Fredonia High Takes Top Award at
St. Bonaventure Communications Day

Fredonia High School won the prestigious Bertram Freed Memorial Award Friday at St. Bonaventure University’s annual Communications Day.

Named after the longtime Buffalo News reporter, the award honors the high school that won the most publication and individual categories, ranging from newspaper, TV and yearbook to feature, news and opinion writing.

Fredonia took first place in the news magazine and yearbook categories, and earned 11 individual writing and photography awards. Brighton High School won for best newspaper, and won nine individual awards in writing and illustrations. Salamanca High School took top honors in the television category, while Brocton High School won 10 individual awards.

In all, 13 schools and more than 220 students attended Communications Day.

Dan Collins, SBU class of ’73, vice president of corporate communication for Corning Inc., was the keynote speaker. Reporters, editors, producers, photographers, radio program directors, public relations professionals and yearbook executives conducted workshops throughout the course of the event.

The award winners were:

Publications/Productions

News Magazine

1st - Spectator, Fredonia High School

2nd - Silent Noise [!], Buffalo City Honors School

Newspaper

1st - Trapezoid, Brighton High School

2nd - Brocton Review, Brocton High School

3rd - Cougar Beat, Cassadaga Valley Central School


Television


1st - Warrior Vision Production, Salamanca High School

Yearbook

1st - Folio - Fredonia High School

2nd - Gowanda Valley Bugle - Gowanda High School

3rd - The Legend - Buffalo City Honors School


Individual Competition

Depth Reporting

1st - Eliz Arnavut, Fredonia High School

2nd - Kaylin Lowther, Fredonia High School

3rd - Kelsey Ruffino, Fredonia High School


Editorials

1st - Kristen Becker, Brocton High School

2nd - Spectator Staff, Fredonia High School

3rd - Christian Deakin, Brocton High School


Entertainment Review

1st - Stanford Schor, Brighton High School

2nd - Chaz Mancino, Fredonia High School

2nd - Marisa Bartolotta, Buffalo City Honors School

Features

1st - Prachi Mehta and Rafa Ifthikhar, Brighton High School

2nd - Mohini Sharma, Brighton High School

3rd - Monica Buck, Fredonia High School

3rd - Erin Wang, Brighton High School

Humor
1st - Jesse Ellis-Wexler, Brighton High School

2nd - Zachary Delcamp, Brocton High School

3rd - Nikk Michalski, Fredonia High School


Illustrations

1st - Suzanne Wu, Brighton High School

2nd - Sonia Ureles, Brighton High School

3rd - Nadia Wakabayashi, Brighton High School


News Reporting

1st - Elizabeth Bromsted & Jeremy Little, Brocton High School

2nd - Elizabeth Bromsted, Brocton High School

3rd - Nick Berdyck, Fredonia High School

3rd - Jeremy Little, Brocton High School

3rd - Kelsey Ruffino, Fredonia High School


Opinion


1st - Madison Carter, Brighton High School

2nd - Rob Knickerbocker, Brocton High School


Photojournalism


1st - Sean Pecuch, Fredonia High School

2nd - James Hobbs, Fredonia High School

3rd - Kristen Becker, Brocton High School

Sports Features

1st - Christian Deakin, Brocton High School

2nd - Matt Sant-Miller, Brighton High School

3rd - Meghan Roberts, Brocton High School



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