Since the Eagle Eye became an online publication in 2013, it has won numerous state and national journalism, photography, podcast, and video production awards. This school year was no exception with the staff earning several awards from different organizations throughout the school year.
The Eagle Eye won eight state-wide awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association, had a record-breaking 18 stories published nationally on the Best of SNO student journalism network, and earned its 11th consecutive Distinguished Site Award from Student Newspapers Online.
By Elijah Knarr and MacKenzie Hyde The Eagle Eye has been investigating the issue of fires in Tyrone for most of the school year. This story is one part in a four-part series: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tyrone-wrestles-with-fire/ By MacKenzie Hyde One Tyrone family recently had the misfortune of being victims of not just one, but two house fires, both within the span of just six months: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tyrone-family-escapes-two-house-fires-in-six-months/ By MacKenzie Hyde When the Brooks family arrived in the early morning of October 19, 2022, all that was left of their custom wood furniture business was ashes. The building was completely burned down, and the family was devastated: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/family-owned-business-seeks-answers-after-destructive-fire/ by Cassidy Miksich Tyrone seniors Ashlynn and Caleb McKinney introduced the topics of international and single-parent adoption to Sesame Street’s audience in 2006 by playing the role of baby Marco: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tyrone-seniors-play-a-part-in-sesame-street-history/ By Bree Paul A rule change made by the PIAA might have a big impact on the 2023-24 high school basketball season: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/love-it-or-hate-it-the-one-and-one-foul-is-no-more/ by Cassidy Miksich 2021 Tyrone grad was a starter on the 2022 National Champion Juniata College Women’s Volleyball Team: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/alumni-spotlight-williams-makes-history-as-ncaa-champion/ By Logan Rumberger and Austin Lucas Podcast link: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tspn-episode-15-2022-23-finale-episode-with-braydon-sloss-and-colt-veres/ https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tspn-episode-15-2022-23-finale-episode-with-braydon-sloss-and-colt-veres/ By Allison Beeman By Alivia Anderson By Elayna Hess
At the 2024 Keystone Media Awards in Harrisburg, the Eagle Eye won eight awards, the second most by any high school publication in the state.
In the photography categories, senior Allison Beeman won first place in Sports Photography for her photo of Seth Hoover evading a tackle during the Tyrone vs Central game.
Junior Alivia Anderson won third place in the Sports Photography category for her photo of Andrew Weaver and Gayge Miller celebrating a touchdown.
Freshman Elaina Hess won second place in the news photo category for her photo from the Student Council Tailgate before the Bellwood football game.
The Keystone Media Awards follow the calendar year, not the academic year, so two winners were from the TAHS Class of 2023, Cassidy Miksich and MacKenzie Hyde.
Hyde and current senior Elijah Knarr won first place in Ongoing News Coverage for the Fires in Tyrone: An Ongoing Series, covering the repeating fires occurring in Tyrone for the last couple of years.
Miksich won two awards, a second and a third place. Her second-place award was for a sports story recognizing TAHS Alumni Courtney Williams for her historic NCAA champion title. She also earned third for her personality profile for her profile of TAHS seniors Caleb and Ashlynn McKinney, who were on Sesame Street as babies.
Senior Bree Paul won first place for Sports Stories for her story “Love it or Hate it, the One-on-One Foul is No More.”
The podcast-hosting duo of Logan Rumberger and Austin Lucas won second place for their TSPN podcast series.
