Contact Kathy Huting, NSPA contest and critique coordinator, at kathy@studentpress.org
View the Digital Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists
View the Magazine Pacemaker Finalists
Finalists in two more categories of the NSPA spring 2010 Pacemaker contests have been announced: the 2009 Digital Yearbook Pacemakers and the 2009 Magazine Pacemakers.
The staff of the Alaska Quarterly Review judged the Magazine Pacemaker contest. 61 total NSPA magazines entered the contest, which represents a slight increase from the 2008 contest. Entries were selected based on excellence in content, writing, editing, photography, art, graphics, design and concept or theme.
The 2009 Digital Yearbook Pacemaker contest was judged by Dana Benson, a 30-year veteran of Twin Cities television news and current instructor at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication. 28 total digital yearbooks entered the contest. Benson commented that the finalists displayed creative design, complete coverage, strong editing, effective graphics and interactivity. A stand-alone DVD category was offered this year, however, no entries were selected as finalists.
The winners will be announced for the first time at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism convention in Portland on Saturday, April 17. Comments from the judges will be published shortly after the convention.