About The Pearl Post

The Pearl Post is the student-run news website and news magazine of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School. The newspaper began in September 2009 and switched to a magazine format in fall 2019. The news website started in September 2012 and is updated three to four times a week.

Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Journalism and Communications
6649 Balboa Blvd.
Lake Balboa, CA 91406

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Publication and Staff Awards

October 2024 – CSUN J-Day

• Second Place in News Photography – Benjamin Recinos
• First Place in News Photography – Alex Salcedo
• First Place in Opinion Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan

September 2024 – National Scholastic Press Association Individual Awards Finalists

• Multimedia News Story Finalists – Maggie Simonyan, Andre Arcilla and Alexa Garay

February 2024 – Los Angeles Regional Write-Off Competition

• Fourth Place in Photography – Serena Elkins
• Sixth Place in Opinion Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan
• Tenth Place in Feature Writing – Jazmine Valerio
• First Place in Feature Writing – Alia Galvan
• Fourth Place in News Writing – Sophie Ortega
• Second Place in News Writing – Vanessa Morales
• First Place in News Writing – Jenny Marquez

November 2023 – JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention

• First Place in Best of Show – The Pearl Post news website
• Fifth Place in Best of Show – The Pearl Post print newsmagazine
• Recipients of the Courage Award from the Student Press Law Center – Delilah Brumer, Gabrielle Lashley, Valeria Luquin and Nathalie Miranda
• First Place in Blog – Maggie Simonyan
• Honorable Mention in Multimedia News Story – Maggie Simonyan, Satenik Ayrapetyan, Jason Arevalo, Jenica Felicitas and Naamah Silcott
• Excellent in Editorial Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan
• Excellent in News Writing – Vanessa Morales
• Honorable Mention in Yearbook Copy/Caption: Student Life – Alexa Garay
• Honorable Mention in News Editing/Headline Writing/Current Events – Alan Ruiz

October 2023 – Society of Environmental Journalists 22nd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment

• Third Honorable Mention – Delilah Brumer and Alan Ruiz

August 2023 – National Scholastic Press Association Individual Awards Finalists

• Multimedia News Story Finalists – Maggie Simonyan, Satenik Ayrapetyan, Jason Arevalo, Jenica Felicitas and Naamah Silcott
• Blog Finalist – Maggie Simonyan

July 2023 – National Scholastic Press Awards Clips and Clicks Award Winners

• Fourth Place in News Writing – Delilah Brumer and Alan Ruiz
• Honorable Mention in News Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan and Maggie Simonyan

June 2023 – 65th Annual L.A. Press Club SoCal Journalism Awards

• First Place in Student News Writing, On-Campus Issues – Gabrielle Lashley
• Recipient of Tony Ross Scholarship – Delilah Brumer
• Third Place in Best High School Newspaper – The Pearl Post staff
• Best High School News Website – The Pearl Post staff

May 2023 – 65th Annual L.A. Press Club SoCal Journalism Awards Finalists

• Best High School Newspaper Finalist – The Pearl Post staff
• Best High School News Website Finalist – The Pearl Post staff
• Best Student News Photo Finalist – Delilah Brumer
• Best Student News Writing Finalists – Rikka Dimalanta and Jenica Felicitas
• Best Student News Writing Finalist – Gabrielle Lashley

April 2023 – JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention

• Runner-up for national Journalism Education Association (JEA) 2023 Journalist of the Year – Delilah Brumer
• Eighth Place in Best of Show – The Pearl Post print newsmagazine
• Second Round Qualifiers in the National High School Journalism Quiz Bowl – DPMHS Student Media
• Sister Rita Jeanne Abicht Scholarship Recipient – Delilah Brumer
• Excellent in News Writing – Delilah Brumer

March 2023 – State Student Media Contests at Oxford Academy

• Second in the online category of the California All Stars contest – The Pearl Post
• Third in the print category of the California All Stars contest – The Pearl Post
• Betty Rogers Scholarship – Jenica Felicitas
• California Journalist of the Year Scholarship and the Ted Tajima Scholarship – Delilah Brumer
• Third Place in Editorial Cartoon – Gabrielle Lashley
• Sixth Place in Opinion Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan
• First Place in Opinion Writing – Delilah Brumer
• Ninth Place in News Writing – Elizabeth Rose
• Seventh Place in Feature Photography – Grant Asner

