2018 Portfolio of the Year

Artist of the Year

1. Rebekah Myers
North Star, Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri

2. Chloe Hooker
The Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri

3. Kennedy Homan
Metea Media, Metea Valley High School
Aurora, Illinois

4. Om Gokhale
Tidal, Nueva High School
San Mateo, California

5. Catherine Monroy
Bear Witness, Branham High School
San Jose, California

HM. Annie Chen
Annie Chen, Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

HM. Lilah Powlas
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

HM. Isabelle Del Rosario
Southwest Shadow, Southwest Career and Technical Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada


Broadcast Journalist of the Year

1. Katherine Swartz (Portfolio)
JNN, Joseph Gregori High School
Modesto, California

2. Jake Fein
Eagle Nation News, Prosper High School
Prosper, Texas

3. Samalya Thenuwara
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa

4. Emily Hood
FHNtodayTV, Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri

5. Alicia Kain
CHS Wired, Cody High School
Cody, Wyoming


Designer of the Year

1. Julia Kolman (Portfolio)
Bear Witness, Branham High School
San Jose, California

2. Matthew Raeside
Crimson & Gold, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Atlanta, Georgia

3. Elena Henderson
The Knight, McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

4. Kimball Gogel
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

5. Jenny She
The Hawkeye, Bloomfield Hills High School
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

HM. Elizabeth Han
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

HM. William Satler
Reflections, Brighton High School
Brighton, Colorado

HM. Lydia Guo
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa

HM. Emma Carter
Roars and Whispers, Providence Senior High School
Charlotte, North Carolina

HM. Maddie Doran
The Shield, McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

HM. Libby Hurt
Round-Up, Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas


Marketer of the Year

1. Katelyn Pan
The Epitaph, Homestead High School
Cupertino, California


Multimedia Journalist of the Year

1. Claire Torii
The Epitaph, Homestead High School
Cupertino, California

2. Kaylee George
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School
Belmont, California


Photojournalist of the Year

1. Tina Dang
Cleveland Publications, Cleveland STEM High School
Seattle, Washington

2. Liam O’Connor
Chi Rho, Trinity Preparatory
Winter Park, Florida

3. Alex Rowe
North Star, Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri

4. Madison Olsen
The Shield, McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

5. Theresa Nguyen
The Mirror, Van Nuys High school
Van Nuys, California

HM. Samantha Dahlberg
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

HM. David Hickey
Viking Sports Magazine, Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

HM. Elise Baker (Portfolio)
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

HM. Michael Melinger (download file to view)
The Globe, Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri

HM. Ian Falkenbury
The Talon, Hendrickson High School
Pflugerville, Texas


Writer of the Year

1. Violet Glenewinkel (Portfolio)
The Dispatch, James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

2. Sarah Zimmerman
FHNtoday.com, Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri

3. Lila Taylor (download file to view)
The Globe, Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri

4. Sarah Kallis
Crimson & Gold, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Atlanta, Georgia

5. Sidney Li
Spark, Lakota East High School
Liberty Township, Ohio

HM. Ilena Peng
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California

HM. Katie Cologna
Granite Bay Gazette, Granite Bay High School
Granite Bay, California

HM. Rebecca Schneid
The Eagle Eye, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Parkland, Florida

HM. Nicole Konopelko
The Booster Redux, Pittsburg High School
Pittsburg, Kansas

HM. Amelia Vanyo
The Sidekick, Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas