Deering Student Newspaper Wins State Awards
“Ramblings,” the student newspaper at Deering High School, recently won three, first-place awards in the Maine Center for Student Journalism contest.
Maureen Quinn, editor-in-chief, won first place in news writing for her story last June about the student walkout protesting cuts in school funding. Jiyeon Kim and Megan Hedrich, layout editors, won first place in layout and design. Nick Devlin, who is the news editor, won first place in sports writing for his feature about Deering fencer Sam Schack.
Anders Nielsen, the “Ramblings” record reviewer for the past two years, won second place in the arts review category for his commentary on Vampire Weekend. Photo editor Steven Lee won third place for a photo spread last September about the ALS walkthon in honor of social worker and senior class advisor Nan Urban.
Mary Ann Scaccia, an English and journalism teacher at Deering, is the newspaper advisor.
