CVHS Olympian Receives 43 Journalism Awards
Castro Valley High School’s Olympian newspaper won 43 awards this school year, including a first-place award for online general excellence from California News Publishers. Journalism students work hard every day to publish articles onto our website and bring our newspaper to a limitless audience.
“I’m proud of our class for stepping up and winning the award. We deserve it because we’ve all worked hard this year.”
Explaining the award, a judge commented that The Olympian website is “easy to navigate, has wide coverage, in-depth writing and is visually appealing. Social media is well accounted for. It makes one want to linger on the site.”
During this school year, Olympian staff members covered the school’s reopening from distance learning, the return of popular events like Homecoming and Prom, the ongoing challenges of Covid-19 as well as off-campus events like the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Exceptional Olympian staff writer Zoe Dorado also won six awards in categories ranging from photography to news.
“I learned a lot of things when I was writing the articles and photographing the subjects. I think it’s great that journalism lets us go out in the real world, learn about different things, and meet new people,” said Zoe Dorado.
All winners and awards are listed below:
Megan Baldwin: Olympian Hall of Fame
Delenn Block: Olympian best news photo
Melissa Boussaroque: Quill and Scroll Society, news story; California Press Women, news story; Journalism Education Association, video opinion
Ada Chen: Olympian best entertainment story
Corinne Davidson: Olympian best news story; Olympian editor of the year
Olive Dooley: California News Publishers, columns; Olympian best feature photo; California News Publishers award for columns; Olympian best feature photo award
Zoe Dorado: Journalism Education Association, photography; Journalism Education Association, news story; California Press Women, column writing; Olympian best news story; California News Publishers, columns; California News Publishers, news photo
Tiffany Ho: California News Publishers, illustration
Andrew Hui: Olympian best page design; Journalism Education Association, newswriting; California Press women, newswriting; California News Publishers, enterprise news
Leah Janaway: Olympian best opinion story; California Press Women, opinion story
Jennifer Mi: Youth Journalism Initiative, First Amendment Matters Video; Outdoor Writers Association of California, photography
Ali Nosseir: Olympian best sports story
Drew Paxman: California Press Women, opinion story; Outdoor Writers Association of California, photography; Olympian best feature story
Delaney Rasmussen: California News Publishers, sports photo
Athena Sy Kuzuhara: Olympian best illustration
Ethan To: California News Publishers, sports photo; California News Publishers, enterprise news
Leland Tsai: Olympian best sports photo
Jeanette Wallis: California News Publishers, pandemic coverage
Amanda Wong: California News Publishers, columns; Olympian best opinion story
Maya Wong: California Press Women, entertainment story; California News Publishers, profile story; California News Publishers, illustration; Olympian best cartoon;
Full staff: California News Publishers, general excellence
Full staff: California News Publishers, online general excellence