2022 Best Use of Social Media

NSPA honors
top scholastic
social media

Nov. 12, 2022

National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2022 Best Use of Social Media competition.

NSPA’s Individual Awards are the top prizes in scholastic journalism, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during the Fall National High School Journalism Convention, Nov. 10-13, in St. Louis.


Social Media Reporting

First Place
Staff
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Second Place
Mandy Mah, Karla Lee,
Adelaide Reinshagen, Piper Diehn,
Gracia Shao-Xue

Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Third Place
Staff
Bear Witness
Branham High School
San Jose, California

Fourth Place
Aza Khan, Maya Clement
Odyssey Media Group
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Fifth Place
Staff
North Star
Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri

Honorable mentions

Melody Cui, Anna Jerolimov
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California

Arista Luong, Sam Cao, Cate Weiser
The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hayley Parsons
The Arena, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas

Celia Condon, Sydney Newton, Campbell Wood, Sophie Henschel
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Staff
Tesserae, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning, New York


Social Media Promotion

First Place
Staff
West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa

Second Place
Cate Demaria, Kaija Gilbertson Hall
Iliad literary-art magazine
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Third Place
Maya Ortiz, Kathleen Ortiz
Kingwood Park Media
Kingwood Park High School
Kingwood, Texas

Fourth Place
Aza Khan
Odyssey Media Group
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Fifth Place
Staff
The Knight/The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Honorable mentions

Melody Cui, Anna Jerolimov
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California

Maddie Palm, Cooper Lyon
Tesserae, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning, New York

Staff
Rockmedia, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Leona Barocas
Ibid, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Isabel Blasdel, Kayla Nicol, Taylor Roetzer, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media, Maize Career Academy, Wichita, Kansas