The Northwest Scholastic Press organizes the Student Media Olympics, a contest of student journalism work published since August 1, 2017. According to their website, “entries in 38 categories include web-based journalism, video-based journalism, audio-based journalism, and print-based journalism, including news, feature, sports and opinion writing, photography, design, advertising, art, single issues, video and podcast.”

Last school year the Cardinal Times submitted student work to the competition to be evaluated. Below are the recipients of different Media Olympics awards along with the article, graphic, podcast, or design honored.

AWARDS RANKED
1. BEST OF CATEGORY
2. SUPERIOR AWARD
3. EXCELLENT AWARD
4. HONORABLE MENTION

Award Winners:

News: Strictly News Kayla Rae Cardinal Times Superior

News: Strictly News Sage Taylor Cardinal Times Excellent

News: Strictly News Lena Balderas Cardinal Times Excellent

News: Strictly News Madison Fassiotto Cardinal Times Excellent

News: Strictly News Mei Xu Cardinal Times Excellent

News: Strictly News Isabella Lo Cardinal Times Excellent

News: In-depth news analysis Jamie Bikales Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news analysis Sagarika Ramachandran Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news package Sage Taylor Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news package Armand Yazdani Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news package Oscar Harold Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news package Jack Forman Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news package Daniel Lewinsohn Cardinal Times Best of Category

News: In-depth news package Jamie Bikales Cardinal Times Superior

News: In-depth news package Kayla Rae Cardinal Times Superior

Features: Human interest Scotty Martin Cardinal Times Excellent

Features: Human interest Wyatt Lincoln Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

Sports: Sports news Luke Geist Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

Sports: Sports news Kayla Rae Cardinal Times Superior

Editorial cartoon Wyatt Lincoln Cardinal Times Superior

Opinion: Review Oscar Harold Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

Single issue, print Cardinal Times staff Cardinal Times Excellent

Design: Front page layout Jamie Bikales Cardinal Times Excellent

Design: Front page layout Sagarika Ramachandran Cardinal Times Excellent

News photo Jamie Bikales Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

News photo Faith Pauken Cardinal Times Excellent

Art: Illustration, with story Wyatt Lincoln Cardinal Times Superior

Art: Illustration, with story Wyatt Lincoln Cardinal Times Excellent

Podcast: Human interest radio/podcast Daniel Lewinsohn Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

Podcast: Human interest radio/podcast Wyatt Lincoln Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

Podcast: Human interest radio/podcast Katie Kim Cardinal Times Honorable Mention

Website Sydney Laxson Cardinal Times Excellent