Wantagh High School Newspaper Wins Journalism Awards

Co-editors-in-chief, Kiera Fitzpatrick and Katie Piscopio of Wantagh High School’s newspaper, The Warrior, captured three awards during the annual Quill Awards’ ceremony at Adelphi University’s Press Day.

In a field of more than 30 top high school newspapers from across Long Island and New York City, Fitzpatrick was the sole gold winner in the category of Most Outstanding News Article. For the second year in a row, Fitzpatrick also won an award in the Most Outstanding Reporter category, with a bronze. Piscopio won honorable mention in the category of Best Entertainment Review.

Wantagh journalists have been entering the Adelphi contest since 2001.

Fitzpatrick became the first award winner in the category of Best News Article, the most prestigious writing category in the contest. Not only was her award the ultimate as solo gold, it was also the first gold won by a Wantagh journalism student in three years. The preceding winner was Jackie Dresch, who won gold awards in the Adelphi contest and the statewide ESSPA contest sponsored by Syracuse University, where Dresch is currently a senior majoring in television journalism.

To read articles by these award winners, view The Warrior at http://thewarrior.wantaghschools.org/?1841Nav=|&NodeID=649.