D. 202 high school journalists net Southwest Prairie Conference honors

Student journalists from District 202’s four high schools earned awards at the annual Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) Journalism Competition held at Plainfield High School - Central Campus on Saturday, February 18, 2023.

Plainfield South High School earned third place overall and Plainfield High School - Central Campus took fourth and Plainfield East High School earned fifth and Plainfield North High School took seventh place.

These students earned individual honors:

Plainfield High School-Central Campus

First place

• Abigail Timm, senior - Copy Editing
• Brooke Plowman, junior - Yearbook Copy Writing

Second place

• Miguel Cambray, Jr., senior - Newspaper Design
• Holly Winiars, sophomore - Editorial Cartooning
• Rilee Bergstrom, junior - Editorial Writing
• Joseph DeFano, senior and Rebecca Law, junior - Video News

Fourth place

• Hailey Fay, sophomore - Advertising
• Brianna Mosinski, junior - Newspaper Design
• Emma Cowden, junior - Feature Writing

Fifth place

• Aaliyah Solano, senior - Review Writing
• Holly Winiars, sophomore - Copy Editing
• Abigail Timm, senior - Feature Writing
• Hailey Fay, sophomore - Headline Writing

Sixth place

• Aaliyah Solano, senior - Sports Writing
• Brianna Mosinski, junior - Yearbook Layout Double Page Spread

Plainfield South High School

First place

• Rachel Mackey, junior - Review Writing
• Noah Negoski, junior - Photo Storytelling
• Rachel Mackey, junior - Feature Writing
• Ashley Smiley, junior and Marsean Davenport, senior - Video News

Second place

• Alyssa Carino, junior - Copy Editing
• Ella Underwood, senior - Headline Writing

Third place

• Anna Wittenkeller, senior - News Writing
• Abigail Murillo, sophomore - Review Writing
• Ella Underwood, senior - Newspaper Design
• Orianna D’Landazuri, senior - Feature Writing

Fourth place

• Isabelle Davis, sophomore and Jade Aguilar, senior - Yearbook Theme Development
• Anna Wittenkeller, senior - Sport Writing
• Abigail Murillo, sophomore - Editorial Writing

Sixth place

• Michael Smith, junior - Headline Writing
• Leeander Davis, senior - Editorial Cartooning
• George Despain, junior - Video News

Plainfield North High School

First place

• Quincy Lezondra, junior - Advertising

Second place

• Dylan Budd, junior – Sports Writing

Fourth place

• Kaden Horton, junior – News Writing

Sixth place

• Dylan Budd, junior – Review Writing
• Nicholas Powell, sophomore - Photo Story Telling

Plainfield East High School

First place

• Nicole Michalski, senior, and Jillian Mole, senior - Yearbook Theme Development
• Khadijah Halim, senior - Headline Writing

Second place

• Malika Syeda, senior - Yearbook Copy Writing
• Juan Velazquez, senior - Photo Story Telling

Third place

• Kaitlyn Rogers, senior - Yearbook Copy Writing
• Emily Mendez, sophomore - Headline Writing
• Alyssa Kotara, senior, and Courtney Pincuspy, senior - Yearbook Theme Development
• Jasmine Ortiz-Richardson, freshman - Editorial Cartooning

Fourth place

• Khadijah Halim, senior - Infographics

Fifth place

• Rayne Branch, senior - Video News
• Erick Valadez-Hernandez, junior - Yearbook Caption Writing

Sixth place

• Sadie Hamilton, freshman - Copy Editing
• Shyla Munoz, junior - Advertising
• Saadia Musani, freshman - Feature Writing