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Knight Writers

The student news site of Robinson High School

Knight Writers

Awards and Honors

2023-2024 School Year

Todd C. Smith Journalist of the Year Second Place: Cecilia Cheng
FSPA District 4 Representative: Yesenia Rosario

FSPA Fall Digital Contests

What’s On Podcast All-Florida: Gabi Treviño, Joseph Treviño, Briana Garcia & Jordan De La Cruz

FSPA District 4 Workshop

First Place Module Design: Cecilia Cheng, Yesenia Rosario & Janiece Mitchner

First Place Hand-Drawn Illustration: Winter Carbajal

Second Place Opinion Column Writing: Keirra McGoldrick

Third Place Spot News Photography: Ashlyn Miller

Honorable Mention Opinion Column Writing: Malia Rodriguez

Student Newspapers Online (SNO)

Coping With Physics Teacher Loss by Grace Shafer, ISSUE 1: Lights, Camera, Pose by Cecilia Cheng, ISSUE 1: Why Be a Person When You Can Be a Dragon? by Charlotte Stone, Alivia Cocchiola Glams Up After Hours by Yesenia Rosario, ISSUE 2: No More Bad Days with Croslay by Cecilia Cheng, PREVIEW: Get Loud with the Crowd by Cecilia Cheng, The Teen Time Warp by Anika Sanka, Dayana Dominguez is off to Amherst by Vikram Sambasivan

2022-2023 School Year

2023 Gold Online Media, knightwriters.org

2023 Gold Newspaper, Knight Writers

NSPA First Class with Three Marks of Distinction

NSPA 2023 Leadership Award in Student Journalism

Juno Le

Zoe Thaxton

FSPA Fall Digital Contests

Date Night Feature Page All-Florida and Best of the Best: Juno Le & Zoe Thaxton

Deadline Prose All-Florida: Zoe Thaxton

Deadline Written Review All-Florida: Cecilia Cheng

FSPA District 4 Workshop

First Place News Writing: Vikram Sambasivan

First Place On-Air-Reporter: Ingalls Witte

First Place Opinion Column Writing: Zoe Thaxton

Third Place Opinion Column Writing: Cecilia Cheng

First Place Poetry: Jadyn Grayes

Second Place Poetry: Ingalls Witte

Second Place Spot News Photography: Whittaley Bowden

FSPA Spring Digital Contests

Commentary-Off-Campus All-Florida: Zoe Thaxton

Computer-Drawn Illustration All-Florida: Janiece Mitchner

Quick Turn Fiction and Illustration All-Florida: Zoe Thaxton, Ingalls Witte

Quick Turn Written Commentary All-Florida: Cecilia Cheng

Quick Turn Written Commentary All-Florida: Ingalls Witte

Review Writing All-Florida: Ashlyn Miller

Review Writing All-Florida: Grace Shafer

Sports News/Feature Story All-Florida: Juno Le

FSPA Spring Convention Contests

First Place Review Writing: Ashlyn Miller

Second Place Opinion Column: Ingalls Witte

Third Place Newsmagazine Team: Juno Le, Cecilia Cheng, Yesenia Rosario & Ingalls Witte

Honorable Mention Spot News Photography: Chelsea Rodriguez

Student Newspapers Online (SNO)

Best of SNO: Flag Football Jersey Reveal Presented By Nike and the Bucs by Juno Le, ISSUE 1: Gallant Galvin the Knight by Juno Le, ‘Mark H’ Makes Their Mark by Cecilia Cheng,  Hopping into Lunar New Year at Robinson by Cecilia Cheng, Robinson Aims to AICE the 2023-24 School Year by Vikram Sambasivan, Florida Bans New Advanced Placement Course by Cecilia Cheng, ISSUE 3: Heckman Reaches for the Stars by Cecilia Cheng, Padgett Pops Off by Charlotte Stone

SNO Distinguished Sites Program: Story Page Excellence Badge, Excellence in Writing Badge, Audience Engagement Badge, Continuous Coverage Badge

Scholastic Art and Writing 2023 Hillsborough Regional Awards

Journalism Gold Key: Netflix Must Shed its ‘Blockbuster’ Mindset by Vikram Sambasivan

2021-2022 School Year

2022 Gold Online Media, RHSToday.com

2022 Silver Newspaper, Knight Writers

FSPA District 4 Workshop

Third Place Poetry: Ingalls Witte

First Place News Writing: Vikram Sambasivan and Charlotte Stone

FSPA Spring Digital Contests

Commentary-Off Campus All-Florida: Vikram Sambasivan

Review Writing All-Florida: Samuel Elliott

Sports Action Photography All-Florida: Juno Le

Sports Game Coverage All-Florida and Best of the Best: Juno Le

FSPA Convention Contests

Third Place Poetry: Jadyn Grayes

Student Newspapers Online (SNO)

Best of SNO: Lighting Interruption & Lightning Fast Interception: Flag Football Holds Onto State Title by Juno Le & Zoe Thaxton

2020-2021 School Year

Todd C. Smith Journalist of the Year Third Place: Anna Woodward

2021 Gold Online Media, RHSToday.com

2021 Gold Newspaper, Knight Writers

NSPA First Class with Two Marks of Distinction

Student Newspapers Online (SNO)

