JEA/NSPA National High School Convention, spring 2003 Portland

JEA/NSPA Spring National Scholastic
Journalism Convention
Oregon Convention Center, Portland
April 10-13, 2003

Students work on selecting and cropping photos as well as writing captions as part of the photo editing competition in Friday's Write-Off competitions. Results from the Write-Off competitions will be posted on the Web Sunday morning during the awards ceremony. Photo by Bradley Wilson.

Evan Chan and Terri Liu, both juniors at Schurr High School in Montebello, Calif., look through books at the JEA bookstore to find new fonts to use in their school newspaper. Photo by Kelly Glasscock

Julie Dodd asks for a show of hands during the designing with Dreamweaver session. Fonts, tables, and pictures were a few of the subjects covered. Photo by John Bowen

At a recption honoring past president H.L. Hall, president Ann Visser tells the audience of Hall's influence on her career in scholastic journalism. Photo by John Bowen

Student Media Law
Presented by Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Legal and Ethical Issues
April 11, 2003

The following are the key points made during Goodman’s Friday presentation, and are in note form. If any clarification is needed, contact Mark at SPLC.

What’s happening now relating to student media?
More cases are currently going to court than in the last 15 to 20 years. This seems to be on the rise as more school administrations are cracking down on student press than ever before.

Important court case decided in April 2003:
Fed Appeals Court 7th Circuit – Governors State College, Illinois. An administrator insisted on prior to review, and told the printer not to allow the paper to go to press unless administrators had reviewed it first. The students went to the court and the court said that administrators can not censor student-run publications. The court stated that Hazelwood does not apply to college publications. Protection was affirmed for college publications. The First Amendment still has some vitality in public schools despite Hazelwood.
Legally, schools can engage in prior review, unless there are specific laws prohibiting review. California is one state where there are laws allowing for free student speech.

The Dade County Fla. school board has a policy that prohibits administrators from conducting prior review.

Across the nation there are growing threats to advisers for their support of free student speech. Advisers are being told that their jobs are on the line. An adviser was told that she would be fired if she heard any students talking about illicit sex or drug use without reporting it to administrators. No other teacher was given this ultimatum.

If student publications use school facilities, then there is implicit control.

Positive and interesting developments:
Case: Wooster High School in Ohio
A group of students were caught drinking at a publication party off school property. One member of the party was the daughter of a school board member. The penalty she received was not as great as the others. The paper covered the story and the administration censored it.
Preliminary ruling: The paper had a clear policy as public forum with a history of students having control over content, thus a higher level of protection. The judge said, “The publication is a forum.” The case is in early stages and will go forward.
Case: Utica High School in Michigan.
Community members had sued the school because bus fumes had caused a health threat. The school paper wrote about it. The administration censored the paper. Clearly censorship was wrong, and this is upheld legally.

It is important for student publications to have clear policies in place.

Limited public forum
People have the right to express themselves, but are limited to designated group of people—limited to students who are in the class.

School policy should be explicit – first and foremost. This can be enough to establish public forum.

Publish the phrase “This is a forum for student expression. Students make the editorial decisions regarding content.”

The clearer the policies are, the less likely there will be conflicts.

Schools that don’t censor will be protected from legal liability. Administrators should understand this.

“Principals Guide to Scholastic Journalism” published by Quill and Scroll is a good resource for advisers.

Private schools are not public agencies so The First Amendment does not traditionally apply. Private schools can adopt policies that provide free expression.

State of California has a law protecting private schools from being punished for free expression. The Leonard Law in California applies.

FERPA excuse in a California school for confiscation of student survey about sex.
Cannot prevent distribution of survey as long as it is being done by students and not by any school officials.

Student questions about individual cases.
Title Nine requires equal opportunities between male and female in schools. First Amendment trumps Title Nine.

Cases involving independent student publications – leaflets, websites, underground newspapers.
Can schools punish students? No. School can’t punish for private expression. No legal grounds.

Cases going to court
Student expression that is religious in nature. Schools are censoring, but courts are saying that religious expression is just as protected as non-religious expression.

As long as school officials aren’t making the content decisions, then students can write about religious topics.

Access to public records. Each of the 50 states have open records laws. Even private schools have to provide copy of annual tax return. Schools can be fined $1000 a day for withholding this information. Students have the right to access records that aren’t private information.

Carl Towley Award Ceremony

Rob Melton, Benson High School, Portland Ore., delivers a speech after receiving the Carl Towley Award, JEA's highest award. In his speech, Melton said "It's not enough to want something, you have to make it happen." Photo by Bradley Wilson

David Lveck of Overland Park, Kan. celebrates "Bingo" at the keynote address Thursday. Photo by Matt Stamey.

Tim Harrower: His main points: (1) Speed it up; (2) Ditch the long-winded prose; (3) People are interested in more than negative, sad stories; (4) Give people useful information that is helpful to them; (5) Don't get in a rut with design; and (6) Be more clever, take chances, have fun. Photo by Matt Stamey.

Mark Murray demonstrates Photoshop techniques during Thursday's pre-conference workshop. Students learned everything from cleaning up images to proper toning to creating montages. Photo by Matt Stamey.

Laudan Rowhanian, senior at Irvin High School in El Paso, Texas looks back at the other people on her maestro team Thursday morning at the elephant exhibit of the Oregon Zoo. As part of the Maestro Project, students spent part of the day gathering stories and taking photographs. In the maestro class, students learn to be reader advocates, to find the best way to give information to their readers. Amy DeVault and Clif Palmberg taught the class. Photo by Clif Palmberg.

Jason Lambert sets up lights for the Channel One Network exhibit in the ballroom. 3,481 people pre-registered for the convention.
Photo by Kelly Glassock.

Keynote Speech from Tim Harrower
by Alicia Parsons, Pleasant Valley High School, Chico, Calif.

When your adviser says keynote speaker, a list of adjectives and conclusions are immediately drawn from your head- intriguing not being one of them. Tim Harrower, on the other hand, proved student journalists wrong.

"He was funny. Of all the JEA conferences I've been to, he was the best one yet and the bingo was a nice touch," said Julie Clark, senior from Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif.

Instead of the traditional droning, Harrower created a game of bingo using key phrases from his presentation. With an audience of over 2000, Harrower took the edgier approach that all in all seemed to be his key.


This illustration by James Morgan of Mt. Whitney High School (Visalia, Calif.) received a superior in computer infographics.	This editorial cartoon by Conner Meigs of Central High School (Omaha, Neb.) received an excellent.	This photo by Raquel Cervantes of Thomas Downey High School (Modesto, Calif.) received a superior in color yearbook photography.

WRITE-OFF CONTESTS

Portland, Oregon • April 11, 2003

1601 entrants
520 winners (32%) in 48 contests
91 superiors (18%)
176 excellents (34%)
254 honorable mentions (49%)

NEWSWRITING	Superior	Traci Carlson (Century High School, OR)
	Superior	Jennifer Case (El Segundo High School, CA)
	Superior	Andrea Chang (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Superior	Matt Cooper (Mount Whitney High School, CA)
	Superior	Dan Moe (Charles Wright Academy, WA)
	Superior	Leigh Pogue (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
	Excellent	Evan Boyd (Community High School, MI)
	Excellent	Paul Chaon (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Excellent	Elizabeth Clendenin (Sacred Hearts Academy, HI)
	Excellent	JJ Cooper (Corona Del Sol High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Linn Davis (Milwaukie High School, OR)
	Excellent	Kate Farrell (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Excellent	Bridget Freiler (Pottsville Area High School, PA)
	Excellent	Sarah Friedman (Sir Francis Drake High School, CA)
	Excellent	David Hansen (Spanaway Lake High School, WA)
	Excellent	Will Harman (Blair High School, NE)
	Excellent	Joe Hinson (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Excellent	Erin Jensen (Bishop Kelly High School, ID)
	Excellent	John Kolano (Puyallup High School, WA)
	Excellent	Terri Liu (Schurr High School, CA)
	Excellent	Drew Parker (West High School, IA)
	Excellent	Jamie Rodriguez (Irvin High School, TX)
	Excellent	Cameron Sanchez (Junction City High School, OR)
	Excellent	Kelsey Schleusener (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Excellent	Helen Sim (McLean High School, VA)
	Excellent	Dianne Smith (Shawnee Mission East High School, KS)
	Excellent	Kaylee Sorensen (Mountain Ridge High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Martha Truax (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
	Excellent	Betsy Walls (Lake Oswego High School, OR)
	Excellent	Caitlin Weber (Woodcreek High School, CA)
	Excellent	Jake Wiederrich (Gresham High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Callie Ashby (Allen High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Inci Atrek (Homestead High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Alicia Barney (Newport High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Anjum Bohkari (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Matt Cannella (Gilbert High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Amanda Currier (Cienega High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Grady DeBruin (Montrose High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Laura Diesing (Central High School, NE)
	Honorable Mention	Jamie Dillion (Gig Harbor High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Ellen Dobie (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Meghan Graham (Washington High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Amy Heald (Centennial High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Mark Heisser (Tehachapi High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Drew Murphy (Centennial High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Preeti Piplani (Los Altos High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Aruna Prabhala (Monta Vista High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Janel Ruehl (Sherwood High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Ian Spangenberg (Abraham Lincoln High School, IA)
	Honorable Mention	Casey Thomas (Wenatchee High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Melissa Vanderbeek (Rigby High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Mandy Weiss (North Central High School, IN)
	Honorable Mention	Jessica Wohlander (Mount Carmel High School, CA)

