Students from Andover High School, Goddard, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission Northwest and Shawnee Mission West won several awards this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA national convention in Portland, Ore.
Foremost among the winners was East’s Tim Shedor, the Kansas High School Journalist of the Year. Shedor was one of six runners-up in the national Journalist of the Year competition and won a $2,000 scholarship from JEA. Shedor will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship from KSPA at the State Contest opening ceremonies, May 1 at the Kansas Union in Lawrence.
Kansas students won 18 awards in the convention’s write-off competition.
Those winners (“Superior” represents the top rating, followed by “Excellent” and “Honorable Mention”):
- Katie Hamlin, Goddard, Feature Writing, Superior
- Caitlyn Massy, SM Northwest, Student Life Photography, Superior
- Anna Petrow, SM East, Photography Portfolio, Superior
- Courtney Moore, Andover High, Feature Writing, Excellent
- Alyssa Parsons, SM West, Photography Portfolio, Excellent
- Tim Shedor, SM East, Feature Writing, Excellent
- Corbin Barnds, SM East, Yearbook Copy/Caption: Sports, Excellent
- Ashley Porter, Goddard, YB Layout: Inside Pages, Excellent
- Kelsey Phillips, Andover High, Computer Design: Headline, Excellent
- Evan Nichols, SM East, Computer Design: Infographics, Excellent
- Lane White, Andover High, YB Student Life Photography, Honorable Mention
- Whitaker Sherk, SM East, YB Layout: Theme, Honorable Mention
- Katie Pool, Andover High, Review Writing, Honorable Mention
- Alex Lamb, SM East, Review Writing, Honorable Mention
- Lana Fanous, SM West, Review Writing, Honorable Mention
- Corbin Mihelic, Andover High, Sports Writing, Honorable Mention
- Meredith Morris, Goddard, Sports Writing, Honorable Mention
- Alysabeth Albano, SM East, News Writing, Honorable Mention
In all, 440 of 1,065 students received awards: 72 were judged superior, 138 were excellent and 230 earned honorable mention.
The JEA/NSPA Fall Convention will be in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 11-14 at the Convention Center. Kathy Habiger from Mill Valley and Amy Morgan from Shawnee Mission West are the local co-chairs. Here’s the brochure.
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