Amy Ren is a member of the Class of 2023 and serves as an assistant editor. She began working on the Midway staff as a sophomore in the 2020-21 school year. In addition to journalism, she also enjoys swimming and sailing competitively, reading, and dragging her friends to restaurants and long walks.
Awards:
2023 National Scholastic Press Association Story of the Year: Opinion, third place
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, feature, Role-playing game builds community through stories
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, multimedia story package (with Zara Siddique), Stitched together: New elective blends artistic creativity, fashion through experimental approach
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo gallery or slideshow (with Andrew Burke-Stevenson, Carter Chang, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Matthew McGehee, Chloe Ma, Matt Petres, Elliott Taylor, Malcolm Taylor), Photo gallery: Focused Faces
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo story (with Andrew Burke-Stevenson, Carter Chang, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Meena Lee, Matthew McGehee, Chloe Ma, Matt Petres, Elliott Taylor, Malcolm Taylor), Focused Faces
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Honorable mention, serious commentary, U-High must shine a light on Asian American struggles
2023 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, general feature story: superior
2023 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, opinion piece or column: superior
2022 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Briefs writing, first place (with Chloë Alexander, Louis Auxenfans, Joaquin Figueroa, Chloe Ma, Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu), Vol. 98, Issue 8 (March 10, 2022), Page 3