EDITORIAL WRITING	Superior	Brandon Adams (Oak Harbor High School, WA)
	Superior	Nathan Edmunds (JW North High School, CA)
	Superior	Steven Fiala (Gresham High School, OR)
	Excellent	Darcy Bender (San Diequito Academy, CA)
	Excellent	Anne Marie Croft (Iowa City High School, IA)
	Excellent	Mansi Desai (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Excellent	Keren Eichen (Newport High School, WA)
	Excellent	Elizabeth Gray (Lincoln High School, OR)
	Excellent	Meredith Hauber (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, KS)
	Excellent	Allan Madrid (Schurr High School, CA)
	Excellent	Erik Pinkston (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
	Excellent	Chris Potter (La Grande High School, OR)
	Excellent	Anjan Prabhuswamy (Mount Carmel High School, CA)
	Excellent	Jessica Reimer (Judge Memorial Catholic High School, UT)
	Excellent	Mike Zeeck (Charles Wright Academy, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Jimmy Anacker (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Honorable Mention	Gabe Gao (West High School, IA)
	Honorable Mention	Michelle Geslewitz (New Trier High School, IL)
	Honorable Mention	Leah Hazard (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Alexander Henson (Notre Dame High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Jay Jahnsen (W F West High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Edwin Kaplan (Taft High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Nathan Knife (Centennial High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Michael Levin-Gesundheit (Los Altos High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Rachael Marks (Rex Putnam High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Cat Nguyen (Woodcreek High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Dustin Pangonis (Mountain Home High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Brent Peterson (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Karen Schwerin (Sunnyslope High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Vasanth Sridharan (Lynbrook High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Brandon Stine (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Maylynn Tam (Monta Vista High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Emily Taow (Idaho Falls High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Nichole Tyrey (Central High School, NE)
	Honorable Mention	Matt Wend (Mount Vernon High School, WA)

FEATURE WRITING	Superior	Ani Bendorf (Iowa City High School, IA)
	Superior	Jenna Eckenrode (Corona Del Sol High School, AZ)
	Superior	Kelly Gilbert (Monta Vista High School, CA)
	Superior	Caitlin Schoenfelder (La Grande High School, OR)
	Excellent	Blair Hopkins (Ellensburg High School, WA)
	Excellent	Lisa Horner (Bismark Century High School, ND)
	Excellent	Victoria Loustalot (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Excellent	Stephanie Mathieu (Auburn Riverside High School, WA)
	Excellent	Robin Perenchio (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Carol Anderson (Locust Grove High School, OK)
	Honorable Mention	Amy Ball (Woodcreek High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Liane Behrens (Kentwood High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Kirsten Brock (Elmira High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Milodie Butsch (Silverton High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Beverly Clemente (Sacred Hearts Academy, HI)
	Honorable Mention	Bridget Devlin (McLean High School, VA)
	Honorable Mention	Megan Dodge (Blue Valley Northwest High School, KS)
	Honorable Mention	Nicole Doorly (Grant High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Amy Hool (Glenbard North High School, IL)
	Honorable Mention	Marcus Lawrence (Puyallup High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Dana Moran (Ferndale High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Norr Santz (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Kelly Tomlinson (Etiwanda High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Carol Yang (Peninsula High School, WA)

