4 CONNECT FALL WORKSHOPS CONTESTS NCSMI FELLOWSHIPS the scoop Fall 2017 / Vol. XXVI, No. 1 A Publication of the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association & DATES DEADLINES Oct. 5 South-central Piedmont Regional Workshop The Charlotte Observer Oct. 10 Northwest and Southwest Regional Workshop Appalachian State University Oct. 12 Northeast and Southeast Regional Workshop East Carolina University Oct. 19 Central Carolina J-Day UNC-Chapel Hill Nov. 16-19 JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention Dallas Feb. 10 NCSMAA Board Meeting UNC-Chapel Hill Feb. 15 Deadline for N.C. Journalist of the Year submissions Feb. 18-24 Scholastic Journalism Week March 14-16 CSPA Spring Convention Columbia University April 15 Early bird registration deadline for NCSMI 2018 May 1 Deadline for NCSMA 2018 Media Contest entries in newspaper, radio, broadcast news and online news site categories June 1 Deadline for NCSMA 2018 Media Contest entries in yearbook and literary magazine categories June 18-21 NCSMI 2018 NCSMA’s annual statewide media contests not only recognize students for their journalistic work, but also allow them to see what others across the state are doing. See page 5. The 4-day Summer Institute brings together high school journalism programs from across the state. With eight tracks to choose from, students and advisers can immerse themselves in any area of high school media. Go to ncsma.unc.edu/ institute. Our four Mountains to Coast regional workshops give teachers and students the chance to learn from professors and professionals alike. Register for only $15 each. See page 10. Our Journalism Education Fellowship Program funds graduate summer coursework for N.C. journalism teachers. Go to ncsma.unc. edu/advisers. Bonnie Zhang works on a newspaper article on June 21 at N.C. Scholastic Media Institute. Photo by Breyden Sweeney, NCSMI 2017 attendee TO WAYS 3 1 2 4
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FALL WORKSHOPS
CONTESTS
NCSMI
FELLOWSHIPS
the scoopFall 2017 / Vol. XXVI, No. 1 A Publication of the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association
&DATESDEADLINESOct. 5South-central Piedmont Regional WorkshopThe Charlotte Observer
Oct. 10Northwest and Southwest Regional WorkshopAppalachian State University
Oct. 12Northeast and Southeast Regional WorkshopEast Carolina University
Oct. 19Central Carolina J-Day UNC-Chapel Hill
Nov. 16-19JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention Dallas
Feb. 10NCSMAA Board MeetingUNC-Chapel Hill
Feb. 15Deadline for N.C. Journalist of the Year submissions
Feb. 18-24Scholastic Journalism Week
March 14-16CSPA Spring ConventionColumbia University
April 15Early bird registration deadline for NCSMI 2018
May 1Deadline for NCSMA 2018 Media Contest entries in newspaper, radio, broadcast news and online news site categories
June 1Deadline for NCSMA 2018 Media Contest entries in yearbook and literary magazine categories
June 18-21NCSMI 2018
NCSMA’s annual statewide media contests not only recognize students for their journalistic work, but also allow them to see what others across the state are doing. See page 5.
The 4-day Summer Institute brings together high school journalism programs from across the state. With eight tracks to choose from, students and advisers can immerse themselves in any area of high school media. Go to ncsma.unc.edu/institute.
Our four Mountains to Coast regional workshops give teachers and students the chance to learn from professors and professionals alike. Register for only $15 each. See page 10.
Our Journalism Education Fellowship Program funds graduate summer coursework for N.C. journalism teachers. Go to ncsma.unc.edu/advisers.
Bonnie Zhang works on a newspaper article on June 21 at N.C. Scholastic Media Institute.Photo by Breyden Sweeney, NCSMI 2017 attendee
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Issues, forums, resourcesOur N.C. Scholastic Media
Advisers Association board is excited to pilot a program this year featuring National Issues Forum Institute resources and forums. This is a nonpartisan group that seeks to advance de-mocracy by encouraging “public deliberation about difficult pub-lic issues,” as its site explains. To promote such examinations of topics, NIFI researches and creates issue guides on topics including bullying, obesity, healthcare and much, much more.
Take a look at these resources and at the NIFI site: nifi.org.
We look forward to sharing more with you, as we encourage scholastic journal-ism programs to think about how the issue guides might help students delve into background research and how the delibera-tion forums might help students explore challenging issues, allowing them to ap-proach these topics with information and perspective.
KudosCongratulations to Tiffany Cavicchia, for-
mer yearbook adviser at Moores-ville High, for being named a Journalism Education Associa-tion Rising Star. Her award will be presented Nov. 18 at the National High School Journalism Convention in Dallas.
National Scholastic Press Association will also announce Pacemaker winners at the
national convention. Kudos to Charlotte Latin’s broadcast program for being named a Pacemaker finalist, along with the newspaper at West Henderson (Hendersonville) High.
NSPA will also announce Design of the Year winners. Two schools have students vying for this award. Congrats to finalists Charlotte Grush and Brandan Naef of West Henderson’s Wingspan newspaper and Remy Lucien of Providence Senior (Charlotte) High’s Roars & Whispers magazine staff.
Durham School of the Arts, T.C. Rob-erson (Asheville) High, Gaston Day and Providence Senior High also had several students place in Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Circle Awards.
“Fake news” is a term surfacing in a variety of media, usually when someone pub-lishes something critical of a public official.
We teach our students to distinguish between real reporting and “click bait” designed to look like real reporting. But what about fake quotes or fake content that can make its way into our students’ real reporting?
In preparation for the first deadline, advisers may want to teach a lesson or two on the topic.
My teachable moment occurred al-most 20 years ago after the yearbook was distributed, and a few baseball players were laughing over the spread on their team. I asked what was so funny, and they referred me to a quote by a player I didn’t know: “My most memorable moment was when I slid into third base and broke my arm.”
“What’s funny about that?” I remember asking.
One of them said the student had not played all season.
I conferred with the staff member who had interviewed the player. “That’s what he said on the survey he filled out,” she said.
“Did you ask the coach about it? Or any of the other players?” I asked.
“No, I thought it was a great quote,” she said.
Some staffers give way to pressure. Maybe they were rush-ing to finish the deadline. Maybe the subject wasn’t cooperative. Usually, it’s a combination of factors. But no one wants to encounter someone marching into the publications room on the day the yearbook or newspaper is distributed and saying, “I didn’t say that.”
I overheard a conversation in the hall one day between one of the yearbook staff members and the subject of an interview.
Staffer: “I need a quote from you about the game last night. What did you think about the way the game ended?”
Subject: “I don’t know; we lost, so I was pretty bummed. But don’t say that—say something else. Just make me look smart.”
Peer pressure aside, it is not a student journalist’s job to do that. Do your students have a fact checker on staff, someone who verifies the facts and quotes that are going into the publication? Are there consequences for writ-ing fake news? On my students’
staff, a failing grade on the assignment is the result of unverifiable quotes or facts. That consequence, however, doesn’t fix the prob-lem. Having a fact-checker will help catch the problem before it goes to press.
Right or wrong, professional journal-ists have been accused of publishing fake news. Teaching student journalists to ask the right questions, and verify the answers, is one step toward developing journalistic integrity.
Best wishes for a great school year!
Fact-checking ensures good journalism
the scoopA Publication of the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association
Fall 2017 Vol. XXVI, No. 1
Published four times a year by the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association, School of Media and Journalism, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365. Phone: (919)962-4639, (919)843-7730 or (888)562-6276email: [email protected]: ncsma.unc.eduMonica Hill, NCSMA director José Valle, editor
NCSMA Officers: President Michelle Kurilla, Fayetteville Christian; Vice President for Newspaper Chloe Futrell, First Flight High; Vice President for Yearbook Leighann Vinesett, Hickory Grove Christian; Vice President for Literary Magazine Emma Carter, Providence High; Vice President for Electronic and Online Communication Hannah Creech, West Johnston High; Vice President for Visual Communication Anna Blount, Clinton High
NCSMAA Officers: President Jan Reid, Cape Fear Academy; President-elect Geoff Belcher, Wake Forest High; Steve Hanf, First Flight High; Vice President Newspaper Neal Morgan, Northwood High; Vice President Visual Communication Mark Harrison, T.C. Roberson High; Vice President Yearbook Lisa Stroud, Christ Covenant School; Vice President Electronic Communication Jeannette Neyman, West Johnston High; Vice President Literary Magazine Marva Hutchinson, Providence Senior High; Task Force Chair Bill Allen, East Mecklenburg High
Jan ReidNCSMAA President
Monica HillNCSMA Director
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Because of new technology and ideas, the ability to expand coverage has become easier than ever. While hard work will be required of the staff, the end result will be worth it as the possibilities are endless.
Yearbooks have the option of using a mod layout instead of a traditional layout. The mod layout consists of multiple “mini-stories” within a single spread. If your school does not have a newspaper or news-magazine, this would be a great way to include more in-depth coverage of the school year.
With the ability to reach students both at school and home, hybrid-news (print and online) is becoming more and more popular among staffs. Not only would your publica-tion resemble major news networks, but it would also encourage collaboration between different journalistic teams on your staff. For example, if your school has a broadcast team, they could team up with the newspaper and stream major sporting events live on YouTube.
Speaking of social media, it allows publica-tions to announce their next distribution date and warn of approaching sales deadlines. Simi-lar to “Humans of New York,” some schools
may even choose to use their social media to profile various students.
As exciting as each of these ad-ditions to your publication would be, organization must be a priority for a new feature to successfully be integrated into your pre-existing program. Building “turn-in bins” for each editor would ensure all of articles of an assignment are in the same place. Establishing a camera check-out/check-in system would prevent various pieces of equipment from being lost. Writing a staff handbook could shorten the editing process by including for-mat guidelines. Creating an Excel spreadsheet to sign up for photo assignments would make sure that each event will be covered by a staff member and that no event is covered twice.
While all of these are just suggestions, one aspect is critical to guaranteeing the printing or publishing of a new publication. Staff members must be aware of approaching deadlines, and these deadlines must be enforced. Distributing a handout with a list of deadlines or placing a timeline at the front of the classroom would
prevent confusion and eliminate chances of being misinformed. Although life does happen and we all are human, shifting deadlines should not be the norm.
Instead, make highlighting the strengths of your staff the norm. Understanding where your current staff excels will provide you with insight as to the possibilities your team is capable of. If your team is writing-heavy, including more
news feature coverage in your yearbook would be up your alley. If members of your staff are incredible photographers, social media may be the way to go.
By encouraging fellow classmates and remaining positive, your staff will be able to handle whatever hardships come your way. Much like growing pains, setbacks are bound to happen. Mistakes will happen. But instead of allowing these disappointments to weigh down the staff, fix your eyes on the goal. As long as your team continues to persist toward your goal of expanding coverage, nothing can stand in your way.
Michelle KurillaNCSMA President
Starting from scratch: How to develop your program
BY BEVERLY MURRYFirst Flight High
Journalism teacher Jeanette Neyman of West Johnston High almost lost her job last year because she encouraged her journalism students to break a controversial story.
Students at a neighboring high school had produced a body-shaming video on what not to wear at prom. The video quickly picked up negative press and went viral.
“My students did a story on it, and went to the other school to interview the principal because he kept avoiding them,” Neyman said. “He
kicked them off campus and told them our media was never allowed to be on their campus again and then proceeded to call Dr. (Paula) Coates and say what a horrible
administrator she was and that we lacked leadership and that I was violating Johnston County code. The county even at one point questioned our students’ ... press rights.”
Coates, the West principal, stood by her students and her journalism teacher, fighting for student press rights regardless of what others in the county said.
Coates was awarded the NCSMA Administrator of The Year award for her outstanding support of student journalism. Neyman nominated Coates after six years at the school.
“I needed a new computer lab, and she found space for me,” Neyman recalled. “We decided to go with a Mac lab, which the school district was utterly opposed to because they wanted to be PC-based, and she just fought the higher-ups. She was able to advocate for us and
we are now the only school in our entire county of 11 high schools that has a Mac lab.”
Coates also approved the creation of a news broadcast and an online newspaper. That approval gave student journalists more news coverage for the school, and it showcased Coates’ deep appreciation of journalism and desire to encourage young journalists in their pursuit of the First Amendment.
Because of that reassuring presence, West’s high school journalists continue to enjoy all the pressures of producing great journalism – without being pressured by the front office.
Meet your 2017-2018 NCSMA student officers
PRESIDENTMichelle Kurilla ‘18Fayetteville Christian [email protected]
“The communications field has always been a passion of mine, and I love that I am able to share that passion with gifted journalists from across the state.”
“NCSMA has given me hands-on experience doing what I love! I also enjoy growing closer to my staff and meeting new people.”
VICE PRESIDENT VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
Anna Blount ‘19Clinton High [email protected] “NCSMA gives me the opportunity to meet new people while advancing my skills on things I am very passionate about.”
VICE PRESIDENTYEARBOOK
Leighann Vinesett ‘19Hickory Grove Christian [email protected]“NCSMA gives me the opportunity to advance my journalism skills and allows me to do the things I love every day.”
“What I love about NCSMA is meeting so many amazing people that share the same passion as me.”
