March 10, 2014
Twenty-eight finalists were selected from 148 entries to the 2014 National Scholastic Press Association Online Pacemaker contest. The winners will be announced for the first time at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in San Diego on Saturday, April 12. The finalists are:
The Roundup
Brophy College Preparatory School
Phoenix
Scot Scoop
Carlmont HS
Belmont, Calif.
The Tam News
Tamalpais HS
Mill Valley, Calif.
Chronicle
Harvard-Westlake School
North Hollywood, Calif.
Raven Report
Sequoia HS
Redwood City, Calif.
The Lowell
Lowell HS
San Francisco
The Carillon
Bellarmine College Preparatory School
San Jose, Calif.
The Foothill Dragon Press
Foothill Technology HS
Ventura, Calif.
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus HS
Miami
The Southerner Online
Henry W. Grady HS
Atlanta
Niles West News
Niles West HS
Stokie, Ill.
NCHS Live!
North Central HS
Indianapolis
The Little Hawk
Iowa City HS
Iowa City, Iowa
Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East HS
Prairie Village, Kan.
Wayland Student Press Network
Wayland HS
Wayland, Mass.
Knight Errant
Benilde-St. Margaret’s School
St. Louis Park, Minn.
The Echo
St. Louis Park HS
St. Louis Park, Minn.
BearingNews
Rock Bridge Sr. HS
Columbia, Mo.
DartNewsOnline
St. Teresa’s Academy
Kansas City, Mo.
Southwest Shadow
Southwest Career and Technical Academy
Las Vegas
Blue and Gold
Taipei American School
Taipei, Taiwan
Coppell Student Media
Coppell HS
Coppell, Texas
The Fourcast
Hockaday School
Dallas
The Red Ledger
Lovejoy HS
Lucas, Texas
Manestreamnews
McKinney HS
McKinney, Texas
MyJagNews
Johnson HS
San Antonio
The Highlander Online
McLean HS
McLean, Va.
TRN WIRED
Prince George HS
Prince George, Va.
The finalists were chosen by a team of professionals assembled from around the county. Entries were judged over the course several weeks, based on content, design, writing and editing, rich media and breaking news. A full listing of comments from the Online Pacemaker judging team will be published after the spring national convention.