It has won the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association's Gold Crown award six years in a row, from 2014 through 2019.

The Grant Magazine's previous adviser was Dave Austin, who had worked for The Oregonian for 22 years and is now the Communications Director of Multnomah County.

[4][5] Stories in the Grant Magazine have brought up issues including hazing, sexist and racist posts on social media by students at Grant High School, teen suicide, controversial curriculum changes, homelessness, Title IX, the Portland Public Schools lead crisis, eating disorders, drug and alcohol use, sexual assault, and the use of the N-Word.

The issue was inspired by the increasing use of racial slurs by students at Grant High School.

The issue features interviews with Andrew Young; Paul Coakley, who was a principal of Roosevelt High School, and a number of African Americans in the Grant community.