Photo of the Year: News — Best of the Massachusetts High School Press 2017-2018

Brookline High School junior Ellen Parry-Luff and senior Paria Reich hold each other a during speech.

1. Nick Eddinger

The Sagamore, Brookline High School

Lindsay Wise and Marcella Anderson, advisers

Brookline High School junior Ellen Parry-Luff and senior Paria Reich hold each other a during speech.

Judge’s comments: “In a moment of distress, we are together” — this is the message Eddinger’s photo sends. The two students holding each other in the middle, while being surrounded by many others, exemplifies how a picture is able to tell multiple stories in the same frame. Photographing such an important and unique event also deserves praise from a photojournalistic perspective.

2. Christina Prum

The LHS Review, Lowell High School

Matthew Brennan, adviser

Student places sticky notes on posters. Each sticky notes reads: name, class, and reason for LHS in the downtown.

3. Michelle Levinger

The Gator, Brimmer and May School

David Cutler, adviser


Brimmer and May protest Co-Organizer Maya Bousek ’19 encourages students to register to vote. Photo by Michelle Levinger ’19.