OCC: Recognition for Outstanding Coronavirus Coverage

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The Pacemaker Master Class on innovative COVID-19 coverage on May 6, 2020.

Congratulations to our honorees in the OCC recognition program.

National Scholastic Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Society for News Design were sponsors in recognizing outstanding COVID-19 coverage by high school media. Print, online and broadcast submissions were included within three contest deadlines in April and May 2020.

NSPA continues recognition of outstanding coverage of the pandemic through special categories within its Individual Awards competition.

May 15, 2020, recognition

Design/visuals / May 15

First
Sophia Marcinek, Serena Nguyen, Elevate Magazine, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado

Second
Lindsey Plotkin, The Knight, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third
Edan Zinn, The Gator, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Fourth
Serena Nguyen, Will Munro, Elevate Magazine, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado

Fifth
Ava Lockhart, The Gator, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts

Sixth
Ivonee Morales-Mejia, The Northmen’s Log, Oak Park High School, Kansas City, MIssouri

Seventh
Emily Condon, Sahara Serrano, Pilot’s Log, Hasbrouck Heights High School, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

Eighth
Adelaide Bitting, Ava Bussmann, Adam Lynn, Charlotte Madden, Rambler, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Ninth
Alexa Atlas, Max Gaffin, Nick Gangewere, Eli Weitzman, Eastside Online, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Tenth
Avery Hull, Ingenium, Greenfield Junior High School, Gilbert, Arizona


General content/broadcast / May 15

First
Will Davidson, Gabby Greenley, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina

Second
Jillian Tate, DTV News, Davison High School, Davison, Michigan

Third
Paige Bell, Ella Hart, CRN-TV, Catawba Ridge High School, Fort Mill, South Carolina

Fourth
Grant Johnson, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Fifth
Gracie Hale, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Sixth
Ryan Kelley, WHIS News, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Atlanta, Georgia

Seventh
Kristi Perez, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina

Eighth
Jordan Ramsey, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Ninth
Paige Bell, Blake Woodard, CRN-TV, Catawba Ridge High School, Fort Mill, South Carolina

Tenth
Staff, Blue Jay Journal TV, Washington High School, Washington, Missouri


General content/online / May 15

First
Tigerlily Theo Hopson, The East Sider, East Side Community High School, New York, New York

Second
Alysa Spiro, The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third
Berk Oto, U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois

Fourth
Emma Newman, Beverly Highlights, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California

Fifth
Harshita Neralla, Daniel Shen, The Wildcat Tribune, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California

Sixth
Candice Anvari, Beverly Highlights, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California

Seventh
Lauren Medeiros, Wayland Student Press Network, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts

Eighth
Catherine Gagulashvili, Ava Seccuro, Beverly Highlights, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California

Ninth
Sarah Bernick, WHS Today, Davenport West High School, Davenport, Iowa

Tenth
Emily Greenzang, Hi’s Eye, Westfield High School, Westfield, New Jersey


General content/print / May 15

First
Staff, Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida

Second
Staff, The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri

Third
Serena Nguyen, Hunter Sullivan, Elevate Magazine, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado

Fourth
Ben Eimer, Enji Erdenekhuyag, Mia Marchiori, Sasha Menchaca, Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Illinois

Fifth
Fabiola Belibi, Megan Frontz, Sabrina Vizurraga, Elevate Magazine, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado

Sixth
Katherine Adams, Nick Foerstel, Madi Robertson, Spirit, Lindbergh High School, Saint Louis, Missouri

Seventh
Kamryn Almasy, Isabella Bupp, Caitlin Nolff, Hallie Pruitte, Echo, Grand Blanc High School, Grand Blanc, Michigan

Eighth
Corinne Davis, Kaley Flentye, Tess Tryfonopoulos, Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Illinois

Ninth
Anna Beard, Allie Conrad, The Leopard, Lovejoy High School, Lucas, Texas

Tenth
Eva McCord, Brooklyn Northcross, The Tower, Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan



April 30, 2020, recognition

Design/visuals / April 30

First
Staff, The Crestian, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Second
Mori Ono, The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Third
Brynne Barnard-Bahn, The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California

