JEA announces winners of middle school media contest

JEA announces winners of middle school media contest

The Journalism Education Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 JEA Junior High/Middle School National Media Contest.

There were 221 entries in the 14 yearbook, newspaper, broadcast and photography categories. Judging for entries took place between March 28 and April 10 by a committee of experienced judges from across the country.

Student entries from 22 schools in nine states and the United Kingdom were ranked with Superior, Excellent and Honorable Mention ratings. In total, 26 Superior, 75 Excellent and 82 Honorable Mention certificates were given. Superior winners each received a medal.

If you advise a junior high or middle school publication, watch for details about the 2016 contest in January.

For more information about this contest, please contact Nancy Y. Smith, JEA National Contest chair, or Laura Zhu, JEA Junior High/Middle School National Media Contest coordinator.

Junior High/Middle School National Media Contest

26 Superiors

75 Excellents

82 Honorable Mentions

221 Participants

183 Recognized

Rating Contest Category School Name Full Name School State
Excellent Front Page Layout Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Valeria Tezak FL
Excellent Inside Page Layout Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Rachel Pipkin FL
Excellent Inside Page Layout Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Ervin Williams FL
Excellent Opinion Writing Bak Middle School of the Arts Angela Yan FL
Excellent Sports Writing Bak Middle School of the Arts Amanda Vanner FL
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Isabella Kjaerullf FL
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Carleigh Dickinson FL
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Brandon Lee FL
Excellent Sports Reaction Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Rachel Pipkin FL
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Aditya Jadvani FL
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Abigail Parratto FL
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing Bak Middle School of the Arts Maddy Rubin FL
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing Bak Middle School of the Arts Carlos trivino FL
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Haiden Hill FL
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Sterling Shipp FL
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Luke Stone FL
Honorable Mention Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Kyle Ahern FL
Honorable Mention Theme Package Bak Middle School of the Arts Michael Bole FL
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Cora Gilbert FL
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Joel Soto FL
Superior Sports Reaction Photo and Caption Bak Middle School of the Arts Adeeb Rashid FL
Superior Yearbook DPS Design Bak Middle School of the Arts Michael Bole FL
Superior Yearbook Copy Bak Middle School of the Arts Abigail Parratto FL
Excellent Opinion Writing Brownell Middle School Kathleen Carroll MI
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing Brownell Middle School Julie Heng MI
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Cimarron Middle School Peyton Hatcher CO
Excellent Broadcast Package Clint Small Middle School Adrienne Hunkin TX
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Jenni McCarty TX
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Mia Moore TX
Excellent Sports Action Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Kylie Tippett TX
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Anevay Ramirez TX
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Brynach Hogan TX
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Keely Briggs TX
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Clint Small Middle School Small Middle School Student Media TX
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Clint Small Middle School Josh Lopez TX
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Clint Small Middle School Brandon Lopez TX
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Sam Hughes TX
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Nyah Bernucho TX
Honorable Mention Sports Reaction Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Claire Meyer TX
Honorable Mention Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Sam Hughes TX
Superior News/Academic Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Kylie Tippett TX
Superior Sports Action Photo and Caption Clint Small Middle School Sam Hughes TX
Superior Theme Package Clint Small Middle School Claire Meyer TX
Excellent Broadcast Package Gorzycki Middle School Simoon Saiyed, Becca Melnick, Kamryn Morales TX
Excellent Broadcast Package Gorzycki Middle School Anna Ippolito, Logan Mayberry, Kendall Oh TX
Excellent Broadcast Package Gorzycki Middle School Reagan Wallace, Samuel Hayek TX
Excellent Front Page Layout Design Gorzycki Middle School Halle Krogstad TX
Excellent Front Page Layout Design Gorzycki Middle School Kendall Oh TX
Honorable Mention Short Documentary/PSA Gorzycki Middle School Jessica Leonard, Faith Winkley, Michael Sugrue TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Gorzycki Middle School Bella Lufschanowski TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Gorzycki Middle School Sophie Bega TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Gorzycki Middle School Natalie Aman TX
