Cub reporters from across the Hunter and Central Coast converged on Hunter Stadium on Tuesday for the annual Newcastle Herald school newspaper competition award ceremony.
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More than 300 students, teachers and parents from schools as far south as Gosford, as far west as Merriwa and as far north as Karuah attended the ceremony, with more than $8000 worth of prizes on offer from sponsor, the Newcastle Permanent Building Society.
Over 1300 students participated in the competition this year – a joint initiative with the Perm – with teams producing their own two-page newspaper published in the herald through out the year.
Students were awarded for the best stories, photographs, advertisements, cartoons and comment pieces.
Dungog Public School students Gabrial Howard, Brock Thomas, Molly Grant, Jessica Olsen and Alabama Spittles-Jukes received an achievement award for their entry.
Jessica Olsen received a high commended award for young journalist.
