Congratulations to the following staff members for receiving awards from the Texas Association of Journalism Education’s Best in Texas Contest:

Honorable Mention in Story Portfolio:

Jessica Lin, Julian Namerow, Hilary Nguyen

Excellence in Multimedia Presentation:

Katherine Linares and Roxell Bonilla for CVHS Students Sweep the Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards, Winning 104 Awards

Honorable Mention in News Writing:

Nour Chibani and Hannah Mansour for 1,500 Afghan refugee students to enroll in HISD schools this fall

Honorable Mention in News-Feature Writing:

Vivian Huynh and Gabi Rodriguez for From freeze to flames, freshman Jay Singh faces home loss following an Arctic apocalypse

Excellence in Feature Writing:

Julian Namerow for Beyond the Model: Junior Jessica Lin exposes the intersection of the model minority myth and Anti-Asian violence in her documentary, featured at the SXSW Film Festival

Honorable Mention in Feature Writing:

Kaitlyn Garza and Julian Namerow for One student’s year-long battle against cancer

Honorable Mention in Entertainment Feature Writing:

Sasha Cabral for Sophomore Joseph Mutagaya explores the complexity of his character in the CVHS production of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play

Excellence in Personal Column Writing: 

Danielle Yampuler for Real Men

Superior in Personal Opinion Column Writing:

Sofia Hegstrom for From Saigon to Kabul: Lessons We Haven’t Learned

Excellence for Entertainment Review Writing:

Jessica Lin for Shang-Chi: a superhero to fight the Asian monomyth

Honorable Mention for Entertainment Review Writing:

Hilary Nguyen for Crying in H Mart: tears with a side of ink