{"id":4280,"date":"2016-08-08T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=4280"},"modified":"2016-12-20T20:44:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T02:44:18","slug":"2016-newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2016-newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Newspaper Pacemaker Finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the 50 publications that qualified to be a NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker finalist or winner! <\/span><\/p>\n

Judging was a challenging process: It spanned three days \u2014 July 11 to 13 \u2014 with all judges working together to make decisions in Minneapolis. On the first day, three college newspaper advisers with professional journalism experience began narrowing down the 266 total entries. At the end of the day, there were about 130 left.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, a successful entry mixed clean designs with dominant photos and solid writing \u2014 this means few typos, a decent lead that doesn\u2019t include a date or repetitive tactics like overuse of the word \u2018imagine\u2019 to question readers,\u201d one judge explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second day of judging consisted of picking the best 50 publications. It was a much more tedious process, according to NSPA Contest and Critique Coordinator Mariah Keith, and it kept the judges busy from morning until night. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the final day, a fourth judge helped make the final decision about which finalist publications would be named winners. Each entrant was projected onto a screen and discussed by the team of judges. Their comments, suggestions and feedback will be disclosed to all finalists and winners. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always impressed with how good high school journalists are around the nation,\u201d said the fourth judge. \u201cThe best were just amazing storytellers in so many different ways. \u2026 I was really impressed this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The winners will be revealed at the\u00a0<\/span>JEA\/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention<\/span><\/a> in Indianapolis, Nov. 10-13.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to thank all publications for entering, and extend another congratulations to our finalists that came out on top despite stiff competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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