Gallup Awards

Georgia

Odyssey — Clarke Central High School, Athens

“Working with young reporters to shore up their confidence and reporting skill, adding co-bylines to stories to strengthen their writing and reporting, and adding a DEI Editor are just some of the ways the newsroom structure changes to meet challenges and ensure a quality product. Recognizing weaknesses in its own work is a consistent strength of this newsroom.”

The Southerner — Midtown High School, Atlanta

“The key strengths of your publication are coverage and writing. You know how to tell stories well, and that starts at the idea phase. You recognize important stories in the world around you. You understand news values, and you ask the right questions, which allows you to delve deeper into the story.”

Illinois

42Fifty — Oswego High School, Oswego

“42 Fifty is a fantastic all-around publication. They have improved on previous suggestions and have this wonderful foundation of clear policies and procedures that allow them to have a consistent look and voice as new staff members join.”

Missouri

North Star — Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles
“One standout area of strength is your digital presence. You fully understand how a website operates, and you take advantage of the range of tools available to tell stories in a number of ways. You always seem willing and eager to experiment with new ideas and new approaches to storytelling. ”

The Messenger — Marquette High School, Chesterfield
“Great work all around. You’ve created a multifaceted publication that uses a website as its main housing place for print, web and social platforms. You lead readers to your online presence through your magazine, and you use the web’s power of immediacy to tell stories regularly between the publication date for your magazine.”

Wingspan — Nixa High School, Nixa

“The newsroom has shown a commitment to covering stories that resonate with students, faculty and staff, and the larger Nixa community. Coverage in the print edition and online is comprehensive, inclusive and the newsroom is clearly dedicated to finding and telling important stories.”

Nevada

The Southwest Shadow — Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas
“The Southwest Shadow website is filled with impressive student journalism. The staff excels in ethical standards, diverse content, thorough reporting and engaging writing, which are the fundamentals of strong journalism.”

Texas

Kingwood Park Times — Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood

“The breadth of voices in the in-depth stories is incredible. Especially in hurricane coverage, interviews were had with students, faculty and staff members and community decision makers about the impact of that event. This is a model to take forward into the next school year.”

The Shield — McCallum High School, Austin
“I would be remiss not to congratulate the Shield staff, editors, and advisers on their fantastic campus media! This is truly one of the best schools I’ve judged in several years.”

Virginia

The Highlander — McLean High School, McLean
“[Coverage] is a strength for this newsroom. There is a good variety of stories, frequently told from the student perspective, about topics that span the school, city, state and the world. The diversity of the McLean community and the newsroom is a driving force behind this broad content topic list, and the student reporters’ abilities to tell those stories through the eyes of their peers puts them in a unique position.”