Two pieces of journalism written by Lyons Township High School Lion newspaper students are nominated for national “story of the year” awards in their respective categories by the National Scholastic Press Association. Lion students will attend the annual National Scholastic Press Association convention in Washington, D.C. when the winners are announced on Nov. 8.
Steven Campbell’s profile on basketball player Jim Cullen is up for Sports Story of the Year. Campbell is a graduate of 2014. Joe Okkema’s editorial on Common Core is nominated for Editorial of the Year. Okkema is a senior and news editor of the Lion newspaper.
To read their nominated stories, visit the press association website, then under the Sports Story category, click on Steven Campbell’s name, and under the Editorial category, click on Joe Okkema’s name.
In the last 12 years, there has been only one other LT student to be nominated for this distinction. Tripp Stelnicki’s editorial on bullying was nominated — and won — the 2010 national Editorial of the Year award.