Grace Lovejoy, Class of 2026
(770)-238-8940
High School Journalism Experience
McIntosh Trail, McIntosh High School
Editor-in-Chief Aug. 2024 - Present
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Edit and publish stories, photos, and multimedia projects for the site.
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Lead pitch meetings.
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Design a new site for the 2025-2026 school year on SNO platform.
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Supervise 30 staff members including keeping them on work cycle and provide feedback on stories.
Features Editor Aug. 2023 - May 2024
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Help Editor maintain and update work cycle daily.
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Edit feature stories for each cycle using AP style.
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Design feature stories in SNO platform.
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References News Values to determine if a feature story should be assigned or dumped
Conferences Attended
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GSPA Fall and Spring conferences (2023, 2024, 2025)
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NSPA Fall Convention (2024)
Achievements
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1 of 4 Trail Staffers to attend the FUN SPOT Arieforce One Roller Coaster opening ceremony as part of the media team.
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New Voices Student Leader 23-24 (Student Press Law Center)
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First McIntosh Trail staffer to receive a Excellence in Writing Best of SNO Story Badge (2023)
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Quill and Scroll Honors Society (2025)
Select Journalism Awards
National Scholastic Press Association
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NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism (2024)
Georgia Scholastic Press Association
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GSPA Superior In-Depth News Story “The Saga of Taylor Swift Tickets: “The Great War“ between fans and Ticketmaster” (2023)
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GSPA All-Georgia House Editorial “The possibility is never zero” (2025)
Student News Online
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Best of SNO “Collision course: teens and golf cart accidents in Peachtree City” (2023)
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Best of SNO “The five freedoms in the First” (2023)
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Best of SNO “Mother of Poison” (2024)