The Ladue Schools community is celebrating the multiple national awards and recognitions received by the prestigious Ladue Publications, the student-run news site of Ladue Horton Watkins High School.

“My co-adviser, Abby Eisenberg, and I are so incredibly proud and humbled by the accomplishments of our students, but even more so, we are proud of how they work together and lead the journalism program,” boasted Sarah Kirksey, Ladue Publications adviser. “Each and every day, we get to watch them problem-solve and collaborate to cover and inform the Ladue community.” 

Ladue Publications recently attended the Journalism Education Association's National Convention in Philadelphia, and several students walked away with national honors. 

Overall Publication Awards

• ID magazine, published for the first time last year, won a Pacemaker award. As the top award a publication can receive, the Pacemaker signifies top quality and innovation. 
• Panorama was named a Pacemaker Finalist.
• Melodrama won Best of Show for Literary Magazine.
• ID placed second for Specialty Magazine.
• Panorama placed fifth for Newsmagazine.
• Rambler placed eight for Yearbook.

Student Individual Recognition 

• Emily Liu was named Designer of the Year.
• Vincent Hsiao was named Photographer of the Year.
• Meg Myckatyn won first place in Newsmagazine Design.
• Vincent Hsiao won first place in Feature Photo.
• Emily Liu placed second in Informational Graphic Design.
• Arti Jain placed second in Magazine Design.
• Lydia Stoneman placed second in Yearbook Design.
• Arti Jain, Alzhraa Mahmoud, Will Kodner, and Vincent Hsiao placed fourth in Local Climate Change Reporting.
• Vincent Hsiao and Will Kodner placed fourth in Photo Illustration.
• Vincent Hsiao and Mimi Zhou ('24) placed fourth in Newsmagazine Cover Design.
• Vincent Hsiao placed fourth in Sports Photo.
• Vincent Hsiao placed fifth in Sports Game Action Photography.
• Emily Liu placed fifth in Literary Magazine Design.
• Arti Jain placed sixth in Editorial Leadership.
• Annabelle Reagan placed eighth in Feature Story Reporting.
• Emily Liu received an Honorable Mention in Artist of the Year.
• Grace Kweon received an Honorable Mention in Opinion Story of the Year.
• Mac Huffman ('24) received an Honorable Mention in Environmental Portrait Photography.
• Kelly Zhang received an Honorable Mention in Editorial Cartoon.
• Mimi Zhou ('24) received an Honorable Mention in Literary Magazine Cover Design.

In addition, students competed on-site in various competitions, and several won or placed in their categories. 

• Sydney Proper won Superior in Yearbook Theme Layout.
• Vincent Hsiao won Superior in Sports Action Photography.
• Madeline Fong won Superior in Literary Magazine Layout.
• Loukya Gillella earned an Excellent in Newsmagazine Layout.
• Isaac Zelinske earned an Excellent in News Editing/Headline/Current Events.
• Isabella Soyfer earned an Honorable Mention in Yearbook Copy/Caption: Student Life.
• Josh Devine earned an Honorable Mention in Infographic Design.
• Josie Stout earned an Honorable Mention in Commentary Writing.
• Amelie Lock earned an Honorable Mention in Sports Writing.

Each year, The Panorama newspaper staff, which has grown to 51 students, and The Rambler yearbook staff, a group of 30 students, work tirelessly to create award-winning publications documenting the school year. 

“I could not be more excited to see what these students do next,” Kirksey exclaimed. “Witnessing Vincent Hsiao be named the National Photographer of the Year and Emily Liu win National Designer of the Year was one of the most exciting moments in my career as an educator. We would also like to say a big thank you to all those who support Ladue Publications.”

Ladue Schools is proud of the work Ladue Publications has done to create academic excellence by laying the foundation for our students to become lifelong learners, critical thinkers, and agents of change.