Audrey Park is a member of the Class of 2024 and serves as an editor-in-chief. She began writing for the Midway in the 2020-21 school year when she was in ninth grade. Her favorite story she has written is about University of Chicago nurses seeking solutions for the uninsured. She loves journalism because of its ability to represent and reflect multiple perspectives. Audrey also enjoys reading, traveling and playing card games.
Awards:
2024 National Scholastic Press Association Design of the Year: Newspaper Page/Spread — Top 10 Finalist (result announced Nov. 9, 2024)
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, in-depth news, Students use Zyn nicotine products, despite discouragement
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, alternative storytelling (with Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu, Sahana Unni)
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, centerspread story package, in-depth: Freedom Flare-up
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, feature, Hiding honky-tonk
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, single-page story package (with Chloë Alexander, Mia Lipson, Haley Maharry), Arts: Hiding honky-tonk
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, centerspread story package, in-depth: Affirmative Apprehension
2024 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, special coverage: (with Clare McRoberts and Sahana Unni) superior
2024 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, general feature Story: excellent
2024 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: First place, sidebar writing, “Affirmative Apprehension — Expert input: Law professor explains case”
2023 Illinois All-State Journalism Team
2023 Journalism Education Association National Student Media Contests, San Francisco convention: Honorable mention, online package
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, in-depth news, Leaving Lab: Black students say school environment is unwelcoming
2023 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, news story: excellent
2022 Journalism Education Association National Student Media Contests, St. Louis convention: Honorable mention, editorial writing
2022 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: First place, sidebar writing, “Misinformation solutions rely on regulation, media literacy”