SPORTS WRITING	Superior	Kyle Odegard (Gilbert High School, AZ)
	Superior	Chris Stevenson (Ellensburg High School, WA)
	Excellent	Graham Beckwith (Notre Dame High School, CA)
	Excellent	Dan Beekman (Garfield High School, WA)
	Excellent	Jason Brummond (Iowa City High School, IA)
	Excellent	Joe House (Kickapoo High School, MO)
	Excellent	Jud Ketvirtis (Puyallup High School, WA)
	Excellent	Larry Obias (Narbonne High School, CA)
	Excellent	Andy Palmer (Palo Alto High School, CA)
	Excellent	Vinh Trang (Monta Vista High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Joanna Ames (Grant High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Luke Andrews (Silverton High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Ed Barket (Pottsville Area High School, PA)
	Honorable Mention	Chris Bernal (Grand Junction High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Tyler Boulden (North Central High School, IN)
	Honorable Mention	Joe Cady (North Marion High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Tom Ellison (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Joshua Elmer (Burges High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Bryce Hoffman (Los Altos High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Nathan Ivie (Newport High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Chris Johnson (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
	Honorable Mention	Justin Karp (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Christine Kimura (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Dieter Laskowski (Peninsula High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Vinnie Lopes (Allen High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Rachel Manuel (Sacred Hearts Academy, HI)
	Honorable Mention	Jake McClaskey (Albert Lea High School, MN)
	Honorable Mention	Kimberlina McKinney (Centennial High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Erick Olson (Lake Oswego High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Daniel Olson (Timberline High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Casey Pikla (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Justin Ptacnik (Blair High School, NE)
	Honorable Mention	Mark Sandritter (Oak Harbor High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Matt Schreiner (Auburn Riverside High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Brian Seibel (Sunnyslope High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Steve Sibson (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Keith Simovic (Gresham High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Ty Smith (Montrose High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Charley Tauer (St Thomas High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Amelia Veneziano (Richland High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Jim Zadick (Great Falls High School, MT)

REVIEW WRITING	Superior	Robby Alwin (Ellensburg High School, WA)
	Superior	Tony Andrules (Libertyville High School, IL)
	Superior	Kristen Barta (Palo Alto High School, CA)
	Superior	Marisa Beahm (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
	Superior	Brianne Burrowes (Polson High School, MT)
	Superior	Derrick Clements (Bear Creek High School, CA)
	Excellent	Adriana Campos (JW North High School, CA)
	Excellent	Kat Farley (McQueen High School, NV)
	Excellent	Keegan Hamilton (W F West High School, WA)
	Excellent	Annah Inocente (Narbonne High School, CA)
	Excellent	Nick Lundholm (Community High School, MI)
	Excellent	Tanja Tlusty (North Marion High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Theresa Deocales (Notre Dame High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Jenny Douthett (Centennial High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	David Edwards (Garfield High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Anthony Greer (Washington High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Nicole Irvin (Gov J R Rogers High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Vincent Leber (Abraham Lincoln High School, IA)
	Honorable Mention	Florence Lui (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Lauren Miller (Mesa High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Alex Mo (Los Altos High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Lindsey Mullens (Sherwood High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Shawn Query (Puyallup High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Ian Rios (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Eric Seguy (Camarillo High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Tracy Zhang (Lynbrook High School, CA)

EDITORIAL CARTOONING	Superior	Ted Lee (Newport High School, WA)
	Superior	Susanna Negrete (San Gabriel High School, CA)
	Superior	Eric Schwab (Sir Francis Drake High School, CA)
	Excellent	Brandon Anderson (Sandia High School, NM)
	Excellent	Jason Bach (Gresham High School, OR)
	Excellent	Luke Donovan (Glenbard North High School, IL)
	Excellent	Tony Kim (Gov J R Rogers High School, WA)
	Excellent	Connor Meigs (Central High School, NE)
	Excellent	Jimmy Purcell (Etiwanda High School, CA)
	Excellent	Amy Silver (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Excellent	Michael Walienfels (Richland High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Amy Endicott (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Erin Hudson (Wenatchee High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Nick Katagiri (Lincoln High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Barbara Leon (Taft High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Joanna Metoki (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Jamison Murphy (Centennial High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Lai Xu (Westview High School, CA)

RADIO NEWS	Superior	Cory Kalanick (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Excellent	Patrick O'Keefe (Allen High School, TX)
	Excellent	John Strong (Lake Oswego High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Janelle Eastridge (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Monica Miranda (El Segundo High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Rashmi Sridhara (Monta Vista High School, CA)

COPY EDITING/HEADLINE/CAPTION WRITING	Superior	Sarah Ciurej (Blair High School, NE)
	Superior	Megan Gage (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Superior	Alison Takemura (Schurr High School, CA)
	Excellent	Megan Nyburg (Junction City High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Jen Caldwell (Timberline High School,
	Honorable Mention	Valerie Castellano (Horizon High School,
	Honorable Mention	Philip Edmundson (St Thomas High
	Honorable Mention	Kristie Geist (Mount Carmel High School,
	Honorable Mention	Tony Helmbolt (Auburn Riverside High
	Honorable Mention	Martin Hogan (Ellensburg High School,
	Honorable Mention	Nicole Huber (Thomas Downey High
	Honorable Mention	Christina Johnson (Wenatchee High
	Honorable Mention	Albert Wang (Los Altos High School, CA)

