Anglo Chinese School (Barker Road), which came tops in the first Straits Times National Schools Newspaper competition in 2005, repeated their victory this year.
Its team was headed by Secondary 3 editor David Aw, 15, a third-time participant in the competition.
Its members included 15-year-old Secondary 3 students Lim Jia An, Joshua Rong, Joshua Ho and Secondary 2 student, 14-year-old Jonathan Seet.
Team member Joshua Rong said the five met to research magazines and the Internet before the 24-hour competition to create a four-page newspaper, to decide on a winning concept.
He attributed their sucess to having worked together as a team on their school's quarterly newsletter.
'We're ecstatic that all our hard work has paid off,' Joshua said. 'We're going home to celebrate with our parents who have supported us in this competition.'
They edged out runners up Victoria Secondary and third placed Raffles Girls School to clinch the top spot.
In addition to the top three competitors, merit awards of $500 were given to Yuying Secondary School, Cedar Girls' School and Raffles Institution.
Pei Hwa Secondary School, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Jurong Secondary School and St Joseph's Institution won consolation prizes of $200.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
