This year, Clague Middle School students received 72 awards from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) across a variety of categories. In addition to the individual awards listed below, Clague’s student publications were recognized nationally by the National Scholastic Press Association as finalists for the Pacemaker Award in both the website and print categories. Clague also earned a Silver Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for excellence in student journalism.
Listed below are the individual awards for each category.
Digital Media and Multimedia:
Multimedia Story Package Francis Badalamente (2nd Place)
News Design, Infographics and Art:
Front Page – Newspaper Style Medha Sangi (Honorable Mention)
Story Package Medha Sangi (1st Place)
Story Package Francis Badalamente (2nd Place)
Editorial Opinion Page or Spread Medha Sangi (2nd Place)
Editorial Opinion Page or Spread Max Fine (3rd Place)
Feature Page or Spread Aeda Baang (3rd Place)
Feature Page or Spread Annabelle Yang (Honorable Mention)
Sports Page or Spread Medha Sangi (2nd Place)
Sports Page or Spread Max Fine (Honorable Mention)
News Page or Spread Jessie Guo (2nd Place)
News Page or Spread Francis Badalamente (Honorable Mention)
Entertainment Page or Spread Annabelle Yang (2nd Place)
Entertainment Page or Spread Aeda Baang (Honorable Mention)
Illustration Medha Sangi (2nd Place)
Illustration Medha Sangi (Honorable Mention)
News Photography:
Sports Action Photo Matthew Bezas (1st Place)
Sports Action Photo Pricilla Pralav (2nd Place)
News-Feature Photography Thomas Badalaments (1st Place)
News-Feature Photography Francis Badalamente (3rd Place)
Environmental Portrait Jyothsana Subbu Arumugam (2nd Place)
Photo Story Matthew Bezas (1st Place)
Photo Story Thomas Badalamente (2nd Place) Medha Sangi (2nd Place) Anaya Spero Meloney (2nd Place)
News Writing:
News Coverage in a Series Francis Badalamente (1st Place)
News Coverage in a Series Jaewon Lee (3rd Place) Jacob Davidson (3rd Place) Adrienne Lin (3rd Place)
Public Affairs News Coverage Francis Badalamente (2nd Place)
Public Affairs News Coverage Francis Badalamente (Honorable Mention)
Breaking News Coverage Aeda Baang (1st Place) Jessie Guo (1st Place)
Breaking News Coverage Jaewon Lee (2nd Place)
News Story Medha Sangi (1st Place)
News Story Annabella Mi (3rd Place)
News Brief Max Fine (2nd Place)
News Brief Francis Badalamente (3rd Place)
News Analysis Medha Sangi (1st Place)
News Analysis David Park (3rd Place)
Editorial Staff (2nd Place)
Editorial Staff (3rd Place)
Bylined Opinion Article Jaewon Lee (1st Place)
Bylined Opinion Article Madeline Rose (2nd Place)
Review Saanvi Kulkarni (1st Place)
Review Jyothsana Subbu Arumugam (2nd Place)
Pro-Con Opinion Column Averie Grzesiak (2nd Place) Aarthi Senthooran (2nd Place)
Pro-Con Opinion Column Irene Yeo (3rd Place) Leila Eckard (3rd Place)
In-Depth Feature Max Fine (2nd Place)
In-Depth Feature Medha Sangi (3rd Place)
Informative Feature Annabelle Yang (1st Place)
Informative Feature David Park (3rd Place)
Human Interest Feature Olivia Yim (2nd Place)
Human Interest Feature Aeda Baang (Honorable Mention)
Personality Profile Medha Sangi (1st Place)
Personality Profile Francis Badalamente (2nd Place)
Environmental Health or Science Medha Sangi (1st Place) Aeda Baang (1st Place)
Alternative Story Form Medha Sangi (1st Place)
Sports Feature Story Max Fine (1st Place)
Sports Feature Story Max Fine (3rd Place)
Sports News Story Max Fine (1st Place)
Sports News Story Francis Badalamente (3rd Place)
Yearbook Verbal/Visual:
Feature Writing- Organizations Annabella Mi (1st Place)
Personality Profile Jaewon Lee (1st Place)
Headline Writing Annabella Mi (1st Place) Jessie Guo (1st Place)
Student Life Spread Staff (3rd Place)
Sports Spread Staff (3rd Place)
Academics Spread Staff (2nd Place)
Sports Action Photo Staff (3rd Place)
Portrait or Personality Photo Yuri Kim (1st Place)
Academics Photo Staff (3rd Place)
Academic Photo Staff (Honorable Mention)
School Spirit Photo Chiara Christensen (2nd Place)
School Spirit Photo Staff (Honorable Mention)
Cover Staff (1st Place)
Division Pages Staff (2nd Place)
Index Staff (2nd Place)
