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Schechter School of Long Island earns 2 journalism awards

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Schechter of LI
by Talia Herbst

Schechter School of Long Island’s Paw Print Magazine and Paw Print Now each recently won an award from the American Scholastic Press Association. Paw Print Magazine came in first place, and Paw Print Now came in third place.

Years ago, when Paw Print Magazine was a newspaper, the publication would be entered into this contest to receive feedback. Assistant principal and advisor of both PPN and PPM Mr. Thorgersen explained, “I felt that it was time again for us to show the world what Schechter has, and so I wanted to enter into the contest again and let everyone know that we’ve got some quality journalistic publications.”

Senior, Editor-in-Chief of PPM and one of the editors of PPN, Yael Pedram, said, “It’s very easy to get caught in the moment, and when the magazine is in its final form, it’s hard to appreciate it. It was refreshing to get an outside perspective on something we work so hard on.”

Additionally, senior Carly Smith, the World News editor for PPM, and one of the editors of PPN, shared that she feels that all of her hard work is paying off.

She said her favorite part of PPM and PPN is contributing to “something that the whole Schechter community is seeing.” PPN and the magazine are special assets to our school, and Smith “love[s] being involved in it.”

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