NSPA honors top scholastic designs & illustrations

Design of the Year

Newspaper Front Page • Newspaper Page/Spread
Newsmagazine Cover • Newsmagazine Page/Spread
Literary/Specialty Magazine Cover • Yearbook Spread
Yearbook Theme Package • Informational Graphic • Illustration

Nov. 9, 2024

National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2024 Broadcast Story of the Year 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

First Place
Georgia Ross
The Rubicon
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota
What does one test show?

Second Place
Charlotte Traylor, Abby Baughman, Easterly Yeaman
Eagle Edition
Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
The AI apocalypse

Third Place
Brianna Brianna Alvarado
The Mirror
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California
It’s the truth

Fourth Place
Lev Fishman
The Boiling Point
Shalhevet High School
Los Angeles, California
Alumni and seniors navigate new campus reality

Fifth Place
Mia Lipson
U-High Midway University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
Multiple thefts reported this month

Honorable Mention

Layla Shockley
The Marquette Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Stressed for Success

Addie Moore
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Error: Your Financial Future is Pending

Layla Shockley
The Marquette Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Outsmarting Opioids

Selena Jiang
The Heartbeat
Sacred Heart Preparatory
Atherton, California
Lunar New Year

Brianna Alvarado
The Mirror
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California
How safe are our schools?

First Place
Jaya Alenghat
U-High Midway
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
Get ready for Cicadapalooza

Second Place
Emma Allen, Ethan Pham
Eagle Edition
Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas Eagle Eye

Third Place
Tai Caputo, Rosangel Flores-Rubio
The Little Hawk
Iowa City High School
Iowa City, Iowa
Goals Should be Impossible

Fourth Place
Mazzy Warren
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Hip Hop: rap and rhymes changing times

Fifth Place
Mazzy Warren
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Acknowledging Appropriation

Honorable Mention

Serina Yan, Amanda Brantley
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas
Life of the Party

Sahanna Unni
U-High Midway University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
Affirmative Apprehension

Brianna Alvarado
The Mirror
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California
Are headphones killing your brain?

Iris Hernandez, Lauren Shushi
Eagle Edition
Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
The High School Habit That is Hard to Kick

Kate Xia
Campanile
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
American Apparel

First Place
Sydney Mulford, Nethra Pai
The Messenger
Northview High School
Johns Creek, Georgia
Banned

Second Place
Allison Mayhew
The Free Press
Free State High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Power Politics

Third Place
Mira Patel
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Can Texas beat the heat?

Fourth Place
Vincent Hsiao, Mimi Zhou
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
The Food Issue

Fifth Place
David Maxwell, Mars Smith, Matthew Spratlin
The Mix
Monarch High School
Louisville, Colorado
Bondin’ over bots

Honorable Mention

Kalyani Puthenpurayil
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California
Hidden struggles

David Gaither
Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri
Volume 106, Issue 2

Anna Song
West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa
Women of West

Daniela Penafiel
The Muse
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reshaping the Square

Elizabeth Yuan, Timothy Bui
The Statesman
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, Illinois To the Core

First Place
Alison LaTorre
The Eagle Eye
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Parkland, Florida
Who Run The World? Girls

Second Place
Michaela Manfull
North Star
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri
Rivals Skate Together

Third Place
Mika Emphasis, Riley Richardson
The Edge
Pleasant Grove High School
Texarkana, Texas
Senior ABCs

Fourth Place
David Maxwell, Mars Smith
The Mix
Monarch High School
Louisville, Colorado
World of fear

Fifth Place
Jenny Huang, Samantha Gingiss, Jacob Silverman
The Statesman
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, Illinois
Gilded in Gold

Honorable Mention

Addi Hinesman, Morgan McClease, Isabella Jacob
The Communicator Magazine
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dresses of the Diaspora

Ella Waldman
The Lion’s Tale
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
Rockville, Maryland
All Eyes on Identity

Hannah Halterman, Emme Bernard
FHCtoday
Francis Howell Central High School
Cottleville, Missouri
Decision Division

Will Huelskamp
Spark
Lakota East High School
Liberty Township, Ohio
The Next Step

Joey Taylor, Willow Wooldridge
Talon
Staley High School
Kansas City, Missouri
Sextortion On The Rise

First Place
Brooke Hudacek, Zeke Morrison
C Magazine
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
A Generation Rising

Second Place
Kenadie Rudloff, Chizzy Okolo, Scarlett Wharton
Burn
Marian High School
Omaha, Nebraska
v. 14

Third Place
Kent Fujita, Ryan Zhang, Jane Martens
HiLite Online
Carmel High School
Carmel, Indiana
24K Magic: Class of 2024 Senior Issue

Fourth Place
Robbie Brown
The Talon
Woodberry Forest School
Woodberry Forest, Virginia
Vol. 75

Fifth Place
Staff Iris: Art + Lit St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota
Be Bold

Honorable Mention

Sophia Soo, Evie Wang, Caroline Zhang
The Fine Print
East Ridge High School
Woodbury, Minnesota
Alphabet Soup

Bee Whalen, Claire Lewis , Emily Yesowitz, Poppy Magee, Leila Bank
Voice Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
VOICE: literary and arts journal, Home Edition

Mimi Zhou
Melodrama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Reverie

Olivia Hendershot
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia
Prometheus

Iris Robertson, John Walton
Odyssey
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Odyssey

