Applications for Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Student Journalism accepted through April 18

MANCHESTER — New Hampshire’s preeminent high school journalism award is inviting submissions for The 2022 Brodsky Prize, established by a former editor of the Manchester Central High School newspaper to encourage out-of-the-box efforts and innovation by a new generation of student journalists. The $5,000 prize is open to all New Hampshire high school students, attending public, charter or parochial schools.

Judging criteria include a student's journalistic initiative and enterprise, as well as what prize founder Jeffrey Brodsky calls "a contrarian nature and out-of-the-box thinking." Interested students should submit examples of their work that are illustrative of the prize criteria, along with a completed application. Applications can be submitted to thebrodskyprize.com by Monday, April 18.

“Working on the school newspaper was the most formative and meaningful high school experience for me — more than any classroom," Brodsky added. "It's more important than ever for young journalists to push boundaries and to challenge authority, and they can start by using the power of their school paper just like the press in the professional world."

The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications oversees the award program and provides one of the judges, Executive Director Laura Simoes. Longtime judges are Howard Brodsky, Jeffrey's father and chair and chief executive officer of CCA Global Partners; Misbah Tahir, former Little Green co-editor, now a biotechnology finance executive; former New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News president and publisher Joseph McQuaid; and Leah Todd, New England regional manager of the Solutions Journalism Network.

Fore more information about The Brodsky Prize, including past winners, visit thebrodskyprize.com. For more information about the Loeb School, visit loebschool.org.