NEWSPAPER LAYOUT	Superior	Natalie Judah (Timberline High School, WA)
	Superior	Sylvia Masuda (Narbonne High School, CA)
	Superior	Bonnie Streft (Horizon High School, AZ)
	Superior	Evyn Williams (Newport High School, WA)
	Excellent	Alex Abnos (Shawnee Mission East High School, KS)
	Excellent	Kimber Holt (Granite Bay High School, CA)
	Excellent	Matthew Iriondo (Centennial High School, ID)
	Excellent	Corissa Krueger (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
	Excellent	Michael Preysman (Homestead High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Evan Chan (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Katie Duncan (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Cesar Sarabia (Coronado High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Will Sullivan (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, KS)
	Honorable Mention	Mark Taggart (Cody High School, WY)

NEWSMAGAZINE LAYOUT	Excellent	Gary Clark (Timberline High School, WA)
	Excellent	Karalee Sargent (Auburn Riverside High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Katie Fink (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Matt Franks (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Meryl Sines (Coronado High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Cynthia Trejo (Irvin High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Vanessa Wires (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Honorable Mention	Lala Wu (Garfield High School, WA)

ADVERTISING	Superior	Nate Campen (Gig Harbor High School, WA)
	Superior	Laura Croswaite (Bremerton High School, WA)
	Superior	Liz Reed (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
	Excellent	Jenny Brooks (Skyline High School, ID)
	Excellent	Ashley Brown (Central High School, NE)
	Excellent	Cynthia Hsu (Lynbrook High School, CA)
	Excellent	Lisha Lee (Palo Alto High School, CA)
	Excellent	Zephyr Mocettini (Capital High School, ID)
	Excellent	Matt Richmond (Gov J R Rogers High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Elizabeth Burlingame (Puyallup High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Erin Glueckert (Polson High School, MT)
	Honorable Mention	Justine Lee (Monta Vista High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Amanda Middleton (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Honorable Mention	Madeline Tebon-Tazzioli (Libertyville High School, IL)

YEARBOOK COPY: SPORTS	Superior	Courtney Ngai (Sunset High School, OR)
	Excellent	Rachael Cope (Skyline High School, ID)
	Excellent	Kaitlin Hartnett (Central High School, NE)
	Excellent	Kate Jordan (Del Campo High School, CA)
	Excellent	Kari Opp (Wenatchee High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Christa Beal (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Todd Schlossman (Fargo South High School, ND)

YEARBOOK COPY: ACADEMICS	Superior	Vivian Chau (Convent of the Sacred Heart HS , CA)
	Superior	Samantha Ziesemer (Tremper High School, WI)
	Excellent	Minh-Dic Huynh (St Thomas High School, TX)
	Excellent	Julia Wald (Blue Valley Northwest High School, KS)
	Honorable Mention	Breeanne Carlsrud (Fargo South High School, ND)
	Honorable Mention	Vivan Chin (Homestead High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Emanuel Costache (Milwaukie High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Aimee Forster (JW North High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Nathaly Henriquez (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Jennifer Ho (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Stacy Lively (Sunset High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Stephen Mushegan (San Gabriel High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Amy Powell (South Kitsap High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Kelsie Schuster (Great Falls High School, MT)

YEARBOOK COPY: CLUBS	Superior	Danny Kafoglis (St Thomas High School, TX)
	Superior	Hongmey Zhen (Centennial High School, ID)
	Excellent	Michael Axel (Sunset High School, OR)
	Excellent	Mandy Gariepy (Homestead High School, CA)
	Excellent	Lindsay Peter (Palm Harbor University High School, FL)
	Honorable Mention	Cassie Ashby (Allen High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Amanda Berg (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Honorable Mention	Amanda Kuharik (Irvin High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Jin Sung (Coppell High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Kaitlyn Ulmer (Tremper High School, WI)

YEARBOOK COPY: STUDENT LIFE	Superior	Jessica Ly (Schurr High School, CA)
	Superior	James O'Connor (St Thomas High School, TX)
	Superior	Melissa Opper (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Superior	Lauren Santore (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
	Excellent	Jessica Andrews (Sunset High School, OR)
	Excellent	Ashley Carey (Lee's Summit North High School, MO)
	Excellent	Vanessa Do (Westview High School, CA)
	Excellent	Anne Heideman (Grand Junction High School, CO)
	Excellent	Rick Herrera (Bel Air High School, TX)
	Excellent	Kaity Johnson (Newport High School, WA)
	Excellent	Jennifer Moore (Shawnee Mission North High School, KS)
	Excellent	Raeann Mundell (Del Campo High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Kathy Adelman (Junction City High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Julie Clark (Pleasant Valley High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Shoshana Davis (Dobson High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Staci Dobbins (Centennial High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Annie Donaldson (Fargo South High School, ND)
	Honorable Mention	Courtney Grovenstuk (Kankakee Valley High School, IN)
	Honorable Mention	Adam Harding (Sabino High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Christie Hoover (Coppell High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Hadar Keren-Cid (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Kaitlyn Spradling (Corona del Sol High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Kim Stearns (Horizon High School, AZ)