2020-2021 SNO Distinguished Site

Best of SNO: Review: Fleet Foxes return with Shore by Samuel Elliott, Review: The Devil All The Time is not for the faint of heart by Olivia Godinez, Beyond the ballot by Anna Woodward, Fishman turns pandemic boredom into music production by Anna Woodward, Flag football inspires with Nike commercial by Anna Woodward, Q&A: Robinson alumnus performs at the Super Bowl by Pim Kruthun

Florida Scholastic Press Association State Convention

Student Profile All-Florida: Amelia Foster

Sports Feature All-Florida: Anna Woodward

Review Writing All-Florida: Zoe Thaxton

Review Writing All-Florida (x2): Samuel Elliott

Review Writing All-Florida: Olivia Godinez

Commentary Off-Campus All-Florida: Zoe Thaxton

2019-2020 School Year

2020 Gold Online Media, RHSToday.com

2020 Silver Newspaper, Knight Writers

NSPA First Class with One Mark of Distinction

Florida Scholastic Press Association State Convention

Review Writing All-Florida: Amelia Foster

Review Writing All-Florida: Ava Hogan

At-Home Contest Third Place Pet Portrait: Morgan Brazier

FSPA District 4 Workshop

First Place Sports Column: Jack Kirk

First Place Smartphone Architectural Photography: Morgan Brazier and Jules Whitaker

Third Place Spot News Photography: Olivia Godinez

 

2018-2019 School Year

2018 Silver Online Media, RHSToday.com

2019 Gold Newspaper, Knight Writers

NSPA First Class with Two Marks of Distinction

Macy McClintock, FSPA Multimedia Journalist of the Year Finalist

Florida Scholastic Press Association State Convention

Review Writing All-Florida: Amelia Foster

Review Writing All-Florida: Anna Woodward

Off-Campus News Story All-Florida: Alanna Felton

Off-Campus News Story All-Florida: Alanna Felton

Sports Feature Story All-Florida: Jack Kirk

 

2017-2018 School Year

Florida Scholastic Press Association State Convention

2018 Gold Online Media, RHSToday.com

2018 Silver Newspaper, Knight Writers

Lillian Martin, FSPA Writer of the Year Finalist

Anna Thomas, FSPA Writer of the Year Finalist

Spring Digital

Sports game coverage:  All-Florida Macy McClintock x2, Ann Thomas

Sports Profile: All-Florida Macy McClintock

Quick Turn Review: Best of the Best winner and All-Florida Mackenzie Hatton

 

Earlier Years

Florida Scholastic Press Association

2017 All-Florida Online Media

2017 Tampa Bay Times Fund Emerging Young Journalist of the Year: Macy McClintock

2016 All-Florida Online Media

2015 Spring Digital Contest All-Florida Awards: Campus News Story, Off-Campus News Story (2), General Feature, Sports Game Coverage (2), Spot News Photo, Feature Photo, Sports Reaction Photo (2), Special Effects Photo, Buzzfeed Style Post, Multimedia Event Coverage (3).

2015 All-Florida Online Media

2014 Spring Digital Contest All-Florida Awards: News Story (2),  Feature Story, Spot News Photo

2014 Tampa Bay Times Fund Emerging Young Journalist of the Year- Isabel Hanewicz

FSPA District 4 Workshop

2015

Thinglink, First Place: Ashlea Daniels, Kaitlyn Corwin

Yearbook Layout Team, Third Place: Renee Matamba, Katherine Weck, Savon Crumity

Six-Shot Six-Word Story, Second Place: Michelle Santacreu, Claire Casper

2014

On the Spot Photo, First Place: Matthew Hall

Sports Reaction Photo, First Place: Matthew Hall

Sports Game Twitter Coverage, First Place: Bailey Adams

Breaking News Story, Third Place: Isabel Hanewicz

Newspaper Front Page, Second Place: Meng Fei Shen, Claire Chen, Emily Draper

School Newspapers Online (SNO) 

2016

Best of SNO: Hours of Practice Pay off for Band at MPA by Isabel Hanewicz, The Cube Helps Students Plan for Future by Kaitlyn Corwin, When the Clock Runs Out by Isabel Hanewicz

SNO Distinguished Sites Program: Site Excellence Badge, Excellence in Writing Badge

2015

Best of SNO: Sports Photographer Captures Joy and Defeat by Isabel Hanewicz, School Board Terminates Superintendent’s Contract by Isabel Hanewicz, Hiring Freeze Leaves Math Class with Substitute by Isabel Hanewicz, Revisiting Ferguson in Six Acts by Isabel Giovannetti and RHStoday staff, Flag Football Team Strives to #GetBack by Michelle Santacreu and Isabel Hanewicz

SNO Distinguished Sites Program: Site Excellence Badge, Excellence in Story Writing Badge, Story Page Excellence Badge, Audience Engagement Badge, Multimedia Excellence Badge

2015 SNO Distinguished Site

National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)

2015 Online Pacemaker

5th Place Best of Show, Large School, NSPA Denver 2015

2016 Online Pacemaker Finalist

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