Anybody with a student at Decatur High knows there are plenty of budding journalists there.

The writing is good. Just check out the website 3ten.com or find a copy of Carpe Diem, the school literary magazine.

The rest of the state knows it, too. Decatur students won a number of journalism awards recently. Jon Reese of Decatur High provided a full account.

Students from the print and broadcast journalism classes at Decatur High School won top honors from the Georgia Scholastic Press Association at a ceremony on April 26 at UGA’s Classic Center in Athens.

Fikrea Tesema was honored as the first place winner of the First Amendment contest sponsored by the Cox Institute.

The GSPA presents All-Georgia awards to the top performer in each award category. Decatur brought back four All-Georgia awards: Mary Adams and Gabriel Marcus for broadcast sports package, Mollie-Emma

Article source: http://decatur.patch.com/articles/dhs-students-win-journalism-awards

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