{"id":606,"date":"2014-09-16T13:27:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T18:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentpressblogs.org\/nspa\/?p=606"},"modified":"2014-09-16T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T18:27:26","slug":"2014-newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2014-newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Newspaper Pacemaker Finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker contest has recognized general excellence in scholastic newspapers for 87 years. The 2014 Newspaper Pacemaker contest yielded approximately 300 entries. Categories are: NewspaperBroadsheet eight or fewer pages, Newspaper Broadsheet 9-16 pages,Newspaper Broadsheet 17+ pages, Newspaper Tabloid, Newsmagazines and Jr. High\/Middle School Newspapers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentpress.org\/nspa\/winners\/npm14.html\" target=\"_blank\">View the list of 2014 Newspaper Pacemaker finalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judges select Pacemakers based on the following: coverage and content,quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page,evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics. Entries were judged on the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coverage and content: Were all aspects of student life covered (academics\/sports\/clubs\/local news, etc.)? Was the use ofwire\/syndicated copy limited (especially on pg. 1)? Was there evidence of sound news judgment?<\/li>\n<li>Quality of writing and reporting: Was the writing concise and the reporting thorough? Was writing free of opinion (with the exception ofeditorials or columns)? Was the copy edited for consistent style?<\/li>\n<li>Leadership on the opinion page: Did staff editorials, cartoons and letters supplement personal columns? Did the staff demonstratesensitivity to controversial topics? Was the content of the editorial page consequential?<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of in-depth reporting: Did major stories show evidence of multiple sources? Are series or depth pieces prominent in entered issues?<\/li>\n<li>Layout and design: Was the look of the paper clean and contemporary? Was a consistent modular page makeup used throughout thepublication? Did designers establish a clear visual hierarchy for readers?<\/li>\n<li>Photography, art and graphics: Did visuals enhance the verbal content and draw the reader in? Did visuals improve the reader&#8217;s understandingof the accompanying story? Were photos properly credited? Was the quality of photos and art technically excellent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winners will be announced at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dc.journalismconvention.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fall National High School Journalism Convention<\/a> on Nov. 8 in Washington, D. C.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact Trevor Ivan, NSPA contest and critique coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:contests@studentpress.org\">contests@studentpress.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker contest has recognized general excellence in scholastic newspapers for 87 years. The 2014 Newspaper Pacemaker contest yielded approximately 300 entries. Categories are: NewspaperBroadsheet eight or fewer pages, Newspaper Broadsheet 9-16 pages,Newspaper Broadsheet 17+ pages, Newspaper Tabloid, Newsmagazines and Jr. High\/Middle School Newspapers. View the list of 2014 Newspaper Pacemaker finalists. Judges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}