YEARBOOK LAYOUT: THEME	Superior	Dane Dowe (Tremper High School, WI)
	Superior	Alicia Parsons (Pleasant Valley High School, CA)
	Excellent	Cristi Parker (Coronado High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Laura Freeman (Irvin High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Maggie Meyer (Blue Valley Northwest High School, KS)

YEARBOOK LAYOUT: INSIDE PAGES	Excellent	Amelia Nardinger (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Excellent	Alissa Ofelia Wertz (Lincoln High School, CA)
	Excellent	Meredith Worcester (Puyallup High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Molly Bedford (Tillamook High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Victoria Liao (Sunny Hills High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Kayla Lopez (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Brenna Murphy (Bear Creek High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Caily Roth (Corona del Sol High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Rachel Snyder (Tremper High School, WI)

YEARBOOK COVER/ENDSHEETS	Superior	Christen Fratter (Chantilly High School, VA)
	Superior	Jewel Mucklin (Tremper High School, WI)
	Excellent	Stacy Chamberlain (Corona del Sol High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Mary Park (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Thera Gonis (Sunset High School, OR)

LITERARY MAGAZINE: LAYOUT	Superior	James Eberlein (Emerald Ridge High School, WA)
	Superior	Paige Hill (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Excellent	Simon Aleksander (Capital High School, ID)
	Excellent	Allison Nagata (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Stephanie Foreman (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
	Honorable Mention	Mike Smith (Central High School, NE)
	Honorable Mention	Erin Van Campen (JW North High School, CA)

LITERARY MAGAZINE: POETRY	Superior	Ann Kleinsasser (Bakersfield High School, CA)
	Superior	Natalie Ung (Centennial High School, ID)
	Excellent	Drew Cline (Sunnyslope High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Shamala Gallagher (Lynbrook High School, CA)
	Excellent	Shady Grove Oliver (JW North High School, CA)
	Excellent	David Woods (El Segundo High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Ashley Jelinek (Tremper High School, WI)
	Honorable Mention	Sharanya Kumaravel (Monta Vista High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Melissa Lamberton (Pueblo Magnet High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Lorena Landeros (Junction City High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Kayin Mathae (Silverton High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Francie Neukom (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Emily Smith (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Jesi Woodberry (Irvin High School, TX)

LITERARY MAGAZINE: ILLUSTRATION	Superior	Edmond Hunter (Pueblo Magnet High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Ilsa Trummer (Junction City High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Francois Hughes (Palo Alto High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Alicia Junker (Milwaukie High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Andrina Tran (JW North High School, CA)

COMPUTER DESIGN/HEADLINE	Superior	Dave McKeown (Pottsville Area High School, PA)
	Excellent	Katie Koshlucher (Tremper High School, WI)
	Excellent	David Lui (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Eric Johnston (Gig Harbor High School, WA)

COMPUTER DESIGN: LOGO	Superior	Ky Jacoby (Tremper High School, WI)
	Excellent	Blake Sandstrom (Gig Harbor High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Calvin Wu (Lynbrook High School, CA)

COMPUTER DESIGN: INFOGRAPHICS	Superior	James Morgan (Mount Whitney High School, CA)
	Excellent	Matt Alfred (Gig Harbor High School, WA)
	Excellent	Jessie Grewal (Tremper High School, WI)
	Excellent	Cindy Ung (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Patricia Perry (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Matt Wilkins (Blair High School, NE)

COMPUTER DESIGN: ADVERTISING	Superior	Robert Campbell (Schurr High School, CA)
	Superior	Seth Ellsworth (Rigby High School, ID)
	Excellent	Mindy Herbert (Junction City High School, OR)
	Excellent	Jamie Himebauch (Mount Whitney High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Tiyonia Echols (Bear Creek High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Lyndsi Francois (Tremper High School, WI)

COMPUTER DESIGN: ART ILLUSTRATION	Superior	Daniel Reyes (Bear Creek High School, CA)
	Excellent	Chris Alexander (Camarillo High School, CA)
	Excellent	Christopher Chu (Schurr High School, CA)
	Excellent	Jessica Jackson (Gig Harbor High School, WA)
	Excellent	John McCartney (Peninsula High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Lara Parker (Tremper High School, WI)