To see all of the state-wide award winners, click the link below:
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To read all of the Eagle Eye stories that won Keystone Media Awards this year, click the slideshow below:
By Grace Naylor By Kaylee Ettaro School Resource Officer Forrest Crilly is a familiar face in the halls of Tyrone Area School District: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tasds-welcoming-officer-forrest-crilly/ By Alyssa Houck Veterans Day is a time to honor the service of past and present members of the US military, and the Tyrone Area School District is fortunate to have several teachers and staff members who also served the nation in the military before joining the staff at TASD: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/service-to-students-and-country-honoring-tasds-veterans/ By Kaylee Ettaro Senior Jake Rice was a key contributor on the offensive line for the 2023 Tyrone Golden Eagles, starting nine games at the important left tackle position. But Rice’s biggest challenge was not on the football field: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tyrone-senior-overcomes-injury-scare/ By Grace Naylor TAHS Special Education teachers Shannon Davis and Sarah Latchford have a lot more in common than meets the eye: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tyrones-twinniest-of-twins/ By Kaleb Sweitzer Tyrone alum and former two-sport standout Jake Taylor recently capped off his junior season on the Bloomsburg University Mens Golf Team with a successful showing at the 2023 PSAC Mens Golf Championship: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/tyrone-alum-sees-success-on-the-links/ By Bree Paul A rule change made by the PIAA might have a big impact on the 2023-24 high school basketball season: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/love-it-or-hate-it-the-one-and-one-foul-is-no-more/ By Abby Anthony Tyrone sophomore Paige Carper and her family are avid big game hunters. For the last three years, she has gone on a winter hunting adventure for elk, deer, and coyotes high in the Colorado mountains with her dad, uncles, and two of her cousins: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/colorado-elk-adventure-tyrone-student-bags-900-lb-elk/ By Grace Naylor Judged only on wins and losses, Tyrone High School’s 2024 Unified Bocce season was a real heartbreaker. But just talk to anyone associated with the team, and it will quickly be obvious that the season was anything but a failure: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/bocce-season-was-a-ball/ By Kaylee Ettaro As a three-sport athlete and academic standout in high school, Warriors Mark native and Tyrone Area High School Class of 2001 alum Christie Shreckengost has always enjoyed a good challenge: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/alumni-spotlight-schreckengost-dives-head-first-into-any-challenge/ By Becca Lewis and Drew Escala Tyrone distance runner Nate Erickson doesn’t make headlines by finishing first, but his steady progress has made him an inspiration to his teammates: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/consistent-excellence-nate-pr-eriksons-year-long-streak-of-personal-bests/ By Rylee Fleck The guest juror for the 2024 Tyrone Art Show is an alumnus with incredible artistic talent and a compelling life story: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/painting-dreams-into-reality-lena-walks-path-from-orphanage-to-artist/ By Nicole Ramsey Senior Bree Paul has been aiming for one of the oldest records track and field records at Tyrone since her junior year. The girl’s 300 hurdle record has stood since 1997, and Paul began the season intending to break it by the end of her senior year: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/bree-paul-breaks-27-year-old-record/ By Aiden Betke Tyrone High School junior Alex Thompson got interested in engine repair at age 13 in his grandparents’ garage, tinkering with an old Wheel Horse tractor he got for free: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/small-engines-big-dreams-tyrone-junior-building-a-future-as-a-mechanic/ By Evan Chichester After 40 years of service to the Tyrone Area School District, music and chorus teacher Laura Harris will close the curtain on an extremely distinguished teaching career at the end of this school year: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/after-40-years-tahs-music-teacher-to-take-her-final-bow/ By Alex Shock McNitt has been a member of the Tyrone faculty for 17 years, and his impact on his students, the school, and the community cannot be overstated: https://tyroneeagleeyenews.com/cummins-mcnitt-a-career-of-dedication-service-and-compassion/
The Eagle Eye had 18 of the 52 stories that it submitted to Best of SNO published nationally.
This beats the Eagle Eye’s previous record for stories published in a year by three stories.
Best of SNO received over 16,000 submissions from 594 schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Of those, only 2,448 stories from 353 schools were published.
To read all of these stories published on Best of SNO this year, click the link below:
SNO DISTINGUISHED SITE AWARD
The Eagle Eye was also one of just five publications in Pennsylvania, and 73 nationwide, to earn SNO’s Distinguished Site Award.
To earn this award the staff must meet the criteria in six areas:
- Continuous Coverage: A news staff must update their site regularly and demonstrate a commitment to timely online journalism.
- Site Excellence: A news staff must customize their homepage beyond the initial SNO design with a clear sense of purpose for every element on the homepage.
- Story Page Excellence: A news staff must submit eight fully-developed stories from the current school year that go beyond the text to enhance the reader’s experience.
- Excellence in Writing: This is automatically awarded to any news staff with at least one story from this school year published on Best of SNO, a site dedicated to excellence in student journalism.
- Multimedia: A news staff must submit at least three videos, three slideshows, and three podcast episodes published during the current school year that meet standards of excellence in multimedia production.
- Engagement: A news staff must meet a minimum traffic threshold, use social media to engage their audience, and study analytics to measure their readership
Eagle Eye adviser Todd Cammarata was very pleased with the number of awards won this year and the quality of the stories, photographs, and podcasts.
“I am proud of this year’s staff for continuing the standard of excellence that we set for student journalism, photography, video production, social media, and podcasting,” Cammarata said. “I am already looking forward to next year to see if we can continue to provide the same level of quality for our readers.”
I am proud of this year’s staff for continuing the standard of excellence that we set for student journalism, photography, video production, social media, and podcasting. I am already looking forward to next year to see if we can continue to provide the same level of quality for our readers
— Eagle Eye Adviser Todd Cammarata