UPCOMING NCSMA EVENTSOCT. 5, 2017Piedmont Regional WorkshopThe Charlotte Observer, Charlotte
OCT. 10, 2017Northwest and Southwest Regional WorkshopAppalachian State University Boone
OCT. 12, 2017Northeast and Southeast Regional WorkshopEast Carolina University Greenville
OCT. 19, 2017Central Carolina J-DayUNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill
FEB. 15, 2018NCSMA Journalist of the Year portfolio deadline
JUNE 18-21, 2018North Carolina Scholastic Media Summer InstituteUNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill
JUNE 27-30, 2018Carolina Sports Journalism CampUNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill
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This edition of The Rush was published during the Summer Institute from the offices of The Daily Tar Heel at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Student Staffers:Alex Berenfeld Providence HighConnor Leff Cardinal Gibbons HighBeverly Murry First Flight HighLeighann Vinesett Hickory Grove ChristianBella Volpe Cardinal Gibbons High
Advisers: Steve Hanf Erica Perel Lauren Vied Allen
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Brandt inspires aspiring journalistsBY BEVERLY MURRYFirst Flight High
As a seventh grader, Abby Davis knew she wanted to be involved with journalism. Flash for-ward four years: Davis, Providence High (‘19), is on the staff of the online newspaper and couldn’t imagine the journey without Candace Brandt — her mentor.
“Before she was my teacher, I was completely different as a writer,” Davis said. “She just taught me so much about journalism and writing well and finding my own voice.”
Brandt, who just completed her 14th and final year as the adviser of The Prowl, received the NCSMA Kay Phillips Distinguished Service Award at Tuesday’s adviser lunch.
Brandt has been instrumental in planning regional workshops with The Charlotte Observer for student journalists in the Charlotte area, said NCSMA Director Monica Hill. She is also a longstanding board member of the N.C. Scholastic Media Advisers Association. Brandt also was nominated for the work she did within
her own school. Brandt helped to create The Prowl and build the program into what it is today.
“She took over our newspaper in 2003, and she is just very dedicated to her students and scholastic journalism,” Providence literary magazine adviser Marva Hutchinson said. “She really believes in being on the forefront and investigating and getting her students involved.”
Brandt’s impact runs deep with her former students, who will not soon forget her wealth of journalistic knowledge and guidance in writing.
“I think all of us are sad — really sad — that she’s leaving because her experience and wisdom in journalism is just so amazing,” Davis said.
A second Kay Phillips award went to the East Carolina University School of Communication, which has helped tremendously with the planning and hosting of the fall regional workshops for students in the eastern part of the state. Director Linda Kean accepted the award on behalf of the school at Tuesday’s lunch.
“When I approached her many years ago about co-hosting one of the workshops, she agreed, and the school just embraced the idea,” Hill said.
Paula CoatesWest Johnston Principal
Providence High adviser Candace Brandt (right) gets a hug from longtime NCSMA Director Kay Phillips on Tuesday.
Photo by Lauren aLLen, nCSMa InStruCtor
BY BEVERLY MURRYFirst Flight High
As a seventh grader, Abby Davis knew she wanted to be involved with journalism. Flash forward four years: Davis, Providence High (‘19), is on the staff of the online newspaper and couldn’t imagine the journey without Candace Brandt — her mentor.
“Before she was my teacher, I was com-pletely different as a writer,” Davis said. “She just taught me so much about journalism and writing well and finding my own voice.”
Brandt, who just completed her 14th and final year as the adviser of The Prowl, received the NCSMA Kay Phillips Distinguished Service Award at (NCSMI’s) adviser lunch.
Brandt has been instrumental in planning regional workshops with The Charlotte Ob-server for student journalists in the Charlotte area, said NCSMA Director Monica Hill. She is also a longstanding board member of the N.C. Scholastic Media Advisers Association. Brandt also was nominated for the work she did within her own school. Brandt helped to create The Prowl and build the program into what it is today.
“She took over our newspaper in 2003,
Adviser honored for inspiring aspiring journalistsand she is just very dedicated to her stu-dents and scholastic journalism,” Provi-dence literary magazine adviser Marva Hutchinson said. “She really believes in being on the forefront and investigating and getting her students involved.”
Brandt’s impact runs deep with her former students, who will not soon forget her wealth of journalistic knowledge and guidance in writing.
“I think all of us are sad — really sad — that she’s leaving because her experience and wisdom in journalism is just so amazing,” Davis said.
A second Kay Phillips award went to the East Carolina University School of Com-munication, which has helped tremendously with the planning and hosting of the fall regional workshops for students in the east-ern part of the state. Director Linda Kean accepted the award on behalf of the school at Tuesday’s lunch.
“When I approached her many years ago about co-hosting one of the workshops, she agreed, and the School just embraced the idea,” Hill said.
Providence High adviser Candace Brandt (right) hugs longtime NCSMA Director Kay Phillips during the annual NCSMI Adviser Luncheon.
Photo by Lauren Allen
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Apply for NCSMA Journalism Education Fellowship
NCSMA’s Journalism Education Fellowship Program allows teachers to enroll in a one-week, short-term summer course with tuition funding provided by the association. The course is a three-credit, graduate-level course.
North Carolina journalism teachers and media advisers can qualify for free in-state tuition, lodging and books through this program. The fellowships, awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, are valued at $1,230.
The summer 2018 course will be MEJO 602, “Mass Communication Education in the Secondary School.” This survey course will focus on teaching journalism and advising student media in the secondary school. Readings, discussion and projects will be aimed at fostering excellence in teaching journalism, from philosophy and practice to professional skills. Teachers will learn writing, design and production concepts and how best to teach those to their students.
For more information on the fellowship program and to access the application, visit ncsma.unc.edu/advisers/.
Attention seniors: start preparing your Journalist of the Year work now
Encourage students to prepare portfolios for the N.C. High School Journalist of the Year competition. Winners in the state competition will receive the Rachel Rivers-Coffey Scholarship from the N.C. Press Foundation and will be eligible for the National High School Journalist of the Year competition.
The winner will receive $3,000 in scholarship money, and his or her high school journalism program will receive $500. In addition, three alternates will receive $1,000 each, and the alternates’ high school journalism programs will each receive $250. The national competition awards an additional $2,500 cash scholarship to the national winner.
High school seniors who have been involved with journalism for at least two years and have at least a 3.0 unweighted GPA are eligible to apply. Applicants must submit a portfolio, as well as an entry form, transcript, self-evaluation of one’s “journalistic life” and letters of recommendation.
Portfolios must be received by Feb. 15. Students have three options for submitting their portfolios to the state competition.
See page 13 for application. For questions regarding the state contest, contact the NCSMA office.
Save the date for regional and national scholastic events
Journalism Education Association/National
Scholastic Press Association’s fall National High School Journalism Convention will be held Nov. 16-19 in Dallas. The early-bird registration deadline is Oct. 26. The spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention will be in San Francisco, April 12-15, 2018.
The Southern Interscholastic Press Association Convention will be March 2-4, 2018, at the University of South Carolina.
Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s convention will be at Columbia University in New York City March 14-16, 2018.
Join us at Carolina Sports Journalism Camp in June
The 2018 Carolina Sports Journalism Camp is now accepting applications. The four-day residential workshop, hosted on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus, will be held June 27-30, 2018.
The camp will include classroom study and practice in the field. The camp will feature visiting sports reporters and sports personalities. Students will take a behind-the-scenes tour of UNC’s sports media facilities.
Students will participate in an undergraduate sports writing course taught by Carolina Sports Journalism Camp lead instructor Tim Crothers, a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and author of three books, including The Queen of Katwe, which has been made into a Disney feature film.
