Annual Publications Banquet
The Annual Publications Banquet, honoring the students who make Hestia’s Flame (Archer’s Yearbook), Pillars of Salt (Archer’s Literary Magazine), and The Oracle (Archer’s Online Newspaper), was hosted on Sunday, May 7. The following students were recognized:
HESTIA’S FLAME AWARDS
- Hestia’s Flame Staffer of the Year Editors’ Award: Siena Mizel ('20)
- Paula Scher Design Award: Gaby Lu ('18)
- The Annie Leibovitz Photography Award: Julia Wanger ('20)
- The Margaret Bourke-White Photojournalist Award: Emily DeLossa ('20)
- The Parannus Award: Camille Colker ('21) and Alessandra Judaken ('21)
- Cipe Pineles Leadership Award: Madina Mohammed ('17) and Alyssa Downer ('17)
PILLARS OF SALT AWARDS
- Pillars Storyteller Award: Lulu Cerone ('17)
- Pillars Poetry Award: Livia Blum ('19)
- Pillars Writing Workshop Award: Anna Allgeyer ('18)
- Pillars Pioneer Award: Gabby Weltman ('17)
- Pillars Editorial Leadership Award: Lina Jegéus ('17) and Talia Natoli ('17)
ORACLE AWARDS
- Oracle Staffer of the Year Editor’s Award: Maya Wernick ('18)
- The Helen Thomas Commitment Award: Cat Oriel ('18)
- Oracle Section Editor of the Year Award: Alexandra Chang ('18)
- The Nellie Bly Reporting Award: Cybele Zhang ('18) for her story "Lost Years: Remembering the Japanese Internment’s 75th anniversary"
- Columnist of the Year Award: Isabel Adler ('17)
- Rookie Award: Anna Brodsky ('20)
- Lisa Saxon Sports Journalism Award: Cybele Zhang ('18)
- Culture Story of the Year Award: Harley Quinn Smith ('17) for her story "Despite challenges, BFA theater applicants put ‘heart and soul’ into college process"
- The Ida B. Wells Student Voice Award: Nelly Rouzroch ('18) for her op-ed "Trump's Travel Ban is Breaking Apart My Family"
- The Katharine Graham Leadership Award: Eloise Rollins-Fife ('17) and Anika Bhavnani ('17)
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