Devil's Advocate wins Best Overall Newspaper Award for Third Year in a Row

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The twenty-two staff members of Stanton College Preparatory School’s student newspaper, Devil’s Advocate, received the Best Overall Newspaper award and the Best Digital Newsroom award on May 10 at The Florida Times-Union’s 2018 High School Journalism Awards ceremony.

This is the third year in a row and seventh time in nineteen years that the Devil's Advocate has received the Best Overall Newspaper award and the Henry A. Blumenthal trophy. The paper previously received the title and trophy in 2017, 2016, 2008, 2007, 2003, and 2001. In 2015 and 2014, the Devil’s Advocate received the top newspaper award in Division II. This was the first time in the history of the awards that a student newspaper was recognized for their digital media work.

Individual entries from nine area newspapers were submitted to the competition committee in April. Devil’s Advocate staff members and contributors captured 20 of the 30 individual awards, an impressive 67 percent of the individual awards given.

The winners of the individual awards are:

ADVERTISING

1st Place: “Miss Stanton Ad”, Liam Ngo, Layout and Design Editor

2nd Place: “DB Photography Ad”, Danielle Brewer, Photography Editor

3rd Place: “Noura’s Cafe Ad”, Walker Miller, Editor-in-Chief

ART

1st Place: “A Crisis Among Us Cover Art”, Caitlin Wiegert, Contributing Artist

2nd Place: “The ‘Fake News’ Effect Editorial Cartoon”, Caroline Robbins, Contributing Artist

3rd Place: “The Immigrant Pursuit of STEM Editorial Cartoon”, Chisom Ukoha, Digital Media Editor

COLUMN WRITING

1st Place: “The Cost of Honor”, Bettina Huang, Associate Digital Media Editor

EDITORIAL WRITING

3rd Place: “Issues Underlying the Baker Act”, Trystan Loustau, Managing Editor

3rd Place: “The ‘Stanton Bubble’”, Walker Miller, Editor-in-Chief

FEATURE WRITING

1st Place: “Truth in the 21st Century”, Phong Huynh, Staff Writer

2nd Place: “How Diverse Are We?”, Salma Drew, Staff Writer

LAYOUT & DESIGN

1st Place: “On the Right Track”, Emmett Gideon, Sports Editor

3rd Place: “The Record”, Trystan Loustau, Managing Editor

NEWS WRITING

3rd Place: “Access Denied”, Phong Huynh, Staff Writer

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Place: “A Crisis Among Us”, Dani Brewer, Photography Editor

3rd Place: “Truth in the 21st Century”, Prachi Misra, Photographer

REVIEW WRITING

2nd Place: “‘The Post’ Review”, Christa Assi, Staff Writer

3rd Place: “Grub Burger Bar Review”, Jake Nachman, Staff Writer

SPORTS WRITING

1st Place: “On the Rise”, Zachary Genus, Staff Writer

2nd Place: “Between Two Worlds”, Tatyana Esquilin, Staff Writer

The Devil’s Advocate is a student run paper led by Editor-in-Chief Walker Miller and Managing Editors Mary Allison-Kane and Trystan Loustau. The department heads are Layout and Design Editor Liam Ngo, Photography Editor Danielle Brewer, and Digital Media Editor Chisom Ukoha.