NSPA announces the finalists in two more categories of the Individual Awards: Story of the Year and Broadcast Story of the Year.
The NSPA Story of the Year contest is co-sponsored by the American Society of News Editors, and the 2010 categories included: News, Feature, Editorial, Sports, Diversity and Multimedia Package.
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.
View the list of finalists here:
http://nspa.studentpress.org/winners/story10.html
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.
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The NSPA 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 99 entries.
Entries were judged based on the following criteria:
View the list of finalists here:
http://nspa.studentpress.org/winners/bcstory10.html
Places (First, Second, Third and Honorable Mentions) will be announced for the first time at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention on Nov. 13 in Kansas City. 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 kathy@studentpress.org.