Uncaged student news receives Silver Crown award
On Friday, March 22, Uncaged Stockbridge High School student journalists learned that they earned the 2019 Silver Crown from the CSPA (Columbia University, NYC) for its print news magazine and the online news website. Please join me in congratulating this tiny group of relentless students for their national ranking.
–Elizabeth Cyr
Short video announcement of Uncaged from CSPA: https://
Uncaged newspaper and website have been awarded a Crown Finalist from CSPA (Columbia University, NYC) as a hybrid acknowledging the print news magazine and the online news website that provides different types of news and storytelling. The online source is required to offer various media designed and coded in digital modes that differ from print to earn this prestigious award.
Publications are judged in a “head-to-head comparison by a panel of judges over several days,” Edmund Sullivan, CSPA executive director, said. The judges meet “in a large room with much walking around and much discussion, sometimes an argument. However, all decisions are eventually reached through consensus,” Sullivan said. Crowns are awarded at the discretion of this group based on the merits of the publications according to Sullivan.
Last month, the Uncaged news team learned it had earned a Gold Medalist from CSPA as well for a critique of its publication, a written set of standards developed by the association to itemize the best practices for student media. To place, students must reach a Bronze, Silver or Gold level.
