42Fifty

256 POSTS 0 COMMENTS

42Fifty is the student media Publication of Oswego High School, Oswego, IL. Stories attributed to 42Fifty are written by editorial staff, or in the case of staff editorial, reflect a quorum of the student staff's ideas and opinions. To learn more about the 42Fifty staff, please see the About or Our Staff page on the website.

42Fifty earns top honor from Quill & Scroll Honor Society

42Fifty - September 4, 2025

42Fifty Co-Editors-in-Chief Ethan Monahan and Brandyn Hudson proudly stand next to the Quill & Scroll George H. Gallup Award newly hung in the OH Journalism Lab. As returning members of the staff and this year's EICs, Monahan and Hudson show their excitement for this award. Credit: Sammie Davis, 42Fifty

For the second year in a row, 42Fifty has earned an award from the Quill & Scroll Journalism International Honor Society. During the '24-25 academic year, the OH student news publication staff was thrilled to earn International First Place. Today, the team learned they had outdone themselves by earning the George H. Gallup Award, the highest honor awarded by Quill & Scroll. "As [[one of the Editors-in-Chief]], it is very exciting being a part of this publication and being able to help others along the way," said senior Brandyn Hudson. Hudson shared that earning the Gallup Award means the publication rated Superior in all five evaluation categories. These categories include General Practices, Coverage, Writing and Editing, Visuals, and Digital/ Social Media.

8-29-25 Student Video Announcements

42Fifty - August 28, 2025

42Fifty's student video announcements for the week of Sept. 1-5, as published on Fri., Aug. 28, 2025. Credit: Monaco Tiffany, 42Fifty

Here are Fri., Aug. 29 student video announcements. Please visit our YouTube channel for this week's video announcements and past videos. https://youtu.be/PW-KQxXEK4w Correction: The 42Fifty social media feeds can be followed @oh42Fifty.

8-22-25 Student Video Announcements

42Fifty - August 22, 2025

42Fifty Co-Editor-in-Chief Brandyn Hudson hosts the first student video announcements for the '25-26 academic year. Credit: 42Fifty

Here are Fri., Aug. 22 student video announcements. Please visit our YouTube channel for this week's video announcements and past videos.

Video: Weekly announcements return for Fall ’25

42Fifty - May 23, 2025

Outgoing Co-Editors-in-Chief Nola Quinn and Sasha Pankuch ('25) share the announcement that 42Fifty will work to bring back weekly video announcements for the fall semester. This announcement was released at the end-of-year faculty meeting today. Credit: Jayden Doty, 42Fifty

During the end-of-year faculty meeting today, OH staff learned in a video hosted by outgoing Co-Editors-in-Chief Sasha Pankuch and Nola Quinn ('25) that 42Fifty would be working to bring back weekly video announcements for fall, 2025. In a video released at the faculty meeting, anchor Madi Gilio ('25) said, "we're excited to announce that after a decade without [[weekly]] student video announcements, they will be brought back to the Panther community by 42Fifty."

OH EICs earn first IHSA State medals, staff earn more awards through NISPA

42Fifty - May 20, 2025

42Fifty Co-Editor-in-Chief Nola Quinn and Reflector Co-Editor-in-Chief Elayna Soyke proudly display their medals after earning them at IHSA State on April 5. These are the first two State journalism medals earned by OH students. Credit: Sasha Pankuch, 42Fifty

Co-Editor-in-Chief senior Nola Quinn earned 42Fifty's first medal at IHSA State Journalism competition, marking the end of a successful spring series for OH journalists. Quinn earned fifth place in News Writing. Also earning a fifth-place medal at State was senior and Reflector Yearbook Co-Editor-in-Chief Elayna Soyke for her work in Photo Story Telling. These two medals, the first ever for OH, were the last of three firsts for the journalism program this spring.

1...345...56 Page 4 of 56