November finds itself with one Photo of the Month and two Stories of the Month. Our Photo of the Month comes out of Waukee Northwest with Michael Miner. One Story of the Month comes from Mason City’s Elise Dyksta with the other being from Iowa City West’s Jake Beneke, Shanza Sami, and Anna You.
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Waukee Northwest is producing great photo content on Instagram! Our favorite picture is one from Michael Miner at the state volleyball tournament, although there are plenty of good photos on Tenth Street Times!
Michael is a junior at Waukee Northwest and third year in Publications. You can find Michael’s submission here and more of his work here.
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Great work from Elise Dykstra with her article of the grand opening of the mountain bike park in Mason City. Elise is the Editor-in-Chief of the Riverhawk Press at Mason City High School. You can read Elise’s article here and more of her work here.
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Our second Story of the Month winner is a story we haven’t seen before. Iowa City West’s Jake Beneke, Shanza Sami, and Anna You wrote an article about Iowa’s Indigenous people and even found an Iowa City West student with Indigenous heritage to interview for the piece. You can read their piece here.
Jake Beneke is a junior at Iowa City West and serves as the Print Copy Editor for the West Side Story. You can find more of his work here.
Shanza Sami currently serves as the Print Co-Editor-in-Chief at the West Side Story, where she is a senior. You can read more of Shanza’s work here.
Anna You is a senior at West High with this being her first year on West Side Story staff. She serves s the Print Designer. You can find more of her work here.
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The Iowa High School Press Association created a new contest, Story & Photo of the Month, for a chance for students to be featured on our social media. Students can submit a link to their best timely photos and stories to be entered into the monthly contest. At the end of the month, IHSPA chooses a story and a photo to post on our Instagram, Facebook, and website.
