Nine Oaktown Teen Times reporters from four Oakland high schools are on a list of winners in a prestigious Bay Area journalism contest.
The students will find out just what they've won in the National Federation of Press Women's annual contest during a May 17 ceremony at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco.
The NFPW released its list of 142 winners on May 7. OTT winners are Ameriah Hayes and DeVonna Atkins of Castlemont Business and Information Technology School, Jose Alvarenga, Jack Mejia and Fuey Saechao of Fremont Federation's Media Academy, Onisha Barham, Thao Tran and Rosey Uribe of Oakland High and Monica Floyd of Skyline High.
The awards will follow a press conference and tour in the renovated Conservatory of Flowers, located in Golden Gate Park.
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OTT editor Lisa Shafer talks to a student reporter during a critique of the paper at a national journalism convention in Portland, Ore., in April
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OTT editor Lisa Shafer talks to a student reporter during a critique of the paper at a national journalism convention in Portland, Ore., in April
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