Silver Chips Online wins journalism competition

At the Maryland Scholastic Press Association's 56th annual fall high school journalism convention, Silver Chips Online won the Marylander Award for best Scholastic Journalism Web Site and swept all four individual categories.

The following is a list of award winners at the convention:

Front-page Design
1st Place: Jeffrey Dunn, Keith Costanzo & Brandon Buehler
Silver Chips Online Red Design
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

2nd Place: Jeffrey Dunn
Silver Chips Online Blue Design
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

Inside-page Design
1st Place: Jeffrey Dunn, Keith Costanzo & Brandon Buehler
Ninja Turtles Page Design
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

2nd Place: Kedamai Fisseha, Seema Kacker
Brown v. Board Chart
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

3rd Place: Kedamai Fisseha
Brown v. Board Banner
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

News Writing
1st Place: Cori Cohen, Adedeji Ogunfolu
MCPS Issues Water Alert
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

2nd Place: Anthony Glynn, Elliott Wolf
Breakdancing Banned
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

3rd Place: Katherine Zhang
Blair Fails to Make "Adequate Yearly Progress"
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

Sports Writing
1st Place: Ellie Blalock
Student Athletes Play It To The Bone
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

2nd Place: Ellie Blalock
From the Court to the Classroom
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

3rd Place: Kristina Yang
Blazer Volleyball Burns Patriots
Silver Chips Online, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

To view the Maryland Scholastic Press Association's web site, click here.