SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The Lincoln High School Statesman is a school newspaper that has long been one of the premier student publications in our area.<\/p>\n
This is the third year The Statesman will be traveling to New York City to accept an award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. For the past two years, The Statesman has won the silver crown award, and this year, they hope to win the gold crown award, the highest achievement. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes me feel really good because I think it just shows how special Lincoln is as a school because, you know, we\u2019re doing things on the national level that most South Dakota schools aren\u2019t doing,\u201d said Mason Dean, Senior Photography Editor.<\/p>\n
They will also be attending a convention that offers dozens of sessions and workshops, and even get a chance to sit in on the Today Show. However, the students all say the best part of the trip is the chance to continue to improve their skills in journalism and make memories with each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019m just really excited to go back to some of the spots that we saw last year, go back with a new group of kids,\u201d said Naomi Jespersen, Senior Paper Editor-in-Chief. \u201cWe\u2019ll kind of teach our younger members, like, hey, this is the convention. This is how you can make the most of your time here. And the progress that we\u2019ve made in one year since we\u2019ve been there has been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, The Statesman was only one of two public schools in the nation to be recognized for their work.<\/p>\n
\u201cHigh school journalism should be taken seriously because, obviously, our climate right now with everything going on in the news, we need good people that are truthful and honest, that can tell stories and tell us what\u2019s happening in the world,\u201c said Katie Kroeze, Lincoln journalism teacher and Statesman advisor. \u201dThey are talking to people. They are fact-checking. They\u2019re researching. And so these skills are just so helpful for them as they move forward to whatever school or career that they have.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the beauty of journalism is that you get to push yourself out of the boundary,\u201d said Chris Tao, Senior Online Editor-in-Chief. \u201cYou get to be uncomfortable, and you do stories that are out in the community, or you\u2019re kind of unfamiliar with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many of the seniors are figuring out their college plans, but they still want to keep journalism in their lives somehow, whether that\u2019s joining their college paper or just listening to the news each day.<\/p>\n
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