Summer 2014 Vol. 36, No. 3 NEWSPA concludes another successful year by Barbara A. Benish NEWSPA Executive Secretary It’s a lot of work to put together the annual NEWSPA conference that draws hundreds of high school students, advisers and professionals to UW Oshkosh each spring. But the smiles make all the work worthwhile. Thankfully, there were a lot of smiles and good com- ments from the April 9 event at Reeve Memorial Union. Naturally, students were smiling and happy to have a day off school. But they were also smiling as they learned tips and techniques to take back to their schools and make their publications stronger. And they were smiling as they earned first-, second- or third-place honors for their writ- ing, photography or design work at their school newspa- pers or yearbooks. I must admit; I smiled a lot, too. But then there was a lot to smile about. Nearly 400 students and advisers attended this year’s conference, showing last year’s declining enrollment was just a fluke rather than a trend. Twenty-two schools at- tended the 2014 NEWSPA conference, including three schools that had not participated at all or not for years, including Little Chute, St. Francis and Wausau East high schools. Kaitlin Wiza from Sevastopol High School and Michele Farnsworth from Green Bay East High School were voted onto NEWSPA’s amazing board of directors, while Aar- on Ramponi from Appleton North and Jason Cummings from Oshkosh North agreed to another term. The board members really are the ones who plan the conference, so if you have ideas for next year, please let them know. Mike DeSisti, the multimedia picture editor of the Mil- waukee Journal Sentinel, was presented the Skip Zacher Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award winner for giving 16 NEWSPA presentations in nine years, while we sur- prised editorial cartoonist Joe Heller with a delicious cake congratulating him on his 35 consecutive years as being a NEWSPA presenter. In addition, Monica Ann Salmeri of Sevastopol High School was named the 2014 NEWSPA scholarship recipient; even better, she will be attending UW Oshkosh in the fall. But NEWSPA 2014 also showed how the organization must adapt quickly to challenges our schools and mem- bers face. So when Fond du Lac High School’s Cardinal Columns was forced to undergo prior review after running a story on rape jokes in February, we responded by add- ing a session on prior review. And while I can’t report that Fond du Lac School Supt. James Sebert has changed his mind about the policy, I can say that it looks like the dis- trict is willing to come up with a policy that both sides can live with. We’ll update you on what’s happening at Fond du Lac in our Fall 2014 newsletter. So until then, enjoy your summer and the time off. But don’t forget that NEWSPA is here to help you meet whatever challenges you face. Just let us know what we can do. And save the date — the 2015 conference will be held on April 22. I hope to see you then. Photo by Cody Sinkula NEWSPA’s 2014 keynote speakers Nick Penzenstadler, Alex Gelhar, Amanda Betts and Jake White share their success stories to students at the NEWSPA Conference on April 9.
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Summer 2014
Vol. 36, No. 3
NEWSPA concludes another successful yearby Barbara A. Benish
NEWSPA Executive Secretary It’s a lot of work to put together the annual NEWSPA conference that draws hundreds of high school students, advisers and professionals to UW Oshkosh each spring. But the smiles make all the work worthwhile. Thankfully, there were a lot of smiles and good com-ments from the April 9 event at Reeve Memorial Union. Naturally, students were smiling and happy to have a day off school. But they were also smiling as they learned tips and techniques to take back to their schools and make their publications stronger. And they were smiling as they earned first-, second- or third-place honors for their writ-ing, photography or design work at their school newspa-pers or yearbooks. I must admit; I smiled a lot, too. But then there was a lot to smile about. Nearly 400 students and advisers attended this year’s conference, showing last year’s declining enrollment was just a fluke rather than a trend. Twenty-two schools at-tended the 2014 NEWSPA conference, including three schools that had not participated at all or not for years, including Little Chute, St. Francis and Wausau East high schools. Kaitlin Wiza from Sevastopol High School and Michele Farnsworth from Green Bay East High School were voted onto NEWSPA’s amazing board of directors, while Aar-on Ramponi from Appleton North and Jason Cummings
from Oshkosh North agreed to another term. The board members really are the ones who plan the conference, so if you have ideas for next year, please let them know. Mike DeSisti, the multimedia picture editor of the Mil-waukee Journal Sentinel, was presented the Skip Zacher Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award winner for giving 16 NEWSPA presentations in nine years, while we sur-prised editorial cartoonist Joe Heller with a delicious cake congratulating him on his 35 consecutive years as being a NEWSPA presenter. In addition, Monica Ann Salmeri of Sevastopol High School was named the 2014 NEWSPA scholarship recipient; even better, she will be attending UW Oshkosh in the fall. But NEWSPA 2014 also showed how the organization must adapt quickly to challenges our schools and mem-bers face. So when Fond du Lac High School’s Cardinal Columns was forced to undergo prior review after running a story on rape jokes in February, we responded by add-ing a session on prior review. And while I can’t report that Fond du Lac School Supt. James Sebert has changed his mind about the policy, I can say that it looks like the dis-trict is willing to come up with a policy that both sides can live with. We’ll update you on what’s happening at Fond du Lac in our Fall 2014 newsletter. So until then, enjoy your summer and the time off. But don’t forget that NEWSPA is here to help you meet whatever challenges you face. Just let us know what we can do. And save the date — the 2015 conference will be held on April 22. I hope to see you then.
