PV staff of the Valley Echo student publication took home a slew of awards at Rutgers last month!
Photo: (left-to-right): Ethan Perlman, Sophie Kolax, Carly Malamut, Megan Austin, Maya Schlessinger, Robert Colletti
Below is a list of the award winners:
Overall Online Excellence
3rd Place: The Valley Echo
Multimedia News
3rd place: Megan Austin and Ava Kim
Multimedia Sports
Honorable Mention: Ethan Perlman
Social Media Presence
2nd Place
Newswriting
Division A: 3rd place
Sophie Kolax and Carly Malamut “The legacy of Zack Latteri lives on at benefit basketball games on Sunday”
Feature Writing
Division A: 3rd Place
Maya Schlessinger “PV Senior Treshan Nilaweera self-publishes a fantasy novel”
Division A: 5th Place
Sarah Shapiro “From The Smoke Signal to The New Yorker: ‘He turned out to be a really terrific editor’”
Review Writing
Division A: 2nd Place
Sophie Kolax, Carly Malamut, Emily Moy, Gabrielle Rothenberg, and Maya Schlessinger “Meet Me at Midnight: A review of Taylor Swift’s newest album, ‘Midnights’”
Division A: 5th Place
Megan Austin “The Super Mario Bros. Movie: bringing the game to life”
Division A: 6th Place
Sophie Kolax “The Inheritance Games Series: A terrifically twisted and tricky trilogy”
Timely Sports
2nd Place: Noah Silver and Ethan Schwartz
3rd Place: Aidan Burke and Timmy Ngai
Photo Gallery:
3rd Place: Ava Kim and Olivia Jackson