COMPUTER DESIGN: PHOTOSHOP ART	Superior	Divyesh Lalloobhai (Coppell High School, TX)
	Superior	Jake Rubin (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
	Excellent	Stephen Kelly (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)
	Excellent	Paula Salhany (Central High School, NE)
	Honorable Mention	Paul Burmenko (Shawnee Mission North High School, KS)
	Honorable Mention	Eric Doster (Thomas Downey High SChool, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Katie Westhoff (Puyallup High School, WA)

B&W NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHY	Superior	Michelle Dean (Shawnee Mission North High School, KS)
	Superior	Cara Ganders (Timberline High School, WA)
	Superior	Michelle Pelissero (Allen High School, TX)
	Excellent	Teresa Brady (Bremerton High School, WA)
	Excellent	Adrian Cubillas (Pueblo Magnet High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Amanda Enriquez (Cody High School, WY)
	Excellent	Tami Garwood (Elmira High School, OR)
	Excellent	Eric Richins (Idaho Falls High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Stephanie Bayless (Centennial High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Jessica Celestine (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Holli Helfinstine (Sunnyslope High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Andy McKittrick (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Honorable Mention	Jesse Radin (Cupertino High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Rachel Wichlacz (Skyline High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Ryan Zirk (Gresham High School, OR)

B&W YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHY	Superior	Eddie Landry (St Thomas High School, TX)
	Excellent	Chris Emerson (Burges High School, TX)
	Excellent	Katie Jones (Blue Valley Northwest High School, KS)
	Excellent	Amy Laslett (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
	Excellent	Peter Savage (Gresham High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Karla Gonzalez (JW North High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Pete Lumbis (Abraham Lincoln High School, IA)
	Honorable Mention	James McAllister (Shawnee Mission North High School, KS)

COLOR NEWPAPER PHOTGRAPHY	Superior	Kelly Lundquist (Thomas Downey High SChool, CA)
	Superior	Channing McCabe (Judge Memorial Catholic High School, UT)
	Excellent	Sarah Acosta (Burges High School, TX)
	Excellent	Travis Christian (Allen High School, TX)
	Excellent	Travis Rhoades (Blair High School, NE)
	Excellent	Jennifer Sande (Reno High School, NV)
	Honorable Mention	Frank Martinez (JW North High School, CA)

COLOR YEARBOOK PHOTO	Superior	Raquel Cervantes (Thomas Downey High SChool, CA)
	Superior	Meredith Pewitt (Allen High School, TX)
	Superior	Jonathan Tauber (St Thomas High School, TX)
	Excellent	Jake Donahue (Junction City High School, OR)
	Excellent	April Kim (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
	Excellent	Justin Kingery (Mansfield High School, MO)
	Excellent	Meliss Lingray (Tremper High School, WI)
	Excellent	Brittany Nelson (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Excellent	Adrianne Rosenberg (JW North High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Hudson Boyer (Highland High School, AZ)
	Honorable Mention	Freddy Emanuel (Coppell High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Daniel Han (Sunny Hills High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Adam Kazmierski (Arrowhead Christian Academy, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Charlie Massopust (Edina High School, MN)
	Honorable Mention	Summer Sanders (Del Campo High School, CA)

TWO WEEKS' WORK	Superior	Katie Herrmann (Tremper High School, WI)
	Superior	Ray Gonzales (Thomas Downey High SChool, CA)
	Excellent	Sara Nevels (Horizon High School, AZ)
	Excellent	Shauna Ramey (Junction City High School, OR)
	Excellent	Katy Stergionis (Great Falls High School, MT)
	Excellent	Dan Doucette (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Ray Gonzales (Thomas Downey High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Tim Kupsick (Gresham High School, OR)

PHOTO EDITING	Excellent	Jennifer Bigham (Lee's Summit North High School, MO)
	Excellent	Priscilla Cheng (Schurr High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Courtney Carnahan (Kickapoo High School, MO)
	Honorable Mention	Kris Greeley-Roberts (Milwaukie High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Marla Schevker (Westview High School, CA)

