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Long Island High School Journalists Win Quill Awards at Adelphi Press Day

Garden City, NY (02/22/2022) — Nearly 250 high school students from across Long Island participated in Adelphi University's annual Press Day on Friday, February 18. The highlight of the event was the presentation of the Quill Awards, which recognized student-journalists for their outstanding work on their school newspapers.

This year, Lynbrook High School's paper, Horizon, took home the top award, Best Newspaper (Print or Online).

"I believe if you can train students to be responsible journalists, you can really have a big ripple effect on making the world a better place," said Mark Grabowski, associate professor journalism at Adelphi and host of Press Day. "Based on the questions the student journalists asked during our panel discussion and workshops along with the content they submitted to our journalism awards contest, I think the future of journalism is in good hands. I was ecstatic with our great turnout. Scholastic journalism is so important."

Other winners included:

Most Outstanding Reporter

Conor Burns, Chaminade High School, Tarmac

Best News Article

Katie Tian and Qi Wang, "A Closer Look at Clothing," Jericho High School, The JerEcho

Best Feature Article

Isabel Connolly, "Paws-itive Thinking: Dogs on Campus Help Wellness Effort," Kellenberg Memorial High School, PhoenixOnline

Best Sports Story or Column

Benji Rabinovich, "Boys Volleyball Defeats Calhoun To Win County Championship Title," Roslyn High School, The Hilltop Beacon

Best Opinion Piece (Column or Editorial)

Katelyn Robert's and Lucy Wu, "Uniformed Injustice: Sexism Rooted in Athletic Uniforms," Shoreham-Wading River High School, The Pause

Best Visual (Photograph or Artwork)

Kimberly Shrestha, "The Magical Library," Valley Stream North High School, NORTH STAR

Best Arts Review

Gianna Devita and Gabriella Reiss, "There is no Place Like Home!" East Meadow High School, Jet Gazette

Best Layout

Ibrahim Rasheed, The Mount Academy, Paramount

Adelphi's communications program offers a wide range of small, personalized courses that give students hands-on experience emphasizing individual creative development. Taught by industry-renowned faculty, students have the opportunity to work with traditional and new and emerging technological mediums, including social media, drone photography and podcasting.

See attached PDF for full list of winners and more about Adelphi's Press Day.

About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning

Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four-Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,500 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York -- just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities -- and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 118,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.

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