Over 200 high school journalists competed at the 2025 State Student Media Contests on April 5 at El Camino College. Thank you to our gracious hosts, Stefanie Frith and Kate McLaughlin of the El Camino's journalism department! We’re also grateful for our volunteer judges, speakers and proctors who made this event so successful.
To read the judging feedback on this year's entries, please click here ! Scholarships Anastasia Efremova from Troy High School - Jolene Combs Scholarship William Nelson, adviser at Norte Vista High - Jolene Combs Scholarship Senior Scholarships Dwight Bustrum Scholarship: Ambar Muro, Los Altos High School Betty Rogers Scholarship: Uy Pham, Fountain Valley High School Carol Hallenbeck: Haley Nguyen, Oxford Academy Ted Tajima Scholarship: Gabriela Afable, Foothill High School California All Stars: Podcast Third place: Coach’s Corner - Harvard-Westlake Media Second place: Room 22 - Daniel Pearl Magnet High School First place: The Goodland Podcast - Dos Pueblos High School California All Stars: Broadcast Third place: What’s Going On episode 9 - Van Nuys High School Second place: The Royal News - El Camino Real Charter High School First place: DP News - Dos Pueblos High School California All Stars: Yearbook Third place: California School of the Arts Second place: Diamond Bar High School First place: Walnut High School California All Stars: Newspaper/magazine Third place: The Hoofprint - Walnut High School Second place: The Mirror - Van Nuys High School First place: The Pearl Post - Daniel Pearl Magnet High School California All Stars: Website Third place: Northwood High School Second place: Brea Olinda High School First place: Sunny Hills High School Novice News: Honorable Mention Jay Bruce, Northwood Kyuwon Han, Sunny Hills Moey Koey, Portola Kenzie Laing, Oxford Academy Laila Pike, El Camino Real Charter Novice News: Excellent Natalie Akins, Oxford Academy Arwen Nagares, El Camino Real Charter Katie Ngo, Fountain Valley Novice News: Superior Alaisha Singh, Oxford Academy Antra Shah, Walnut Sports Photography 8th place: Chloe Lin, Northwood High School 7th place: Alex Salcedo, Daniel Pearl Magnet 6th place: Kaitlyn Ma, Portola High School 5th place: Andrew Le, Northwood High School 4th place: Yousuf Ahmad, Diamond Bar High School 3rd place: Louis Tsai, Diamond Bar High School 2nd place: Aarya Halankar, Oxford Academy 1st place: Lochlann Yung, Portola High School Feature Photography 10th place: Miriam Santos, Oxford High School 9th place: Jason Jao, Foothill High School 8th place: Noah Lam, Diamond Bar High School 7th place: Valerie Sanchez, Daniel Pearl Magnet 6th place: Nico Bronson, El Camino Real Charter 5th place: Elizabeth Choi, Diamond Bar High School 4th place: Ruby Ross, Portola High School 3rd place: Katie Leem, Sunny Hills High School 2nd place: Steve Lu, Walnut High School 1st place: Harini Rameshbaba, Portola High School News Photography 8th Isabella Sanchez, Oxford Academy 7th Sophie Blanc, El Camino Real Charter 6th Millie Kwon, Oxford Academy 5th Fatima Shaikh, Irvine 4th Rebecca Margolin, El Camino Real 3rd Kailey Yeo, Northwood 2nd Genesis Cuellar-Figueroa, Daniel Pearl 1st Benjamin Recinos, Daniel Pearl Broadcast 3rd Sua Lee Sunny Hills 2nd Taye Sangkhae El Camino Real Charter 1st Breanna Mai, Lindsey Ung, Tracy Huynh Fountain Valley Newspaper Layout 4th Gia Khang Nguyen, Fountain Valley 