Superior Broadcast Package Gorzycki Middle School Madi Appleton, Kat McLennan and CG Hartman TX
Excellent Inside Page Layout Design Harvard-Westlake Middle School Jenny Li CA
Excellent Inside Page Layout Design Harvard-Westlake Middle School Alena Rubin CA
Excellent Inside Page Layout Design Harvard-Westlake Middle School Nicole Kim CA
Excellent News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Jenny Li CA
Excellent News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Kaitlin Musante CA
Excellent News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Sophie Haber CA
Excellent News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Nicole Kim CA
Excellent News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Emory Kim CA
Excellent Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Sophie Haber CA
Excellent Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Danielle Spitz CA
Excellent Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Anthony Weinraub CA
Excellent Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Indu Pandey CA
Excellent Sports Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Elly Choi CA
Excellent Sports Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Maddy Daum CA
Excellent Sports Action Photo and Caption Harvard-Westlake Middle School Princie Kim CA
Honorable Mention Inside Page Layout Design Harvard-Westlake Middle School Brittany Hong CA
Honorable Mention Inside Page Layout Design Harvard-Westlake Middle School Danielle Spitz CA
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Carolyn Kim CA
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Isabelle Eshraghi CA
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Stephanie Vartany CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Kaitlin Musante CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Claire Dennis CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Brittany Hong CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Alena Rubin CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Elly Choi CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Carolyn Kim CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Princie Kim CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Emory Kim CA
Honorable Mention Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Claire Keller CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Harvard-Westlake Middle School Elly Choi CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Harvard-Westlake Middle School Kate Schrage CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Harvard-Westlake Middle School Emory Kim CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Harvard-Westlake Middle School Oliver Akhtarzad CA
Superior Opinion Writing Harvard-Westlake Middle School Jake Davidson CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Joseph Kerr Middle School Malia Villegas CA
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Savannah Riddles TX
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Mira Maclaurin TX
Excellent Sports Action Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Sylvia Reed TX
Excellent Sports Action Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Abigail Daly TX
Excellent Yearbook Copy Kealing Middle School Kimmy Wilson TX
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Mamie Seiler TX
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Abby Rindfuss TX
Honorable Mention Sports Reaction Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Abby Rindfuss TX
Honorable Mention Sports Reaction Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Abigail Daly TX
Honorable Mention Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Production staff, KMS Vespa TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Kealing Middle School Lisa Moomaw TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Kealing Middle School Claire Rudy TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Kealing Middle School Fedor Aglyamov TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Kealing Middle School Elena Venegoni TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook Copy Kealing Middle School Lucia Melendez TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook Copy Kealing Middle School Sarah Chieng TX
Superior Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Kealing Middle School Savannah Riddles TX
Excellent Theme Package Maize South Middle School Maize South Yearbook Staff Editors KS
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Maize South Middle School Cammie Davis KS
Honorable Mention Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Maize South Middle School Alisyn Harris KS
Superior Yearbook DPS Design Maize South Middle School Jeffrey Parson KS
Excellent Yearbook Copy Mesa Middle School Cody Miller CO
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Mexico Middle School Taylor Bledsoe MO
Honorable Mention Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Mexico Middle School Payton Bledsoe MO
Excellent Theme Package Powell Middle School The Prowl Staff CO
Superior News/Academic Photo and Caption Powell Middle School The Prowl Staff CO
Superior Yearbook DPS Design Powell Middle School The Prowl Staff CO
Superior Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Richland R-1 School District Emily Blunt MO
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design Seven Lakes Junior High School Chloe Farlow and Karsen Callicott TX
