Utimesonline.com was recognized with an overall “Excellent” state-wide award at the Scholastic
Journalism Day at University of Missouri Journalism School in Columbia on Wed., April 10. Newspaper
editors Alice Mutrux and Lily Lewis along with yearbook editor Madeline Lewis and staffer Radazaih
Whittington attended the state-level awards ceremony given by Missouri Interscholastic Press
Association.

2012 Overall Awards

Yearbook : All Missouri Award (Emma Mutrux, editor in chief).

2013 Overall Awards

Newspaper: Excellent (Lily Lewis and Alice Mutrux, co-editors)

Online Newspaper: Excellent (Carl Sechrist, editor)

Individual Yearbook Awards : Superior (second highest award)

Overall Theme/Concept: Madeline Lewis, Kaicee Woods, Abby Mutrux, Jacob Hammond

Best Overall Coverage (D.C. trip): Patrick Harting, Marlynna Blumer, Camaron Ballard,

Student Life Reporting (D. C. trip): Marlynna Blumer

Portraits Page Design: Radazaih Whittington, Patrick Harting

Portraits Page Design: Patrick Harting

Student Life Design: Patrick Harting

Photojournalism Awards: Superior (second highest award)

Sports Action: Merinda Morley, Martez Reed

Sports Feature: Kaicee Woods

Portrait/Personality: Mar’tez Reed x2

Academic Photo: Izzac Tobias

News Photo: Marlynna Blumer

Individual Newspaper Awards:

Regular Column: Show-Me Award, Michael Johnson (highest award)

News Feature: Superior, Andrew White