Photo by Cody SinkulaNEWSPA’s 2014 keynote speakers Nick Penzenstadler, Alex Gelhar, Amanda Betts and Jake White share their success stories to students at the NEWSPA Conference on April 9.
Table ofContents
features
thank you!NEWSPA would like to thank all of the people who made this year’s conference a success including: NEWSPA Board of Directors for their guidance Cindy Schultz Haley Walters Mike Cowling Miles Maguire SaraSteffesHansen Vince Filak Journalism Department Student Assistants: Leo Costello Nicole Kiefert Grace Riggert Judy Schultz Gary Coll Kevin Rau Wayne Abler for podcasting NEWSPA sessions UW Oshkosh Parking LisaGoetschandReeveUnionStaff All of our speakers and judges Photographer Cody Sinkula
08 Newspaper samples
03 2014 Newspaper winners
16 2014 Yearbook winners
20 Yearbook samples
A complete list of winners in the newspaper category from large, medium and small schools.
A handful of this year’s first place winners in the newspaper category.
A complete list of winners from the yearbook category from large, medium and small schools.
Some of the best work from the yearbook category.
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26 DeSisti wins 2013 Skip Zacher AwardThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s multimedia photojournalist has been a longtime favorite speaker at NEWSPA
27 Heller recognized for 35 yearsEditorial cartoonist and NEWSPA veteran Joe Heller was recognized for his years of present-ing at NEWSPA on April 9.
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Writing Division
1st Sydney Inks, Fond du Lac
2nd Tanvi Kumar, Fond du Lac
3rd Mike Smale, West Bend East & West
1st Kayla Theune, Plymouth
2nd Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, Oshkosh North
3rd Billy Cobin, Cedarburg
1st Natalie Speers, Berlin
2nd Maggie Buckham, Sevastopol
3rd Sierra Klawitter, Berlin
Large
Medium
small
news story-general - Large School Judge: Isral DeBruin, Ed Together. Medium & Small School Judge: Candy Czer-nicki, Psych Central.
1st Natalie Wanasek, West Bend East & West
2nd Hannah Schacherl, Oshkosh West
3rd Lexus Hagedorn & Stephanie Taylor, Wausau
West
1st Maggie McConnaha, Plymouth
2nd Saly Paese, Plymouth
3rd Geordan Gutow, Oshkosh North
1st Emily Sonntag, Chilton
2nd Connor McHugh, Sevastopol
3rd Melanie Haedt, Berlin
Large
Medium
small
news story; Academic/Class related or Extracur-ricular - Large School Judge: Amber Paluch, Green Bay Press-Gazette. Medium & Small School Judge: Stephanie Barnard, CNI Newspapers.
1st Lisa Fowle, Wausau West
2nd Steven Ellefson, Oshkosh West
3rd Therea La Susa, West Bend East & West
1st Erika Proehl, Cedarburg
2nd Erika Proehl, Cedarburg
3rd Alec Goodermuth, Oshkosh North
1st Danielle Fralish, Berlin
2nd Sierra Klawitter, Berlin
3rd Sawyer Boldt, Sheboygan Falls
Large
Medium
small
news story; sports - Large School Judge: Dan Kohn, Ap-pleton Post Crescent. Medium & Small School Judge: Ben Wideman, Manitowoc Herald Times.
