{"id":300042,"date":"2019-10-20T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T18:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=300042"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:57:18","slug":"2019-digital-story-of-the-year-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2019-digital-story-of-the-year-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Digital Story of the Year finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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National Scholastic Press Association has announced its finalists for the 2019 Digital Story of the Year competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All finalists will be recognized and the winners announced for the first time in a Saturday afternoon awards ceremony at the National High School Journalism Convention,<\/a><\/strong> Nov. 21-24, 2019, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First- through fifth-place winners will receive plaques, and five honorable mention winners will receive certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finalists are shown below in alphabetical order by state.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RELATED: 2019 Individual Award Finalists
<\/strong>Photo<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Design<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Cartoon<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Broadcast<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Social Justice Reporting<\/strong><\/a> |
<\/strong>Story<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/a> | Portfolio<\/a> | Digital Story<\/a> | Local Climate Change Reporting<\/a> | Middle School<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multimedia News Story Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Cole Eberhard, Madi Loff, Jasmine Romero
Walk Two Moons<\/a>
<\/strong>Crimson Newsmagazine
Paso Robles High School
Paso Robles, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff
Smoke on the water: Bay Area shelters from Camp Fire smoke<\/a>
<\/strong>Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Megan Huber, Jordan Del Valle Tonoian
Breaking ground<\/a>
<\/strong>Eye of the Tiger
Roseville High School
Roseville, California
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Molly Litvak, Ellie Orlanski
Flood: All basement classrooms under inches of water after city main breaks<\/a>
<\/strong>The Boiling Point
Shalhevet High School
Los Angeles, California
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Eric Fang, Kathy Fang, Anna Vazhaeparambil, Arushi Saxena
Blue wave rolling: Democratic presidential hopefuls reach out to voters in California Democratic State Convention
<\/a><\/strong>Harker Aquila
The Harker School
San Jose, California
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Mori Ono
Livonia Robotics Competition: Creativity breaks through<\/a>
<\/strong>The Communicator Online
Tracy Anderson
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Amanda Kurukulasuriya, Allie Pigg, Jack Speake
Global village enlightens cross-cultural understanding<\/a>
<\/strong>Bearing News
Rock Bridge High School
Columbia, Missouri
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Andrew Rowan
Making MFS history: de la Torre Installed During Rainy Convocation<\/a>
<\/strong>MFS WordsWorth
Moorestown Friends School
Moorestown, New Jersey
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Lucas Barr
Clearing the air: A special report on teens and vaping<\/a>
<\/strong>Wingspan
Liberty High School
Frisco, Texas
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Staff
Midterm mayhem: The impact of politics at St. John\u2019s<\/a>
<\/strong>Review Online
St. John\u2019s School
Houston, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multimedia Feature Story Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Alya Mehrtash, Ava Seccuro
Student pilot finds identity through aviation<\/a>
<\/strong>Beverly Highlights
Beverly Hills High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Danielle Bennett, Jordan Del, Valle Tonoian
Roberts speaks the language of children<\/a><\/strong>
Eye of the Tiger
Roseville High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Ruth Feng, Shuvi Jha, Dhruvika Randad, Swara Tewari
To build a home: Exploring a local Muslim community<\/a>
<\/strong>El Estoque
Monta Vista High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathy Fang, Jessie Wang
Meet your teacher: Biology teacher experiences joy of beekeeping<\/a>
Harker Aquila
<\/strong>The Harker School
San Jose, California
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Kristina Rosebrook, Sophie Stephens <\/strong>
Novel conversations: Author Nic Stone<\/a>
<\/strong>West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa
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Tai Tworek
The struggle for black history visibility within the Ann Arbor Bubble<\/a>
<\/strong>The Communicator Online
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Mimi Geller
Hodges promotes project, uncovers history of racial covenants<\/a>
<\/strong>RubicOnline
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Staff
Love in the time of social media<\/a>
<\/strong>Southwest Shadow
Southwest Career and Technical Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Max Goldrich, Michelle Wei
AFYA Holiday Market
<\/a><\/strong>Tower
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York
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Evy Apostolou, Rae Walberg
Scanlonville: A place of culture and community<\/a>
<\/strong>Tribal Tribune
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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Multimedia Sports Story Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Phoebe Corgiat, Brighton Garrett
Athletes to keep an eye on<\/a>
<\/strong>Crimson Newsmagazine
Paso Robles High School
Paso Robles, California
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Kimberly Mitchell
Scots swim their way to success<\/a>
<\/strong>Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

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Ankit Gupta, Justine Ha, Sreya Kumar, Brandon Ng, Herman Saini
Behind gameday: Exploring how different MVHS sports teams prepare for gameday<\/a>
<\/strong>El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jordan Del Valle Tonoian, Cam Medrano
Moffet sticks with childhood passion<\/a>
<\/strong>Eye of the Tiger
Roseville High School
Roseville, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kirubel Mesfin, Josh Pietsch, Noah Semeria, Jack Tarantino
Dynasty: Six state championships, three years, two teams and one school<\/a>
<\/strong>The North Star
Naperville North High School
Naperville, Illinois<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will Conrad, Deniz Ince
Why not women, too?<\/a>
<\/strong>West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abigail Mynahamn
Amplify: AJ Reeves \u201918 is on fire in Big East<\/a>
<\/strong>The Gator
Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Malone, Michael Melinger, Jacob LaGesse, Shane LaGesse
Why do we still play football?<\/a>
<\/strong>The Globe
Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff
A tour of the trophy case<\/a>
<\/strong>Eastside
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jackie Carroll, Kelsey Carroll
Leap of faith: Cold conditions don\u2019t dampen steeplechasers\u2019 efforts at invitational meet<\/a>
<\/strong>The Red Ledger
Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Slideshow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Alyssa Hui, Tabitha Mendez
Santa Claus comes to town<\/a>
