2021-22 Clips & Clicks
NSPA announces winners
of 2021-22 Clips & Clicks contest
Aug. 11, 2022
MINNEAPOLIS — Congratulations to the spring winners of the Clips & Clicks contest — and to the 10 high school media staffs earning Sweepstakes recognition.
This year’s Sweepstakes trophy winner is The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas.
The competition, open to all NSPA members, honors current work among student journalists, and the spring-semester winners feature work produced from Dec. 18, 2021, to May 27, 2022.
There were approximately 600 submissions in the sping competition. Judges were collegiate professors, student media advisers and professional journalists.
“The judges consistently said they were very impressed with the quality of the entries submitted,” associate director Gary Lundgren said.
The number of winners in each category was determined by the judges based on the quantity and quality of the entries. When calculating Sweepstakes, the following points are assigned —
First Place: 10
Second Place: 9
Third Place: 8
Fourth Place: 7
Fifth Place: 6
Honorable mention: 5
2021-22 results
Congratulations to The Shield,
winner of our 2021-22 Sweepstakes trophy.
170
First
The Shield
McCallum High School
139
Second
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus
High School
123
Third
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East
High School
102
Fourth
Messenger
Marquette High School
80
Fifth
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins
High School
78
Sixth
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
72
Seventh
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North
High School
65
Eighth
The Review
St. John’s School
57
Ninth
Veteran
Vandegrift High School
47
10th
Voice
Vandegrift High School
Broadcast
Broadcast: News Story
First
”Psychology class goes the extra mile
to support Love Your Brain foundation”
Emma Letzig
KnightTV
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Second
”Blood Drives: The Answer to Our National Blood Shortage Crisis”
Rhianna Li
MHSNews
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Third
”Redwood City celebrates culture and diversity for Lunar New Year”
Sydney Tao
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Fourth
”Dining Hall returns to reusable dishware and one lunch period”
Hanna Schiciano
Tower Broadcast News
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Fifth
”Advisers Make It Happen”
Sebastian Broche,
Carlos Soto-Angulo,
Emanuel Naccarato,
Juan Carlos Chaoui,
Massimo Del Rio
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus
High School
Miami, Florida
Broadcast: Feature Story
Second
”Beachside Barber”
Alexis Vivanco, Genesis Trujillo, Tommy Pozo,
Daniel Rossi-Montero,
Sebastian Broche
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, Florida
Third
”From Bee Farm to Chocolate Shop: Honeymoon Chocolates Use Local Honey”
Cassie Sun
MHSNews
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Fourth
”Just Run”
Connor McLain, Sam Brusven, Paige Robinson
KLHS
Liberty High School
Liberty, Missouri
Fifth
”Walk with Me”
Genesis Trujillo,
Daniel Rossi-Montero, Juan Pablo Martinez, Michael Martinez, Anthony Martinez
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, Florida
Honorable Mentions
”The Underline Opens for Residents”
Staff
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
”Roaring Recreation”
Alexis Vivanco, Thomas Pozo, Genesis Trujillo,
Sebastian Broche, Daniel Rossi-Montero
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
”Coffee for a cause — Sojourner’s Coffee House”
Sydney Lampkin, Stahley Sears, Kadence Shook
OneMaize Media, Maize Career Academy, Maize, Kansas
”Frisco Baseball Classic”
Katy Payne, Avery Gray, Megan Gradig
WSMS News, Willow Springs Middle School, Lucas, Texas
Broadcast: Sports Story
First
”Columbus Lacrosse Plays the Palmetto Panthers
in District Championship Game”
Staff
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, Florida
Second
”Sophomore female powerlifter breaks the masculine stereotype of the team”
Sierra Tinsley, Sam White, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media
Maize Career Academy
Maize, Kansas
Third
”Grill family bonds
through basketball”
Ella Stillings, Lanie Wolf
OneMaize Media
Maize Career Academy
Maize, Kansas
Broadcast: Commentary
First
”Little League Parent Involvement: How Much is too Much?”
Thomas Zarut, Andrew Falconi, Alexis Vivanco, Michael Martinez, Anthony Martinez
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, Florida
Second
”Should the Voting Age be Lowered?”
