Silence, furiously scratching pens and a room of hundreds of intense students—nine Saxon Scope writers recently experienced this high pressure atmosphere during their recent national write off competitions.
From Nov. 15-18, the Scope staffers visited San Antonio, Texas for the bi-annual National Student Press Association’s conference for journalists.
During the conference, the Scope members competed in “write-off” contests that covered a range of journalism writing and publication design categories. Five students were recognized for their stellar performances within their categories. Junior Na He Jeon received an “Excellent” (equivalent to second place) in infographic design, while junior Amirah Ahmad received an “Excellent” in feature writing.
“I was pleasantly surprised with my success because the room was full of such dedicated journalists,” said Ahmad.
Three seniors received honorable mentions in the following categories: Aimee Cho for news writing; Cathy Kiess for review writing and Alex Krial for editorial cartooning.
“I was really excited to hear about my award because there were a lot of people from award-winning newspapers,” said Kiess.