Contest Fix Notices

See Some Of Our 2012 Contest Winners

     Many people know that Youth Journalism International holds a comprehensive contest each year to recognize the best in journalism by young people worldwide. 
     But what many don’t realize is that the contest is open to young people all over the globe whether they are involved with Youth Journalism International or not.
     Our aim is to recognize the best youth journalism in the world that is published in English and while we believe our students’ work is among the best, there are others who deserve recognition,too.
     This year, a YJI student, Pushkal Shivam, won the top prize, Student Journalist of the Year. He was the first YJI student to capture that award since the contest began three years ago.
     This year, young people in 18 countries won awards. It is important to note that about two-thirds of them had no connection to YJI other than to enter the contest. 
     Nineteen judges gave their time to review the entries and make the difficult choices about which deserved to win.
     We invited winners to send photographs after we sent out certificates and trophies. Some of them are pasted below. We will continue to publish as many as we can, so check back to see more. 

 

Here’s the crystal trophy that belongs
 to the 2012 Student Journalist of  the Year, 
Pushkal Shivam, of Mumbai, India. 
This trophy will be on display at the
Investigative Reporters and Editors 
national conference in Boston, Mass., 
in June. After that, it will be mailed 
to India.

 

Nyno Ortiz of Hartford, Connecticut, 
won an honorable mention in the
individual news writing category 

 

for her story, “City Teens Say Illegal
Tats No Big Deal.” She wrote the piece, 
which explored a potentially dangerous
trend in her community, as part of her
work at the Hartford Journalism & Media
Academy.

 



Maryland journalism teacher Mark Ionescu 
of The John Carroll School in Bel Air
won the coveted 2012 Journalism Educator
 of the Year after his students flooded
 the contest singing his praises. His crystal 
trophy is pictured above, and below is a photo 
of Ionescu celebrating with the staff of
The Patriot, the school newspaper.
“Mr. I,” as his students call him, is 
in the lower right part of the photo
in the blue shirt.

Photo courtesy of Grace Kim

 

 Narine Daneghyan of Yerevan, Armenia, won first

 

 place in the Sports Features category for  a comprehensive

 

 report she did for Youth Journalism International, 
 “Pan-Armenian Games Unite Through Sports.”

 

 

To see a full list of 2012 contest winners, links to some of the winning entries and comments from the judges, look here.