<\/strong>El Estoque
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, California
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Kalei Owen
A long course of laughter<\/a>
<\/strong>The Current
Bear River High School
Grass Valley, California
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Shelby Foster
Pantherettes bring home second consecutive state championship<\/a>
<\/strong>The Prowler
Starr\u2019s Mill High School
Fayetteville, Georgia
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Kara Wagenknecht
Boys basketball moves on to state tournament<\/a>
<\/strong>West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa
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Grace Farley, Sophie Livingston, Abby Prestholdt, Carissa Prestholdt, Ruby Stillman
Homecoming week at a glance<\/a>
<\/strong>Echo
St. Louis Park High School
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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Cecilia Mohacsi, Taylor Pitzl, Dani Rotert, Stephanie Vince
Purple and White Spirit Fight: Students celebrated the end of spirit week with an all-school field day<\/a>
<\/strong>Le Journal Live
Notre Dame de Sion High Shool
Kansas City, Missouri
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Audrey Berns, Sarah Nash
Global youth strike for climate
<\/a><\/strong>The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri
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Grace Nguyen
Volleyball wins state semifinals: Leopards down Dripping Springs in 3 sets to lock up 9th state championship appearance<\/a>
<\/strong>The Red Ledger
Lovejoy High School
Lovejoy, Texas
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Ellie Brutsch\u00e9
Border Brawl football game<\/a>
<\/strong>The Rider Online
Legacy High School
Mansfield, Texas
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Noah Siderhurst
Boys varsity basketball defeats TA 74-55<\/a>
<\/strong>The Newsstreak
Harrisonburg High School
Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Interactive Graphic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ava Seccuro
The stereotypes surrounding California farming<\/a>
<\/strong>Beverly Highlights
Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills, California
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Zachary Khouri
Carlmont students shed light on the abortion debate<\/a>
<\/strong>Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
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Naisha Roy
Investigating the real illegal immigration crisis<\/a>
<\/strong>The Bird Feed
South Forsyth High School
Cumming, Georgia
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Noelle Smagala
Stimulated problems: Stimulants cause more harm than good<\/a>
<\/strong>Metea Media
Metea Valley High School
Aurora, Illinois<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Goodman
Boxed out: the exploitation of college athletes<\/a>
<\/strong>West Side Story
Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa
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Gina Liu
Where to park at Community with only 23 spots<\/a>
<\/strong>The Communicator Online
Tracy Anderson
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Brooklyn Northcross
Rolling into bowling: Guide to local lanes<\/a>
<\/strong>The Tower Pulse
Grosse Pointe South High School
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
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Maddie Meyers
KHS celebrity look-alikes<\/a>
<\/strong>The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri
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Olivia Watts
The free art of ATX<\/a>
<\/strong>The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
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Trinity Flaten
Bullying: a national problem<\/a>
<\/strong>The Talon News
Argyle High School
Argyle, Texas
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Podcast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Avery Doan
Aves to Z: Running from the problem<\/a>
<\/strong>Eagle Valley Student Media
Eagle Valley High School
Gypsum, Colorado
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Lars Lonnroth
Happenings of the Halls: School security<\/a>
<\/strong>Lion
Lyons Township High School
LaGrange, Illinois
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Lars Lonnroth
Happenings of the Halls: Drug use at LT<\/a>
<\/strong>Lion
Lyons Township High School
LaGrange, Illinois
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Kate Hyland
Second-semester seniors succumb to senioritis<\/a>
<\/strong>The Prospector
Prospect High School
Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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Jacob Posner, Emma Trone
The Bubble<\/a>
<\/strong>U-High Midway
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
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Logan Crews
LGBT+ Podcast | LGBT+ students answer anonymous questions<\/a>
<\/strong>The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
St. Louis, Missouri
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Thomas Birmingham, Izzy Col\u00f3n
The PolitiCall: Election day<\/a>
<\/strong>The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri
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Emily Harris
The importance of involvement<\/a>
<\/strong>EagleAir
Nixa High School
Nixa, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff
24 hour challenge 2019<\/a>
<\/strong>Ritenour Live
Ritenour High School
St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katie Cronin, Madeline Price, Bess Von der Heydt
Processing changes in the community<\/a>
<\/strong>The Shakerite
Shaker Heights High School
Shaker Heights, Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ryan Blank
Blank Report<\/a>
<\/strong>BVNW News
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
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Kayla Barry
Kayla\u2019s Korner<\/a>
<\/strong>The Smoke Signal
Pascack Valley High School
Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Katharina Santos
Destination Health<\/a>
<\/strong>Wingspan
Liberty High School
Frisco, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Townes Hobratschk
Flavor Profiles<\/a>
<\/strong>The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
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Max Rhodes
Rhodes traveled<\/a>
<\/strong>The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
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Eli Maierson
CineMaierson<\/a>
<\/strong>The Review Online
St. John\u2019s School
Houston, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Kontos
Make up your mind<\/a>
<\/strong>The Review Online
St. John\u2019s School
Houston, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kevin Pizano, Sam Rooker
Popular predictions: A series<\/a>
<\/strong>The Newsstreak
Harrisonburg High School
Harrisonburg, Virginia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Scholastic Press Association has announced its finalists for the 2019 Digital Story of the Year competition. All finalists will be recognized and the winners announced for the first time in a Saturday afternoon awards ceremony at the National High School Journalism Convention, Nov. 21-24, 2019, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. First- through fifth-place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":303674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300042"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305753,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300042\/revisions\/305753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}