About

FHCtoday.com, Central Focus, Odyssey, The Spartan Podcast Network, Ergo and Centralized are the award-winning publication family of Francis Howell Central. The Central Focus and Odyssey began publishing in 1997, and began publishing on FHCtoday in 2009. The Spartan Podcast Network, Ergo and Centralized were all born in 2018.

All of our publications have been nominated for and won a number of awards. The Central Focus has been named a Pacemaker finalist in 2013, 2018 and 2019; FHCtoday has been a Pacemaker finalist three times, as well as winning the Pacemaker award in 2011, 2013 and 2016. FHCtoday has also won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown award twice. Odyssey has won a number of state yearbook awards from MIPA and the Scholastic Press Association. Staff members of all publications have been honored with a number of awards including Missouri State Student Journalist of the Year in 2013.

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To contact the staff about advertising opportunities, content questions, or anything else, you can tweet @FHCToday, or email our advisor Matthew Schott at [email protected].