1st Emma Thompson, Oshkosh West
2nd Mike Smale, West Bend East & West
3rd Shane Fernandez, Fond du Lac
1st Ally Binder, Plymouth
2nd Jessie Valenza, Stoughton
3rd Kimberly Wethal, Stoughton
1st Lauren Schmidt, Berlin
2nd Emily Sonntag, Chilton
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Feature story; Entertaining - Large School Judge: Judy Russell, Retired, The Oshkosh Northwestern. Medium & Small School Judge: Stefanie Scott, Jamar Health Products.
1st Christine Moua, Fond du Lac
2nd Steven Ellefson, Oshkosh West
3rd Lexus Hagedorn, Aaditi Naik & Kaomi Yang,
Wausau West
1st Payton Gross, Stoughton
2nd Erika Proehl, Cedarburg
3rd Mgan Sohr, Oshkosh North
1st Danielle Fralish, Berlin
2nd Lauren Schmidt, Berlin
3rd Carolynn Dix, Chilton
Large
Medium
small
Feature Story; Personality Profile - Large School Judge: David Wise, WisPolitics.com. Medium & Small School Judge: Amelia Compton Wolff, Fox Cities Magazine.
1st Sydney Inks, Fond du Lac
2nd Lauryn Lahr, Oshkosh West
3rd Tanvi Kumar, Fond du Lac
1st Lindsay McLaughlin, Cedarburg
2nd Sabrina Mierswa, Oshkosh North
3rd Megan Theesfeld, Cedarburg
1st Natalie Speers, Berlin
2nd Melanie Haedt, Berlin
3rd Ben Lablanc, Sheboygan Falls
Large
Medium
small
Feature story; news Based - Large School Judge: Jim Collar, Appleton Post Crescent. Medium & Small School Judge: Jennifer Woldt, Oshkosh Northwestern.
2014 Newspaper Winners
1st Jake Rost, Oshkosh West
2nd Miller Jozwiak, Appleton North
3rd Sydney Plachetka & Emily Schmidt, Wausau
West
1st Billy Kobin, Cedarburg
2nd Payton Gross, Stoughton
3rd Madison Goldbeck, Plymouth
1st Maggie Buckham, Sevastopol
2nd Joe Bruno, Sevastopol
3rd Alex Grams, Berlin
Large
Medium
small
Feature story; sports - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Brandon Berg, Chippewa Falls Herald.
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2014 Newspaper Winners
1st Emma Thompson & Daphne Thompson,
Oshkosh West
2nd Miranda Paikowski, West Bend East & West
3rd Samuel Allen, Appleton North
1st Nina Matti & Linday McLaughlin, Cedarburg
2nd Madison Goldbeck, Plymouth
3rd Nina Matti & LIndsay McLaughlin, Cedarburg
1st Isaiah Spetz, Sevastopol
2nd Connor McHugh, Sevastopol
3rd Amy Zhang, Sheboygan
Large
Medium
small
Editorial - Large School Judge: Gary Coll, Professor Emeritus, UW-Oshkosh. Medium & Small School Judge: Alex Hummel, UW-Oshkosh.
1st Emma Thompson, Oshkosh West
2nd Alicia Craig, Oshkosh West
3rd Samuel Allen, Appleton North
1st Kyle Watter, Cedarburg
2nd Megan Sohr, Oshkosh North
3rd Payton Gross, Stoughton
1st Danielle Fralish, Berlin
2nd Aaron Reilly, Chilton
3rd Jake Wiesenthal, Sheboygan Falls
Large
Medium
small
Column; Humorous - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Jeff Bollier, The Oshkosh Northwestern.
1st Alex Vernon, Green Bay Preble
2nd Rachael Schneider, Fond du Lac
3rd Jeremy Cieslewicz, Green Bay East
1st Geordan Gutow, Oshkosh North
2nd Erica Keenan, Stoughton
3rd Nick Smith, Oshkosh North
1st Conner McHugh, Sevastopol
2nd Payton DeMaster, Berlin
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Column; serious - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Mary Buckley, Community Newspapers.
1st Matt Kahn, Hartford Union
2nd Justus Oesterreich, Appleton North
3rd Steven Ellefson, Oshkosh West
1st Alec Collins, Cedarburg
2nd Bennett Wirth, Cedarburg
3rd Payton Gross, Stoughton
1st No Entry
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Column; sports - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Julie Larson, Green Bay Press-Gazette.