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design Seven Lakes Junior High School Vinay Gautam and Adrian Ramos TX
Honorable Mention Theme Package Seven Lakes Junior High School Specifics Staff TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Seven Lakes Junior High School Alix Garcia TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Seven Lakes Junior High School Addy-Parker Loveless and Dana Jacks TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Seven Lakes Junior High School Claudia Brown Olivia Keller TX
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Seven Lakes Junior High School Austin Hill TX
Excellent Broadcast Package Sierra Middle School Declan Palmer, Jacob Anders and Nathan Krouss CO
Excellent Inside Page Layout Design Sierra Middle School Tanur Pilcher CO
Excellent Sports Action Photo and Caption Sierra Middle School Declan Palmer CO
Excellent Sports Reaction Photo and Caption Sierra Middle School Declan Palmer CO
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Sierra Middle School Athena Taylor CO
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design Sierra Middle School Declan Palmer CO
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Sierra Middle School Kaitlyn Hering CO
Superior Front Page Layout Design Sierra Middle School Josh Welo CO
Superior Theme Package Sierra Middle School Declan Palmer CO
Honorable Mention News-Feature Writing The Alexander Dawson School Sofia Morris NV
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption The American Middle School in London Alex Gers England
Excellent Sports Action Photo and Caption The American Middle School in London Alex Gers England
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption The American Middle School in London Dylan Evans England
Superior Inside Page Layout Design The American Middle School in London Jonathan Philips England
Superior Inside Page Layout Design The American Middle School in London Alex Gers England
Superior News-Feature Writing The American Middle School in London Sophie Ashley England
Superior Opinion Writing The American Middle School in London Phaedra Letrou Papamarkakis England
Excellent Theme Package The Mirman School Ava Dobbs CA
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Grace Zucker CA
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Colin Picker CA
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Yu-Kai Ni CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Jameson McMullen CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Gillian Quinto CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Benjamin Zaidel CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Tessa Gordon CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Ryan Norris CA
Superior Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Chloe Freitas CA
Superior Yearbook DPS Design The Mirman School Ava Dobbs CA
Excellent Broadcast Package Toby Johnson Middle School Paolo Garcia CA
Excellent Short Documentary/PSA Toby Johnson Middle School Brady Dodson CA
Excellent Short Documentary/PSA Toby Johnson Middle School Andres Garcia CA
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Alyssa Villalpando CA
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Mehnaz Grewal CA
Excellent Theme Package Toby Johnson Middle School Jamboree Yearbook Staff CA
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design Toby Johnson Middle School Jamboree Yearbook Staff CA
Excellent Yearbook DPS Design Toby Johnson Middle School Jamboree Yearbook Staff CA
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Toby Johnson Middle School trisha Cao CA
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Toby Johnson Middle School Abi Maurno CA
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Toby Johnson Middle School Connor Samuelson CA
Honorable Mention Broadcast Package Toby Johnson Middle School Tiana Hall CA
Honorable Mention Short Documentary/PSA Toby Johnson Middle School Gianni Bradley CA
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Melody Cung CA
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Ashley Sterling CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Melody Cung CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Braden McCargar CA
Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Sidney Fernandez CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Toby Johnson Middle School Jamboree Yearbook Staff CA
Honorable Mention Yearbook DPS Design Toby Johnson Middle School Jamboree Yearbook Staff CA
Superior Short Documentary/PSA Toby Johnson Middle School Sergio Lara CA
Superior Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Toby Johnson Middle School Melody Cung CA
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Benjamin Rascon-Gracia IN
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Samantha Lewis IN
Excellent News/Academic Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Maggie McAndrews IN
Excellent Feature/Environmental Portrait Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Kathryn Mick IN
Excellent Theme Package Westfield Middle School Westfield Middle School Staff IN
Honorable Mention News/Academic Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Grace Bieghler IN
Superior Sports Action Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Kerry Effinger IN
Superior Sports Action Photo and Caption Westfield Middle School Michaela Krawczyk IN
Superior Yearbook DPS Design Westfield Middle School Grace Bieghler IN
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