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Staff members of the Tupelo High School student newspaper, Tupelo Hi-Times, attended the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association state convention April 2 at the University of Mississippi.

THS newspaper wins eight awards

The Tupelo High School student newspaper, Tupelo Hi-Times, won eight Mississippi Scholastic Press Association awards during the MSPA state convention April 2 at the University of Mississippi.

Honored were:

n Hi-Times staff, first place in Team Sports Writing.

n Robert Corban, first place, Column Writing, and second place, Sports Writing.

n Erin Grimmett, second place, Feature Writing.

n John Gatlin, honorable mention, Sports Feature Writing.

n Gordon Lee, honorable mention, Feature Writing.

n Christina Rhodes, honorable mention, Entertainment Writing.

n Charity Scott, honorable mention, Page Design.

The Hi-Times staffers joined the 450 students and 40 advisers who came to the Ole Miss campus for the annual convention.

Highlights of the convention were the two keynote speakers. The morning keynote featured Laura Schaub from Dallas, who has won numerous awards as an adviser and as a journalism educator. Her keynote on visual storytelling and her instructional sessions were helpful to students and adviser

The afternoon keynote was presented by Sports Illustrated photographer Bill Frakes. Frakes, a Pulitzer-prize winning photographer who graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School, showed slides and videos of his work all over the world.

More than 50 sessions, taught by top professionals and educators, offered students and advisers skills in every area of journalism as well as in many life-skill topics. The sessions included nine hands-on labs in InDesign, PhotoShop, Graphic Design, Broadcasting and Podcasting. Instructors came from all over the state, several places across the nation and from Ole Miss.