Sidekick hauls in awards at Dallas Morning News Day

Thomas Hair Staff Writer Dozens of high schools across North Texas participated in the Dallas Morning News Day and Competition on Tuesday April 19. For the first time in its history, The Sidekick Newspaper was deemed the Best Overall Newspaper and its website, coppellstudentmedia.com, was awarded the title of Best Student Website. Legacy High School received Honorable Mention in Best Website while The Eagle Angle of Allen and The Hawk Eye of Hebron received Honorable Mention in Best Paper. The Sidekick also had an individual award winner, Divya Kumar, whose story won Best Editorial at the competition. With so many schools involved in the competition, these are tremendous honors for The Sidekick and Coppell High School as a…

What I learned at Dallas Morning News Day

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer On Wednesday, I traveled with seven other newspaper students to SMU in Dallas where we all attended Dallas Morning News Day. The event consisted of two sessions where we were able to choose different seminars to attend. The journalists who spoke at the seminars were extremely inspiring. Coming home, I felt like I now had all of the tools to become a successful journalist, even if I haven’t decided whether or not I will always want to pursue it. Jean-Jacques Taylor, a sports columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and his colleagues from the sports world gave the room of budding journalists, innumerable journalism tips. I learned three very important lessons…