2009 Winners

2009 United High School Media Award Winners

Newspaper

Best Newspaper Art

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Wayne
Third- Braxton County

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Parkersburg
Third- Cabell Midland

Best Newspaper Design

Division I

First-Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- Shady Spring

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Cabell Midland
Third- Parkersburg


Best Feature/Special Events Pages

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Braxton County
Third- Wayne

Division II

First- Parkersburg
Second- Parkersburg South
Third- Huntington


Best Editorial Pages

Division I

First- Braxton County
Second- Wayne
Third- Shady Spring

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Parkersburg

Best Sports Pages

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Wayne
Third- Braxton County

Division II

First- Huntington
Second- Parkersburg
Third- Parkersburg South

Best News Pages

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Wayne

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Parkersburg

Best In-depth Reporting

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- Shady Spring

Division II

First- Cabell Midland

Best Original Newspaper Advertisements

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Wayne
Third- Braxton County

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Huntington
Third- Cabell Midland

Best Newspaper Photography

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- Shady Spring

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Cabell Midland


Best Overall Newspaper

Division I

First- “The Pioneer” Wayne
Second- “The Tiger Times” Shady Spring
Third- “The Braxton Banner” Braxton County


Division II

First- “Continental Clarion” Parkersburg South
Second- “Journal” Parkersburg
Third- “The Medieval Times” Cabell Midland

Individual Awards

Best Editorial Writing

First- Casey Shreve, Wayne
Second- Olivia Carroll-Hefner, Parkersburg
Third- Katie Hamer, Huntington

Best Feature Writing

First- Casey Shreve, Wayne
Second- Jenny Long, Shady Spring
Third- Emily Damron, Huntington

Best News Writing

First- Zack Waddell, Shady Spring
Second- Ashley Clemens, Shady Spring
Third- Jenny Long, Shady Spring

Best Sports Writing

First- Nikki Dotson, Wayne
Second- Brad Jenkins, Cabell Midland
Third- Tabytha Bills, Wayne

Best Column Writing

First- Drew Thomas, Shady Spring
Second- Alle Settle, Parkersburg
Third (tie)- Megan Russell, Wayne; Ryan Skidmore, Braxton County

Best Feature Photo

First- Olivia Carroll-Hefner, Parkersburg
Second- Casey Shreve, Wayne

Best Informational Graphic

First- Jenny Long, Shady Spring
Second- Casey Shreve, Wayne
Third- Joshua Paul Adams, Parkersburg




Yearbook

Best Yearbook Graphics

Division I

First- Parkersburg Catholic
Second- Wayne
Third- St. Marys

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Morgantown
Third- Parkersburg


Best Yearbook Cover

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- Parkersburg Catholic

Division II

First- Huntington
Second- Parkersburg South
Third- Parkersburg

Best Yearbook Design

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Wayne
Third- Braxton County

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Morgantown
Third- Cabell Midland


Best Yearbook Copywriting

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- Shady Spring

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Huntington
Third- Morgantown

Best Yearbook Original Advertisements

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- St. Marys

Division II

First- Cabell Midland
Second- Parkersburg South


Best Yearbook Theme

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Shady Spring
Third- Braxton County

Division II

First- Huntington
Second- Parkersburg South
Third- Cabell Midland




Best Yearbook Photography

Division I

First- Shady Spring
Second- Braxton County
Third- Wayne

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Morgantown
Third- Cabell Midland


Best Yearbook Division Pages

Division I

First- Braxton County
Second- Shady Spring
Third- Wayne

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Parkersburg
Third- Huntington


Best Overall Yearbook

Division I

First- Wayne
Second- Braxton County
Third- Shady Spring

Division II

First- Parkersburg South
Second- Huntington
Third- Morgantown



Cash Contest

Wayne

SOJMC Alumni Association Scholarship

Casey Shreve, Wayne High School