Award Winners!
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FromJon Reese, Journalism Teacher
May 5, 2008
Decatur High School was in the spotlight at Friday's Georgia Scholastic Press Association's spring awards ceremony. UGA's Grady College of Journalism sponsors GSPA, and the awards banquet was held in Macon at the Centreplex. Fourteen students from the journalism staff and broadcast video crew represented Decatur at the event.
"General Excellence" award (best in the state)
- Carpe Diem: Newsmagazine
- The DEC: Broadcast
"All Georgia" (by category)
- Carpe Diem: Best Use of Features
"All Georgia" (the best in the state) individual awards
- Maggie Breen: Feature Story
- Neima Abdulahi: Sports News Story
- Neima Abdulahi: Feature Profile
- Anna Rose Gable and John Morgan: House Editorials
"Superior" ratings (one of top three in state)
- Maggie Breen and Egan Short: Feature Story
- James Bradbury and John Morgan: Sports Feature Story
- Christopher Hawthorne: Feature Profile
- The DEC shows 25, 26
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