Nov. 3, 2022
National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2022 Best Use of Social Media competition.
Individual Award winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, at the 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony on Nov. 12.
A gallery of winners will be posted after the Nov. 12 announcement.
Finalists below are listed by state.
Register for the convention.
Enter the convention’s Best of Show contest.
Pacemaker finalists
These Pacemaker finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Nov. 12 awards ceremony.
Broadcast • Newspaper/Newsmagazine • Specialty Magazine
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.
Mandy Mah, Karla Lee, Adelaide Reinshagen,
Piper Diehn, Gracia Shao-Xue
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Melody Cui, Anna Jerolimov
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
Staff
Bear Witness, Branham High School, San Jose, California
Aza Khan, Maya Clement
Odyssey Media Group, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Celia Condon, Sydney Newton, Campbell Wood, Sophie Henschel
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Arista Luong, Sam Cao, Cate Weiser
The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Staff
North Star, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Staff
Tesserae, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning, New York
Staff
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Hayley Parsons
The Arena, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas
Melody Cui, Anna Jerolimov
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
Staff
Rockmedia, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Cate DeMaria, Kaija Gilbertson Hall
Iliad literary-art magazine, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Aza Khan
Odyssey Media Group, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Staff
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Isabel Blasdel, Kayla Nicol, Taylor Roetzer, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media, Maize Career Academy, Wichita, Kansas
Leona Barocas
Ibid, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Maddie Palm, Cooper Lyon
Tesserae, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning, New York
Staff
The Knight/The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Maya Ortiz, Kathleen Ortiz
Kingwood Park Media, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas