Peabody Press earns state awards

by Justin Karpinos, journalism teacher and student life dean

USN journalists earned two Tennessee High School Press Association awards. Read the most recent editions here.


High School's monthly newspaper, The Peabody Press, earned accolades at the Tennessee High School Press Association Awards on Monday, March 12. The Peabody Press earned an Excellent rating for the newspaper overall.

Griffin Harrington '19 won first place in the Best Review category for his retrospective look at Kanye West's "Graduation" album. 
 
Jackson Joffe '18 won second place in the Best Column category for a piece on how much harder it is to get into college nowadays.

Read the February and March editions of the newspaper.
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