The Muse earned several awards recognizing the staff’s journalistic achievements at The Palm Beach Post’s Excellence in High School Journalism Awards today, April 30. Judges from The Palm Beach Post awarded newspapers, newsmagazines and news websites from high schools across Palm Beach County in various categories. The Muse won second place for newspaper website, second place for general excellence newspaper and third place for social media. Communications teacher and The Muse advisor Stephen Moore and John I. Leonard High School’s newspaper adviser Charysse K. Carter both won the general excellence award for publication adviser, which rewarded both teachers with a $250 prize. Individual staffers from The Muse were also recognized in nearly every category.
The Muse individual winners
Communications junior Bennett Morgan – third place in cartooning/illustrating and honorable mention in entertainment writing
Visual senior Adrian Casanova – honorable mention in cartooning/illustrating
Communications senior Ximena Hasbach – honorable mention in column writing
Communications sophomore Michael Wang – first place in editorial writing
Strings senior Felipe Bomeny – second place in editorial writing
Communications senior Bari Bossis – third place in entertainment writing
Communications sophomores Brittany McKenzie and Elliot Hacker – second place in feature writing
Communications junior Tiffany Abreu – third place in feature writing
Communications sophomores Mary Rasura and Alexa Marcellino – second place in news writing
Communications sophomore Uma Raja – third place in news writing
Communications sophomore Julia Horneck – honorable mention in photography
Communications junior Tomas Cabezas – second place in sports writing
Communications teacher Stephen Moore – general excellence, adviser