1st Elise Painton, Appleton North
2nd Austin Wooldridge, Oshkosh West
3rd Justin Lee, Oshkosh West
1st Lindsay McLaughlin, Cedarburg
2nd Ellie Leafgren, Oshkosh North
3rd Erica Keenan, Stughton
1st Lauren Schmidt, Berlin
2nd Lindsey Vang, Berlin
3rd Isaiah Spetz, Sevastopol
Large
Medium
small
reviews - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Shane Nyman, Appleton Post Crescent.
1st Megan Diermeier & Daphne Thompson, Osh-
kosh West
2nd Aaditi Naik & Thomas Lahren, Wausau West
3rd Julia Lammers, Appleton North
1st Nathan Fizhenry, Oshkosh North
2nd Tanner Novotny Stoughton
3rd Ashwinraj Karthikeyan & Camille Panas Osh-
kosh North
1st Hannah Trochinski, Berlin
2nd Payton DeMaster, Berlin
3rd Maggie Buckham, Sevastopol
Large
Medium
small
in-Depth reporting i - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Angie Landsverk, Freelance
1st Julia Lammers, Appleton North
2nd Daphne Thompson & Megan Diermeier,
Oshkosh West
3rd Daphne Thompson & Megan Diermeier,
Oshkosh West
1st Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, Oshkosh North
2nd Kimberly Wethal, Ryan Skotzke & Jake Green-
wood, Stoughton
3rd Kelsey Ziemer & Billy Kobin, Cedarburg
1st Lauren Schmidt, Melanie Haedt & Payton
DeMaster, Berlin
2nd Payton DeMaster, Melanie Haedt & Lauren
Schmidt, Berlin
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
in-Depth reporting ii - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Patti Zarling, Green Bay Press-Gazette.
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DEsign Division
1st Matt Kahn, Hartford Union
2nd Noah Ludwig, Oshkosh West
3rd Elly Niemeyer & Stephanie Taylor, Wausau
West
1st Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, Oshkosh North
2nd Henry Heim, Plymouth
3rd Kayla Theune & Vivien TenHaken, Plymouth
1st Melanie Haedt, Berlin
2nd Sierra Klawitter, Berlin
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Ads - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Sara Steffes Hansen, UW-Oshkosh.
1st Skye Geyer, Neenah
2nd Emily Clement, Hartford Union
3rd Laura Kressin, Green Bay Preble
1st Dallys Baizley, Plymouth
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
1st Hannah Trochinski, Berlin
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Editorial Cartoons - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette.
1st Daphne Thompson, Oshkosh West
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
1st Henry Heim, Plymouth
2nd Henry Heim, Plymouth
3rd No Entry
No Entries
Large
Medium
small
Logo Design - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Kerry Przybylski, Freelance.
1st Kate Bennett, Appleton North
2nd Lydia Thomas, Neenah
3rd Lauren Sassi, Appleton North
1st Caitlin Patton, Oshkosh North
2nd Angela Fisher, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st KaLia Vang, Sheboygan Falls
2nd Skyler Swender, Sevastopol
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Comic strips - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Joe Heller, Freelance
2014 Newspaper Winners
1st Eli Lonzick, Hartford Union
2nd Jaden Hambrick, Fond du Lac
3rd No Entry
1st Daniel Abdallah, Oshkosh North
2nd Alexus Crockett, Stoughton
3rd Rowan Miller, Oshkosh North
No Entries
Large
Medium
small
Hand-rendered illustrations - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Kevin Rau, Rauhaus Design and UW-Osh-kosh.
1st Matt Kahn, Hartford Union
2nd Daphne Thompson, Oshkosh West
3rd Julia Lammers, Appleton North
1st Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, Oshkosh North
2nd Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, Oshkosh North
3rd Payton Gross, Stoughton
1st Danielle Fralish, Berlin
2nd Isaiah Spetz, Sevastopol
3rd Skyler Swender, Sevastopol
Large
Medium
small
Page Design/Layout - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Kerry Przybylski, Freelance
1st Bailey Rommelfanger, Fond du Lac
2nd Eli Lonzrick, Hartford Union
3rd Heather Brown & Kabao Lor, Wausau West
1st Tanner Novotny, Stoughton
2nd Payton Gross, Stoughton
3rd No Entry
1st No Winner
2nd Melanie Haedt, Berlin
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Photo illustration - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Kevin Rau, Rauhaus Design and UW-Oshkosh.
