A Good Day for Avon Media

An impressive contingent of Avon Media students attended the 2026 Ball State Journalism Day State competition recently. These broadcasting, newspaper, and yearbook students came back to Avon High School with their arms full of awards for their hard work and creativity.

Avon TV

• Excellent - Avon TV News Announcements for the Oriole Report 
• Excellent - Madison Meckert, Visual Arts (animation)
• Honorable Mention- Lauren Klein, show open 
• Honorable Mention - AJ Sandullo, news story package 
• Honorable Mention - broadcast overall cardinal award for Avon TV 

Echo Newspaper 

• Superior - Cayce Hansel, opinion review
• Excellent - Jackson Zeunik, news story 
• Honorable Mention - Sunny Smyth, illustration 
• Honorable Mention - Jerica Bernfield, news story 
• Honorable Mention - Lauren Klein, feature story 
• Honorable Mention - Avon Echo Staff, online news

Aviary Yearbook

• Superior - TaniLynn Leong, sports photo
• Excellent - TaniLynn Leong, sports photo
• Excellent - Kennedy Berry and Dani Montserrat-Reyes, academic spread
• Honorable Mention - TaniLynn Leong, photo of the year
• Honorable Mention - Kaitlin Cozzolino, event photo

Wow! What an impressive performance. Congratulations, students!

If you'd like to hear more, Kaitlin Cozzolino (yearbook), Jackson Zeunik (newspaper), and Raine Shugars (broadcast) are featured on an episode of the Orioles In-The-Know podcast.

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