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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.

Multimedia News Story

Audrey Finigan, Emma Goldman, Elaine Jiang,
Benjamin Romanowsky, Daniella Smit
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Celebrate the Music 2023

Kiana Hinkson, Inaaya Omer,
Adelaide Reinshagen, Gabrielle Shore
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Fanning the Flames: d.tech administration’s response to rebellion ignites controversy

Jason Arevalo, Satenik Ayrapetyan,
Jenica Felicitas, Naamah  Silcott, Maggie  Simonyan
The Pearl Post, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, Lake Balboa, California
As SEIU strike comes to a close, no deal reached with LAUSD

Sophia Canabal, Skyler Glenn
The Blueprint, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Opening the floodgates

Mack Jones, Milo Slevin, Ahania Soni
The Evanstonian, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois
Food Deserts: A reflection of a failed system

Nathan Yuan
Central Times, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois
The hidden homeless

Katie Murphy
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
A New Extreme

Staff
Eastside, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
A look into college entrance exams around the world

Varun Saravanan, Athena Tseng
Wingspan, Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
Here in Frisco, “everything’s better” for some as H-E-B opens flagship store

Maarya Shafqat Adil, Rudi Chamria,
Grace Hamilton, Clara Martinez
The Standard, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom
Death of Queen Elizabeth II ripples through community

Multimedia Feature Story

Audrey Burnley, Annabel Chia, Kiana Hinkson,
Lucille Sanders, Gabrielle Shore
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
Out of control: The pattern of gun violence in the U.S.

Staff
The Mix, Monarch High School, Louisville, Colorado
Cheatbot

Reem Kirja, Gianna Liu, Rosemary Timmer-Hackert
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Destination West

Ella De Young, Alaina Greenlee,
Jessie Li, Laney Prelle
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
A lifetime of discovery

Harris Ellington, Justin Small
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
MHS Raises Awareness by Re-enacting Car Crash During Ac Lab

McKenna Hudson, Amelia Pierce
North Star, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Features Mini Knights Program Offers Present and Future Knights a Place to Learn

Staff
Southwest Shadow, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Everything Wrong with Gen-Z

Staff
Eastside, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Danger Lurks in Our Screens: Cyberwarfare and Cybersecurity

Grace Hamilton
The Standard, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom
Rebuilding: Syrian refugee girls pursue education

Multimedia Sports Story

Stella Pavao, Gracia Shao-Xue
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
A season with the Scots: the new NorCal champions

Meredith Ho
The Oracle, The Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, California
Benefitting and learning through sports: Student athletes develop endurance, time management

Jonah Delson, Martzi Hirsch, Benjamin Kolieb
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
After Championship win, three coaches are leaving at once to take head coach positions elsewhere

Evan Beller, Benjamin Gamson
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
VICTORY AND HISTORY: Firehawks girls basketball team wins school’s first-ever state CIF championship

Joseph Bianchini
Tigercast, Roseville High School, Roseville, California
RHS sports to move down a league

Matt Petres, William Tan
U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois
Balancing Act: A brotherly bond drives twin gymnasts Akshay and Kavan Puri to success

Nico Jaffer
The Gator, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
From 18 Down to One Up, Boys XC Wins Threepeat

Ivy Raya
The Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Fencing’s first tournament leads to SPA dominance

Adam Borenstein, Gia Gupta, Brielle Lampf,
Lucas Tang, Lauren Winslow
Eastside, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Mental Health in Sports

Sadie Johnson, Haley Ward
Wingspan, Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
“Ring Getters” get their rings

Photo Slideshow

Evan Beller
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
Larger than life, portraits in undulating colors now brighten hallways

Quinn Rudnick
The Union St. Journal, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Creek Senior Amelia Mindlin-Leitner Wins Prominent Theater Award: See Moments From Bobby G Awards Ceremony Here

Claire Bauer
The Rock, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Photo Recap: Boys Wrestling Faces Chaparral High School

Abigail Wood
The Rock, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Jaguar Football Takes on Arapahoe High School Warriors: Photo Recap

Patrice Graham
U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois
Video: Volunteers decorate South Side to spread holiday spirit

Jimmy Dalton, Jay Deegan,
D’Niya Little-Segers, Jake Pfeiffer
Central Times, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois
Opinion: Our top 10 photos of 2022-23

Merideth Langton
The Torch, Kennedy High School, Swisher, Iowa
Kennedy Boys Basketball Wraps Up Season in The Well

Sandra Fu, Gina Ko, Daniel Lee
The Huron Emery, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Multi-culti Returns: An Unforgettable Voyage 

Staff
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
McCallum Quinceañera celebrates comeback

Interactive Graphic

Michael Seton, Andie Johnston,
Maddie Sofnas, Lauren Poulin
The Redwood Bark, Redwood High School, Larkspur, California
Incorporation of gun laws, govenor viewpoints and safety

Ben Choucroun
The Redwood Bark, Redwood High School, Larkspur, California
Explainer: Ongoing military conflicts

Martzi Hirsch
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
Keiter defeats Jacobson in fast-moving school chess championship

Juliana Defilippo, Aidan Smith, Aiden Velez
The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
The Demographics of Dreyfoos

Nicole Lee
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Which character from “Clue” are you?

Aanya Bansal, Maggie Kissick
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Colorful Future

Claire Steigelman
The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Decorations Downtown

Staff
The Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Thirsty? Fill it up.

Ingrid Smith
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Pumpkin spice and everything nice

Alice Scott
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Bend and snap

Podcast

Jonah Delson, Benjamin Kolieb
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
The Talking Point Season 3, Episode 2: Farewell to Schultz and Plax, assistant Firehawk basketball coaches

Isaac Wright
The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Dreyfoos Student Enterprises Feature Fish Dip

Michael Campbell, Salai Diekumpuna
Iliad Literary-Art Magazine, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
The BlackBoard: Ep. 1

Louis Auxenfans
U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois
A rite of passage: Seniors reflect on first voting experience

Eli Frommes
The McHenry Messenger, McHenry High School, McHenry, Illinois
The Hall Pass: Pops concert, Montana’s TikTok ban, and the debt ceiling

Alison Mitchell
The Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Through Their Eyes: Ep. 5 ChatGPT and the rise of AI

Ingrid Smith
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Future teachers face obstacles, follow passion

Jordan Battey, Athena Tseng
Wingspan, Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
Dumb and Dumber: how to live without Tik Tok

James Li
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Voting Explained

Tanner Coerr
The Highlander, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
Core Commentary Episode 5: Joe Cockerham

Blog

Celeste Zucker
M-A Chronicle, Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California
Bear Bites: La Biscotteria

Gauri Manoj
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
My could-have-been name

Maggie Simonyan
The Pearl Post, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, Lake Balboa, California
The weight of remembering: Being a descendant of Armenian genocide survivors in the 21st century

Ella Mitchell
The Prospector, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, Illinois
Flipping’ gender norms: female M&M’s run the world in shoes they can walk in

Kevin Lynch
The Prospector, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, Illinois
Ranking all 75 movies I watched in 2022

Alyx Goldensoph
The Torch, Kennedy High School, Swisher, Iowa
Get a Hobby

Juli Mejia
The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
Food is not Protest

Clare Daudelin, Maya Raphael
The La Salle Falconer, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Milwaukie, Oregon
Fed-Up, Fatigued, and Feminine: Existing as a Woman in a World of Men

Sindhuja Pannuri
Wingspan, Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
International Insight

Eden Leavey
The Standard, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom
Environment, Explained: Climate anxiety must be more prevalent in our community