Andrew Ahrendt, Andrew Ordieres, Michael Novo, Juan Pablo Martinez
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus
High School
Miami, Florida
Third
”Teachers struggle
with limited maternity leave”
Carolina Cuadros
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Design
Newspaper Front Page
First
”Spot The Difference”
Francesca Stamati
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Second
”The Sports Issue”
Sophia Liu, Mac Huffman
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins
High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Third
”Prom Court Issue 10”
Stella Grist
NW Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest
High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Newspaper Page/Spread
First
”Oh, Honey!”
Peyton Moore
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Second
”The Viewfinder”
Gage Chapman, Carlos Mata
The Mission
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Third
”Sex Trafficking:
A community at risk”
Simone DeBerry, Garman Xu
The Octagon
Sacramento Country Day School
Sacramento, California
Fourth
”Games”
Marin Ellington
Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Fifth
”Crafting Change”
Marin Ellington
Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Magazine Cover
First
”Ancestral”
Malia Kabwe, Claire Kovac, Maddie Landon, Dorys Cardenas
The SunLit Literary Magazine
Santa Monica High School
Santa Monica, California
Second
Issue 5
Reese Woods
The Patriot
Shawnee Mission
South High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Third
”Bowden leaves
a photographic legacy”
Jack Ververis, Marcos Membreno,
Amy-Ruth Gyang, Reese Taylor,
Anuha Tatineni
The Trinity Voice
Trinity Preparatory School
Winter Park, Florida
Magazine Page/Spread
First
”The legacy of Black history”
Sophia Liu
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Second
”Bloom”
Mia Goldstein, Ella Rosewarne, Grace Wang
The Communicator Magazine
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Third
”3 Simple Summer Recipes”
Leanna Gower
Highlander
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Yearbook Spread
First
”Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines”
Rylie Peterson
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Second
”That’s a Wrap”
Gretchen Schmierer Knust
Heritage
Shawnee Mission
South High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Third
”Not Stopping Now”
Alexis Kelly
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission
North High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Fourth
”Better than ever Before”
Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission
North High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Fifth
”It’s a thing”
Ari Taylor, Lily Eggleson,
Isabella Maldonado,
Phoebe Parmer
The Midnight Sun
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Honorable Mentions
”The Overall Experience”
Payton Cook, Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
”A Long Time Coming”
Madison Elmer, Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
”¿como se dece Travel?”
Rylie Peterson
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
”Flying High”
Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
”Serving a New Set”
Carlos Mata, Nicole Mendez
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Informational Graphic
First
”Nationwide numbers”
Mac Huffman
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Second
”SMN Student Population”
Carlos Mata
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission
North High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Third
”Here Are My Two Cents”
Celia Condon
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission
East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Fourth
”Senior Stats and Other Stuff”
Nora Lynn
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission
East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Fifth
”Not Affiliated with SMN”
Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission
North High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Photojournalism
News Photo
First
”My Body, My Choice”
Bella Brouilette
Prospector
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Second
”One Act Queen”
Kaittie Welch
Veteran
Vandegrift High School
Austin, Texas
Third
”White Silence”
Maya Oeverman
The City Voice
City High Middle School
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Fourth
”Bans Off Our Bodies”
Anjali Kakarla
The Communicator Online
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fifth
”Wizard of Oz”
Alyssa Hoy
Voice
Vandegrift High School
Austin, Texas
Feature Photo
Second
”Jumping around”
Sophie Kessler
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Third
”Band”
Natalie Weber
Veteran
Vandegrift High School
Austin, Texas
Fourth
”Computers”
Priyhaa Mahil
The Falcons Yearbook
Coral Academy of Science
Middle School
Sparks, Nevada
Fifth
”The Wedding Singer”
Rachel Bingham
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East
High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Sports Photo
First
”Swerving Swipes”
Macy Crosser
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Second
”Wall”
Karina Brown
Veteran
Vandegrift High School
Austin, Texas
Third
”What A Splash”
Sophie Dent
The Image
Dos Pueblos High School
Goleta, California
Fourth
”With no fear of the Knights,
Lake Travis did not survive”
Grace Nugent
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Fifth
”400 Yard Freestyle”
Claire Moore
Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest
High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Honorable Mentions
