YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania high school students and their advisers can win prizes of up to $200 in the second annual Youngstown Press Club Scholastic Journalism Awards contest.
Entries are being sought from students at 82 high schools in Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana, Mercer and Lawrence counties.
The entry deadline is March 18.
The competition categories are scholastic journalist of the year; adviser of the year; news story; feature story; sports news and features; editorial, column or opinion; reviews of products, movies, plays or books; photography; video package; print or web layout and design; and news publication, broadcast production or website.
Contest details are available at YoungstownPressClub.com. Submissions will be judged by a panel of press club members.
Contest sponsors are The Houck Agency, the Anderson Program in Journalism at Youngstown State University, Andrea Wood and Dennis LaRue, WKBN-TV News and the Laney Fitzpatrick Family Fund.
Founded in 1902 and reestablished in 2018, the Youngstown Press Club promotes journalism and related professions in the Mahoning Valley.