Smithtown Students Win 9 Journalism Awards

Five students from Smithtown High School East captured nine awards in the 2015 Long Island Press High School Journalism program.

Hundreds of high school students, faculty and parents from across Long Island attended the recent gala at Hofstra University.

HSE winners from the student newspaper The Matador with the respective categories/subject of recognition are: Jenna Barbone (Food – Commentary, Online Feature and Media Column), Jess Caruso (Q&A – School), Sotiris Georgakopoulos (Arts Review – TV and Editorial – National/International), Claire Nunez (A&E Video Games, Government – National), and Arianne Rogers (Arts Review – Theater).

The annual awards competition and gala recognizes outstanding high school journalism in print, video and online, including reporting, writing, design, artwork and illustration across more than 100 individual categories. Nearly 1,600 entries from throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties were submitted this year. Christine Kuletsky is The Matador adviser with help from Cristina Ferrone.

Photo courtesy of the Smithtown Central School District: From left, HSE’s 2015 Long Island Press High School Journalism Program award winners Jess Caruso, Arianne Rogers, Jenna Barbone, and Sotiris Georgakopoulos.