[HAWAII STATE HIGH SCHOOL
JOURNALISM AWARDS]
‘The Governor’ rules FARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL'S newspaper, the Governor, was named overall state winner for its consistent high quality of work at the 32nd annual State High School Journalism Awards last night.
Editors of the paper strove
for readability in both news
coverage and layout designBy Leila Fujimori
Star-BulletinThe paper also won the honor in 1998 and 1999.
"All those late nights staying at school are finally paying off," said Cherry Cachero, co-editor of the Governor. "My whole staff has been outstanding. We've always tried to strive for the best, and this honor is going to blow everybody away."
The Governor also beat other high school newspapers in the "layout/design" and "photography/illustration" categories.
Sacred Hearts Academy's Ka Leo, which was last year's overall state winner, placed first in the "outstanding news writing" and "sports writing" categories for the state this year.
The Hawaii Publishers Association, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser sponsored the awards dinner at the Pagoda Hotel last night.
The association acknowledged winners from public and private high schools in six categories: editorial writing, feature writing, layout/design, news writing, photography/illustration and sports writing.
Cachero said there was never a rivalry with Sacred Hearts, but she took a look at last year's winning paper to see "what made them winners."
Michael Maurice, the Governor's co-editor in chief, said, "We did a good job at covering a lot of the interests of our student body -- not just looking at the mainstream, but having a well-rounded coverage of stories and ideas."
The winning staffers are diverse in personalities and interests, but, Maurice said, they formed a cohesive unit.
"They take great pride in their work," said Farrington's adviser, Ellen Manago.
Manago said she tries to keep the newspaper student-directed as much as possible. She said it is often difficult to get students to sign up for news writing.
"It's the smallest staff I've ever had," Manago said, with 18 staffers the first semester and 16 the second. This year, however, more seniors are thinking of going into journalism than in past years, she said.
Maurice said, however, he will probably pursue a career in computer science because he does not think he can handle deadlines and the hectic life of a daily newspaper.
Layout is really a big part of a newspaper, Maurice said.
"We try to go for readability, making it easy to navigate through the paper, making it interesting and attractive, which draws a greater part of the student body readership."
Kauai District did not have a district winner because Kapaa High School was the only school to enter the competition.
2001 District Awards
Leeward District
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Waipahu High School>> Outstanding News Writing: Waipahu High School
>> Outstanding Feature Writing: Nanakuli High School
>> Outstanding Layout/Design: Nanakuli High School
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration: Pearl City High School
>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Waianae High School
Honolulu Public
>> Outstanding Feature Writing: McKinley High School>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Kaimuki High School
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Farrington High School
>> Outstanding Layout/Design: Farrington High School
>> Outstanding News Writing: Farrington High School
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration: Farrington High School
Windward District
>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Kahuku High School>> Outstanding Feature Writing (tie): Castle High School Kailua High School
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing (tie): Castle High School Kailua High School
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration (tie): Castle High School Kailua High School
>> Outstanding Layout/Design (tie): Castle High School Kailua High School
>> Outstanding News Writing (tie): Castle High School Kailua High School
Maui District
>> Outstanding Layout/Design: King Kekaulike High School>> Outstanding News Writing: Seabury Hall
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Baldwin Courier
>> Outstanding Feature Writing: Baldwin Courier
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration: Baldwin Courier
>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Baldwin Courier
Central District
>> Outstanding Layout/Design: Mililani High School>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration: Mililani High School
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Moanalua High School
>> Outstanding Feature Writing: Moanalua High School
>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Moanalua High School
>> Outstanding News Writing: Aiea High School
Hawaii District
>> Outstanding News Writing: Kealakehe High School>> Outstanding Feature Writing: Konawaena High School
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration (tie): Konawaena High School Hilo High School
>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Hilo High School
>> Outstanding Layout/Design: Pahoa High and Intermediate School
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Pahoa High and Intermediate School
Honolulu Private
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Damien Memorial High School>> Outstanding Layout/Design: Hawaii Baptist Academy
>> Outstanding Feature Writing (tie): Sacred Hearts Academy Kamehameha Secondary School
>> Outstanding News Writing (tie): Sacred Hearts Academy Kamehameha Secondary School
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration (tie): Sacred Hearts Academy Kamehameha Secondary School
>> Outstanding Sports Writing (tie): Sacred Hearts Academy Kamehameha Secondary School
State Winners 2001
>> Outstanding Editorial Writing: Moanalua High School>> Outstanding Feature Writing: Baldwin High School
>> Outstanding Layout/Design: Farrington High School
>> Outstanding Photography/Illustration: Farrington High School
>> Outstanding News Writing: Sacred Hearts Academy
>> Outstanding Sports Writing: Sacred Hearts Academy
>> Overall State Winner for 2001 Farrington High School
Students Kristina Borges of Pahoa High School and Elias Samonte of Kamehameha Secondary School, and adviser Linda Coleon of Baldwin High School were selected as winners of an all-expenses-paid trip to the Freedom Forum's second annual Al Neuharth Free Spirit Student Journalism Conference, to be held Nov. 7 to 11 in Arlington, Va. Representatives from each state and the District of Columbia will attend. Most valuable staffers
Pictured are the student journalists named as most valuable staffers by their peers and advisers.
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