2011 MIPA journalism awards

On April 26 several members of the newspaper staff attended the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s journalism awards in Lansing, MI.  Please join me in celebrating our first ever Spartan award for the 2010-2011 Eagle newspaper.  This is the highest level that a newspaper can achieve based on a thorough newspaper evaluation by an out of state judge.  They evaluate many categories such as coverage, design, photos/graphics, editorial content, and writing/editing.  Our fabulous plaque will be proudly displayed in our newspaper room.J

 

There were also several state individual awards that were given to our newspaper staff members.  There were 73 schools and 2,963 total entries in this year’s state newspaper competition.  Schools were broken up into four categories.  We competed against the largest schools in the state for the following Division 1 awards:

 

1st place- Professionally Published Page- Jordan White

2nd place- Professionally Published Page- Jordan White

 

Honorable Mention- Advertising Layout- Jordan White

Honorable Mention- Environmental Coverage- Kaila Pietila

Honorable Mention- News/Feature Photo- Julia Olearis

Honorable Mention- Front page/newspaper style- Danielle Buffa

Honorable Mention- Bylined Opinion Article- Caitlin Wineka

 

Thank you for all of the wonderful emails and support that you have given our newspaper staff this year!  We are proud to represent Hartland!

2010 MIPA journalism awards

Members of The Eagle newspaper staff attended the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s state journalism awards in Lansing on April 30.  The staff received a Gold rating for the Eagle high school newspaper and several individual awards.  The staff competed against 20 schools with 903 entries in Division I, which is made up of the largest schools in Michigan.  The following students received individual state awards for the 2010 school year:

 

Thomas Mann and Ellen Regorrah   - First Place, Professionally Published Page

Thomas Mann and Ellen Regorrah   - Second Place, Professionally Published Page

 

Jordan White - Third Place, News Page/Spread

Lauren Underhill  - Third Place, By-lined Opinion Article

 

Lauren Underhill  - Honorable Mention, Editorial-Opinion Page/Spread

Jordan White and Drew Wagner  - Honorable Mention, News/Feature Photograph

Thomas Mann and Alyssa Mediate  - Honorable Mention, Pro/Con Editorial Columns

Nick Piper and Lauren Underhill  - Honorable Mention, Editorial Cartoon

 

Thank you for supporting student journalism. 

 

2008 MIPA awards

Eagle staff members received numerous individual and staff awards at the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association's state awards ceremony in April. Please join me in congratulating The Eagle staff members. They received a Silver Medal rating for The Eagle  newspaper in the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association's (MIPA) state newspaper competition on April 21, 2008.   

The Eagle staff also entered individual contest categories.  There were 80 schools participating with a total of 3,330 entries.  Many categories had 25-30 entries per category. 

The following students received awards:  

Second Place, Professionally Published Page, Division 2 -

Rebecca Kerster

Honorable Mention, Sports Page/Spread, Division 2 - Dan Winn Honorable Mention, Editorial Cartoon, Division 2 - Ryan Iseppi Honorable Mention, Professionally Published Page, Division 2 - Rebecca Kerster

Honorable Mention, News Page/Spread, Division 2 -

Stephanie Cyrus

Honorable Mention, Entertainment Page/Spread, Division 2 -

Niki Jessen

Honorable Mention, Story Package, Division 2 - Monica Vanstone  

Thank you for supporting our student journalists!

 

2007 MIPA awards

All smiles. Editors from the Eagle staff celebrate awards given by the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) at the state  awards ceremony on April 17. The Eagle received a gold rating for their school newspaper and a Division I first and second place award for their Professionally published page in the Livingston County Press and Argus.

I am happy to report that the newspaper staff received numerous awards at the Michigan state awards ceremony today. All of the newspaper entries were divided into four divisions based on student population. Hartland is in Division I, in the company of the largest schools in the state (2256-1618 students). There were 21 schools with 808 entries in this division. Judges were made up of MSU faculty, advisers, State News staff, and professional journalists.

Please join me in congratulating the Eagle staff on the following awards.

Individual awards:

Professional Published Page- Jenny Pittel 1st
Professional Published Page- Jenny Pittel 2nd place
Advertising Layout -Sean Duffie 3rd place
Story Package -Ashley Teggerdine 3rd place
Illustration -Sean Duffie Honorable Mention
News page/Spread -Jaclyn Klein Honorable Mention
Sports Column -Dan Spadafora Honorable Mention
Portrait -Nick Petit Honorable Mention
News/Feature Photo -Sam Rinkus Honorable Mention
News Story -Jenny Pittel Honorable Mention

The Eagle received a Gold rating overall for the newspaper in areas such as design, photography, editing, and coverage. Newspapers were judged by out of state professionals.

Tasha Kissau, Ashley Teggerdine, Jenny Pittel, Rebecca Kerster, Sean Duffie and Monica Vanstone attended the awards ceremony with me in Lansing.

Thank you for all of your support this year.

Sincerely,
Elaine Bell