Publications Program Brings Home Multiple Awards At Mizzou’s J-Day

LHS Publications | April 5, 2024

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Senior Shae Earle interviews fellow senior Taryn Shuls for a yearbook story.

LHS Publications set a program record with 10 All-Missouri awards in addition to numerous other honors at Missouri Interscholastic Journalism Association’s annual Journalism Day conference on March 27 at Mizzou.

There were 1,066 students and teachers in attendance with about 50 schools present from across the state. More than 1,500 contest submissions were received.

“All four of our staffs – online, magazine, yearbook and broadcast – received either superior or All-Missouri for overall coverage, which is very impressive,” adviser Mr. Hall said. “It shows the commitment publications students have to their program and we are very proud of all of them.”

ALL-MISSOURI

Online Overall – Anna Simms and the LHStoday staff

Broadcast Announcements with Video – Liz Hayes, Megan Geisler, Braden Altrup and the Eagle’s Eye staff

2023 Yearbook Overall – Rhett Cunningham and the 2023 yearbook staff

2024 Yearbook Theme/Concept – Ella Pinz, Sydney Davis, Lilly Fister and the 2024 yearbook staff

Broadcast News Feature – Henry Sartain and Zander Killian

Newsmagazine Cover – Faith Vaught and Abbie Luker

News Photo – Anna Simms

Sports Feature/Reaction Photo – Anna Simms

Student Life/Organizations Photo – Anna Simms

Sports Action Photo – Sydney Davis

SUPERIOR

Overall Newspaper/Newsmagazine – Bryleigh Conley and the Ledger magazine staff

Social Media Reporting – Lilly Brown, Anna Simms

Sports Broadcast Feature – Megan Geisler, Courtney Jefferson, Parker Sethaler, Shae Earle, Jacorrion Leach

Sports Action Photo – Anna Simms

EXCELLENT

News Feature – Lilly Brown

Newswriting – Sydney Davis

Sports Broadcast Feature – Lily Nelson, Mitchell Luker

Traditional Yearbook Package – Boys Swim – Lilly Brown, Kylie Richardson

HONORABLE MENTION

Editorial/Op-Ed – Meghan Lynch

Broadcast News Feature – Parker Sethaler, Marley Higlen

Broadcast News Story – Megan Geisler, Anthony Bruns

Non-traditional Yearbook package – Week 12 – Kylie Richardson, Madison Miller

Traditional Yearbook package – Girls Tennis – Isabela Brunelli, Ashley Hively

Portrait/People Yearbook package – Sophia Hegyi, Isabela Brunelli

MISSOURI INTERSCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION HONOR ROLL

Henry Sartain

Lilly Fister

Bryleigh Conley

Anna Simms

Lydia Hamby

About the Contributors

LHS Publications

Anna Simms, Editor-in-Chief of LHStoday.org

Anna Simms is the editor-in-chief of LHStoday.org and this is her third year in publications. She is also in her senior year and second year at SCC. After high school, Anna plans on going to a university to study biomedical sciences, and later get a doctorate. She is also a part of Liberty’s drama club as an executive board member, and has done both acting and tech. Outside of school, you can find Anna either taking photos, editing, hanging out with friends, listening to music, or reading!

Sydney Davis, Editor-in-Chief of The 2024 Talon

Sydney Davis is an editor-in-chief of the Talon Yearbook and will soon be in her third year of publications while also a manager of the cross country team. She is in her senior year and her second year of classes at SCC. She loves listening to music and watching movies and reading in her free time, along with playing with her niece and nephews. Sydney dreams of being a concert photographer while traveling the world when she is older. She is unsure of where her education will continue after high school, but would like to major in either journalism or marketing. Worms love worms!

Grace Richardson, Weekly Content Editor

Grace Richardson is a senior and this is her third year in publications. She is the Weekly Content Editor for the Talon as well as Student Council president. In her free time she loves to read, watch TikTok, hang out with friends, and work at a daycare called Bridge Kidz academy. When she graduates she plans on going to school to be an English teacher for high school students.