Nov. 11, 2021

National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2021 Local Climate Change Reporting competition.

The contest is presented in partnership with the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, which encourages local climate change reporting by student media.

Students were encouraged to use the Climate Matters reporting resources, science-based reporting materials that are funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation. 

The first-place winner earned $500 and the second- and third-place winners $300 and $200 respectively. Team reporting was permitted, with the cash prize divided among the names on the entry form.

Winners of NSPA Individual Awards, plus NSPA Pacemaker Awards in Broadcast, Newspaper/Newsmagazine and Specialty Magazine, were announced during the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention on Nov. 11, 2021, in a virtual awards ceremony.

First
“One spark; decades of damage”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Second
“A Decade of Wildfires”
Oliver Fichte, Enzo Carvalho
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Third
“Water”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Fourth
“In Danger”
Staff
Globe
Clayton High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Fifth
“Our Footprint: The full podcast”
Kaylene Lin
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Honorable Mention
“Earth”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Honorable Mention
“Climate legislation signals a renewed focus on the San Francisco Bay”
Hudson Fox
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Honorable Mention
“Looking Forward:
The future of carbon neutrality within AAPS”
Verena Wu
The Huron Emery
Ann Arbor Huron High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Honorable Mention
“Environmental Conservation Club works to get solar panels”
Kady Peletier
The Pony Express
Stillwater Area High School
Stillwater, Minnesota

Honorable Mention
“The storm of the decade”
Austin Williams, Toby Barrett
The ReMarker
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, Texas