2021 Local Climate Change Reporting finalists
Oct. 27, 2021
National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2021 Local Climate Change Reporting competition.
Winners in this and all Individual Award categories, as well as the NSPA Pacemaker Awards in Broadcast, Newspaper/Newsmagazine and Specialty Magazine, will be announced virtually at 4 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021.
Finalists are alphabetical by state.
Register for the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, presented virtually Nov. 1, 2021, to Jan. 15, 2022.
Enter the Best of Show competition for the fall virtual convention.
Register for the Philadelphia Storytelling Workshop.
NSPA’s first in-person Pacemaker Master Class will be presented Nov. 11-13, 2021, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.
Finalists for
2021 NSPA Individual Awards
Broadcast Story of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Design of the Year
Digital Story of the Year
Photo of the Year
Story of the Year
Social Justice Reporting
Local Climate Change Reporting
Portfolio of the Year
Best Use of Social Media
COVID-19 Coverage
Junior high/middle school
Finalists for fall 2021
NSPA Pacemaker Awards
Climate Change News Story
“One spark; decades of damage”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
“A Decade of Wildfires”
Oliver Fichte, Enzo Carvalho
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
“Water”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
“Our Footprint: The full podcast”
Kaylene Lin
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
“Earth”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
“Climate legislation signals a renewed focus on the San Francisco Bay”
Hudson Fox
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
“Looking Forward:
The future of carbon neutrality within AAPS”
Verena Wu
The Huron Emery
Ann Arbor Huron High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
“Environmental Conservation Club works to get solar panels”
Kady Peletier
The Pony Express
Stillwater Area High School
Stillwater, Minnesota
“In Danger”
Staff
Globe
Clayton High School
St. Louis, Missouri
“The storm of the decade”
Austin Williams, Toby Barrett
The ReMarker
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, Texas