2023 Best Use of Social Media finalists

Aug. 24, 2023

National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2023 Best Use of Social Media competition.

Individual Award winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, in Boston, at the 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 4. 

A gallery of winners will be posted after the Nov. 4 announcement.

Finalists below are listed by state.

Convention website

3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, awards ceremony
Winners announced —
Individual Awards
Broadcast Pacemaker
Newspaper/Newsmagazine Pacemaker
Specialty Magazine Pacemaker
Best of Show

Best of Show
Schools and students attending the convention are eligible. Categories, rules and entry deadlines will be announced on the convention site.

Spring Pacemakers
Pacemakers in Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook will be presented at the Kansas City, Missouri, convention, April 4-6, 2024.


Social Media Reporting

Celine Chen, Jolene Chu, Sonia Freedman
M-A Chronicle, Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California

Jolie Han, Sania Mehta, Lisa Zivanic
The Prospector, Cupertino High School, Cupertino, California

Meggie Chen, Sarah Liu,
Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Lillian Wang
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California

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

Kaitlyn Dolphin, Molly Martin
The Torch, Kennedy High School, Swisher, Iowa

Staff
The Express, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Mia Vogel, Paige Zadoo
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Isabelle Blasdel, Kyler Sevart,
Nathan Wituk, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media, Maize Career Academy, Wichita, Kansas

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

Staff
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Social Media Promotion

Celine Chen, Jolene Chu, Sonia Freedman
M-A Chronicle, Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California

Joseph Zuloaga
The Crusader, Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California

Gabriella Polliard, Jacob “Coby” Puzio, Elizabeth Rolfs
Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, Colorado

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

Wyatt Meyer
Odyssey, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

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

Mia Vogel, Paige Zadoo
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Isabelle Blasdel, Leah Brown, Avery Liedl,
Nathan Wituk, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media, Maize Career Academy, Wichita, Kansas

Staff
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Staff
The Viking, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, Virginia