Peabody Press earns press association honors
Congratulations to The Peabody Press staff on ranking third place in the Best Overall Newspaper category with an Excellent rating at the Tennessee High School Press Association Awards. Student submissions earned the paper 10 additional awards.
By Justin Karpinos, Dean of Student Life & Journalism Teacher
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The Peabody Press, the High School's student newspaper, earned 11 honors at the Tennessee High School Press Association Awards on Monday, March 7.
The THSPA is sponsored by Lipscomb University’s School of Communications. This year’s featured speaker was Amanda Little, the founder and director of Kidizenship, a media platform for young people that aims to “reach beyond the classroom, merging civics education with creative self-expression and community action,” according to its website.
Little, who also serves as a writer-in-residence and journalism professor at Vanderbilt University and is a University School of Nashville parent, spoke about the connection between the decline in local journalism and the increase in partisanship, and how news consumption correlates with voter participation and civic engagement.
“When people read news about their neighborhoods, schools, and municipalities, they think like locals,” Little said in her remarks. “When they read about national news, they think like partisans.”
To that end, Kidizenship has sponsored a number of contests for young people to express — through writing, music, and art — their ideas about community, country, passions, and purpose.
One of our staff writers, Gidgie Bass '24, was mentioned by Little for her contributions to Kidizenship’s work. Bass wrote an article about Benji Backer, a conservative climate activist, for the platform.
One of our staff writers, Gidgie Bass '24, was mentioned by Little for her contributions to Kidizenship’s work. Bass wrote an article about Benji Backer, a conservative climate activist, for the platform.
The Peabody Press earned third place in the Best Overall Newspaper category with an Excellent rating. Ten Peabody Press submissions earned honors at the awards ceremony also. Honored articles are linked below:
A full livestream of the event can be found on Lipscomb University’s Youtube Channel.
Needless to say, we’re energized by the recognition of our student work and the feedback, and grateful for the work of our student editors and writers who continue to tell the stories of our High School community in the paper’s pages every month.
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