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Michael S. Powell High School Journalist of the Year

Sponsored by the MDDC Press Foundation, the Michael S. Powell High School Journalist of the Year honors an outstanding senior staff member of a Maryland, Delaware or District of Columbia high school newspaper. The winner receives a $1,500 cash award and is honored at the MDDC Editorial Awards in the Spring. 

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Previous winners of the Michael S. Powell High School Journalist of the Year award:

YearWinnerSchoolLocation
2022Karina SerioTome SchoolColora,
Maryland
2021Marijke FriedmanMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Springs, Maryland
2020Joel Lev-TovSpringbrook High SchoolColesville, Maryland
2019Lauren MitchellRiver Hill High SchoolClarksville, Maryland
2018Matthew CohenBethesda-Chevy Chase High SchoolBethesda, Maryland
2017Alexandra MarquezMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Spring, Maryland 
2016Andrew KostkaRichard Montgomery High SchoolRockville, Maryland 
2015Greta AndersonRockville High SchoolRockville, Maryland 
2014Ben FoxWinston Churchill High SchoolPotomac, Maryland
2013Michelle ChavezMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Spring, Maryland
2012Jacob BogageSherwood High SchoolSandy Spring, Maryland
2011Stephanie HavenWalt Whitman High SchoolBethesda, Maryland
2010Kate FroehlichJohn Carroll High SchoolBel Air, Maryland
2009Samuel GreenbergCharles E. Smith Jewish Day SchoolRockville, Maryland
2008Justin ScheckerCharles E. Smith Jewish Day SchoolRockville, Maryland
2007Aubrey KubetinMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Spring, Maryland
2006Jody PollackMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Spring, Maryland
2005Dan RasmussenSt. Alban’s SchoolWashington, D.C.
2004No winner chosen  
2003Joel KilksbergCharles E. Smith Jewish Day SchoolRockville, Maryland
2002Julia KayMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Spring, Maryland
2001Melissa RobbinsWalt Whitman High SchoolBethesda, Maryland
2000Yoni BrookCharles E. Smith Jewish Day SchoolRockville, Maryland
1999Matthew SmithMontgomery Blair High SchoolSilver Spring, Maryland