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Three members of the Prep News staff traveled to the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. on Wednesday for Journalism Day. Seniors Mitch Forbes and Eli Rourke and freshman Timmy Ottomanelli represented their classmates and Rockhurst as a whole.
J Day, as it’s known is hosted by the Missouri Interscholastic Journalism Association. It’s a celebration of high school journalism and journalists from across the state. It includes a keynote speaker, on-site contests and more than two dozen sessions aimed at helping the budding journalists improve various skills or their respective publications.
The day also includes an awards ceremony. Entries were submitted in early February in various categories, and the winners were revealed Wednesday at J Day. Fourteen of the 17 entries submitted for Prep News received some sort of award.
Entries could receive one of the following honors: All-Missouri, Superior, Excellent or Honorable Mention. Entries receiving the All-Missouri designation ranked within the top 10% of all submissions in that category. Each subsequent designation represents the next 10% of entries, meaning those receiving Honorable Mention were deemed better than 60% of all submissions in that respective category.
Here is a list of the honors Prep News staffers received, along with a link to the story that won (winning photos are included in slideshow above):
All-Missouri:
- Charlie Porto – https://prepnewsonline.com/
2087/sports/historic-effort- paces-hawklets-to-district- title/
Superior:
- Prep News Online – Overall website
- Eli Rourke (x2) – https://prepnewsonline.com/
2395/sports/basketball- hawklets-look-to-ride-balance- toughness-and-chemistry-to- new-heights/ & https://prepnewsonline.com/ 2241/sports/hawklets- overwhelm-and-shut-down- titans-for-first-district-w- in-4-years/ - Ted Truebner – https://prepnewsonline.com/
2075/features/loar-brings- almost-3-decades-of-law- enforcement-experience-to- rockhurst/ - Diego Salinas (photo)
Excellent:
- Mitch Forbes – https://prepnewsonline.com/
2576/sports/making-the- transition-from-fall-to- winter-sports/ - Gus Moseley – https://prepnewsonline.com/
2165/sports/soccer-team- striving-for-history/ - Bennett Thomas (photo)
- Jonathan Nash (photo)
- Soren Ursick (photo)
Honorable Mention:
- Mitch Forbes (x2) – https://prepnewsonline.com/
2461/sports/dierks-crosses- finish-line-as-a-d/ & https:// prepnewsonline.com/1865/ sports/the-story-of-the- stickers-how-the-helmet- decals-motivate-players/ - Brady Batz (photo)
Forbes also was named a member of the state Honor Roll for his work on Prep News over the past two years as well as his academic excellence overall.