Palo Alto’s Gunn High School takes top honors in Press Club student journalism contest

Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo
Alto took top honors at the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club’s 2012 High
School Journalism Awards which were presented Thursday afternoon at Junipero
Serra High School in San Mateo.

Gunn’s newspaper, The Oracle, was
recognized as the first-place winner in the General Excellence category. The
paper’s editor and advisor will be honored at the Press Club’s Evening of
Excellence May 19 at the Crowne Plaza in Foster City.

In all, 11 Peninsula high schools
participated in the competition, which drew 419 entries in 12 categories from
223 students. Fifty students representing eight high schools won awards.

The Outlook of Aragon High School
in San Mateo took 12 awards, the highest number to a single school in the
competition. The Highlander of Carlmont High School in Belmont and Gunn’s
Oracle tied for second with seven awards each.

The contest was judged by
professional journalists who are members of the Press Club.
Here is a complete list of the
winning entries:

News Story

First: Amrita Moitra and Jean Wang, The Oracle, Henry
M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto

Second: Sabrina Imbler, The Outlook, Aragon High School, San
Mateo

Third: Brian Benton, The Campanile, Palo Alto High
School, Palo Alto

Feature Story

First: Kira Brenner, The Outlook, Aragon High School, San
Mateo

Second: Sabrina Imbler, The Outlook, Aragon High School, San
Mateo

Third: Sarah Levin, The Highlander, Carlmont High
School, Belmont

Sports Story

First: Gianna Dimick, The Highlander, Carlmont High
School, Belmont

Second: Jack Heffernan, The Friar, Junipero Serra High
School, San Mateo

Third: Jack Heffernan, The Friar, Junipero Serra High
School, San Mateo

Editorial

First: Cooper Aspegren, The Oracle, Henry M. Gunn High
School, Palo Alto

Second: The
Burlingame B Staff, Burlingame High School, Burlingame

Third: The
Outlook Staff, Aragon High School, San Mateo

Column

First: Carly Bertolozzi, The Highlander, Carlmont High
School, Belmont

Second: Peter Dennis, The Viking Sports Magazine, Palo
Alto High School, Palo Alto

Third: Ashley Ngu, The
Oracle, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo
Alto

News Photo

First: Liz Vargas, The
Panther, Eastside College Preparatory
School, East Palo Alto

Second: Chloe Scott, The Highlander, Carlmont High
School, Belmont

Third: Chloe Scott, The Highlander, Carlmont High
School, Belmont

Feature Photo

First: Kore Chan, The
Outlook, Aragon High School, San Mateo

Second: Sam Alavi, Kore Chan, The Outlook, Aragon
High School, San Mateo

Third: Wendy Qiu, The
Oracle, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo
Alto

Sports Photo

First: Kore Chan, The
Outlook, Aragon High School, San Mateo

Second: Alex Furuya, The Outlook, Aragon High School, San
Mateo

Third: Sam Alavi, The
Outlook, Aragon High School, San Mateo

Layout and Design

First: The Outlook Staff, Aragon High School, San Mateo

Second: The Panther Staff, Eastside College Preparatory School, East Palo Alto

Third: The
Highlander Staff, Carlmont High School, Belmont

Web Site Design

First: Jonathan Slowey and Victoria Xiao, thebearcat.net, San
Mateo High School, San Mateo

Second: Dylan Wang, The
Outlook, Aragon High School, San Mateo

Third: The
Oracle Staff, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto

Web Site Content

First: Jonathan Slowey and Victoria Xiao, thebearcat.net, San
Mateo High School, San Mateo

Second: The Oracle Staff, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto

Third: The Staff, scotscoopnews.com, Carlmont High School, Belmont

General Excellence

First: The Oracle Staff, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto

Second: The Campanile Staff, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto

Third: The Outlook Staff, Aragon High School, San Mateo

< Back to All News