2022 Best Use of Social Media finalists

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.

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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.

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

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Social Media Reporting

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


Social Media Promotion

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