February 2023 – Los Angeles Regional Write-Off Competition

• Second Place in News Writing – Elizabeth Rose
• Second Place in Photography – Grant Asner
• Fourth Place in Photography – Jason Arevalo
• First Place in Opinion Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan
• Third Place in Opinion Writing – Delilah Brumer
• Sixth Place in Sports Writing – Sabrina Robertson
• Third Place in Features Writing – Jenica Felicitas
• Fourth Place in Features Writing – Angela Ledesma

February 2023 – National Scholastic Press Association Clips and Clicks Award Winners

• First Place Editorial – Delilah Brumer
• Fourth Place News Story – Gabrielle Lashley

November 2022 – National Scholastic Press Association 2022 Individual Award Winners

• Honorable Mention Podcast of the Year – Valeria Luquin and Gabrielle Lashley
• Honorable Mention Photo Slideshow of the Year – Delilah Brumer, Alan Ruiz, Valeria Luquin, Emily Short and Rikka Dimalanta
• Second Place Marketer of the Year – Delilah Brumer

October 2022 – CSUN J-Day

• First in News Writing – Gabrielle Lashley
• First in Photo – Grant Asner
• First in Opinion Writing – Delilah Brumer
• Second in Video – Jenica Felicitas
• Third in Photo – Jason Arevalo
• Third in Opinion Writing – Elizabeth Rose

June 2022 – L.A. Press Club Winners

• Second in Best Student News Writing (Campus Issues) – Delilah Brumer
• Second in Best Student News Writing (Off Campus Issues) – Delilah Brumer and Gabrielle Lashley
• Second in Best Student Feature Photo – Valeria Luquin

May 2022 – L.A. Press Club Finalists

• Best High School Newspaper – The Pearl Post staff
• Best College News Website – The Pearl Post staff
• Best Student Feature Photo – Valeria Luquin
• Best Student News Writing (Off Campus Issues) – Delilah Brumer and Gabrielle Lashley
• Best Student News Writing (Campus Issues) – Delilah Brumer

April 2022 – JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention

• First Amendment Press Freedom Award – Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
• Excellent in Video Editing – Nickalas Lembo
• Honorable Mention in First Year Photo – Emily Short
• Honorable Mention in Yearbook Copy/Caption: Sports – Naamah Silcott
• Excellent in Sports Writing – Alan Ruiz
• Excellent in Commentary Writing – Delilah Brumer
• Excellent in Editorial Cartoon – Gabrielle Lashley

 

 

 

March 2022- SoCal JEA State Student Media Contests

• 1st place Quiz Bowl- The Pearl Post
• 2nd place California All Stars- The Pearl Post website
• 1st place in editorial cartoon- Gabrielle Lashley
• 1st place in opinion writing- Delilah Brumer
• 2nd place in review writing- Nathalie Miranda

March 2022- National Scholastic Press Association

• Online Pacemaker finalist- The Pearl Post website

February 2022- Los Angeles Journalism Teachers Association write-offs at CSUN

• 3rd place sweepstakes
• 1st place in features writing- Nathalie Miranda
• 2nd place in features writing- Valeria Luquin
• 1st place in opinion writing- Delilah Brumer
• 5th place in sports writing- Emily Flores
• 5th place in news writing- Jazmine Valerio

October 2021- Los Angeles Press Club Awards

• 2nd place high school newspaper

August 2021- NSPA Clips & Clicks

• 2nd place in news writing- Delilah Brumer and Gabrielle Lashley

February 2021- Los Angeles Journalism Teachers Association regional competition

• 1st place in opinion writing – Delilah Brumer

February 2021- NSPA Clips & Clicks

• Honorable Mention in magazine cover design- Jhonny Gonzalez

November 2020- JEA/NSPA Virtual Fall National High School Journalism Convention

• 8th place Best of Show small school website
• Excellent in news writing – Itzel Luna
• Excellent in editorial writing – Delilah Brumer
• Honorable Mention in videography – Valery Barrera
• 4th place in photo slideshow – Valery Barrera and Valeria Luquin

October 2020 – CSUN J-Day

• 1st place News Writing – Itzel Luna
• 3rd place Photography – Maribella Ambrosio

March 2020 – SoCal Journalism Education Association Write-offs

• 3rd place California All-Stars – news website
• 9th place Sports Photo – Valery Barrera

February 2020 – Los Angeles Journalism Teachers Association write-offs at CSUN

• 3rd place sweepstakes
• 1st place in opinion writing – Daniela Rangel
• 1st place in feature writing – Shannon Sullivan
• 3rd place in photography – Maribella Ambrosio
• 6th place in photography.- Valery Barrera
• 4th place in news writing – Itzel Luna
• 7th place in news writing – Valeria Luquin

October 2019 – CSUN J-Day

• 2nd place in news writing
• honorable mention in photography
• honorable mention in photography

Los Angeles Press Club June 2019

• Best High School Newspaper

JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention – Anaheim April 2019

• Online Pacemaker Award
• 1st place in Best of Show for news website
• Honorable Mention in editorial writing – Sam Torres
• Honorable Mention in news writing – Itzel Luna
• Honorable Mention in sports writing – Casey Wanatick
• Excellent in newspaper editing/headline writing – Kirsten Cintigo
• Honorable Mention in yearbook copy/caption: sports – Alondra Nuno
• Honorable Mention in broadcast news story – Steven Guzman

March 2019 – SoCal Journalism Education Association Write-offs

February 2019 – Los Angeles Journalism Teachers Association write-offs at CSUN

• 5th in photography – Mahali Sanchez
• 3rd in sports writing – Casey Wanatick
• 1st in sports writing – Christopher Sarenana
• 1st in feature writing – Shannon Sullivan
• 9th in opinion writing – Martin Garcia
• 6th in opinion writing – Sam Torres
• 9th in news writing – Harlow Frank
• 5th in news writing – Itzel Luna

October 2018 – CSUN J-Day

• 2nd in news writing – Parampreet Aulakh
• 3rd in feature writing – Shannon Sullivan

JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention – San Francisco April 2018

• Honorable Mention in sports writing – David Eskichyan
• Honorable Mention in news writing – Rudraj Koppikar
• Honorable Mention in features writing – Michelle Kaganovsky
• Honorable Mention in yearbook theme pages – Zachary Gephart-Canada
• Excellent in yearbook copy/caption: academics – Alice Curran
• Excellent in yearbook copy/caption: student life – Eva Kaganovsky

February 2018 Los Angeles Journalism Teachers Association write-offs at CSUN

• Second place Sweepstakes
• 5th in news writing – Rudraj Koppikar
• 10th in news writing – Steven Guzman
• 7th in opinion writing – Angel Van Horn
• 9th in opinion writing – Kirsten Cintigo
• 5th in features writing – Julissa Rangel
• 7th in features writing – Melissa Hernandez
• 4th in sports writing – Karina Mara
• 6th in sports writing – Amanda Jimenez
• 8th in sports writing – David Eskichyan
• 4th in photography – Rachel Bullock
• 6th in photography – Jade Campbell

JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention – Dallas November 2017

• Excellent in sports action photography – Rachel Bullock

Los Angeles Press Club June 2017

• Second Place Best High School Newspaper
• Second Place Best News Website

JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention – Seattle April 2017

• Excellent in Sports Writing – Amanda Jimenez

March 2017 – SoCal Journalism Education Association Write-offs

• Excellent in Newswriting – Alice Curran
• Excellent in News Editing/Headline Writing – Winter Rawson
• Honorable Mention in Feature Writing – Michelle Kaganovsky

CSUN Journalism Day – Oct. 22, 2016

• First Place in Opinion (team effort) – Cristina Jercan
• Third Place in News Writing – Alice Curran
• Honorable Mention in Photography – Richard Mendiola
• Honorable Mention in Social Media – Steven Guzman

Los Angeles Press Club June 2016

• Best High School Newspaper
• Best Spot News – Ilana Gale, Kyrah Hunter and Rebekah Spector

April 2016 – JEA/NSPA Spring National Convention in Los Angeles

• Online Pacemaker finalist
• Excellence in Yearbook Copy/Captions: Student Life – Rita Chidbachian
• Honorable Mention in News Writing – Rebekah Spector
• Honorable Mention in News Editing & Headline Writing – Ilana Gale

March 2016 – SoCal Journalism Education Association Write-offs –

• 9th place in editorial cartoon – Sheena Gonzalez
• 8th place in feature photography – Veronica Godoy
• 4th in feature writing – Nallely DeLara
•  2nd place in feature writing – Ilana Gale

March 2016 Los Angeles Journalism Teachers Association write-offs at CSUN

• 3rd Place Sweepstakes
• 7th in sports writing – Joseph Mousaed
• 6th in news writing – Elsie Morales
• 6th in feature writing – Nallely DeLara
• 5th in sports writing – Irene Feher
• 4th in news writing – Rebekah Spector
• 2nd in feature writing – Ilana Gale
• 2nd in photography – Veronica Godoy

November 2015 – JEA/NSPA Fall National Convention in Orlando

• Opinion Writing – Aileen Kangavary
• Review Writing – Yousef Fatehpour

October 2015 – CSUN Journalism Day

• 3rd place in photography – Veronica Godoy
• 2nd place in photo – Adrianna Rojas
• 1st place in social media/mobile reporting – Kyrah Hunter

June 2015  – Los Angeles Press Club

• First place in Best High School Newspaper

April 2015 – JEA/NSPA Spring National Convention in Denver

• 3rd place in Best of Show for small school news website
• Excellence in Commentary Writing – Dianne Villalta
• Honorable Mention in Review Writing – Yousef Fathepour
• Honorable Mention in Sports Writing – Brandon Gilden

March 21, 2015 – SoCal Journalism Education Association Write-offs –

• 6th place in Editorial Cartoon – Sheena Gonzalez
• 2nd place in Editorial Writing – Chris Bower
• 6th place in Feature Writing – Ilana Gale
•  8th place in Sports Photography – Veronica Godoy

March 2015 CSUN Write-Offs

• 3rd place in sweepstakes – The Pearl Post 
• 2nd place Opinion Writing – Chris Bower
•  2nd place Photography – Veronica Godoy
• 4th place Feature Writing – Ilana Gale 6th sports
• 4th place Sports Writing – Joseph Mousaed
• 6th place Sports Writing – Brandon Gilden
• 6th place Feature Writing – Rita Chidbachian

November 2014 – National Scholastic Press Association

• Pacemaker newspaper finalist – broadsheet 8 pages or less
• Superior in News Writing- Editor in Chief Natalie Moore
• Honorable Mention in Editorial Writing- Online Editor in Chief Chris Bower
• Honorable Mention in Yearbook Sports Photo- Prestige Yearbook Editor in Chief Ana Perez

October  2014 – CSUN Write-offs

• Honorable mention in photography portfolio – Ana Perez

September 2014 – Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Gold Medalist ranking for both our print and website publications

June 8, 2014  – California Student Media Festival

• News Show winner – “Be More Heroic” news story by Emon Abdullah, Jessica Mallari and Alexandra Pineda

May 2014 – Los Angeles Press Club

• Second place in Best High School Newspaper

May 3, 2014 – California Newspaper Publishers Association

• Second place in News Photo (high school division)

April 2014 – Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association

• The Pearl Post received 4th place in NSPA’s Best of Show for publication website small school
• Superior in Commercial/PSA: Karla Medrano and Enrie Amezcua
• Excellent in Editorial: Features Editor Chris Bower
• Excellent in Photo Portrait: Yearbook Editor Ana Perez
• Honorable mention in News Writing: Managing Editor Natalie Moore
• Honorable mention in Review Writing: Staff Writer Zach Adler

March 2013 – SoCal Journalism Education Association Write-offs

• Second Place photo – Ana Perez
• Seventh Place Cartoon: Sheena Gonzalez
• 11th Place Sports Writing: Irene Feher

February 22, 2014 – CSUN Journalism Day Write-offs

• The Pearl Post tied for first place in sweepstakes
• First Place Feature Writing: Ilana Gale
• First Place Photo: Ana Perez
• Second Place Sports Writing: Elijah Zelonky
• Third Place Feature Writing: Elsy Barcelo
• Third Place Opinion Writing: Chris Bower
• Fifth Place News Writing: Natalie Moore
• Seventh Place Sports Writing: Irene Feher

October 2013 – CSUN Journalism Day

• 1st place News Writing: Natalie Moore
• 3rd place Opinion Writing: Zach Adler
• Honorable Mention Photography: Ana Perez

June 2013 – The Los Angeles Press Club Awards

• 2nd place best High School Newspaper
• 2nd place Best School News Website

June 2013 – California Student Media Festival

• Best News Short winner “Dropouts”