Fourth
Staff, The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Fifth
Taylor Olson, Ava Rotondo, The Highlander, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia

Sixth
Vivien Ho, West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa


General content/broadcast / April 30

First
Staff, Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

Second
Ianne Salvosa, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Third
Fiona Flynn, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Fourth
Jackie Carroll, Chaney Kelly, Lee Kinnebrew, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Fifth
Dominic Costa, Niall Horgan, Vincent Tran, LHStoday, Liberty High School, Lake St. Louis, Missouri


General content/online / April 30

First
Brooklyn Chillemi, The La Salle Falconer, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Milwaukie, Oregon

Second
Kira Ratan, Tower, The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, New York

Third
Alysa Spiro, The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Fourth
Lizzy Sorensen, Jamani Reed, 42Fifty, Oswego High School, Oswego, Illinois

Fifth
Bella Russo, Stella Shenkman, Julia Kay Smith, The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Sixth
Cameron Ederle, The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Seventh
Staff, Bearing News, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Missouri

Eighth
Kate Orlanski, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California

Ninth
Sanjana Anand, The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California

Tenth
Arien Roman Rojas, The Budget Online, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas


General content/print / April 30

First
Carson Bierman, Wolf’s Eye, Oswego East High School, Oswego, Illinois

Second
Catherine Erickson, The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Third
Staff, Spotlight, Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa

Fourth
Staff, The Augustinian, Saint Augustine High School, San Diego, California

Fifth
Maggie Baumstark, Mary Jane McNary, The Oracle, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Illinois



April 15, 2020, recognition

Design/visuals / April 15

First
Lila Tulp, The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Second
Mori Ono, The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Third
Kayla Lee, Pilar Sims, The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Fourth
Emma Shea, Black and Gold, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Fifth
Mariah Barsotti, Grace Conlan, Lone Star, James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas

Sixth
Grace Hu, Sophia Liu, Joanne Sung, Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Seventh
Hana Donnelly, Tribal Tribune, Wando High School, Mt Pleasant, South Carolina

Eighth
Mila Barry, The Gillnetter, Gloucester High School, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Ninth
Ebba Gurney, The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Tenth
River Julianna Hennick, The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas


General content/broadcast / April 15

First
Phoebe Gulsen, Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

Second
Brenna Gibbons, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Third
Cristina Folsom, Grant Johnson, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Fourth
Camille Radhakrishnan, Ella Williams, PLD Lamplighter, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky

Fifth
Cory Tennison, Eagle Nation Network, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas


General content/online / April 15

First
Staff, Northmen News, Oak Park High School, Kansas City, Missouri

Second
Stacy Correra, The McHenry Messenger, McHenry High School, McHenry, Illinois

Third
Oliver Adler, Alexa Atlas, Shana Chen, Jiseon Lee, Emily Mahaffy, Eastside Online, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Fourth
Kaitlyn Kozalla, The Panther Press, Saegertown Junior/Senior High School, Saegertown, Pennsylvania

Fifth
Taylor Rippstein, Eagle Valley Student Media, Eagle Valley High School, Gypsum, Colorado

Sixth
Elisha Scott, The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Seventh
Julianne Berry-Stoelzle, The Little Hawk, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa

Eighth
Angelina Hicks, El Cid, Cathedral Catholic High School, Del Mar, California

Ninth
Edan Zinn, The Gator, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Tenth
Kyra Wisnewski, Eileen Zhang, The Tide, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland


General content/print / April 15

First
Catherine McCarthy, Legend, William R. Boone High School, Orlando, Florida

Second
Annabelle Moore, The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Third
Gabby Lopez, The Sailors’ Log, Mona Shores High School, Norton Shores, Michigan

Fourth
Caroline Tyrrell, Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Fifth
Clayton Coughlin, Erin Turkieltaub, Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Sixth
Rhea Patney, Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Seventh
Emily Forgash, The Standard, The American School in London, London, England

Eighth
Catherine Erickson, The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Ninth
Ben Henschel, The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Tenth
Amina Naidjate, The Lighthouse, Al-Noor Academy, Mansfield, Massachusetts