”Wrestling”
Mars Sikes
Heritage,
Shawnee Mission South High School,
Prairie Village, Kansas
”Boys basketball ends season
with home loss to Anderson”
Kennedy Weatherby
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
”Reaching for the Win”
Macy Crosser
The Harbinger,
Shawnee Mission East
High School,
Prairie Village, Kansas
Writing
News Story
First
”Students: Holocaust book ban ‘absurd’”
Samantha Powers
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Second
”Gas on the Rise”
Aubrey Lacavich
Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Third
”Student body divided
on optional masking”
Ava Eberhart, Lauren Lu
The Octagon
Sacramento Country Day School
Sacramento, California
Fourth
”Periods and punishment”
Alysa Bijl-Spiro
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Fifth
”Students Take Action to Display Ukrainian Flag in Cafeteria”
Ted Campbell
The Rameses
Cony High School
Augusta, Maine
Honorable Mentions
”Board of Education Unanimously Votes
for Optional Masking”
Saber Hanington
The Rameses, Cony High School, Augusta, Maine
”B3/B4 modernization progresses
as construction persists on BHHS campus”
Candice Anvari-Ghasr, Defne Onal
Highlights, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California
”Students protest CalSTRS’ investment in fossil fuels”
Sienna Reinders
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
”Blood shortage impacts local communities”
Akhila Swarna
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
”Sex Trafficking: A Community at Risk”
Simone DeBerry
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California
Feature Story
First
”Every parent’s worst nightmare:
Fentanyl epidemic overtakes teens”
Henry Pratt
The Pitch Online
Archie Williams High School
San Anselmo, California
Second
”They didn’t ask for fentanyl”
Staff
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Third
”The Name Game”
Marin Ellington
Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Fourth
”Silent Struggles of Immigrant Children”
Tanvi Kulkarni
Pathfinder
Parkway West High School
Ballwin, Missouri
Fifth
”Children of immigrant parents share their experiences”
Leah Schroeder
Pathfinder
Parkway West High School
Ballwin, Missouri
Honorable Mentions
”Exhausted”
Francesca Stamati
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Overland Park, Kansas
”Ukrainian families adapt to life in US after fleeing war”
Samhita Kumar
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California
”Leaving the nest causes traditions to slip away”
Annabel Chia
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
”Freshmen Celebrate Quinceañeras”
Tionna Merritte
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
”Crafting Change”
Marin Ellington, Paige Goodyear, Rue Siddiqui
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Sports Story
First
”Chronic consequences:
confusion among specialists affects student-athletes”
Kiana Hinkson
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Second
”Time To Stress or Decompress?”
Aarushi Bute
Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Third
”Fighting Fahrenheit in 512”
Grace Nugent
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Fourth
”Wrestling pins down
school history”
Jacob Siciliano
Prospector
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Fifth
”Zachary Hampton Wrestles In States”
Karissa Gonzales
Voice
Vandegrift High School
Austin, Texas
Honorable Mentions
”Varsity baseball make playoffs after 4 years”
Taylor Chronert
Voice, Vandegrift High School, Austin, Texas
”Resilience in the face of disappointment”
Thomas Melina Raab
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
”Reflections in the Glass”
Ella Rosewarne, Maggie Wolf
The Communicator Magazine, Community High School,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Editorial
First
”Editorial: We can be the solution to the fentanyl crisis”
Hudson Fox
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Second
”Let transgender athletes play”
Editorial Board
Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri
Third
”Call for mental health support across all grades”
Editorial Board
Prospector
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Opinion
First
”Reproductive justice from a queer women’s perspective”
Ria Lowenschuss
The Communicator Magazine
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Second
”Don’t Say Gay Bill Harms Kids and Muzzles Teachers”
Ava Paulsen
The Daily Howl
Castaic High School
Castaic, California
Third
”Banning to burning:
book bans reveal a darker agenda”
Mira Nalbandian
Pathfinder
Parkway West High School
Ballwin, Missouri
Fourth
”Revise advisory, extend lunch”
Madelynn Niles
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Fifth
”We Deserve More Than
Your Thoughts and Prayers”
Scarlett London
The Communicator Online
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Honorable Mentions
”As a Russian, I am angered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”
Kate Kotlyar
Highlights, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California
”Slow Horses Review: Not Your Grandpa’s Spy”
Declan Bradley
The City Voice, City High Middle School, Grand Rapids, Michigan
”Stop making everything political”
Leah Schroeder
Pathfinder, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, Missouri
”As A Russian-American, I Stand With Ukraine”
Natalie Kozhemiakin
The Gator, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Honorable Mention
”Movie Review: ‘Tick Tick … BOOM!’ Stuns on Netflix”
Marlie Kass
The Gator, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts