NSPA honors top scholastic journalism portfolios

Portfolio of the year

Artist of the Year • Broadcast Journalist of the Year
Designer of the Year • Marketer of the Year
Multimedia Journalist of the Year
Photojournalist of the Year • Writer of the Year

Nov. 15, 2025

National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2025 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. 15, in Nashville.

2025 Fall Convention Awards

Fall 2025 Pacemakers
Broadcast
Newspaper/Newsmagazine/ Specialty Magazine

2025 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

Nashville Best of Show
Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition

First Place
Fiona Van Allen
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place
Anwen Chen
The Nueva Current
The Nueva School
San Mateo, California

Third Place
Mira Patel
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Fourth Place
Francesca Lorusso
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Fifth Place
Isabelle Kok
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

Honorable Mention
Skylin Lui
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Mary Wolters
The Spoke
Conestoga High School
Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Sophia Sepulveda
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

Talia Boneh
C Magazine
Palo Alto High School  C Magazine
Palo Alto, California

Rose Yuan
Tower
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York
 

First Place
Brooke Thomas
Lincoln Live
Gahanna Lincoln High School
Gahanna, Ohio

Second Place
Kane Manfull
FHNtoday
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri

Third Place
Sophia Pixley
DPNews
Dos Pueblos High School
Goleta, California

Fourth Place
Gus Creech
Tower Broadcast News
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York

Fifth Place
Carmen Sautelet
Code Blue News
Holbrook Middle-High School
Holbrook, Massachusetts

Honorable Mention
Reese Thrower
Tiger TV
Auburn High School
Auburn, Alabama 

Nathan Turnbeaugh
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California 

Vanessa Ng
North Star
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri 

Raymond Laurey
The Rider Online
Legacy High School (Mansfield, TX)
Mansfield, Texas

Artin Safaie
WMHS News
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia
 

First Place
Hilton Sampson
ReMarker
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, Texas

Second Place
Gabe Deedler
The Communicator
Community High School (MI)
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Third Place
Aradhya Bharti
Replay
Rouse High School
Leander, Texas

Fourth Place
Savannah Stein
Lion’s Roar
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee

Fifth Place
Fay Zhao
The Trinity Voice
Trinity Preparatory School
Winter Park, Florida

Honorable Mention
Murray Ellington
Jabberwokk
Darlington School
Rome, Georgia

Hannah Salz
Lone Star
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

Celina Zhou
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Ruby Rogers
The Standard
The American School in London
London, United Kingdom

Samantha Kubena
El Paisano
Westlake High School (TX)
Austin, Texas
 

First Place
Maya Godina
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Second Place
Iny Li
The Burlingame B
Burlingame High School
Burlingame, California

Third Place
Jillian Ju
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

Fourth Place
Lila Finnegan
Tabulae
Lyons Township High School
La Grange, Illinois

Fifth Place
Sonya Pandya
The Messenger
Northview High School
Johns Creek, Georgia

Honorable Mention
Lian Dussie
The Marquee
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida

Miya Widman
The Prospector
Cupertino High School
Los Gatos, California

Brady Forbes
Excalibur
Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri
 

First Place
Shiori Chen
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Second Place
Anna Greenlee
West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa

Third Place
Lea D’Angelo
Odyssey Media Group
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Fourth Place
Sophia D’Sa
El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

Fifth Place
Sophia Bateman
The Standard
The American School in London
London, United Kingdom

Honorable Mention
Rhea Chowdhary
The Sidekick
Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas

Gabby Bochey
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

Ria Mirchandani
C Magazine
Palo Alto High School  C Magazine
Palo Alto, California

Maya Diaz
The Mirror
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California

Meher Parsinni
The Pitch
Walter Johnson High School
Bethesda, Maryland

First Place
Finn Bedell
Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas

Second Place
Simon Vaang
U-Highlights
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois

Third Place
Anders Benson
The Free Press
Free State High School
Lawrence, Kansas

Fourth Place
Delaney Connell
U-High Midway
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois

Fifth Place
Lillian Gray
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
 

Honorable Mention
Will Holmes
Jabberwokk
Darlington School
Rome, Georgia

Caroline Kraft
Odyssey
Francis Howell Central High School
Cottleville, Missouri

Sydney Ortiz
Kingwood Park Times
Kingwood Park High School
Kingwood, Texas

Max Dearinger
The Arena
Legacy High School
Mansfield, Texas

Alexis Bailey
Tribal Tribune
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
 

First Place
Sydney Ortiz
Kingwood Park Times
Kingwood Park High School
Kingwood, Texas

Second Place
Annabel Hall
Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas

Third Place
Lillian Gray
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Fourth Place
Claire Rosen
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Fifth Place
Peter Radosh
The Prospector
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois

Honorable Mention
Naomi Hsu
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Wyatt Meyer
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Dominic Niyo
The Pinion
McKinley High School
Honolulu, Hawaii

Eshna Das
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas

Neena Atkins
Tower Broadcast News
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York