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Pacemaker finalists
These Pacemaker finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Nov. 12 awards ceremony.

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Pacemakers in Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook will be presented in spring 2023.

Pacemaker 100
To celebrate our 100th birthday, we’ll honor our top Pacemaker winners and recognize the Top 10 at the fall convention.

Adam Carlson, Ellia Bono
KRAM, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Student Coverage of the 6 of 8 Initiative and the Teacher Sick Out on February 18th

Sebastian Broche, Genesis Trujillo,
Dominic Gatto, Massimo Del Rio
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
Labor Shortage Affects Food Industry

Staff
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
SOS Cuba

Emma Letzig
KnightMedia, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, Illinois
Psychology class goes the extra mile to support Love Your Brain foundation

Emma Stillings, Noah Byer, Trevor Sites
OneMaize Media, Maize Career Academy, Wichita, Kansas
District considers new driving policy for students traveling during school hours

Freya Rieken, Laney Quandt
FHNtodayTV, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Interim Principal Dr. Lammers Discusses Lawsuit FHSD Faced for Enforcing a Mask Mandate

Mary Jayne Davis, Kamea Hosendove, Te’Veon Cooper
RNE-TV Live, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
Richland Two Mask Mandate

Lillian Mirosavich, Sam Weiss, Elizabeth Martinez-Pacheco
RNE-TV Live, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
School Safety

Brandon McVay
Hill Top News, Rock Hill High School, Frisco, Texas
COVID Affects Businesses

Kirthi Gummadi
Wingspan, Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
Tension in Eastern Europe

Ellia Bono
KRAM, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Thrifting

Staff
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
All in the Family: Oscar Farinas

Emanuel Naccarato, Lucas Delgado,
Adrian Morgade, Ryan Santos
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
Burgerlicious delights Coral Gables locals

Blake Herman, Delaney Warner
WROR-TV, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
The Fall of the Senator

Abigail Bull, Jordan Shafferkoetter
HTV Magazine, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri
Flying Machine

Deim Marion Gannaban, Evan Cano
RNE-TV Live, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
New to America

Kamea Hosendove, Mark Smith, Tyler Stodghill
RNE-TV Live, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
HBCU Band Auxilary

Alice Scott
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Supporting trans teens

James Li, Annie Villa
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Video: Mountain Biking Club hits the trail

James Li, Lexi Guo, Richard Liang, Drew Adams
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Video: Automotive Club

Nikhil Behal, Max Bonnstetter, Emily Neumann
InFocus, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
Long Shot

Juan Carlos Chaoui, Emanuel Naccarato, Lucas Delgado,
Ryan Santos, Lucas Figueroa
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
Mind, Body, Sport

Gretchen Hinger
Odyssey Media Group, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Revisiting gaps between Glads

Chloe Hug, Seth Polmanteer
DTV, Davison High School, Davison, Michigan
Heart break on and off the lanes

Mason Baugh, Jackson Phelps,
Brady Stark, Marc Taduran
Staley News, Staley High School, Missouri, Missouri
Title in Sight: The Hunt for State Part 2

Mason Baugh, Jackson Phelps,
Brady Stark, Marc Taduran
Staley News, Staley High School, Missouri, Missouri
The Hunt for State: Climbing Back

Chiara Bouckaert
The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
Tyson devotes time

Emma Price, Pierce DuRard,
Layne Thompson, Logan Reid
CPA Media Studio, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, Tennessee
Gymnastics Feature Story

T.J. Krilowicz
Wingspan, Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
The secrets of stealing: baseball’s baserunning helping team make playoff push

Grace Esquibel, Cade Richardson
Eagle Nation News, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Girls Softball

Sofia Behrend, Grayson Bonanno, Eve Korchkov,
Ashley Hinchy, Claire Ratzer
Falcon Vision, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California
Do Not Disturb

Andrew Falconi, Michael Martinez, Anthony Martinez,
Alexis Vivanco, Thomas Zarut
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
Overtime Rules in the NFL

Staff
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
Test Optional Admissions

Caroline Krywonos, Carmen Longhurst
WROR-TV, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
The gift that keeps on polluting

Delaney Warner, Blake Herman
WROR-TV, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Categorizing The Nightmare Before Christmas

Jaela Burris
HTV Magazine, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri
The Future

Emelie Ampf
HTV Magazine, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri
The Journey

Mary Jayne Davis, Kamea Hosendove
RNE-TV Live, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
School Safety

Alani Hamilton, Jazmin Fletcher
RNE-TV Live, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
Hair Discrimination