2013. With nearly 6,000 attendees, this was one of the largest fall conventions ever held by JEA/NSPA.

In individual write-off competition at the convention, seven of the senior students who attended placed in individual contests. In total 2,032 students entered various write-off contests, with 859 winning awards: 141 Superior, 259 Excellent and 459 Honorable Mention awards.

Mia Mologousis, Superior in Feature Writing, Senior, Burr Ridge   
 
John Balch, Superior in Advertising, Senior, LaGrange   

Gabrielle Gresge, Honorable Mention in News Editing/ Headline Writing, Senior, Western Springs
   
Kathryn Grier, Honorable Mention in Editorial Writing, Senior, Western Springs   
 
Dayna Larson, Honorable Mention in Newswriting, Senior, LaGrange
   
Matthew Gertsmeier, Honorable Mention in Sports Writing, Senior, LaGrange
   
Allison Buffett, Honorable Mention in Review Writing, Senior, Western Springs

Newspaper sponsor Jason Scales said, “Our students did an outstanding job in representing themselves and our school.”