Rising high school juniors and seniors with an interest in sports and media are encouraged to apply.
Registration fee of $550 for North Carolina students and $1,000 for out-of-state students covers lodging, meals, camp T-shirt and press pass.
Application deadline is April 1, 2018. Students accepted to the camp will be notified by May 1. Visit mj.unc.edu/csjc to apply.
Apply for Chuck Stone Diversity Program
The Chuck Stone Program for Diversity in Education and Media, sponsored by UNC-Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism, is looking for applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds who will be seniors in the 2018-19 school year and who are interested in a career in journalism.
The first workshop was held for rising seniors in 2007 and the program honors the legacy of professor Charles “Chuck” Sumner Stone Jr., who retired from the school in 2005. Chuck Stone Program students produced The Mix, an interactive website.
The 2018 program will be held on UNC-CH’s campus July 8-12. Final postmark deadline for application materials is March 15.
For more information, visit mj.unc.edu/stoneprogram.
NCSMA Administrator of the Year chosen for support of student press rights
BY BEVERLY MURRYFirst Flight High
Journalism teacher Jeanette Neyman of West Johnston High almost lost her job last year because she encouraged her journalism students to break a controversial story.
Students at a neighboring high school had produced a bodyshaming video on what not to wear at prom. The video quickly picked up negative press and went viral.
“My students did a story on it, and went to the other school to interview the principal because he kept avoiding them,” Neyman said. “He kicked them off campus and told them our media was never allowed to be on their campus again and then pro-ceeded to call Dr. (Paula) Coates and say what a horrible administrator she was and that we lacked leadership and that I was violating Johnston County code. The county even at one point questioned our students’ ... press rights.”
Coates, the West principal, stood by her students and her journalism teacher, fighting for student press rights regardless of what others in the county said.
Coates was awarded the NCSMA Administrator of The Year award for her outstanding support of student journalism. Neyman nominated Coates after six years at the school.
“I needed a new computer lab, and she found space for me,” Neyman recalled. “We decided to go with a Mac lab, which the school district was utterly opposed to because they wanted to be PC-based, and she just fought the higher-ups. She was able to advo-cate for us and we are now the only school in our entire county of 11 high schools that has a Mac lab.”
Coates also approved the creation of a news broadcast and an online newspaper. That approval gave student journalists more news coverage for the school, and it show-cased Coates’ deep appreciation of journalism and desire to encourage young journalists in their pursuit of the First Amendment.
Because of that reassuring presence, West’s high school journalists continue to enjoy all the pressures of producing great journalism – without being pressured by the front office.
The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood HighWingspanWest Henderson HighNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight HighNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High
SMALL SCHOOLS
All North CarolinaNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight HighWingspanWest Henderson High
DistinctionThe Parrott PostArendell Parrott AcademySound to SeaManteo HighThe PrideHickory Grove Christian SchoolThe Hawk EyeCharlotte Latin SchoolThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High
HonorThe NevarmoreRavenscroft SchoolThe MirrorClinton HighThe HurricaneCape Fear Academy
LARGE SCHOOLS
All North CarolinaNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High
T.C. Roberson HighThe Pirates’ HookRiverside HighProconianChapel Hill High Rampant LinesJ.H. Rose HighZephyrWest Forsyth High
Honor The CrusaderCardinal Gibbons High
SECTION AWARDS
SMALL SCHOOLS
Photography
1: WingspanWest Henderson High2: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: The PrideHickory Grove Christian SchoolHM: The Parrott PostArendell Parrott Academy
Advertising
1: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: WingspanWest Henderson High3: The Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: Sound to SeaManteo High
Graphics
1: WingspanWest Henderson High2: Sound to SeaManteo High3: The NevarmoreRavenscroft School Design
1: WingspanWest Henderson High
Statewide media awards presented to staffs at NCSMA2017 InstituteAbout the awards. For 10 months, publica-tions staffs worked to produce their best journal-ism and literary arts. They then submitted their entries to NCSMA judges. Hundreds of people and publication sections received awards in this year’s critiques and competitions.
In overall critiques, The Tar Heel Award recognizes superior publications that the judges selected from among the All North Carolina win-ners. NCSMA, like many other critique services, long ago eliminated the artificial “first, second, third” denotations. Any number of publications may earn the All North Carolina rating and be eligible for the Tar Heel Award.
2: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: The Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: The HurricaneCape Fear Academy
Editorial
1: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: The Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High3: WingspanWest Henderson High
Features
1: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: WingspanWest Henderson High3: Sound to SeaManteo HighHM: The Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High
News
1: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: WingspanWest Henderson High3: The Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: Sound to SeaManteo HighHM: The HurricaneCape Fear Academy
Sports
1: WingspanWest Henderson High2: Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: The Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: The HurricaneCape Fear Academy
LARGE SCHOOLS
Photography
1: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High2: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High3: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson HighHM: The Forest FireWake Forest HighHM: ZephyrWest Forsyth High
Advertising
1: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High2: The Forest FireWake Forest High3: Rampant LinesJ.H. Rose HighHM: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson HighHM: The EagleEast Mecklenburg High
Graphics
1: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High
2: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High
Design
1: The EagleEast Mecklenburg High2: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High3: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson HighHM: ZephyrWest Forsyth HighHM: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High
Editorial
1: The Forest FireWake Forest High2: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High3: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson HighHM: The EagleEast Mecklenburg HighHM: Rampant LinesJ.H. Rose High
Features
1: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High2: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson High3: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford HighHM: The Forest FireWake Forest HighHM: The EagleEast Mecklenburg High
News
1: ProconianChapel Hill High2: Rampant LinesJ.H. Rose High3: The Forest FireWake Forest HighHM: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson HighHM: ZephyrWest Forsyth High
Sports
1: The Forest FireWake Forest High2: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High3: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood HighHM: ProconianChapel Hill HighHM: Golden FleeceT.C. Roberson High
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
SMALL SCHOOLS
News Article
1: Emma GerdenThe Hawk EyeCharlotte Latin School2: Hannah EllingtonNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: Samantha GitlinThe Hawk EyeCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Emma HynekThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: Mary Pat Thompson
Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High
Sports Article
1: Mary Pat ThompsonNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: Arabella SaundersNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: Ellie PerrigoThe Hawk EyeCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Joshua ConnerWingspanWest Henderson HighHM: Alex RodmanNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High
Feature Article
1: Arabella SaundersNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: Mack DoeblerNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: Virginia TroutmanThe Hawk EyeCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Bella Bartell and Hannah AnglinSound to SeaManteo HighHM: Bartel Van OostendorpWingspanWest Henderson High
News Photograph
1: Hannah RamusevicThe NevarmoreRavenscroft School
Sports Photograph
1: Christopher RiesenbergThe PrideHickory Grove Christian School2: Dea CelajNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: Daniel PedenThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High
Feature Photograph
1: Mara ShookWingspanWest Henderson High2: Amy WrennNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: Christopher RiesenbergThe PrideHickory Grove Christian SchoolHM: Daniel PedenThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: Emily BeauchampThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High
Arendell Parrott AcademyHM: Grace WilliamsThe Parrott PostArendell Parrott Academy
Editorial
1: Sarah SkinnerNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: Sophia JosephThe Pride OnlineHickory Grove Christian School3: Zach GodwinWingspanWest Henderson HighHM: Chiara EvansThe Hawk EyeCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Katie GruningerSound to SeaManteo High
1: Sam ShaferThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High2: Collin HuskeWingspanWest Henderson High Sports Column
1: Josh ConnerWingspanWest Henderson High
General/ Editorial Column
1: Mary Pat ThompsonNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: Dhuru Patel and Jackson WhitingWingspanWest Henderson High3: Brett HaenselThe NevarmoreRavenscroft SchoolHM: Chloe FutrellNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight HighHM: Morgan DavisThe Pride OnlineHickory Grove Christian School
Review
1: Benjamin SchwarzThe NevarmoreRavenscroft School 2: Stephen MelvinThe Parrott PostArendell Parrott Academy3: Staley HilliardThe NevarmoreRavenscroft School
Front Page Design
1: Charlotte GrushWingspanWest Henderson High
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2: Leighann VinesettThe Pride Hickory Grove Christian School3: Victoria Blau, Daniel Peden and Casey QuamThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor HighHM: Ian RodebergThe Parrott PostArendell Parrott AcademyHM: Hannah RamusevicThe NevarmoreRavenscroft School
Inside Page Design
1: Emma SanchezThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High2: Emily TreadwayWingspanWest Henderson High
Video/Multimedia
1: Arabella Saunders and Alex RodmanNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High2: Alex RodmanNighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight High3: Zaria ZiglarThe Pride OnlineHickory Grove Christian School
Inside Spread Design
1: Sam ShaferThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High2: Maria Swords and Garrison ReaganThe Dorian ScrollMount Tabor High3: Connor-Mack Harrison and Makhi CrawfordThe NevarmoreRavenscroft School
LARGE SCHOOLS
News Article
1: Star SmithThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High2: Kris HoustonRampant LinesJ.H. Rose High3: Gillie WeeksProconianChapel Hill HighHM: Anna YangNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High
1: Faith Rickerts and Tai Van DykeNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High2: Miracle OkoroThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High3: Emmanuel TobeThe Pirates’ HookRiverside HighHM: Andy FialkoThe EagleEast Mecklenburg HighHM: Hanna WondmagegnThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High
Editorial
1: Stephanie SusterThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High2: Hanna WondmagegnThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High
3: Jordyn WilliamsRampant LinesJ.H. Rose HighHM: Mayla GilliamThe Forest FireWake Forest HighHM: Anna HowellScratch PostWest Johnston High
Cartoon
1: Emilee BachmanThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High2: Margot GersingThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High3: Jennifer DominguezThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High
1: Ray StarnThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High2: Emmanuel TobeThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High3: Jazmyne IrionsThe Eagle OnlineEast Mecklenburg High
General/ Editorial Column
1: Pete VillasmilZephyrWest Forsyth High2: Isabel CosbyThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High3: Hanna WondmagegnThe EagleEast Mecklenburg HighHM: Chloe MaynardThe Northwood OmniscientNorthwood HighHM: Cecilia WhalenThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High
Review
1: Ricky CueRampant LinesJ.H. Rose High2: Aidan Bennett and Logan JamesNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High3: Drew GriffinRampant LinesJ.H. Rose HighHM: Noor HannoshThe EagleEast Mecklenburg HighHM: Gillie Weeks and Grace NewtonProconianChapel Hill High
1: Willie YangGolden FleeceT.C. Roberson High2: Layna HongThe EagleEast Mecklenburg High3: Jules MicchiaThe Forest FireWake Forest HighHM: William RoyalNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford HighHM: Jay TrullGolden FleeceT.C. Roberson High
Video/Multimedia
1: Tai Van DykeNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High2: Xenna Smith, Nathan Trees and Grace BeddingfieldGF OnlineT.C. Roberson High
Inside Spread Design
1: Anna JamesThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High2: Alexis MarvinNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High3: Lizzy GlontzZephyrWest Forsyth HighHM: Allyson Freeman and Colleen MichaelsThe Forest FireWake Forest HighHM: Tai GordonThe Pirates’ HookRiverside High
YearbookOVERALL AWARDS
TAR HEEL AWARDS
PatriotArendell Parrott AcademyThe TorchAthens Drive HighShorelineCape Fear AcademyThe ChronicleChrist Covenant SchoolSandfiddlerManteo HighThe ProwlerProvidence HighWestwindWest Henderson High
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
All-North Carolina
Hurricane WatchCane Creek Middle
SMALL SCHOOLS
All-North Carolina
PatriotArendell Parrott AcademyShorelineCape Fear AcademyThe ChronicleChrist Covenant SchoolSandfiddlerManteo HighWestwindWest Henderson High
Distinction
BunhihiBunker Hill HighThe Sword and The ShieldCurrituck County HighEast WindEast Surry HighShorelinesFirst Flight HighExodusHickory Grove Christian SchoolNorth StarNorth Surry HighCoronaSt. Stephens HighThe TrailStatesville HighTrinhianTrinity HighHawkeyeWest Wilkes High
Honor
BrevardierBrevard HighThe FlashbackCannon SchoolEyryCharlotte Latin SchoolRevolutionDavidson Day SchoolPanther’s PawEast Duplin HighRetrospectEast Lincoln HighThe PointGaston Day SchoolThe VikingKinston HighPaladinNorth Lincoln HighAriesNortheast Guilford HighHeritagePender HighRevolutionsProvidence Grove HighStagecoachSaint Mary’s SchoolQuill PenSalem AcademyWarrior PrideWest Caldwell High
LARGE SCHOOLS
All-North Carolina
The TorchAthens Drive HighThe ProwlerProvidence High
Distinction ClarionDavie County HighThe PitchforkMooresville Senior HighThe DorianMount Tabor High
The BuccaneerPage HighEchoesR.B. Glenn HighThe SouthernerSouthern Alamance HighCronusWest Forsyth HighProwlerWest Johnston High
Honor
Leaves of GreenAshbrook HighReflectionsJ.H. Rose HighUnbridledMallard Creek HighNorDaHiNorth Davidson HighSpectrumPinecrest High
SECTION AWARDS
SMALL SCHOOLS
Copy
1: WestwindWest Henderson High2: ShorelineCape Fear Academy3: EyryCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: ExodusHickory Grove Christian SchoolHM: SandfiddlerManteo High
Layout
1: WestwindWest Henderson High2: SandfiddlerManteo High3: EyryCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: ShorelineCape Fear AcademyHM: ShorelinesFirst Flight High
Advertising
1: WestwindWest Henderson High2: StagecoachSaint Mary’s School3: ShorelineCape Fear AcademyHM: ExodusHickory Grove Christian SchoolHM: RetrospectEast Lincoln High
Theme
1: WestwindWest Henderson High2: SandfiddlerManteo High3: ShorelineCape Fear AcademyHM: Hurricane WatchCane Creek MiddleHM: EyryCharlotte Latin School
Coverage
1: ShorelineCape Fear Academy2: WestwindWest Henderson High3: Eyry
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Charlotte Latin SchoolHM: Hurricane WatchCane Creek MiddleHM: Exodus Hickory Grove Christian School
Photography
1: WestwindWest Henderson High2: EyryCharlotte Latin School3: ShorelineCape Fear AcademyHM: The TrailStatesville HighHM: Hurricane WatchCane Creek Middle
Cover Design
1: WestwindWest Henderson High2: ExodusHickory Grove Christian School3: SandfiddlerManteo HighHM: ShorelineCape Fear AcademyHM: EyryCharlotte Latin School
LARGE SCHOOLS
Copy
1: CronusWest Forsyth High2: The DorianMount Tabor High3: The ProwlerProvidence HighHM: The PitchforkMooresville HighHM: The SouthernerSouthern Alamance High
Layout
1: The ProwlerProvidence High2: CronusWest Forsyth High3: The PitchforkMooresville HighHM: The TorchAthens Drive HighHM: ClarionDavie County High
Advertising
1: CronusWest Forsyth High2: ProwlerProvidence High3: The PitchforkMooresville HighHM: The TorchAthens Drive HighHM: ProwlerWest Johnston High
Theme
1: The PitchforkMooresville High2: ClarionDavie County High3: CronusWest Forsyth HighHM: The TorchAthens Drive HighHM: SpectrumPinecrest High
Coverage
1: The ProwlerProvidence High2: The PitchforkMooresville High3: SpectrumPinecrest HighHM: ClarionDavie County HighHM: CronusWest Forsyth High
Photography
1: The DorianMount Tabor High2: The PitchforkMooresville High3: The TorchAthens Drive HighHM: ProwlerWest Johnston HighHM: SpectrumPinecrest High
Cover Design
1: ProwlerWest Johnston High2: CronusWest Forsyth High3: NorDaHiNorth Davidson HighHM: The PitchforkMooresville HighHM: The TorchAthens Drive High
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
SMALL SCHOOLS
Sports Photograph
1: Ruby OrtonStagecoachSaint Mary’s School2: Emily StrumExodusHickory Grove Christian School3: Breanna GoinsNorth StarNorth Surry High
Feature Photograph
1: Juliette EllisStagecoachSaint Mary’s School2: Jocelyn RattiShorelinesFirst Flight High3: Bella BartellSandfiddlerManteo HighHM: William LewisShoreline Cape Fear AcademyHM: Caroline MelamedStagecoachSaint Mary’s School
Theme Photograph
1: Christopher RiesenbergExodusHickory Grove Christian School2: Mara ShookWestwindWest Henderson High3: Trey WarrenHawkeyeWest Wilkes HighHM: Hailey EverageExodusHickory Grove Christian School
HM: Kate RyanStagecoachSaint Mary’s School
Sports Spread Design
1: Rachel GilletteWestwindWest Henderson High2: Carter BroderickShoreline Cape Fear Academy3: Julia HarrisonHawkeyeWest Wilkes HighHM: Sean Brennan and Chase CarrawayShoreline Cape Fear AcademyHM: Cole Kelly and Brayleigh JonesShorelinesFirst Flight High
Feature Spread Design
1: Kennedy CombsWestwindWest Henderson High2: Trey WarrenHawkeyeWest Wilkes High3: Leslie JenningsShorelinesFirst Flight HighHM: Taylor Crumpler and Cassidy JoyceShorelinesFirst Flight HighHM: Alexandra Koch Shoreline Cape Fear Academy
Theme Spread Design
1: Daniel IppolitoWestwindWest Henderson High2: StaffShorelinesFirst Flight High3: Emma StricklandShorelinesFirst Flight HighHM: Elizabeth WhelessSandfiddlerManteo HighHM: Alexandra Koch and PJ MiddletonShoreline Cape Fear Academy
People Section Design
1: Delaney MorganNorth StarNorth Surry High2: StaffShorelinesFirst Flight High3: Ashly DzaahabiyyahBrevardierBrevard High SchoolHM: Jammi HuntBrevardierBrevard High SchoolHM: Hannah WhalenThe PointGaston Day School
Sports Copy
1: Cole Barnes and Connor CantalupoEyryCharlotte Latin School2: Amanda StansberryWestwindWest Henderson High3: Leighann VinesettExodus
Hickory Grove Christian SchoolHM: Alex RodmanShorelinesFirst Flight High
Feature Copy
1: Lexi Lampkin and Grey KeithShoreline Cape Fear Academy2: Sophia WalkerWestwindWest Henderson High3: Kelly ByasThe PointGaston Day SchoolHM: Taylor CrumplerShorelinesFirst Flight High
Theme Copy
1: Elizabeth WhelessSandfiddlerManteo High2: James HargisBrevardierBrevard High School3: Emma StricklandShorelinesFirst Flight HighHM: Cassidy WillardNorth StarNorth Surry HighHM: Alexandra Koch and PJ MiddletonShoreline Cape Fear Academy
Captions
1: Tasha HartzfeldWestwindWest Henderson High
Sports Captions
1: Natalie StanleyWestwindWest Henderson High
LARGE SCHOOLS
Sports Photograph
1: Sydney BeaudoinThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Sarah UnksCronusWest Forsyth High3: Amy GahanThe TorchAthens Drive HighHM: Lauren AugustineProwlerWest Johnston HighHM: Lillian BurnsThe DorianMount Tabor High
Feature Photograph
1: Zoe HambleyThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Carlos PalomoThe DorianMount Tabor High3: Camryn BernhardtThe PitchforkMooresville Senior HighHM: Kamryn HarrisClarionDavie County HighHM: Anna MattisonThe DorianMount Tabor High
Theme Photograph
1: Andrew IzzoThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Zoe HambleyThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High3: Lauren AugustineProwlerWest Johnston HighHM: Kamryn HarrisClarionDavie County HighHM: Madison CooperSpectrumPinecrest High
Sports Spread Design
1: Eliza JanzefCronusWest Forsyth High2: Kavenaugh WilliamsonThe TorchAthens Drive High3: Brittany TeagueClarionDavie County HighHM: Zoe HambleyThe PitchforkMooresville Senior HighHM: Laney MillerThe DorianMount Tabor High
Feature Spread Design
1: Alexis StephensProwlerWest Johnston High2: Alec LindenThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High3: Cayce MagallanesClarionDavie County HighHM: Makayla BrownProwlerWest Johnston HighHM: Brittany TeagueClarionDavie County High
1: Jenna ErvinThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Sarah BlountCronusWest Forsyth High3: Cayce MagallanesClarionDavie County HighHM: Anna MattisonThe DorianMount Tabor HighHM: Ally GudgerCronusWest Forsyth High
Sports Copy
1: Scout CoxCronusWest Forsyth High2: Emily GreenCronusWest Forsyth High3: Trey WilsonCronusWest Forsyth HighHM: Peter StrattaThe DorianMount Tabor HighHM: Emma AllenClarionDavie County High
Feature Copy
1: Meghan MutterCronusWest Forsyth High2: Jackson CornatzerCronusWest Forsyth High3: Alicia Williams and Alyssa VeitSpectrumPinecrest HighHM: Alexsis MartinNorDaHiNorth Davidson HighHM: Chelsea StrangeClarionDavie County High
Theme Copy
1: Taylor KennedyThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Emma Allen and Chelsea StrangeClarionDavie County High3: Caroline Annas and Alexsis MartinNorDaHiNorth Davidson HighHM: Shuler StemperCronusWest Forsyth HighHM: Carly VeitSpectrumPinecrest High
Captions
1: Grace DonelsonThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Kaylah JenkinsClarionDavie County High3: Caroline GardnerThe DorianMount Tabor HighHM: Anna MattisonThe DorianMount Tabor HighHM: Kourtney HounsellSpectrumPinecrest High
Sports Captions
1: Sydney BeaudoinThe PitchforkMooresville Senior High2: Caroline GardnerThe DorianMount Tabor High3: Laney MillerThe DorianMount Tabor HighHM: Peter StrattaThe DorianMount Tabor High
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HM: Morgan BumgarnerClarionDavie County High
Literary MagazineOVERALL AWARDS
TAR HEEL AWARDS
Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
All-North CarolinaRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
DistinctionBlutopiaGaston Day SchoolExurbiaDurham AcademyBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin SchoolThe RepeaterCardinal Gibbons High
HonorThe PegasusMyers Park HighSpectrumArendell Parrott AcademyDifferent DrummerChapel Hill High
SECTION AWARDS
Poetry
1: Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: Blue ReviewCharlotte Latin School3: BlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: ExurbiaDurham Academy
