2023-24 OSMA Awards

Peyton Goss, Sage Kennedy, Sophia Sturiano, Celina Gao, Maggie McCarthy and Barrett Waggoner celebrate their wins at the award ceremony. The students journalists earned 29 individual awards at the OSMA state convention at Kent State University on Apr. 19. Photo by Amy Tolbert.

Granville student journalists attended the Ohio Scholastic Media Association (OSMA) State Convention at Kent State University on Friday, Apr. 19. In the afternoon, students attended sessions led by journalism professions on a variety of topics. In the evening, they attended a banquet, where they received a number of awards for their work for the Blue Ace Media website and the Blue & White Yearbook:

News website: First place
Yearbook: First place
Individual awards: 29, including 5 Superiors, 9 Excellents and 15 Honorable Mentions.

MacKenzie BeVier

Hannah Bishop

Newswriting, Honorable Mention

Owen Costa

News Feature, Excellent

Peyton Goss

Max Haley

Sage Kennedy

Yearbook Student Life Spread, Honorable Mention

Maggie Miller

Yearbook Student Life Spread, Honorable Mention

Sophia Sturiano

Lyndy Van Horn

Graycen Vogelmeier

Sports Coverage/News, Superior

Barrett Waggoner

Sports Photo, Honorable Mention

Staff

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