3rd Sruti Allani, Portola 2nd Luna Bouhairi, Northwood 1st Candice Tran, Fountain Valley Yearbook theme development 3rd place: Lauren Gilder and Kirra Dequina, El Camino Real 2nd place: Yunny Jang and Claire Ko, Portola High School 1st place: Kendra Hung and Qian Yue (CoCo) Wang, Diamond Bar High School Yearbook layout design 4th place: Emily Chan and Minh Ngoc Le, Fountain Valley High School 3rd place: Eliza Lotterstein and Hadley Preston, El Camino Real Charter 2nd place: Connor Hsiao and Selina Wang, Portola High School 1st place: Tristan Hsieh and Justin Zhao, Walnut High School Critical review 8th place: Viviana Morales, Granada Hills 7th place: Kaley Samilan, El Camino Real Charter 6th place: Sydnee Cho, Oxford Academy 5th place: Aimee Pan, Northwood 4th place: Serenity Li, Sunny Hills 3rd place: Taryn Schlz, Walnut High School 2nd place: Catherine Li, Portola High School 1st place: Nathan Perera, Oxford Academy Editorial cartoon 10th place: Daryna Hriaznova, Daniel Pearl Magnet 9th place: Isabel Mora-Manzo, El Camino Real Charter 8th place: Bailey Lewis, El Camino Real Charter 7th place: Eva Kim, Oxford Academy 6th place: Hyunjung Lee, Northwood High School 5th place: Kristin Intal, Daniel Pearl Magnet 4th place: Katelyn Cheung, Walnut High School 3rd place: Chanel Capa, Northwood High School 2nd place: Joanna Joo, Sunny Hills High School 1st place: Claire Liu, Portola High School Sports writing 10th place: Nina Krish, Portola High School 9th place: Yewon (Ellie) Hong, Diamond Bar High School 8th place: Aidan Lia, Daniel Pearl Magnet 7th place: Allison Ha, Diamond Bar High School 6th place: Alyson Cerna, Van Nuys High School 5th place: Yena Oh, Sunny Hills High School 4th place: Kasey Lee, El Camino Real Charter 3rd place: Ruhi Samudra, Portola High School 2nd place: Raelle Tiong, Northwood High School 1st place: Lauren Kang, Sunny Hills High School Editorial/Opinion writing 10th place: Emily Dissanayake, Irvine High School 9th place: Seowon Han, Sunny Hills High School 8th place: Isabella Huang, Sage Hill School 7th place: Kennedi Ngo, Foothill High School 6th place: Audrey Lee, Oxford Academy 5th place: Rachel Yoon, Oxford Academy 4th place: Aashna Dialani, Sunny Hills High School 3rd place: Lucy Kim, Northwood High School 2nd place: Andrew Gregory, Fountain Valley High School 1st place: Aishwarya Ramasubramanian, Northwood High School Feature writing 10th Nandita Bussa, Oxford Academy 9th Amy Jeon, Northwood 8th Ezra Caber, Granada Hills 7th Aidyn Kinchen, Van Nuys 6th Alice Ahn, Portola 5th Haley Nguyen, Oxford Academy 4th Aubrey Bertino, Mission Viejo 3rd Madison Thacker, Van Nuys 2nd Elise Chen, Walnut 1st Ashley Liau, Irvine News writing 10th place: Kevin Lee, Sunny Hills High School 9th place: Irene Park, Sunny Hills High School 8th place: Samantha Posa, Granada Hills High School 7th place: Sohum Sarwate, Northwood High School 6th place: Justin Pak, Sunny Hills High School 5th place: Jenny Marquez, Daniel Pearl Magnet 4th place: Celine Park, Oxford Academy 3rd place: Allison Kim, Sonora High School 2nd place: Stephanie Hwang, Portola High School 1st place: Audrey Herrera, Harvard-Westlake Yearbook Sweepstakes 2nd: El Camino Real Charter 1st: Portola High School Newspaper Sweepstakes 3rd: Oxford Academy 2nd: Sunny Hills High School 1st: Northwood High School
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