Hello! My name is Clara, and I am the Editor-in-Chief of my high school newspaper The Standard at the American School in London. I began journalism as an editor of the Middle School newspaper The Scroll and joined The Standard in Grade 9 as a staff writer. I am drawn to investigative news stories and profiles, although I do enjoy book reviews and taking photos. This is a collection of my journalistic work published in The Standard and the Daily Northwestern.

Positions

• Editor-in-Chief, The Standard (2023-2024)
• Lead Culture Editor, The Standard (2022-2023)
• News Editor, The Standard (2021-2022)
• Staff Writer, The Standard (2020-2021)
• News Editor, The Scroll (2019-2020)

Awards

2024

• Student Press Association Best Reporter shortlist
• CSPA Gold Circle Breaking News: 2nd Place
• CSPA Gold Circle Interactive Graphic: 2nd Place
• CSPA Gold Circle Entertainment Review: 3rd Place
• CSPA Gold Circle News Writing: Certificate of Merit
• CSPA Gold Circle Sidebar Writing: Certificate of Merit
• CSPA Gold Circle Photo Layout: Certificate of Merit
• Best of Sno: Ramaswamy drops presidential bid after placing fourth at Iowa caucus

2023

• JEA Feature writing Contest: Superior
• NSPA Interactive Story of the Year: Honorable Mention
• NSPA Best of Show Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Reporting 9th Place
• NSPA Best of Show Print Issue 1: 7th place
• Best of Sno: Alumnus Peter Stevenson reflects on career highlights at The Washington Post
• CSPA Gold Circle News Feature: Certificate of Merit
• CSPA Gold Circle Information Graphics: Certificate of Merit

2022

• NSPA News Story of the Year: Honorable Mention
• NSPA Interactive Graphic of the Year: Honorable Mention
• JEA Newswriting Contest: Honorable Mention
• Best of Sno: Texas school shooting spurs discourse on gun control
• Best of Sno: Death of Queen Elizabeth II ripples through community

2021

• NSPA Interactive Graphic of the Year: Honorable Mention
• Best of Sno: Affinity space held in light of escalating anti-Asian discrimination
• Best of Sno: Murder of Sarah Everard, UN survey result spark conversation around sexual harassment
• Best of Sno: Community debates validity of Olivia Rodrigo's 'drivers license'

2020

• NSPA Middle School Design of the Year: 3rd Place
• NSPA Middle School Story of the Year: 4th Place
• NSPA Middle School Design of the Year: Finalist

2019

• JEA Newswriting Contest: Excellent

Relevant Coursework

• Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute four-week summer program 2023. 
  • A highly selective four-week journalism program focused on reporting, writing, video, audio, online and ethics. I attended lectures, reported local events, completed 12 stories, was selected for publication in the Daily Northwestern and was interview-selected as Team Leader for website creationed website content management.
• JEA/NSPA 2023 Journalism Conference in Boston, MA
• Writers Seminar, 2022-23
• AP English Literature, 2023
• JEA/NSPA 2022 Journalism Conference in St. Louis, MO
• School of the New York Times "Writing the Big City" course, 2022
• AP English Language, 2022
• Columbia Scholastic Press Association summer design course, 2021
• JEA/NSPA 2019 Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C.