Plainfield Teen Reporters Take Home Awards at Journalism Invitational

PLAINFIELD, IL – Student journalists from Plainfield High School – Central Campus, Plainfield South High School and Plainfield East High School earned several top prizes at the Minooka High School Journalism Invitational Saturday, Feb. 25.

PEHS won first place overall in the competition. As well, these students earned individual honors:

Plainfield High School-Central Campus
First Place:
· David Castellucci – Headline Writing
Second Place:
· Jack Plewa – Newspaper Design
· Iris Wright – Copy Editing
Third Place:
· David Castellucci – Review Writing
Fourth Place:
· Shannon Tierney – Photo Storytelling
· Tom Klimek – News and Sports Writing
Fifth Place:
· Iris Wright – Headline Writing
Sixth Place:
· Jack Plewa – Editorial Writing

Plainfield South High School
First Place:
· David Chapman – Ad Design and Editorial Cartooning
· Kaitlyn “Kati” Finnegan – Yearbook Copy Writing
· Erin Scoigletti – Photography
Second Place:
· Ryan Murray – Sports Writing
· Emily Gonzalez – Feature Writing
Third Place:
· Emily Gonzalez – News Writing
· Emily Sherrill – Feature Writing
· Victoria “Tori” Gapuz – Photography
Fourth Place:
· Caitlin Deerwester – Review Writing
· Isabella “Bella” Paredes – Newspaper Design
· James Dralle – Headline Writing
· Jack Leach – Yearbook Caption Writing
Fifth Place:
· Emily Sherrill – Review Writing
· Ryan Murray – Yearbook Caption Writing
· Spencer Trevizo – Editorial Writing
· Jack Leach – Sports Writing
· Caitlin Deerwester – Yearbook Copy Writing
Sixth Place:
· James Dralle – News Writing
· Kaitlyn “Kati” Finnegan – Newspaper Design
· Spencer Trevizo – Copy Editing

Plainfield East High School
First Place:
· Mohammed Shamsi – Infographics
· Victoria Wisniewski – News Design
· Mia Escobar – Yearbook Caption Writing
· Alia Kabba – Copy Editing
· Gowtham Yerneni – Sport Writing
· Mohammed Arshad Halim – News Writing
· Gabrielle “Gabby” Hoffman – Yearbook Theme Development
Second Place:
· Jillian Dzieciol – Broadcast News
· Lauren Thibault – Advertising
· Jori Brewer – News Writing
· Mohammed Shamsi – Editorial Writing
· Josh George – Yearbook Caption Writing
· Mia Escobar – Yearbook Layout
· Alia Kabba – Yearbook Copy Writing
Third Place:
· Gowtham Yerneni – Infographics
· Victoria Wisniewski – Editorial Writing
· Lauren Thibault – Sports Writing
· Sam Alvidrez – Editorial Cartooning
Fourth Place:
· Haaris Arain – Advertising and Editorial Cartooning
· Mohammed Arshad Halim – Feature Writing
Fifth Place:
· Jori Brewer – Feature Writing
· Ashley Sanderson-Kovacs – Photography
Sixth Place:
· Shiann Denova – Photography
· Axel Ohrvall – Review Writing
· Gabriel “Gabe” Chutuape – Headline Writing

Submitted by District 202