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I'm proud to announce that Bruce Buchanan and Jennifer Fernandez, our intrepid education reporters and the authors of The Chalkboard, won a few more School Bell Awards for their coverage of education. The awards are sponsored by the state Department of Public Instruction and the N.C. Association of Educators.
Bruce won first place in spot news for his story on Northeast High School dealing with the healing of racial divisions. Bruce and Jennifer won first place for a series of stories tracking the High Point reassignment plan. Jennifer also received honorable mention in spot news for the story on the last day of school with the retiring principal at Jones Elementary.
It takes a special person to succeed covering education. The list of challenges is long. Scores of schools demand coverage. Board meetings are long and laborious. Parents and students are passionate about their points of view. Try getting a good quote out of a third-grader you don't know sometime. Both Bruce and Jennifer excel. I'm glad they're getting the recognition. Again. (They both won last year, too.)