2021 Winners of the Brodsky Prize

Gilford High School senior Serena Pugh was the first-place winner of the 2021 Brodsky Prize, recognizing journalistic excellence and “out of the box” thinking by high school journalists.  In addition to Pugh, there were an additional four prize recipients in 2021. Finalists in Second Place (tie): Eve Brown-Ryder of Manchester Memorial and Zachary Rioux of Bishop Guertin, Nashua. Third Place Finalists (tie): Tyler Hughes of Winnacunnet High School, Hampton, and Daisy Macdonald of Hinsdale High School. The total 2021 awards were $10,200, the highest in the Brodsky Prize’s four-year history. Judging criteria included a student's journalistic initiative and enterprise, as well as what Brodsky calls "a contrarian nature and out-of-the-box thinking." Since many school newspapers have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Brodsky Prize focused on student responses to essay questions, using a Solutions Journalism lens.   

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