State association names West Henderson High senior Journalist of the Year
West Henderson High senior Sarah Monoson has been named the 2021 Rachel Rivers-Coffey North Carolina High School Journalist of the Year by the N.C. Scholastic Media Association.
This is the second consecutive year a student on the school s Wingspan newspaper staff has been named Journalist of the Year by the association, which is a scholarship contest.
The North Carolina Press Foundation has funded the annual scholarship award since 2001 in memory of former N.C. Press Association president Rachel Rivers-Coffey.
Monoson, 17, will receive a $3,000 scholarship and the West Henderson journalism program will get $500. The scholarship and awards will be presented during the N.C. Scholastic Media Institute.