NSPA congratulates the finalists in three more categories of the 2011 Individual Awards.
New for 2011: For the first time, NSPA is honoring up to 10 entries in each of the Individual Awards. The top five entries in each category will be announced as finalists now, be announced as first through fifth place winners later at the fall convention. Up to five honorable mentions have additionally been awarded in each category. The honorable mentions are not ranked. First through fifth places will receive plaques and honorable mentions will receive award certificates.
The Story of the Year contest is co-sponsored by the American Society of News Editors, and the 2011 categories included: News, Feature, Editorial, Sports, Diversity and Multimedia Package. The categories combined yielded a total of 817 entries.
Judges selected finalists based on the following criteria:
Multimedia Packages were judged on the criteria listed above, along with innovation in use of multimedia (audio, video, slide shows, graphics, etc.), technical quality of multimedia elements and adherence to copyright laws.
The first place winners in each category, with the exception of Multimedia Package, will compete for the $1,000 Brasler Prize, judged by Wayne Brasler of University High School in Chicago.
View the list of finalists here
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The Broadcast Story of the Year contest is co-sponsored by SchoolTube.com and the Radio Television Digital News Foundation. The categories offered were News, Sports and Feature, and the contest yielded a total of 115 entries, which represents an increase of about 16 percent from 2010.
Entries were judged based on the following criteria:
View the list of finalists here
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The Design of the Year awards are co-sponsored by Adobe Systems, and the 2011 categories included Illustration, Infographic, Newspaper Page One, Newsmagazine Cover, Newspaper Page/Spread, Yearbook Page/Spread and Magazine Page/Spread. What was previously the Newspaper Page One category was divided into two categories for the first time this year: Newspaper Page One and Newsmagazine Cover. The contest yielded a total of 545 entries, which represents an increase of about nine percent from 2010. The first place winners in each category receive software complimentary of Adobe.
Design of the Year judges selected finalists based on the following criteria:
View the list of finalists here
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First through fifth places and honorable mentions will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention on Nov. 19 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Comments from all judging teams will be published on the NSPA website after the winners have been announced.
Please contact Kathy Huting, NSPA Contest and Critique Coordinator, with questions at contests@studentpress.org.