Fiction
1: ExurbiaDurham Academy2: Blue ReviewCharlotte Latin School3: Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: BlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: The PegasusMyers Park High
Art
1: Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: The RepeaterCardinal Gibbons High3: ExurbiaDurham AcademyHM: BlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Blue ReviewCharlotte Latin School
Nonfiction
1: BlutopiaGaston Day School2: Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior High3: The PegasusMyers Park High
Layout
1: Roars and Whispers
Providence Senior High2: The RepeaterCardinal Gibbons High3: ExurbiaDurham AcademyHM: The PegasusMyers Park High
Cover Design
1: Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: SpectrumArendell Parrott Academy3: ExurbiaDurham Academy
Photography
1: ExurbiaDurham Academy2: The RepeaterCardinal Gibbons High3: The PegasusMyers Park High HM: Blue ReviewCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: SpectrumArendell Parrott Academy
Theme Development
1: The PegasusMyers Park High2: The RepeaterCardinal Gibbons High3: BlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Blue ReviewCharlotte Latin School
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Fiction
1: Katherine WelchRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: Margaux PollanBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin School3: Emma GerdenBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Adithya SureshBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Eleanor WilkersonBlutopiaGaston Day School
Individual Art
1: James AnthonyBlutopiaGaston Day School2: Roye ZhangBlutopiaGaston Day School3: Izzy CrabtreeThe RepeaterCardinal Gibbons HighHM: Maeve McKinstryThe RepeaterCardinal Gibbons HighHM: Mallory EvansBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin School
Feature
1: Cait UshpolExurbiaDurham Academy2: Hannah MagrawRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
3: Emma HarringtonRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
Individual Photograph
1: Hayes WoollenBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin School2: Seth FernandezRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High3: Vincent LiuBlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Catie ChildsThe PegasusMyers Park HighHM: Clayton JaremaBlutopiaGaston Day School
Review
1: Arjun NagRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Katherine Welch Roars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
Poetry
1: Maggie HooksBlutopiaGaston Day School2: MacKenzie HarrisBlutopiaGaston Day School3: Remy LucienRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Lydia GoffBlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Susan WilkersonBlutopiaGaston Day School
Photography/Art Layout
1: Virginia BlantonThe PegasusMyers Park High2: Eliana DavisThe PegasusMyers Park High3: Ansley NurkinBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Em CarterRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Davis MillerThe PegasusMyers Park High
Graphic
1: Lily ReedBlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Mallory EvansBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin School
Nonfiction Layout
1: Bea CooperBlutopiaGaston Day School2: Allie Debe and Gayatri ChopraRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High3: Em Carter and Natalie ThulienRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Lydia Goff
BlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Hannah GrimmBlutopiaGaston Day School
Personal Essay
1: Joey ChongRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: Vanessa RamirezBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin School3: Vanessa StaffordBlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Kafia JohnsonThe PegasusMyers Park HighHM: Katherine WelchRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
Drama
No entries.
Fiction Layout
1: Paige Thomas and Mayuri DongreRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: Maggie HooksBlutopiaGaston Day School3: Ansley NurkinBlue ReviewCharlotte Latin SchoolHM: Remy LucienRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Lydia GoffBlutopiaGaston Day School
Poetry Layout
1: Em Carter and Natalie ThulienRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High2: Katherine Welch and Cayleigh BrownRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High3: MacKenzie HarrisBlutopiaGaston Day SchoolHM: Allie Debe and Arjun NagRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior HighHM: Remy Lucien and Blair RobertsRoars and WhispersProvidence Senior High
The HowlerWakefield HighPeak Student MediaApex HighThe Eagle OnlineEast Mecklenburg HighNorthwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford HighThe ProwlProvidence HighThe Forest FireWake Forest High
Honor
The Pride OnlineHickory Grove Christian SchoolThe CrusaderCardinal Gibbons HighThe Parrott Post OnlineArendell Parrott Academy
SECTION AWARDS
Editorial
1: The Forest FireWake Forest High2: The Eagle OnlineEast Mecklenburg High3: The HowlerWakefield HighHM: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford HighHM: The ProwlProvidence High
Sports
1: The Forest FireWake Forest High2: GF OnlineT.C. Roberson High3: The Eagle OnlineEast Mecklenburg HighHM: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood HighHM: The HowlerWakefield High
News
1: GF OnlineT.C. Roberson High2: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High3: Scratch PostWest Johnston HighHM: Peak Student MediaApex HighHM: The Eagle OnlineEast Mecklenburg High
Design
1: GF OnlineT.C. Roberson High2: Scratch PostWest Johnston High3: The ProwlProvidence HighHM: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood HighHM: Peak Student MediaApex High
Features
1: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High2: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High3: GF OnlineT.C. Roberson HighHM: Scratch PostWest Johnston HighHM: The Forest FireWake Forest High
Advertising
1: Nighthawk News OnlineFirst Flight High2: Scratch PostWest Johnston High3: The ProwlProvidence HighHM: The HowlerWakefield High
Photography
1: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High2: Scratch PostWest Johnston High3: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford HighHM: Wingspan OnlineWest Henderson HighHM: The CrusaderCardinal Gibbons High
Graphics
1: The Northwood OmniscientNorthwood High2: Peak Student MediaApex High3: Wingspan OnlineWest Henderson HighHM: The HowlerWakefield HighHM: Northwest HorizonsNorthwest Guilford High
Broadcast News OVERALL AWARDS
TAR HEELS
Hawk Eye TVCharlotte Latin SchoolWildcat NewsWest Johnston High
All North Carolina Hawk Eye TVCharlotte Latin SchoolWildcat NewsWest Johnston High
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NCSMA 2017 Regional Workshops
For links to online registration and contacts for each of the workshops, visit ncsma.unc.edu/workshops
1 Oct. 5South-central Piedmont Regional WorkshopThe Charlotte Observer
UNC-Chapel HillCentral Carolina J-Day
Northwest and Southwest Regional WorkshopAppalachian State University
East Carolina University
Northeast and Southeast Regional Workshop
Oct. 12
Oct. 10
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JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR OFFICIAL APPLICATION
NAME (FIRST, MIDDLE INITIAL, LAST)
HOME ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP
EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER
SCHOOL NAME
SCHOOL ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP
SCHOOL PHONE
ADVISER’S NAME
ADVISER’S EMAIL ADDRESS ADVISER’S PHONE NUMBER
Sponsored by N.C. Scholastic Media Association and N.C. Press Foundation. Portfolio Checklist: � Application form � Self-analytical evaluation of your
“journalistic life” using your most creative form � Personal resume � Official transcript � Action photo of you doing something
journalistic (i.e., interviewing someone or doing a broadcast segment)
� Three letters of recommendation from your adviser, other teachers who know your leadership and journalistic abilities, or practitioners with whom you have worked.
