2019 Journalism Awards

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.

Albert Camus

Middle School

2nd Place

FEATURE - VIDEO

Aaron Quevedo

Placerita Jr High School

1st Place

FEATURE - VIDEO

Patrick Done

Placerita Jr High Schol

1st Place

SPORTS - VIDEO

Isabella Fisher &
Faith Wilson

Castaic Middle School

2nd Place

VIDEO PACKAGE

Lauren Alangui &
Andie Rubio

Castaic Middle School

1st Place

VIDEO PACKAGE

Amanda Lee & Isabella Fisher

Castaic Middle School

BEST OVERALL

FEATURE - VIDEO

Andie Rubio, Amanda Lee, & Lauren Alangui

Castaic Middle School

BEST OVERALL

VIDEO

Lauren Alangui & Isabella Barraza

Castaic Middle School

2nd Place

SERIES/PROJECT - VIDEO

Dunstan Leogo &
Chandon Moon

Castaic Middle School

1st Place

SERIES/PROJECT - VIDEO

Kai Santiago & Matthew Polen

Castaic Middle School

1st Place

NEWS - VIDEO

Isabella Barraza &
Isabella Fisher

Castaic Middle School

2nd Place

GRAPHIC

Emily Kim & Monica Rahman

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

GRAPHIC

Claire Chang &
Jessica Kwan

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

CARTOON

Andrew Kang

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

Ryan Rhudy

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Alice Xie & Noor Baber

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Breeze Aguilar

Placerita Jr High School

1st Place

OPINION - PRINT

Ella Blanco & Reya Mehta

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

REVIEW - PRINT

Joshua Mok, Andrew Kang, & Minjun Kim

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

REVIEW - PRINT

Mounia Rahman, Emily Kim, & Isabella Truang

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

SPORTS - PRINT

Jordan Cohen, Colin Park, & Greg Pierantoni

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

SPORTS - PRINT

Caden Soule, Colin Park, & Greg Pierantoni

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

SERIES/PROJECT - PRINT

Zoe Lutes, Katelyn Waugh, & Jordyn Call

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

NEWS - PRINT

Nithya Iyer & Reya Mehta

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

NEWS - PRINT

Alyssa Chang & Gillian Bui

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

GRAPHIC

Emily Kim & Monica Rahman

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

GRAPHIC

Claire Chang, Jessica Kwan, & Amberin Rahman

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1ST Place

CARTOON

Andrew Kang

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

Ryan Rhudy

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2ND Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Alice Xie & Noor Baber

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Breeze Aguilar

Placerita Jr High School

1st Place

OPINION - PRINT

Ella Blanco & Reya Mehta

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2ND Place

REVIEW - PRINT

Joshua Mok, Andrew Kang, & Minjun Kim

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

REVIEW - PRINT

Mounia Rahman, Emily Kim, & Isabella Truang

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2ND Place

SPORTS - PRINT

Jordan Cohen, Colin Park, & Greg Pierantoni

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

SPORTS - PRINT

Caden Soule, Colin Park, & Greg Pierantoni

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1ST Place

SERIES/PROJECT - Print

Zoe Lutes, Katelyn Waugh, & Jordyn Call

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

NEWS - PRINT

Nithya Iyer & Reya Mehta

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1ST Place

NEWS - Print

Alyssa Chang & Gillian Bui

Rancho Pico Jr High School

High School

1st Place

SOCIAL MEDIA

Nathan Miller

Saugus High School

2nd Place

FEATURE - VIDEO

Garett Christofferson, Lucas Elzer, & Joel Yoon

West Ranch High School

1st Place

FEATURE - VIDEO

Nathan Miller

Saugus High School

2nd Place

SPORTS - VIDEO

Madi Marks, Nina Contin, & Hannah Sullivan

West Ranch High School

1st Place

SPORTS - VIDEO

Hayden Trowbridge

Saugus High School

2nd Place

VIDEO

Nathan Miller

Saugus High School

1st Place

VIDEO

Tyler Shea & Neiko Pittman

West Ranch High School

2nd Place

News - VIDEO

Sherin Yueksel

Saugus High School

1st Place

News - Video

Ananya Mehrotra & Heeti Lounibos

West Ranch High School

BEST OVERALL

FEATURE - VIDEO

Hayden Trowbridge

Saugus High School

BEST OVERALL

News - VIDEO

Nathan Miller & Owen Derry

Saugus High School

2nd Place

GRAPHIC

Courtney Fennessy

Saugus High School

1st Place

GRAPHIC

Rachel Lim & Courtney Fennessy

Saugus High School

1st Place

DESIGN

Zara Koroma & Jarid Root

Canyon High School

2nd Place

Feature Photography

Shyanne Night

Canyon High School

1st Place

Feature photography

Hayden Trowbridge

Saugus High School

1st Place

NEWS photography

Hayden Trowbridge

Saugus High School

2nd Place

SPorts - Print

Nikash Nath

Canyon High School

1st Place

Sports - Print

Nikash Nath & Dylan Gannon

Canyon High School

2nd Place

News - Print

Linsey Towles

Saugus High School

2nd Place

FEATURE - Print

Eliza Hernandez, Julia Hwang, Amber-Jade Hallare, & Alice Kim

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1st Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Alexia Mancilla

