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Lexi Fean and Alyssa Mancuso place first in student journalism awards

| 27 Apr 2016 | 01:10
    Pictured in the front row (from left): Sarah McDougall, Molly Scollo, Allison Wulfhorst, and Shaina Klein. Back row: Vanessa Paolella, Lindsey Toomer, adviser Leslie Lordi, Matt Cavallaro, Kirsten Peters, and Sera Shafer (Photo provided)
    Pictured in the front row (from left): Sarah McDougall, Molly Scollo, Allison Wulfhorst, and Shaina Klein. Back row: Vanessa Paolella, Lindsey Toomer, adviser Leslie Lordi, Matt Cavallaro, Kirsten Peters, and Sera Shafer (Photo provided)

MILFORD — Student journalists at Delaware Valley High School won awards at the 16th annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference at Wilkes University on April 8.
Senior Lexi Fean won first place for both feature writing and news writing, while senior Alyssa Mancuso won first place for layout and design.
Senior Nate Hayes won honorable mention for editorial/opinion writing, and Madeleine Yost won honorable mention for sports photography.
In addition, the school's Del.Aware publication won first place for an overall outstanding achievement in news production. Adviser Mrs. Leslie Lordi was also recognized for outstanding achievement in journalism advising.
At the conference, students attended break-out sessions with speakers addressing this year’s theme, Politics and Media.
Following a presentation by the keynote speaker Lane Filler, a columnist from Newsday and Pulitzer Prize finalist, students were given awards for their work.