The Talon

The Student News Site of Ankeny High School

The Talon

The Talon

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Talon summer journalism camp sponsorships

Do you want good news? Invest in the future of journalism by sponsoring a Talon journalist.


If the journalism program at Ankeny High, particularly the student-run news media outlet, The Talon, made a difference in your life, or if you would like to make a difference in the life of someone currently in journalism and on The Talon staff, then sponsoring a Talon journalist/editor is your chance to make that difference.

Our goal is to send a few Talon editors this summer to the Media Now! summer journalism camp at Drake University or the University of Iowa’s summer journalism workshop.

Iowa High School Press Association’s 2023 spring journalism results are in and 13 awards go to these amazing Talon journalists for their stellar writing and reporting:

  • First Place for Sports Story, Game or Season Recap goes to seniors Gabby Risk & Sophie Rohlfing for the “The road to state: AHS seniors help take girls’ tennis to new heights”
  • Third Place for Sports Story, Game or Season Recap goes to sophomore Adam Mein for “Inside the life of a student-athlete”
  • First Place for School News Story goes to junior Vivian Wu for “The March continues”
  • Second Place for School News Story goes to senior Sophie Rohlfing for “Social studies teacher opens up on departure from Ankeny Schools”
  • Honorable Mention for School News Story goes to 2022 AHS graduate Lauren Kemp for “‘Victory for girls’ sports?'”
  • Third Place for News Story goes to senior Gabby Risk for “Grades vs. mental health: students voice their concerns”
  • Second Place for Editorial Cartoon/Comic Strip goes to junior Julien Noble for “Diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI): What is it?”
  • Third Place for Editorial Cartoon/Comic Strip goes to junior Julien Noble for “Locking down language learning”
  • Second Place for Reviews goes to senior Lejla Ahmetovic for “United in Kendrick: a review”
  • Honorable Mention for In-Depth News Story goes to junior Julien Noble for “Locking down language learning”
  • Honorable Mention for Personality Profile goes to junior Vivian Wu for “It’s okay, he’s with the band”
  • Honorable Mention for Personality Profile goes to junior Joanna Guerrero for “Senior J Walters: All-State bound”
  • Honorable Mention for Feature Story goes to senior Drew Taylor for “Let’s BeReal about social media”

Talon Co-Editors and juniors Ava Tomlinson & Vivian Wu as they have earned a TOP TEN spot (in the state of Iowa) as Iowa High School Press Association’s… Emerging Journalists.

Two student journalists, senior Sophie Rohlfing and junior Vivian Wu, have earned the prestigious honor of Best of School Newspapers Online awards.

We’re working to earn more distinction as we grow the journalism/Talon program at Ankeny High.

Interested in sponsoring Talon journalists/editors? Email adviser Alissa Hansen at [email protected]. We are planning to make this an annual sponsorship program.

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