April 2013 Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association

• Online Pacemaker Finalist
• JEA Excellence rating for Broadcast Package: Editor-in-Chief Elitza Batchiyska and Opinion Editor Patrick Avognon.
• Best of Show – 10th place newspaper
• Best of Show – 10th place news website

March 2013 – California Newspaper Publishers Association

• Award of Excellence Best Sports Story: Opinion Editor Patrick Avognon

April 13, 2013 Southern California Journalism Education Association state competition, state competition, Cal State Long Beach

• 2nd place in News Photography: Ana Perez
• 3rd place in Editorial Writing: Chris Bower
• 5th place in Feature Photography: Jake Dobbs
• 7th place in News Writing: Natalie Moore
• Jolene Combs Memorial Scholarship: Natalie Moore and Ana Perez
• Carol Hallenbeck Scholarship Award $500: Elitza Batchiyska

October 20, 2012 CSUN Journalism Day

• Honorable mention in the news writing: Natalie Moore

June 25, 2012 The Los Angeles Press Club

• Best High School Newspaper

April 29, 2012 Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) state competition, Cal State Long Beach

• 7th place in News Writing: Editor-in-Chief Elitza Batchiyska
• 13th place in Feature Writing: Features Editor Rosie Somoundjian

March 17, 2012 Cal State Northridge write-offs

• 5th place Opinion Writing: Journalism 1 student Anjeliko Garcia
• 5th place Feature Writing: Journalism 1 Christopher Bower
• 8th place Feature Writing: Features Editor Rosie Somoundjian
• 6th place News Writing: Sports Editor Natalie Moore
• 1st place photography: Zana Tillet
• 2nd place photography: Rosalia Cruz

March 2012 California Journalism Education Coalition

• Journalism Educator of the Year: Adviser Adriana Chavira

February 2012 LAUSD Scholastic Journalism Initiative – Write-offs

• News: Elitza Batchiyska
• News: Brayan Cecenas
• News: Carlos Godoy

May 14, 2011 Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) state competition, Walnut High School

• 3rd place in Best of Southern California (black & white) newspapers: The Pearl Post
• 2nd Place in Feature Writing: Editor-in-Chief Ellie Batchiyska
• 12th place in Editorial Writing: Journalism 1 student Tim Smirnov
• Ted Tajima Scholarship, $1,000: Copy editor & Staff Writer: Sarah Greenwald

April 30, 2011 at CSUN’s High School Write-offs

• 4th place in Feature Writing: Journalism 1 student Danielle Flores
• 7th place in Opinion Writing: Journalism 1 student Tim Smirnov
• 9th place in Opinion Writing: Journalism 1 student Daylin Ramirez

April 23, 2011 Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association’s national convention, Anaheim, Ca

• Honorable mention in Sports Writing: Sports Editor Amanda Cordoba
• Honorable mention in Feature Writing: Editor-in-Chief Elitza Batchiyska

February 17, 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District’s Scholastic High School Initiative write-offs

• 2nd place in News Writing: Features Editor Sarkis Ekmekian
• 3rd place in Feature Writing: Editor-in-Chief Elitza Batchiyska
• 4th place in Feature Writing: Staff Writer Brayan Cecenas
• 6th place in Feature Writing: Sports Editor Amanda Cordoba

October 2010 CSUN High School Journalism Day

• 1st place in News Writing: Editor-in-Chief Sarkis Ekmekian
• 2nd place in Opinion Writing: Sports Editor Amanda Cordoba

May 22, 2010 Southern California Journalism Education Association state write-off competition at Fullerton College

• 4th place in feature photography: Newspaper and Yearbook Photographer Jason Ordoñez
• 7th place in Editorial Writing: Opinion Editor Nicole Hutchinson
• 13th place in News Writing: Editor-in-Chief Rachel Ferreira

April 24, 2010 CSUN Gen-J Workshop

• Second place sweepstakes award: The Pearl Post
• 1st place in Opinion Writing: Opinion Editor Nicole Hutchinson
• 6th place in News: Editor-in-Chief Rachel Ferreira
• 2nd place in Feature Writing: Journalism 1 student Sarkis Ekmekian
• 5th place in Feature Writing: Journalism 1 student Elitza Batchiyska

October 17, 2009 Cal State University Northridge (CSUN) High School Journalism Day

• First place in Feature Writing: Editor-in-Chief Rachel Ferreira
• Third place in Feature Writing: Opinion Editor Nicole Hutchinson