{"id":620952,"date":"2024-02-28T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=620952"},"modified":"2024-03-01T11:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T17:45:16","slug":"2024-innovation-pacemaker-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2024-innovation-pacemaker-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Innovation Pacemaker finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NSPA honors innovation<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Six scholastic media programs named<\/strong><\/strong>
Pacemaker finalists<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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March 1, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Student media programs from six high schools have been honored by National Scholastic Press Association as finalists in its Innovation Pacemaker competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker finalists will be honored and will receive plaques during the opening ceremony of the JEA\/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention<\/strong><\/a> at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Kansas City, Missouri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker winners will be announced for the first time at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the convention\u2019s awards ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Innovation Pacemaker is designed to encourage out-of-the-box thinking and reward student media for the courage to take chances to improve service to their customers, readers and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStudent media is rapidly changing and top programs are finding innovative ways to deliver content to their readers while building unified and converged teams,\u201d associate director Gary Lundgren said. \u201cPrint is now just one component \u2014 there is far more to a successful student media program than publishing the campus newspaper and yearbook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Pacemaker is the association\u2019s preeminent award,\u201d Executive Director Laura Widmer said. \u201cNSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NSPA Pacemaker, one of the oldest awards for scholastic journalism, has a rich tradition. The association started presenting the prestigious award to high school newspapers soon after the organization was founded in 1921. Throughout the years, yearbooks, magazines, online sites and broadcast programs were added to the competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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JEA\/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 4-6, 2024
Kansas City, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NSPA awards ceremonies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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7 p.m. CT Thursday, April 4, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker finalists recognized <\/strong>
Innovation
Literary Arts Magazines
Online
Yearbooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3:30 p.m. CT Saturday, April 6, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacemaker winners announced<\/strong>
Innovation
Literary Arts Magazines
Online
Yearbooks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024 Innovation Pacemaker finalists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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The Prospector<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Apache Junction High School
Apache Junction, Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student leadership: Tiffany Hutcheson, Ragan Stoltz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adviser: Jason Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Image<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dos Pueblos High School
Goleta, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student leadership: Brigid Finney, Sienna Valentine, Amelia Vander May<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adviser: John Dent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NCHS Live!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

North Central High School
Indianapolis, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student leadership: Janie Akers, Heath Kizer, Patrick McPherson, Luke Routt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adviser: Tom Gayda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FHN Media<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student leadership: Brianna Dunham, Payton Johnston, Eashaan Patel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisers: Jordyn Kiel, Aaron Manfull<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ladue Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student leadership: Mac Huffman, Rory Lustberg, Annie Zhao<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisers: Abigail Eisenberg, Sarah Kirksey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lincoln Southwest High School
Lincoln, Nebraska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student leadership: Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adviser: Brandi Benson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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