2023 Local Climate Change Reporting finalists
Sept. 18, 2023
National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2023 Local Climate Change Reporting 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.
This contest is in partnership with the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
All student journalists reporting on climate change as a local story are encouraged to use the Climate Matters in the Newsroom reporting resources, science-based reporting materials that are funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation. These materials can be used in award submissions.
A gallery of winners will be posted after the Nov. 4 announcement.
Finalists below are listed by state.
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.
Local Climate Change Reporting
Arianna Zhu
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Reviving the colors of the ocean
Nafsiya Hafiz
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Fighting for Climate Justice
Andre Parker, Kyla Smith
Silver Chips
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, Maryland
Canary in a coal mine
Bhart Lal, Evan Michaeli,
Arianna Parede, Mary Wang
The Gator
Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Pollution: Undermining Our Planet’s Health
Ella Bobbitt, Molly Jane Teasley,
Elysa Matula, Ava Neck, Logan Reid
CPA Media Studio
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee
Whitebark Pine Restoration
Pierce DuRard, Logan Reid
CPA Media Studio
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee
Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center
Jonah McMillen, Sydney Moore,
Debby Oluwole, Jon Wallace Teller, Sarah Wright
CPA Media Studio
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee
The Clean Water Act
Ella Bobbitt, Kenzie Edwards, Sam Miller,
Ava Neck, Logan Reid
CPA Media Studio
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee
Preventing Catastrophic Mussel Infestation
Pierce DuRard, Logan Reid
CPA Media Studio
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee
Out of Sight
Staff
The Standard
The American School in London
London, United Kingdom
Confronting the climate crisis