First Place
Caroline Zhang
The Fine Print
East Ridge High School
Woodbury, Minnesota
Blue Collar Crash/Dream

Second Place
John Walton, Patrick Thomason
Odyssey
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Growing Pains

Third Place
Eva Johnson, Zadie Martin, Oliver Zhu
Iris: Art + Lit
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota
How to overcome art block with Oliver Zhu

Fourth Place
Sofia Mercado
Eagle Edition
Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
To Be a Tree

Fifth Place
Emily Liu
Melodrama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Submerge

Honorable Mention
ShaeLi Fielding, Sakari Jackson, Wolfie Richardson
Odyssey
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Sea, Swallow Me

Aanya Shetty, Mia Benjamin
Briars & Ivy
Briarcliff High School
Briarcliff Manor, New York
Love’s Erosion

Aisha Hashmi
Artifex
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Parkland, Florida
Featured Photographer: Andres Fuenmayor

Olivia Hendershot
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia
Dagger

Celeste Contratto, Faith Reynolds, Bailee Sexton
The Flash
Rocklin High School
Rocklin, California
Once and only once

First Place
Reese Plummer
Vieo
Castle View High School
Castle Rock, Colorado
This is Our Rock

Second Place
Shannon Hahn, Savannah Towne, Francesca Salas, Scott Krensavage
Fusion
Hagerty High School
Oviedo, Florida
Ready to Rock

Third Place
Ali Traywick, Kyra Kaltenbacher
The Dragon
Round Rock High School
Round Rock, Texas
Jam Packed

Fourth Place
Hannah Whitaker
Legend
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Prom on Film

Fifth Place
Chloe Farson
Black & Gold
Rock Canyon High School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
The Buzzer Sounds

Honorable Mention

Rylee Green
The Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Game by game

Kenley Germany, Trinity Hindman
Ledoian
Aledo High School
Aledo, Texas
Taking 12

Gabriella Polliard
Reflections
Brighton High School
Brighton, Colorado
We Make the Real Pitch

Diya Roy
Marauder
Marcus High School
Flower Mound, Texas
Always on the Bright Side

Isabella Tomasini
Details
Whitney High School
Rocklin, California
Once and only once

First Place
Staff
Caledonia
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia
24 Things Every Highlander Knows

Second Place
Kenley Germany, Bridget Battenfield
Ledoian
Aledo High School
Aledo, Texas
It’s Just What We Do

Third Place
Brooklyn Gibson, Lauren Hornsby, Norah Jordan, Jace Ramos
The Hawk
Pleasant Grove High School
Texarkana, Texas
It’s Not That Simple

Fourth Place
Gabriella Polliard, Riley Doherty, Lilly Pippin
Reflections
Brighton High School
Brighton, Colorado
Yeah We Always Knew We’d Be Here

Fifth Place
Lauren Kelly, Meghan Milligan, Ellie Roper
Lions Roar
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee
Here, Every Story Has Its Place

Honorable Mention

Blanca Ramos, Summer Lario, Carter Reynolds
The Lion
McKinney High School
McKinney, Texas
See for Yourself

Ali Schulz, Kendall Warren
Legacy
Staley High School
Kansas City, Missouri
One Falcon, One Family

Alyssa Folmer, Emerson Kibby, Isabella Tomasini
Details
Whitney High School
Rocklin, California
Once it starts it doesn’t stop

Staff
Black & Gold
Rock Canyon High School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
In This Moment & Nowhere Else

Natalee Sandstrom, Claire Schudy, Ella Yun Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
east.

First Place
Mazzy Warren
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas
Readers: Shoved off the shelves

Second Place
Emily Liu
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Coastal Crisis

Third Place
Gaby Ayres
The Tiger Print
Blue Valley High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Tiger Taxation

Fourth Place
Erinn Varga
West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa
E-pass explained

Fifth Place
Matthew Spratlin
The Mix
Monarch High School
Louisville, Colorado
How it works

Honorable Mention

Gwen Gilbert, Will Huelskamp
Spark
Lakota East High School
Liberty Township, Ohio
The Complete Process and Impact of Fracking

Willa Pursley
Tracks
Cedar Park High School
Cedar Park, Texas
How Much T-Wolf Pride Do You Have?

Molly McCracken
Heritage
Shawnee Mission South High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Southabet

Lexi Reddy, Annika Ryerson
Caledonia
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia
Studying Has Its Ups and Downs

Maya Scahill
The Oracle
Glenbrook South High School
Glenview, Illinois
What’s the Buzz?

First Place
Charlotte Traylor, Charlie Massoud
Eagle Edition
Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
AI Apocalypse

Second Place
Birdie Brereton
Central Focus
Francis Howell Central High School
Cottleville, Missouri
Sucked In

Third Place
Luna Hu
The Free Press
Free State High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Black Hairstyles

Fourth Place
Vincent Hsiao, Will Kodner
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
World on Fire

Fifth Place
Athira Kathsuri
Eastside
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
The undying hope of Indigenous communities in South Jersey

Honorable Mention

Meggie Chen
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California
The ultimate college debt

Olivia Rollison
Southpaw
Rock Bridge High School
Columbia, Missouri
Zay hates politics

Cherry Clark
North Star
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri
Seasonal Fashion Trends

Caroline Daniels
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
In His Head

Shiori Chen
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
The web of misinformation