2018 Story of the Year Finalists

News Story

Elena Gilbertson Hall
Confronting History
Odyssey, Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Emily Fey, Lizzie Kahle
Behind Bars
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Michelle Cheng, Thomas Patti, Carina Ramos
Deepening Disconnect
The Lion’s Roar, Newton South High School
Newton, Massachusetts

Cassidy Wang, Paige Morse
Vape Culture
The Harbinger, Algonquin Regional High School
Northborough, Massachusetts

Michael Bernard, Jacob LaGesse, Gracie Morris, Lila Taylor
The Trafficking Crisis
The Globe, Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri

Grace Snelling, Katie Snelling, Sara Stemmler, Lila Taylor
Show Me Green
The Globe, Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri

Thomas Birmingham, Logan Crews, Jack Rintoul
A Sea of White
The Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood High School
Saint Louis, Missouri

Mary Barsoum, Bharadwaj Chirravuri, Madeline Kalmowitz, Vanita Patel, Natassja Singh
Almost every teenager has a smartphone – it has changed the way that we interact, communicate, and even feel, but at what cost?
Pilot’s Log, Hasbrouck Heights High School
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

Davis Bailey, Zach Gilstrap, Kobe Roseman
The Smoking Gun
The ReMarker, St. Marks School of Texas
Dallas, Texas

Elliott Hernandez Sebastian
EXODUS 98118
Cleveland Journal, Cleveland STEM High School
Seattle, Washington


Feature Story

Nicole Konopelko
Freshman finds her passion for speaking without words
The Booster Redux, Pittsburg High School
Pittsburg, Kansas

Jackie Cameron, Natasha Thomas
Meet the Columbia Brew Crew
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Alexandra Bentzien, David Oks
Black Lives Matter
Tower, The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York

Arabella Saunders
Nicholson nurtures recovery through wilderness therapy
Nighthawk, First Flight High School
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Eva Chillura
A girl’s worst nightmare
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Haley Havelock
Continuing on
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Tanya Raghu
Finding value through pain
The Sidekick, Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas

Kasey Harvey, Catie Reeves
Leaving Temple behind, Jones brothers blend in with Roehrig family
Wingspan, Liberty High School
Frisco, Texas

Kelsey Carroll
5 years, 2 continents, 1 adventure
The Red Ledger, Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas

Neelam Bohra
From one home to another
ManestreamNews.com, McKinney High School
McKinney, Texas


Sports Story

Meseret Carver
Swimsuit dress code causes controversy
The HUB, Davis Senior High School
Davis, California

Jacob Klionsky
What compels Redwood Surfers to chase the swell?
The Redwood Bark, Redwood High School
Larkspur, California

Khadija Abid
Body Image in Sports
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Maria Fletcher, Yue Shi, Nathan Seto, Ryan Strathern
Gray Area
Viking Sports Mag, Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Lauren Katz
The Race to Success
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa

Adenike Falade
Teachers stand with Kaepernick
Silver Chips, Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, Maryland

Amai Mims
Athletes rail against racial stereotypes
The Grizzly Growler, Spring Valley High School
Las Vegas, Nevada

Gabi Griffey
Out for the Season
Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne
Boerne, Texas

Amanda Warren
Fantasy football in full swing
Eagle Edition, The Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Hannah Ortega
Colt-hearted
The Red Ledger, Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas


Editorial

Aidel Townsley
Modesty isn’t the issue when poor women need assistance
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
Los Angeles, California

Staff
Where do we go from here?
The Oracle, The Archer School for Girls
Los Angeles, California

Kevin Han, Aimee Yan
Check your Christian privilege
The Lake, Standley Lake High School
Westminster, Colorado

Natalie Glick
Conservative students entitled to safe space, too
U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois

Lauren Fischer, Anna Levine
Our proposal for new learning spaces
The Express, Blue Valley Northwest High school
Overland Park, Kansas

Hannah Wilson
To Pee or Not to Pee
North Star, Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri

Cooper Lockett
The danger with JUULs
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Hannah Ortega
‘Famous last thoughts’
The Red Ledger, Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas

Staff
Something’s Missing
tjTODAY, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, Virginia

Staff
You can come to the cookout, but you still can’t use the N-word
Cleveland Journal, Cleveland STEM High School
Seattle, Washington


Opinion

Maya Wernick
Why I walked out of our “walkout”
The Oracle, The Archer School for Girls
Los Angeles, California

Sino Oulad Daoud
College Board stunts success
Eye of the Tiger, Roseville High School
Roseville, California

Devorah Porter
What it means to be black
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California

Isabella Ank
Allowing girls into Boy Scouts does more harm than good: How new rules reinforce age-old sexism
Pep O’ Plant, H.B. Plant High School
Tampa, Florida

Sarah Rogoz
Traumatic incidents cause internal doubts
The Omega, Downers Grove North High School
Downers Grove, Illinois

Cassidy Delahunty
Blood in the water?
The Prospector, Prospect High School
Mt. Prospect, Illinois

Jackson Hoy
A broken pipeline
The Budget, Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas

Gabe Bryan
Speak Truth to Power Amid Sexual Abuse Claims
The Gator, Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Hannah Sween
Safety regulations called into question after Parkland shooting
Pony Express, Stillwater Area High School
Stillwater, Minnesota

Staff
After the flood: redefining what ‘normal’ means
The Review, St. John’s School
Houston, Texas