The National Scholastic Press Association is pleased to announce Story of the Year finalists. They are as follows:
Skyler Blume, Thomas Oide
The Hub, Davis Sr. HS, Davis, Calif.
Garrett Kaighn
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, Calif.
Meredith Broyles
Carpe Diem, Decatur HS, Decatur, Ga.
Katrina Guido
The Stinger, Emmaus HS, Emmaus, Pa.
Dylan Clark, Aidan Dewar
The ReMarker, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
James Niiler
The Northridge Reporter, Northridge HS, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Josh Zimmerman
Redwood Bark, Redwood HS, Larkspur, Calif.
Grant Ackerman, Jenna Barancik, Ali Futter, Lewin Kim
The Record, Horace Mann School, Bronx, N.Y.
Iris Cronin, Oliver Ruhl
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Nick Fiorillo
Hawkeye, Mountlake Terrace HS, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.
Haley Byam
The Gazette, Granite Bay HS, Granite Bay, Calif.
Isaac Cohen
The Tam News, Tamalpais HS, Mill Valley, Calif.
Connor Martin
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, Calif.
Zoe Gregozek, Alice Koltchev, Gillian Weatherford, Ava Poen, Eliza Davis
Ink, Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Madeline Halpert
Communicator, Community HS, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Meredith McBee
The Messenger, Northview HS, Johns Creek, Ga.
Erin McGovern
Prospector, Prospect HS, Mount Prospect, Ill.
Kayla Williamson
Owl, Warren Central HS, Indianapolis, Ind.
Julia Poe
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Daniel Bodden
North Star, Francis Howell North HS, St. Charles, Mo.
Steven Campbell
The Lion, Lyons Township HS, La Grange, Ill.
Julia Poe
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Peter Baugh
Globe, Clayton HS, Clayton, Mo.
Navin Zachariah
The Spoke, Conestoga HS, Berwyn, Pa.
Jacob Prothro
Featherduster, Westlake HS, Austin, Texas
Noelle Gracia
The Wildcat, Brea Olinda HS, Brea, Calif.
Tyler Graham
The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, Calif.
Tina Muscarelli, Laurel Nordquist-Zukin, Olivia Koontz
The Lake, Standley Lake HS, Westminster, Colo.
Alaa Abdeldaiem
Inklings, Crown Point HS, Crown Point, Ind.
Hannah Floyd, Caitlin Yeager
Phoenix, James W. Martin HS, Arlington, Texas
Ambika Dubey, Daniel Fernandez
El Estoque, Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, Calif.
Staff
The Tam News, Tamalpais HS, Mill Valley, Calif.
Joe Redmond
Arapahoe Herald, Arapahoe HS, Centennial, Colo.
Sam Holleman, Kaley Gilbert
Hi-Lights, William R. Boone HS, Orlando, Fla.
Tess Saperstein
The Muse, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Joe Okkema
The Lion, Lyons Township HS, La Grange, Ill.
Shelbey Vandenbroucke, Emily Zhen
The Central Times, Naperville Central HS, Naperville, Ill.
Aina Kelsaw-Fletcher
Communicator, Community HS, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Katherine Frain
Tribal Tribune, Wando HS, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Molly Mineiro
MavLife, La Costa Canyon HS, Carlsbad, Calif.
Shuyi Qi
El Estoque, Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, Calif.
Julia Aizuss
The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, Calif.
Hilah Kohen, Megumi Kitamoto
West Side Story, Iowa City West HS, Iowa City, Iowa
Ally Krupinsky
Century Star, Century HS, Bismarck, N.D.
Marian Abdelmalek, Hana Zarea
Eye of the Tiger, Roseville HS, Roseville, Calif.
Zoey Laird, Mirina Garofalidis
Carpe Diem, Decatur HS, Decatur, Ga.
Afton Apodaca
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Marcia Brown
The Shakerite, Shaker Heights HS, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Simran Singh, Suproteem Sarkar
The Spoke, Conestoga HS, Berwyn, Pa.
Winners will be announced at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014.
Questions? Contact Trevor Ivan, NSPA contest and critique coordinator, at contests@studentpress.org.