� At least five samples of your work carefully selected to show quality and diversity of reporting, writing, photography, design, broadcast, online media, etc.
Preparing Your Portfolio: • Students have three options for submitting their
portfolio: Email a PDF version to [email protected], mail to NCSMA as a notebook, or post as an online portfolio. If you choose to make an online portfolio, please email the link to [email protected] with the subject line “NC JOY.”
• Entry materials in the notebook or PDF options should not exceed 40 pages with application materials not to exceed an additional 10 pages as follows:
• The online portfolio must have all of the material listed above (including links to samples, an autobiographical essay, resume, photos, etc). If you choose this option, mail in recommendations and transcripts. For instructions on building an online portfolio, go to ncsma.unc.edu/students.
• Official transcripts must be mailed to NCSMA.• Samples of work should be carefully selected.
Provide judges with a good cross section of your best work rather than everything ever produced. Date, name of publication and relevance should accompany each sample, as well as an explanation/reasoning for each example. If you are sending in PDF versions of your samples, go to ncsma.unc.edu/students to find a template. A 25-50 word explanation should include any difficulties or special circumstances encountered during the assignment and why this entry was selected for the portfolio.
• Include samples from five of the categories listed to the left. Label and group each category. In lieu of samples, you may also submit a 250-word personal essay for the following categories: Law and Ethics, Leadership and Team Building, News Literacy and Entrepreneurship.
• If submitting videos or other multimedia projects, email link to [email protected] with your other application materials or mail a DVD to NCSMA, 284 Carroll Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365.
The state winner will receive the Rachel Rivers-Coffey $3,000 scholarship and will be eligible to compete in the national Journalism Education Association High School Journalist of the Year contest. The national winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship. Alternates in each contest also receive scholarships.
Email a PDF version/URL of your complete portfolio to [email protected], ORMail your materials to NCSMA, 284 Carroll Hall, CB#3365, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
The portfolio should be received by Feb. 15.Questions? Contact the NCSMA office at [email protected] or 1-888-562-6276.
How long have you been involved in journalism? _________________________________________________
Your entry will be judged on five of the following categories. Circle your five categories below: News Gathering WebWriting Law and EthicsEditing Leadership and Team Building
Send a PDF version of at least one issue of your newspaper or magazine, or PDFs of relevant spreads from your yearbook (not the entire book) to [email protected], so the judges can see the context of your work. You may also mail your entries in with the rest of your contest material. If your entry focuses on broadcast work, email link to [email protected] or mail a DVD. Time is limited to 15 minutes. If you email in entries, use the subject line “NC JOY.”
Verification: The examples submitted are the student’s original work.
North Carolina Scholastic Media AssociationSchool of Media and JournalismCarroll Hall, CB#3365University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
Contactncsma.unc.eduPhone: (919) 962-4639 or 1-888-562-6276Email: [email protected]
IN THIS ISSUE• Results of 2017 NCSMA contests
and critiques• NCSMA’s Administrator of the Year• N.C. High School Journalist of the
Year application
Welcome to North Carolina Scholastic Media Association
workshops• The N.C. Scholastic Media Institute is a journalism workshop
in mid-June. It offers practical experience in advising, online news, broadcast news, design, literary magazine, newspaper, photojournalism and yearbook.
• State student and adviser officers, elected by NCSMA members each year, plan workshops and NCSMI. Student officers may schedule retreats and planning sessions to increase student participation in the statewide organizations.
• The Association has divided North Carolina into eight geo-graphic regions where workshops are held annually. Advisers and students are welcome to attend any regional workshop.
awards• Critique services offer annual opportunities for students and
staffs to distinguish themselves. Experts in literary magazine, newspaper and yearbook production judge publications.
• All publications that receive an All-North Carolina rating in the evaluation compete for Tar Heel Awards. Judges review the top publications in the categories to determine the best.
• Students may also submit individual work in writing and design for awards.
adviser training• Courses that may be taken include “Journalism Education in the
Secondary School,” basic training for advisers tasks with newspa-pers, yearbooks, literary magazines and design; “Mass Commu-nication Law in the Secondary School;” “Writing and Editing for Secondary School Media;” “Design for Secondary School Publica-tions;” “Teaching Online News in the Secondary School;” “Teaching Photojournalism in the High School;” and “Teaching Interactive Media in the Secondary School.”
• NCSMA offers fellowships to advisers to help them take these graduate-level courses. Designed to cover full tuition and lodg-ing for each adviser, the fellowships are competitive and are based on application information.
scholarships• Each year the N.C. Student Journalist of the Year is selected
from among the top graduating seniors in scholastic journal-ism programs across the state. Entrants are evaluated by journalism professionals and faculty. The winner receives the Rachel Rivers-Coffey Scholarship from the N.C. Press Associa-tion Foundation and is eligible to compete for scholarships in the national Journalism Education Association contests.
The North Carolina Scholastic Media Association (NCSMA) is a statewide organization that promotes excellence in scholastic journalism through education of its members, encourages respect for freedom of the press, promotes professional growth of journalism teachers and advisers and speaks for scholastic media in matters of curriculum and instruction that affect journalism education in North Carolina. NCSMA serves scholastic journalism and works for its advance-ment. It is based in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Join NCSMAA today. For the membership form and information, visit ncsma.unc.edu/join-ncsmaa/
