MINNEAPOLIS – The National Scholastic Press Association is excited to announce the 2016 finalists in the Online Pacemaker competition.
The finalist websites contained a good mix of stories, photography, videos and audio, as well as podcasts. These sites also incorporated social media well, using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube to supplement their content and attract more readers. Finally, the winning sites had compelling content — stories that made the reader want to stay and keep reading the site, which can be a tricky feat to accomplish.
NSPA congratulates all finalists in this step towards winning scholastic journalism’s most prestigious award, the Pacemaker.
Pacemaker recipients will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention, April 14-17, 2016 in Los Angeles.
M-A Chronicle
Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California
Scot Scoop News
Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Highlights
Beverly Hills (California) High School
The HUB
Davis Senior High School, Davis, California
The Feather Online
Fresno (California) Christian High School
Harvard-Westlake Chronicle
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, California
The Octagon
Sacramento (California) Country Day School
The Broadview
Convent of the Sacred Heart HS, San Francisco
The Carillon
Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, California
Harker Aquila
The Harker School, San Jose, California
The Pearl Post
Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, Van Nuys, California
Foothill Dragon Press
Foothill Technology High School, Ventura, California
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School, Miami
RHStoday
Robinson High School, Tampa, Florida
ODYSSEY Online
Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
The Tom Tom
Antioch (Illinois) Community High School
The Stampede
Metea Valley High School, Aurora, Illinois
The Phoenix Chronicle
Phoenix Military Academy, Chicago, Illinois
ProspectorNow
Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, Illinois
Cutlass
Palatine (Illinois) High School
Clarion
Riverside (Illinois) Brookfield High School
Niles West News
Niles West High School, Skokie, Illinois
The Little Hawk
Iowa City High School
Black and White
Johnston (Iowa) High School
The Harbinger Online
Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Mill Valley News Online
Mill Valley High School, Shawnee, Kansas
The Lamplighter
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky
Manual RedEye
duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
The Tide
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
The Sagamore
Brookline (Massachusetts) High School
Wayland Student Press Network
Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts
Uncagednews.com
Stockbridge (Michigan) High School
The Rubicon
St. Paul (Minnesota) Academy and Summit School
Bearing News
Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Missouri
The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood (Missouri) High School,
FHCtoday.com
Francis Howell Central, St. Charles, Missouri
FHNtoday.com
Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Flightline
Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha, Nebraska
Southwest Shadow
Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Eastside Online
Cherry Hill (N.J.) High School East
Wingspan Online
West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Spoke.news
Conestoga, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
The Eye
Singapore American School, Singapore
The Eagle”s Tale
Canyon (Texas) High School
Coppell Student Media
Coppell (Texas) High School
Wingspan
Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
The Roar
Leander (Texas) High School
The Red Ledger
Lovejoy High School, Lucas, Texas
The Rider Online
Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas
Tiger Times Online
Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas