{"id":618425,"date":"2023-08-16T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=618425"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:44:44","slug":"2023-design-of-the-year-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2023-design-of-the-year-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Design of the Year finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aug. 24, 2023<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2023 Design of the Year competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Award winners will be announced at the JEA\/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention,<\/a><\/strong> in Boston, at the 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A gallery of winners will be posted after the Nov. 4 announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finalists below are listed by state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Individual Award finalists<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadcast Story of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cartoon of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Story of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred Ross Systemic Change Student Journalism Competition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local Climate Change Reporting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portfolio of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Use of Social Media<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Convention website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, awards ceremony<\/strong>
Winners announced \u2014
Individual Awards
Broadcast Pacemaker
Newspaper\/Newsmagazine Pacemaker
Specialty Magazine Pacemaker
Best of Show<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of Show<\/a><\/strong>
Schools and students attending the convention are eligible. Categories, rules and entry deadlines will be announced on the convention site.<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Pacemakers<\/strong>
Pacemakers in Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook will be presented at the Kansas City, Missouri, convention, April 4-6, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Newspaper Front Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Erik Feng, Holden Lee, Jerry Xia
<\/strong>The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
The verdict is in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrett Xu
<\/strong>The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California
Shelter animals desperately need forever homes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peyton Moore
<\/strong>The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
The Heroes Among Us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Writers
<\/strong>The Huron Emery, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Battling food insucurity: A2 and everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte Baxter, Aseel Ibrahim, Emory Robinson
<\/strong>Tribal Tribune, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Addicted to the Buzz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aseel Ibrahim, Livi Ralston, Emory Robinson
<\/strong>Tribal Tribune, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
The Sound of Silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Chow
<\/strong>The ReMarker, St. Mark\u2019s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
It\u2019s writing the future<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Chow
<\/strong>The ReMarker, St. Mark\u2019s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
The Culture of Consent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Xu
<\/strong>The Review, St. John\u2019s School, Houston, Texas
The Struggle to Conform<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braylen Garren, Reese Langdon
<\/strong>Tiger Times, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
Rich in Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newspaper Page\/Spread<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Nicole Pimenta Innecco, Erin Loh, Gabriela Salazar
<\/strong>The Epitaph, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
In a world of parents & kids <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amber Birrell, Anderson Picone, Annabelle Yip
<\/strong>The Epitaph, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
Creating cultural connections<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nadia Knoblauch
<\/strong>The Blueprint, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Let\u2019s be real<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clare O\u2019Connor
<\/strong>U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois
Falling into the Manosphere Pipeline<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellie Erlich, Emma Hirsch, Rana Khan, Alyssa Sanchez
<\/strong>Torch, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
MicroAGGRESSIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesca Stamati
<\/strong>The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
What\u2019s At Stake?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carmela Cadja
<\/strong>Zephyrus, Edina High School, Edina, Minnesota
Our colors are green, white, and yellow, but just how green is Edina?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elisabeth  Siegel
<\/strong>Eagle Edition, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Battle of the bagels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia Andrews, Diane Guo, Serina Yan
<\/strong>The Review, St. John\u2019s School, Houston, Texas
What\u2019s love got to do with it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Bell Lee
<\/strong>Tiger Times, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
On their mark… Get set… Go <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newsmagazine Cover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Meena Narayanaswami, Jonas Pao, Yash Shetty, Melody Xu
<\/strong>Verde, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
Who\u2019s Writing Your Essay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Castillo-Lopez, Alex Gribb, Carly Philpott, Katya Roudakov
<\/strong>The Union St. Journal, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
The Breaking Point<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haiden Kenney, Daniela Pe\u00f1afiel 
<\/strong>The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Overcommitted, Under Accepted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaitlyn Mitchell
<\/strong>Drops of Ink, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois
Identity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Tyulyayev
<\/strong>Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
The Era of Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Hu, Erica Shi
<\/strong>Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
The Teen Issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Haney, Sonya Sud
<\/strong>The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
\u201cThere is no old life left…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evie Barnard
<\/strong>The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Facing the fentanyl crisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Thornfelt
<\/strong>The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, Texas
Suffering in Silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makda Bekele, Zakareya Hamed
<\/strong>The Highlander, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
Color Blind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newsmagazine Page\/Spread<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sameer Maheshwari, Gauri Manoj, Darpan Singh
<\/strong>El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
To Ye or not to Ye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassiopeia Le
<\/strong>The Flash, Rocklin High School, Rocklin, California
Life is Strange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Castillo-Lopez, Wryn Duepre, Nick Rui, Marie Webster, Vee Williamson
<\/strong>The Union St. Journal, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
African American History Courses Debut in CCSD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maeby Aleo, Cas East, David Maxwell, Clay Mustoe, Mars Smith
<\/strong>The Mix, Monarch High School, Louisville, Colorado
Alleviate the pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniela Pe\u00f1afiel
<\/strong>The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Overcommitted, Under Accepted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erinn Varga
<\/strong>West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Art-ificial Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maya Copaken, Noel Mohamed
<\/strong>The Patriot, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Washed Out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ren Park
<\/strong>The Patriot, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas
The Calorie Conundrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evie Barnard, Alice Scott
<\/strong>The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
What is driving your CO2 emissions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dimitar Nedyalkov
<\/strong>The Legend, Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, Texas
The Poison of Parsociality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Literary\/Specialty Magazine Cover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Owen Bittinger, Alex Yan
<\/strong>Viking, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
California Taking a Gamble<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Fetter, Grace Gormley
<\/strong>Viking, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
The Menstruation Situation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mia Carrasco
<\/strong>Raider, Gulliver Preparatory School, Pinecrest, Florida
Works in Progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Satterfield
<\/strong>Echo, North Springs High School, Sandy Springs, Georgia
Echo \u201cDream\/Second Dream\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koen Myers
