Journalism staffers bring home 21 awards from Ball State

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The journalism staffs of Spotlight, Keyhole and BDTV combined to bring home 21 awards in the annual Ball State High School Journalism contest last week.

Seniors Zoe Harris and Brooklynn Sharp each won four awards. Sharp was one of three to earn a Superior Award (the highest award) with her sports story “The Art of Rebounding.” Senior Emilia Miller earned a Superior in illustrations with her “Conspiracy” drawing and 2022 graduate Ricardo Torres won Superior in yearbook sports page design.

The complete list of awards winners is:

Senior Luke Smith (BDTV) — excellent in sports story package for “Tommy G”
Junior Danielle Shumar — honorable mention in review writing “Pride & Prejudice”
Senior Zoe Harris — excellent in review writing “AMC’s Interview with the Vampire”
Senior Raelynn Hughes — honorable mention in news writing “Butts discusses school safety”
Senior Zoe Harris — excellent in staff editorial “Study halls can be helpful”
Senior Zoe Harris — honorable mention in staff editorial “Technology can be a big plus”
Seniors Mary Osiwoga and Jeffrey Dreyer — honorable mention in sports writing “Growing up…on the courts”
Senior Brooklynn Sharp — excellent in sports writing “The thrill of the dunk”
Senior Brooklynn Sharp — superior in sports writing “The art of rebounding”
Senior Emilia Miller — excellent in illustration “Christmas dreams”
Senior Emilia Miller — superior in illustration “Conspiracies”
Senior Brooklynn Sharp — honorable mention in sports design “The thrill of the dunk”
Senior Brooklynn Sharp — excellent in sports design “The art of rebounding”
Senior Raelynn Hughes — excellent in creative writing “The sound of rain”
Senior Zoe Harris — honorable mention in creative writing “Ode to Indiana”
Senior John Stark — honorable mention in creative writing “Horror story”
Sophomore Jayla Jackson — honorable mention in sports photography “Slam dunk”
2022 grad Ricardo Torres — superior in sports page design “Oh what a night”
2022 grad Ricardo Torres — excellent in opening yearbook spread “Words Matter”
Junior Chelsea Hughes — honorable mention in creative writing “My not so normal journey”