The editorial staff of the Old Gold & Black was well represented at the English department awards ceremony on Wednesday. Editor-in-chief Lillian Johnson received the Bynum Shaw Prize in Journalism, and print managing editor Ren Schmitt and senior opinion adviser David Ajamy were finalists for the prize. Opinion editor Kyle Ferrer received the H. Broadus Jones Memorial Scholarship.

Several students from adjunct journalism professor Barry Yeoman’s magazine writing course were also recognized: Katherine Laws received the Justus and Elizabeth C. Drake Scholarship and Margot Handley received the Beulah Lassiter Raynor Scholarship.

You can read more about each prize and scholarship here.

Congratulations to our outstanding journalism students!