2022 Local Climate Change Reporting
NSPA honors
top scholastic reporting on
climate change
Nov. 12, 2022
National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2022 competition in Local Climate Change Reporting.
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.
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.
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.
2022 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
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Awards
Local Climate Change Reporting
Portfolio of the Year
Best Use of Social Media
Junior High/Middle School
Fall 2022
NSPA Pacemakers
Pacemakers in Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook will be presented in spring 2023.
Local Climate Change Reporting
First Place
Sabrina Zhu, Arely Sun
Harker Aquila
The Harker School
San Jose, California
Second Place
Urvi Kulkarni, Aimee Teyssier
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Earth Day recycles ineffective climate efforts
Third Place
Anna Holme
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Climate change: rising temperatures with a rising generation
Fourth Place
FHNtoday
Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri
Environmental Consciousness Multimedia Package
Staff
Fifth Place
Sabrina Zhu, Kinnera Mulam, Sally Zhu
Harker Aquila
The Harker School
San Jose, California
Pulse of the People: Youth demand environmental action at local climate strike
Honorable mentions
Sabrina Zhu, Lavanya Subramanian
Harker Aquila, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Hero of Climate Change
Gabrielle Shore
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Beyond the blue bin: how recycling might be a waste
Sasha Boudtchenko, Bella Daly, Melody Xu
Verde Magazine, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
Lost in the flames
Saheb Gulati, Adam Akins, Nihal Gulati
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California
Almond Farming in a Changing Climate
Sarah Driscoll
The North Star, Naperville North High School, Naperville, Illinois
Sustainable farming needs to be our future