Maya Kogulan
Despite overcoming a challenging virtual school year, The Huron Emery had a historic performance at the 2021 Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Awards. The publication earned 74 individual awards, breaking the previous record set of 39. In total, The Emery was awarded 13 first place finishes, 17 second place finishes, 10 third place finishes and 34 honorable mentions. The top recipients were Maya Kogulan (16 awards), Mishal Charania (9 awards), Clara Bowman (9 awards) and Allison Mi (7 awards).
See awards below by category. Note: HM denotes an Honorable Mention.
Advertising Layout
Bridgit Jung (2nd Place)
Bridgit Jung (HM)
Interactive Graphic
Lydia Hargett & Kaitlyn Sabb (3rd Place)
Allison Mi (2nd Place)
Front Page Design
Maya Kogulan (2nd Place)
Clara Bowman (1st Place)
Sport Columnist
Peter Hagan (HM)
Vish Gondesi (HM)
Editorial Cartoon
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Illustration
Bridgit Jung (HM)
Bridgit Jung (2nd Place)
Information Graphic
Clara Bowman (HM)
Bridgit Jung (1st Place)
Story Package
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Editorial Opinion Page/Spread
Maya Kogulan (3rd Place)
Julie Park (1st Place)
Feature Page or Spread
Maya Kogulan (2nd)
Sports Page
Clara Bowman (HM)
News Page
Maya Kogulan and Bridgit Jung (2nd Place)
Mishal Charania (1st Place)
Entertainment Spread
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Online Breaking News
Clara Bowman (3rd Place)
Clara Bowman (2nd Place)
News Story
Manit Patel (HM)
Online Follow-up News Coverage
Clara Bowman (HM)
Mishal Charania (2nd Place)
News Brief
Samer Yassir (HM)
Lydia Hargett (3rd Place)
News Analysis
Ridhimia Kodali (HM)
Clara Bowman (3rd Place)
Staff Editorial
Maya Kogulan & Mishal Charania (HM)
Mishal Charania (HM)
Byline Opinion
Amy Xiu (HM)
Maya Kogulan (1st Place)
Feature Columnist
Eric Heng (HM)
Kaitlyn Sabb (HM)
Pro-Con Opinion Column
Allison Mi and Gabriela Dimova (2nd Place)
In-Depth Feature
Maya Kogulan (2nd Place)
Informative Feature
Mishal Charania (HM)
Allison Mi (1st Place)
Human Interest Feature
Vish Gondesi (3rd)
Allison Mi (1st Place)
Personal Narrative
Aaron Garrett (2nd)
Will Boring (1st Place)
Personality Profile
Clara Bowman (HM)
Julie Heng (2nd Place)
Diversity Coverage
Allison Mi (3rd Place)
Environmental, Health, or Science
Verena Wu (HM)
Alternative Story Form
Julie Park (1st Place)
Sports Feature Story
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Sports News Story
Vish Gondesi (HM)
Sami Ruud (3rd Place)
Sports Action Photo
Julie Park (2nd Place)
Allison Mi (1st Place)
Sports Feature Photo
Clara Bowman (HM)
Rachel Salamone (1st Place)
News Photo
Maya Kogulan (HM)
Nancy Shevstova (HM)
Environmental Portrait
Allison Mi (HM)
Maya Kogulan (2nd Place)
Photo Story
Arielle Burton and Jewel Storrs (HM)
Julie Park (2nd Place)
Diversity Coverage
Kiana Hemati (3rd Place)
Breaking News Social Media Coverage
Mishal Charania (3rd Place)
Personality Profile Social Media Coverage
Julie Park (HM)
Sports News Social Media Coverage
Quinn Newhouse (HM)
Social Media Video
Mishal Charania (2nd Place)
Mishal Charania (1st Place)
Audio Interview
Eilene Koo (HM)
Eliene Koo (HM)
Podcast Series
Mishal Charania and Ridhima Kodali (2nd Place)
Multimedia Story Package
Maya Kogulan and Ridhima Kodali (1st Place)