Saugus High School

2nd Place

Opinion - Print

Jarid Root

Canyon High School

1st Place

Opinion - Print

Courtney Fennessy

Saugus High School

2nd Place

Column - print

Zara Koroma

Canyon High School

1st Place

Column - Print

Sammie Pierce

Canyon High School

2nd Place

General excellence

Saugus High School

1st Place

General Excellence

Valencia High School

Internship Application

Event Photos

Rancho Pico Junior High student Jordan Call receives her First Place Print News Series or Project Award from Perry Smith, Managing Editor The Signal during The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Rancho Pico Junior High student Jordan Call, right, receives her First Place Print News Series or Project Award from Richard Budman, Publisher/Owner The Signal and Dave Caldwell, William S. Hart Union School District Public Information Officer during The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus High School student, Nathan Miller, right, receives his first Place Awards for Social Media and Featurd Video from Richard Budman, Publisher/Owner The Signal, left, and Dave Caldwell, William S. Hart Union School District Public Information Officer during The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Richard Budman, Publisher/Owner The Signal, left, and Dave Caldwell, William S. Hart Union School District Public Information Officer present Valencia High School Journalism Advisor Beth Blok, center, and her students from left, Sanjana Manjeshwar, Elgin Lee, Sanya Kaluarchchi and Amber-Jade Hallare, with their First Place General Excellence Award during The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Award winners gather on stage after The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus High School Broadcast Video Instructor Wade Williams and student Nathan Miller display award.

Valencia High School Journalism Advisor Beth Blok, left, and students from left, Amber-Jade Hallare, Sanjana Manjeshwar, Elgin Lee, and Sanya Kaluarchchi display their First Place General Excellence Award after The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus High School student Nathan Miller, second from left, and Broadcast Journalism Instructor Wade Williams, third from left, display their First Place Video Feature and Second Place General Excellence awards presented by William S. Hart Union School District Public Information Officer Dave Caldwell, left, and The Signal Managing Editor, Perry Smith, second from right, and Owner/Publisher Richard Budman after The Signal’s 2019 Journalism Awards held at Valencia High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Albert Camus

Middle School

CATEGORIES

2nd Place

FEATURE - VIDEO

Aaron Quevedo

Placerita Jr High School

1st Place

FEATURE - VIDEO

Patrick Done

Placerita Jr High Schol

1st Place

SPORTS - VIDEO

Isabella Fisher &Faith Wilson

Castaic Middle School

2nd Place

VIDEO PACKAGE

Lauren Alangui &Andie Rubio

Castaic Middle School

1st Place

VIDEO PACKAGE

Amanda Lee & Isabella Fisher

Castaic Middle School

BEST OVERALL

FEATURE - VIDEO

Andie Rubio, Amanda Lee, & Lauren Alangui

Castaic Middle School

BEST OVERALL

VIDEO

Lauren Alangui & Isabella Barraza

Castaic Middle School

2nd Place

SERIES/PROJECT - VIDEO

Dunstan Leogo &Chandon Moon

Castaic Middle School

1st Place

SERIES/PROJECT - VIDEO

Kai Santiago & Matthew Polen

Castaic Middle School

1st Place

NEWS - VIDEO

Isabella Barraza &Isabella Fisher

Castaic Middle School

2nd Place

GRAPHIC

Emily Kim & Monica Rahman

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

GRAPHIC

Claire Chang &Jessica Kwan

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

CARTOON

Andrew Kang

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

Ryan Rhudy

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Alice Xie & Noor Baber

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

FEATURE - PRINT

Breeze Aguilar

Placerita Jr High School

1st Place

OPINION - PRINT

Ella Blanco & Reya Mehta

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

REVIEW - PRINT

Joshua Mok, Andrew Kang, & Minjun Kim

Rancho Pico Jr High School

1st Place

REVIEW - PRINT

Mounia Rahman, Emily Kim, & Isabella Truang

Rancho Pico Jr High School

2nd Place

Isabella Fisher &
Faith Wilson

Lauren Alangui &
Andie Rubio

Dunstan Leogo &
Chandon Moon

Isabella Barraza &
Isabella Fisher

Claire Chang &
Jessica Kwan