Priyanka Shrijay, Editor-in-Chief
I first joined the U-High Midway staff as a freshman in the Accelerated Beginning Journalism program. Since then I have served as a reporter and then the opinion editor for the 2017-18 academic year. My favorite part of journalism is working with different people to share and represent their voices in the Midway. In addition to working on the Midway, I am also involved in piano and Indian classical dance outside of school.
Honors:
2019 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards: First place, single subject news or feature package, single-page design, “Chicago Choices”
2018 Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photography and Multimedia Contests: Honorable mention, feature writing
2018 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards: Certificate of merit, Op-ed or news analysis page design
2018 Illinois Journalism Education Association: All-State Journalism Team
2018 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, personality profile
2018 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, audio podcast with Emma Trone and Michael Rubin
2017 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, serious commentary
2017 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, single-page story package
