2025 Best Use of Social Media

NSPA honors top scholastic social media

Best Use of Social Media

Social Media Promotion • Social Media Reporting

Nov. 9, 2024

National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2024 Best Use of Social Media competition.

NSPA’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in scholastic media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Media Convention, on Nov. 9, in Philadelphia.

2024 Fall Convention Awards

Fall 2024 Pacemakers
Broadcast
Newspaper/Newsmagazine/ Specialty Magazine

2024 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 and Inclusion
Fred Ross Systemic Change Student Journalism Competition
Local Climate Change Reporting
Portfolio of the Year
Best Use of Social Media

Philadelphia Best of Show
Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition

Social Media Reporting

First Place
Staff
FHNtoday
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri

Second Place
Staff
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

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

Fourth Place
Skye Freeman, Jaya Alenghat, Chloë Alexander, Clare McRoberts
U-High Midway
University of Chicago
Laboratory High School Chicago, Illinois

Fifth Place
Allegra Hoddie, Celine Chien
M-A Chronicle
Menlo-Atherton High School
Atherton, California

Honorable Mention

Julia Bychowski
Voice
Vandegrift High School
Austin, Texas

Julya Mae Jones
The Huron
Emery Huron High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Maya Godina, Reese Adrouny
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Staff
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

Clara Freeth, Morgan McClease, Lucia Page Sander
The Communicator Online
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Social Media Promotion

First Place
Staff
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Second Place
Ollie Hendershot, Victoria Garland
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Third Place
Joyce Lee, Katie Kim, Hailey Ryu
The Prospector
Cupertino High School
Cupertino, California

Fourth Place
Caroline Zhang, Idman Loyan, Nina Krejci
The Fine Print
East Ridge High School
Woodbury, Minnesota

Fifth Place
Carter Houdeshell
Excalibur
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri

Honorable Mention

Greta Kulat, Riley McCarthy, Brenik Griffin, Nicholas Edwards
Tabulae Lyons
Township High School
La Grange, Illinois

Alayah Buman
Tesserae
Corning-Painted Post High School
Corning, New York

Ananya Chaudhary, Alan Tai
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

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

Allegra Hoddie, Celine Chien
M-A Chronicle
Menlo-Atherton High School
Atherton, California