2025 Local Climate Change Reporting
NSPA honors top scholastic reporting on climate change
Nov. 9, 2024
National Scholastic Press Association salutes the winners of its 2024 Local Climate Change Reporting 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
Philadelphia Best of Show
Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition
Local Climate Change Reporting
First Place
Kara Kim
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
A grassroots sustainability effort: local groups continue the fight against climate change
Second Place
Isabelle Ling
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Defying climate doomism
Third Place
Lauren Baker
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas
The World is on Fire
Fourth Place
Arti Jain, Alzhraa Mahmoud, Will Kodner, Vincent Hsiao
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Dousing the flame
Fifth Place
Kalob Hersh
DTV
Davison High School
Davison, Michigan
Extreme Weather Happening More Frequently
Honorable Mention
Lydia Chung, Nadine Kohnke, Noelle Paek, Dorothy Piech, Dean Simons
Tesserae
Corning-Painted Post High School
Corning, New York
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Baron Kim
The Mirror
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California
LAUSD’s Electrification Program: Steering into a sustainable future
Melody Xu
InFocus News
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
PASCC Hold Protest for Climate Action at City Hall
Josephine Johnson
Talon
Minnehaha Academy Upper School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Climate change hits home
Satvika Ramanathan, Fayeza Muizz Paniorotan, Samuel Kerekes, Melinda Mei
The Huron
Emery Huron High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
What can I do? I am just one person