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2006-07

Illinois Journalism Education Association
Sarah Alban was selected for the All-State Journalism Team, the highest honor awarded by the IJEA.

National Scholastic Press Association's Journalism Honor Roll:
Sarah Alban & Dipika Chaudhury

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (National Competition)
Gold Medal for the overall newspaper with All-Columbian honors in coverage and graphic presentation (The Logue has received Gold Medal awards four out of the last five years.) Two students also won individual awards in the Gold Crown competition, which receives thousands of entries from high schools across the country.

- 2nd place (newspaper layout of 2 or more pages) - John Beyer & Karla Browning
- 2nd place (sports photo portfolio of work) - Karla Browning

Illinois Women's Press Association

- 1st place sports photo ("Block Party") - Angie Serviss
- 3rd place review ("Decemberists") - Nick Vainisi
- Honorable mentioned news article ("Controversial poster removed from cafeteria") - Sakura Robles
- Angie then went on to win Honorable mentioned in the national competition.

Northern Illinois Press Association:
The Logue was awarded the Golden Eagle, top honors, in our division.

The following students received individual blue ribbons (top honors):

- Sakura Robles, news writing
- Sarah Alban, team in-depth
- James Kuo, team in-depth
- Carolyn McChesney, feature writing
- Jenelle Huddleston, editorial cartoons

The following students received honorable mention:

- Karla Browning, photography
- Nick Vainisi, review writing and sports writing
- Laura Sexauer, editorial writing
- Eunhye Oak, graphics

IHSA - Sectional results:
Fremd placed first out of 11 total teams, beating last year's state champion.

1st Palatine (Fremd)
2nd Naperville (Central) - (Naperville was last year's state champion.)
3rd Mt. Prospect (Prospect)
4th Schaumburg (H.S.)
5th Elk Grove Village (E.G.)
6th Barrington

1st place:
Advertising - Allison Cipolla
Info Graphics - Julie Kim
Editorial Cartooning - Jenelle Huddleston
Feature Photography - Angie Serviss
Yearbook Copy Editing - Neha Awati
Yearbook Layout - Laurieann Wojnowski

2nd place:
Copy Editing - Julie Kim
Feature Writing - Carolyn McChesney

3rd place:
Headline Writing - James Kuo
Newspaper Design - Olivia Lewis
Sports Writing - Sean Leahy
Yearbook Theme Development - Amy Alexander & Nicole Thompson

4th place:
Review Writing - Brian Gailey

IHSA - State results:
Fremd took fifth as a team at state out of the 71 schools that started at sectionals. Students medaled in five individual categories.

2nd place - Advertising - Allison Cipolla
3rd place - Sports Writing - Sean Leahy
3rd place - Feature Photography - Angie Serviss
4th place - Editorial Cartooning - Jenelle Huddleston
6th place - Copy Editing - Julie Kim

Pending:
Results for National Scholastic Press Association's contest will be received in the fall.

2005-06

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Silver Medal for the overall newspaper

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)/Chicago Headline Club

- The Logue was ranked 6th out of 250 eligible Chicagoland high school publications
- Sarah Alban and James Kuo received 2nd place for in-depth newswriting

Illinois High School Association (IHSA)

Sectional results:

-Overall, Fremd got 4th place out of 12 schools.
-1st place - Karla Browning, photography
-1st place - Julie Kim, copy editing
-1st place - Laurieanne Wojnowski & Eryn Zachwieja, yearbook layout
-2nd place - Nina Heinz, advertising
-3rd place - Jenelle Huddleston, editorial cartooning
-3rd place - James Kuo, headline/caption writing
-5th place - Nick Vainisi, sports writing
-5th place - Hailey McAvoy, review writing
-6th place - Eryn Zachwieja, yearbook theme development
(Students receiving 1st through 4th place went on to compete in the state-wide competition.)

State results:

-7th place - Karla Browning, photography
-7th place - Julie Kim, copy editing
-10th place - Jenelle Huddleston, editorial cartooning
-12th place - James Kuo, headline/caption writing
-13th place - Laurieann Wojonowski & Eryn Zachwieja, yearbook layout
-14th place - Nina Heinz, advertising

Northern Illinois Press Association (NISPA)
The Logue received a silver certificate for achievement in our division.

