The Journalism Education Association and the Society of Professional Journalists announce three scholarship winners in the 2023 SPJ/JEA High School Essay Contest.
More than 125 students participated in the nationwide contest, which was judged by 10 journalism educators from around the country.
Established in 1998, the contest is a project of JEA and SPJ. The topic for the 2023 contest — “While consumers are drawn toward tweets and sound bites, how can journalists tell more of the story without losing readers’ interest?”
2023 SPJ/JEA High School Essay Contest winners:
— First Place, $1,000 Scholarship Winner: Jamie Kim, Eastern Christian High School, North Haledon, New Jersey
— Second Place, $500 Scholarship Winner: Elizabeth Ray, Montgomery (Alabama) Academy
— Third Place, $300 Scholarship Winner: Ashir Rao, Los Gatos (California) High School
Lindsay Porter