VIDEO NEWS STORY	Superior	Ben Cruz (Del Valle High School, TX)
	Superior	Ashley La`a (Waianae High School, HI)
	Superior	Kelli Nunes (Waianae High School, HI)
	Superior	Celina Rodriguez (Del Valle High School, TX)
	Excellent	Mark Blakley (Washington High School, MO)
	Excellent	Robby DuBroc (Blue Valley Northwest High School, KS)
	Excellent	Sarah Hall (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Excellent	Corrie McWilliams (Washington High School, MO)
	Excellent	Jenna Wixson (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Honorable Mention	Cameron Currier (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Jillian Derpack (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Matt Fiddler (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Tyler Morton (Hoover High School, AL)
	Honorable Mention	Spencer Porcella (CE Utt Middle School, CA)

VIDEO SPORTS STORY	Superior	Trevor McBride (Washington High School, MO)
	Superior	Joe Morgan (Washington High School, MO)
	Excellent	Brayson Burchfiel (Allen High School , TX)
	Excellent	Carolyn Eastman (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Excellent	Holly Stephens (Waianae High School, HI)
	Excellent	Alex Wiebel (Allen High School , TX)
	Honorable Mention	Daniel Chavez (Del Valle High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Nick Niziolek (Cody High School, WY)
	Honorable Mention	Jesse Robinson (Cody High School, WY)
	Honorable Mention	Luis Stiles (Del Valle High School, TX)

VIDEO FEATURE STORY	Superior	Jakob Burlin (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Superior	Danny Dodson (Allen High School , TX)
	Superior	Jennifer Thomas (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Superior	Steve Zawilinski (Allen High School , TX)
	Excellent	Mandy Billings (Fort Collins High School, CO)
	Excellent	Anthony Matrone (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Excellent	Jeremy Wells (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Honorable Mention	Brenda Acosta (Del Valle High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Dan Agam (Deerfield High School, IL)
	Honorable Mention	Emily Flom (Abraham Lincoln High School, IA)
	Honorable Mention	Beatriz Tapia (Del Valle High School, TX)

VIDEO COMMERCIAL/PSA	Superior	Paul Corona (Del Valle High School, TX)
	Superior	Keoni Fernandez (Waianae High School, HI)
	Excellent	Andy Best (Shelley High School, ID)
	Excellent	Samantha MacLaren (Palmdale High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Erika Maldonado (Notre Dame High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Cathy Roes (Cody High School, WY)
	Honorable Mention	Bryan Snider (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Honorable Mention	Eric Sucher (Washington High School, MO)

VIDEO LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE	Honorable Mention	Joel Zink (McQueen High School, NV)

IN-CAMERA FEATURE	Superior	Brandon Goodwin (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Superior	Ryan Burrell (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Excellent	Jarid McCool (Junction City High School, OR)
	Excellent	Jamie Rear (Junction City High School, OR)
	Honorable Mention	Renee Bongo (Waianae High School, HI)
	Honorable Mention	Cosmo Grajeda (Irvin High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Daniel Horsch (Irvin High School, TX)
	Honorable Mention	Keone Taaca (Waianae High School, HI)

ON-AIR REPORTER	Superior	Chris Sheklian (Mount Whitney High School, CA)
	Excellent	Chelayne Scott (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Excellent	Erika Taylor (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Kristen Juarez (Palmdale High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Lindsay Moore (Coronado High School, TX)

BROADCAST NEWSRITING	Superior	Angela Staiger (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Christina Biladeau (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
	Honorable Mention	Ryan Burrell (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Honorable Mention	Edith Tapia (Del Valle High School, TX)

VIDEOGRAPHY	Superior	Nick Smith (Waianae High School, HI)
	Excellent	Paul Corona (Del Valle High School, TX)
	Excellent	Todd Lett (Hoover High School, AL)
	Excellent	Megan Young (Hillcrest High School, MO)
	Honorable Mention	Derek Bohman (Shelley High School, ID)
	Honorable Mention	Jordan Gzesh (Deerfield High School, IL)
	Honorable Mention	Andrew Mason (Deerfield High School, IL)

VIDEO COMMENTARY	Superior	Jasmine Ng (Schurr High School, CA)
	Excellent	Garrett Anderson (Palmdale High School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Jenn Jarvis (Hillcrest High School, MO)

JH/MS NEWSWRITING	Excellent	Patrick Bunney (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Lisette Saldana (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)

JH/MS LAYOUT: INSIDE PAGES	Excellent	Megan Emory (Alice Vail Middle School , AZ)
	Excellent	Chelsea Shenton (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Heather Higgins (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)

JH/MS COMPUTER DESIGN: HEADLINE	Superior	Allison Brown (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
	Excellent	Justice Duffy (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)

JH/MS PHOTOGRAPHY	Superior	Justin Pitts (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
	Excellent	Alicia Wright (Daniel Webster Middle School, CA)
	Honorable Mention	Ashley Federer (Alice Vail Middle School , AZ)