More than a dozen current and former individual members of the U-High Midway staff received awards for their work from the Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, which were announced March 23. 

The contest, which covered content from March 10, 2022, to Feb. 19, 2023, is open to Chicago high schools to submit their content into writing, photography, online and multimedia categories.

This year was the Midway’s first year entering, and editor-in-chief Téa Tamburo believes the results depict the amount of effort and work the staff has contributed.

“I think it speaks volumes to how dedicated everyone on staff is, and all the hard work we’ve put in,” Téa said.

The Midway was acknowledged for 15 awards, including one for overall newspaper, in which the Midway earned a superior. 

“The Midway did very well,” Téa said. “I’m very proud of everyone on staff for how well we did.” 

The awards are:

Overall Newspaper: U-High Midway staff, superior

Community Story: Clare O’Connor, superior

General Feature Story: Amy Ren, superior

Non-Sports Photo: Malcolm Taylor (Class of 2022), superior

Opinion Piece or Column: Amy Ren, superior

Original Editorial Cartoon: Dalin Dohrn, superior

Special Coverage: Clare O’Connor, William Tan, Chloe Alexander and Amy Ren, superior

Sports Photo: Patrice Graham, superior

Audio Journalism: Caroline Hohner (Class of 2022), excellent

Entertainment Review: Erich Raumann, excellent

News Story: Audrey Park, excellent

Personality Profile: Louis Auxenfans, excellent

Sports News Story: Ethan Swinger, excellent

Sports Feature Story: William Tan, excellent

Staff Editorial: Clare O’Connor, excellent