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Celebrating Excellence: 12 Awards for Redwood Review Student Journalists

Posted Date: 04/15/26 (09:56 AM)


Congratulations to our award winning Redwood Review student journalists! Our AR journalists took home twelve "Jackie Awards" for excellence in high school journalism in northwest California at Cal Poly Humboldt's annual "Media Day" event. More importantly, our student journalists learned new skills from local working journalists, Cal Poly Humboldt journalism professors, and Cal Poly Humboldt student journalists as they networked with other high school journalists throughout the region. 

Jackie Award Winners:
Best News Feature: Ruaridh Lewis, "Student Jobs: Balancing Academics With Earnings"
Best Book Review: Anaya Card & Annika Jones-Current, "Why We Took the Car"
Best Comic: Ky Taylor, "Sharks In Question"
Best Art Coverage: Lucia Misener, "When Arts Meets Community"
Best Environmental Story (2nd Place): Vida Walsh, "Death After Centuries"
Best Crossword: Sophia Pastori 
Best First Person Narrative: Izzy Green, "Checking Multiple Boxes" 
Best Fauna Find: Autumn Stonecypher, "Infamous Monkey Tree"
Best News Photo: Anaya Card
Best Photo Contest: Redwood Review
5th Place, Best News Story: Ky Taylor, "Prop 50: Fight Fire with Fire"
Media Watch Award: Mackenzie Wall, "Access Humboldt"