Ben Greenberg ’12, Hannah Foley ’14, Jake Chernok ’13 , DJ Sixsmith ’11, and Eric Gallanty ’11 traveled to Chicago this weekend for the John Drury Awards High School Radio Awards. WWPT emerged as the top high school radio station in the country.
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Hannah Foley ’14 has many talents, but when combined together, she is unstoppable. As a major contributor to Inklings newspaper as Editor-in-Chief, WWPT radio, Staples’ award winning radio show, and Good Morning Staples, she is truly a triple threat. Each alone are impressive enough, but Foley is able to manage them all together.
It all started with journalism as a freshman, when her class joined forces with the television production class. She immediately began hosting at Good Morning Staples, where she can still be seen to this day. She later found herself as a part of the news department for WWPT, and the rest is history.
Foley has continued to impress, winning a John Drury Radio Award for second in the nation for a feature news story she wrote and read on WWPT.
Although each is unique, Foley feels that her participation in the individual organizations benefits the others. “Since they all have a base in journalism, they all require that you master different skills and those skills can be applied across the board,” explains Foley.
One of Foley’s proudest articles written for Inklings is a column about her experience living in Brooklyn during the 9/11 attack.
But the thing that introduced it all to her still holds a special place in her heart.
“I love layout, I love eating food at layout, and I love the moments that happen at layout,” Foley says. “When I look back at high school, I’m not going to remember that test I took. I’m going to remember sitting at the table with my staff eating Roly Poly’s, laughing while Ms. McNamee and Mr. Rexford make jokes.”