<\/strong>Red & Black, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Graffiti NOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosie Mellor, Ryan Thomas-Palmer
<\/strong>Voice, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
VOICE Scrabbled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff
<\/strong>The Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Allusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Kaplan
<\/strong>Briars & Ivy, Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Imperfections<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margot Pegram
<\/strong>Roars and Whispers, Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, North Carolina
Volume 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaac James<\/strong>
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Virginia
Volume 74<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Literary\/Specialty Magazine Page\/Spread<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Julia Landy
<\/strong>Artifex, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Savanah Venter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaija Gilbertson Hall, Sofia Morales, Antonio Starks
<\/strong>Odyssey, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Stand For Me, The Ocean Sinks as the Fish Fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayrianna Sherwood
<\/strong>The Torch, Kennedy High School, Swisher, Iowa
Fashion Forward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koen Myers
<\/strong>Red & Black, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Seventeen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koen Myers
<\/strong>Red & Black, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Lost in Thought<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Glass, Rosie Mellor
<\/strong>Voice, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
If Only We Could Breath, Diamond Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophia Bietz
<\/strong>The Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
I hope God gives me smile lines you can see from space, on happiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annie Zhao
<\/strong>Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Promise of Future, the wweather like feelings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audrey Henderson
<\/strong>Roars and Whispers, Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, North Carolina
Overcast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robbie Brown, Nate Stein
<\/strong>The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Virginia
Eden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yearbook Spread<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Bria Gilliam
<\/strong>Traditions, Del Norte High School, San Diego, California
All In The Fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaya Castaneda, Gracie Dennis
<\/strong>Summit, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
A Screamin\u2019 Good Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriella Polliard
<\/strong>Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, Colorado
We\u2019re Known for Setting This Par<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexis Izaguirre, Meghan Shepp
<\/strong>Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Water works<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliza Allen, Denitera Chapple, Parker Christenson, Caroline Crump, Camry Stanford
<\/strong>Madisonian, Madison High School, Rexburg, Idaho
Air Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Chang, Sydney Tyler, Sarina Zhao
<\/strong>U-Highlights, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois
Have you heard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payton Cook, Laurel Hansen
<\/strong>Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Meet Your Pep Exec<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francie Garrison, Ella Yun
<\/strong>Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
After the Disco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adrian Mruckovski, Cheney Pham
<\/strong>Spirit, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Made You Remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mollie Hemphill, Cassidy Rogers
<\/strong>The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, Texas
Stop the clock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yearbook Theme Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Staff
<\/strong>Pegasus, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
Renaissance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriella Polliard, Ellie Rolfs
<\/strong>Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, Colorado
And how \u2018bout We Find Out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexis Izaguirre, Sarena Wilkerson
<\/strong>Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
You W!sh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ava Burke, Chiara Zecchini
<\/strong>Raider, Gulliver Preparatory School, Pinecrest, Florida
This Right Here <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maison Flory, Maeslyn Hamlin, Emily Hurd, Maya Smith
<\/strong>Red & Black, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurel Hansen, Rylie Peterson
<\/strong>Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Understood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marissa Buffon, Katie Burke, Brody Carlson, Danie Eaves, Sydney Jackson
<\/strong>Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas
Sounds Like Us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eavan Abao, Jessica Cabanting, Angelo Cordero, Annie Lin
<\/strong>The Howl, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Count Us In<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meghan Milligan, Avery Parker, Corinne Price
<\/strong>Lions Roar, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, Tennessee
This Only Happens Once<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Ho, Sophia Kotlyar, Lucy Ma, Celeste Mackin, Payton Ohler
<\/strong>Carillon, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
Really<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Informational Graphic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Julia Landy
<\/strong>The Eagle Eye, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Off the Big Screen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurel Hansen
<\/strong>Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Bringing it Mahomes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Fu, Daniel Lee, Rachel Overgaard, Grace Pang
<\/strong>The Huron Emery, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Macaron Madness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Sirtak
<\/strong>Central Focus, Francis Howell Central High School, Cottleville, Missouri
Spring Into Plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Chen
<\/strong>Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Keeping in touch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adwyta Chelikavada
<\/strong>The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
Keep It Cool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angelina Lawlor, Caroline Woo
<\/strong>Invictus, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York
What We Do After School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angelina Lawlor, Caroline Woo
<\/strong>Invictus, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York
Due at 11:59 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabella del Nido
<\/strong>The Dispatch, James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas
The Road to Inclusivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Ho
<\/strong>Carillon, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
The Most Important Midterms Aren\u2019t Tests<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illustration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Meggie Chen
<\/strong>El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
Curiousity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Tran
<\/strong>Bear Witness, Branham High School, San Jose, California
Another door opens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angelyna Rodriguez
<\/strong>The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Accommodations, Not Advantages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sofia Oyarzun
<\/strong>The Oracle, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Illinois
JUDGEment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosie Mellor
<\/strong>Voice, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Beneath My Skin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Haney
<\/strong>The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
Artifical Intelligence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sydney Starkey
<\/strong>Tower, The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, New York
Are we obsolete?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Bobbitt, Drew Clark, Sydney Moore, Logan Reid, Mae Sherrod
<\/strong>CPA Media Studio, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, Tennessee
Homefullness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evie Barnard
<\/strong>The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Slipping through our fingers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evie Barnard
<\/strong>The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
The Austin Issue <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aug. 24, 2023 National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2023 Design of the Year competition. Individual Award winners will be announced at the JEA\/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, in Boston, at the 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 4.  A gallery of winners will be posted after the Nov. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":614748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618425"}],"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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618425"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618682,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618425\/revisions\/618682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}