The following students received blue ribbons (top honors):

-Hailey McAvoy, photography
-Anthony Weis, review writing
-Dave Buesing, review writing
-Natalia Gut, individual in-depth writing
-Heather Frayn, sports writing
-Claire Reising & Christine Meister, news writing
-Sarah Alban & James Kuo, team in-depth

The following students received honorable mention:

-Olivia Lewis, column writing
-Francesca Saeli, graphics
-Jenelle Huddleston, editorial cartoon
-Mike Tresnowski, feature

National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)

- The Logue received a first class rating with marks of distinction in coverage & content and photo, art & graphics.

Chicago Dental Association

- Kirsten Kwon, 1st place award & $1,000 award granted to the Logue

2004-05

Columbia Scholastic Press Association

-The newspaper received a Gold Medal Certificate, top honors, for the third year in a row.
-Gold Circle Awards (This CSPA competition receives over 9,500 high school and middle school submissions):

-Senior Alex Inman won 3rd place for his news feature "The day the music didn't die"
-Senior Aren Thompson and '04 graduate Parag Gupta took honorable mention for their front page design of the 2004 senior issue

National Scholastic Press Association

-Received the top honor rating, All American, with marks of distinction in four of the five possible categories. (Marks of distinction for coverage and content, writing and editing, layout and design, and leadership)
-This was the first time we received an All American rating in this national competition.

Society of Professional Journalists /Chicago Headline Club

-The Logue was ranked 8th out of 250 eligible Chicagoland high school publications
-Sophomore Julie Kim took second place, news writing
-Sophomore Sarah Alban took third place, news writing
-Senior Anita Gut took honorable mention, editorial writing

Northern Illinois Press Association
The Logue received a silver certificate for achievement in our division

The following students received blue ribbons (top honors):

-Anita Gut, editorial writing
-Julie Kim, individual in-depth
-Eric Pagnamenta, photography
-Jackie Schiffer, feature writing
-Sarah Alban, news writing
-Chrissy Pulles, review writing
-Mike Tresnowski, sports writing
-Jamie Oh, Ben Tipton, Stephanie Lovitt and Kirsten Kwon, team in-depth
(Mike Tresnowski also received honorable mention for column writing)

Chicago Dental Association

-Sophomore Stephanie Lovitt and senior Ben Tipton received a second place award for their article entitled "Breaking the habit"; the Logue was awarded $500.

2003-04

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Medal Certificate with All-Columbian honors

Gold Circle Awards:

-1st place, in-depth news/feature, Elizabeth Campbell, "Fremd community reacts to Powder Puff hazing incident"
-1st place, portfolio of work, Ben Hubbard, "VJ Day Illustration"
-2nd place, portfolio of work, Ben Hubbard, "Bush and Saddam Illustration"

The following students received Gold Circle Certificates of Merit (honorable mention)

-news writing, Alex Inman & Tom Gill, "Error Surfaces in Tribune Article"
-editorial writing, Brittany Loveisky, "Policing Underwear goes too far"
-first place experience, Steve Barret, "Male Senior Laments Selective Service System"

National Scholastic Press Association
First class honor rating with marks of distinction in coverage and content and leadership

Northern Illinois Press Association
Golden Eagle for overall excellence - Top honors for the overall newspaper

The following students received blue ribbons (top honors):

Brittany Loveisky, editorial writing
Mike Vainisi, column writing
Jaimie Oh, individual in-depth
Elizabeth Campbell & Stevie Sigan, team in-depth
Ben Hubbard, graphics
Carolyn Jessee, editorial cartoons
The following students received honorable mention:
Mike Vainisi, sports writing
Anita Gut, news writing

2002-03

National Scholastic Press Association
In overall newspaper review, the Logue received a ranking of second class with marks of distinction in writing and editing.

-2nd place news story of the year, Anny Lin, Brittany Loveisky, Aaron Mertz, (Brown's Chicken Massacre article)

Northern Illinois Press Association

The following students received blue ribbons (top honors):

Eric Heisig, review writing
Elizabeth Campbell and Nick Burkhardt, feature writing
Mike Vainisi, column writing

Elizabeth Campbell, Nick Burkhardt, Dennis Florine and Chris Caton, team in-depth

The following students received honorable mention:

Kevin Price, photography
Jennifer Madden, news writing
Ben Hubbard, graphics

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Medal Certificate with All-Columbian honors in coverage, writing and editing, and business operations

Gold Circle Awards:

Honorable Mention - Isabelle Burtan, profile writing
Honorable Mention - Mike Vainisi, sports writing

Society of Professional Journalists /Chicago Headline Club

-The Logue was ranked 8th out of 250 eligible Chicagoland high school publications
-1st place - Anny Lin, news writing
-5th place - Matt Puglisi, sports writing

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