1st No Winner
2nd Aaron Wernberg, Wausau West
3rd No Winner
No Entries
Large
Medium & small
infographic - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Barb Benish, UW-Oshkosh
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PHotogrAPHy Division
1st Elizabeth Floodstrand, Appleton North
2nd Paige Beckum, Appleton North
3rd Holly Williams, West Bend East & West
No Entries
1st Ellie Lund, Sheboygan Falls
2nd Ellie Lund, Sheboygan Falls
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
news Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Tim Gleason, UW-Oshkosh.
2014 Newspaper Winners
1st Courtney Schroeder, Oshkosh West
2nd Elizabeth Floodstrand, Appleton North
3rd Courtney Schroeder, Oshkosh West
1st Maggie Chandler, Plymouth
2nd Vivien TenHaken, Plymouth
3rd No Entry
1st Ellie Lund, Sheboygan Falls
2nd Ellie Lund, Sheboygan Falls
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
sports Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Tim Gleason, UW-Oshkosh.
1st Mike Smale, West Bend East & West
2nd Courtney Schroeder, Oshkosh West
3rd Marissa Sugrue, Oshkosh West
1st Maggie McConnaha, Plymouth
2nd Kayla Theune, Plymouth
3rd No Entry
1st Ellie Lund, Sheboygan Falls
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Feature Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Tim Gleason, UW-Oshkosh.
1st Elizabeth Floodstrand & Samantha Thiel,
Appleton North
2nd Courtney Schroeder, Oshkosh West
3rd Brandon Clark, Oshkosh West
No Entries
No Entries
Large
Medium
small
Essay and series Photo(s) - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Tim Gleason, UW-Oshkosh.
1st Marissa Sugrue, Oshkosh West
2nd Elizabeth Floodstrand, Appleton North
3rd Elizabeth Floodstrand, Appleton North
1st Dayton Pfeifer, Plymouth
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
No Entires
Large
Medium
open Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Tim Gleason, UW-Oshkosh.
1st Liz Detrie, Neenah
2nd No Winner
3rd Annie Hartley, Neenah
No Entries
No Entries
Large
Mediumsmall
Writing - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Amanda Betts, Stellar Blue
stuDEnt-DEvELoPED WEBsitE Division
1st Annie Hartley, Neenah
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
No Entries
LargeMedium
small
Photographs/graphics - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Amanda Betts, Stellar Blue
1st Satellite Staff, Neenah
2nd Cardinal Columns Staff, Fond du Lac
3rd No Entry
No Entries
No Entries
Large
Mediumsmall
site Design - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Amanda Betts, Stellar Blue
small
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2014 Newspaper Winners
Publication - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Deb Rothenberger, Brandon Valley High School, Brandon, SD.
PuBLiCAtion Division
Blue ribbon Honors Warrior’s WordStaff,WausauWest Cardinal Columns Staff,FondduLacred ribbon Honors The Hartford ChronicleStaff,HartfordUnionWhite ribon Honors No Entry
Large, Published through a j-class
Blue ribbon Honors IndexStaff,OshkoshWest red ribbon Honors Hi-LightStaff,GreenBayEast Noctiluca Staff,AppletonNorth Satellite Staff,NeenahWhite ribbon Honors No Entry
Large, not published through a j-class
Blue ribbon Honors No Winnerred ribbon Honors Hi-LightsStaff,Plymouth The Norse StarStaff,StoughtonWhite ribon Honors No Entry
Medium, Published through a j-class
Blue ribbon Honors No Winnerred ribbon Honors Common Sense Staff,Cedarburg The North Star Staff,StoughtonWhite ribon Honors No Entry
Medium, not published through a j-class
Blue ribbon Honors The Red ‘n’ GreenStaff,Berlinred ribbon Honors No EntryWhite ribon Honors No Entry
small, Published through a j-class
Blue ribbon Honors No Winnerred ribbon Honors The Pioneer Chips Staff,SevastopolWhite ribon Honors The Talon Staff,SheboyganFalls
small, not published through a j-class
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CommentsNice job covering all angles and interesting aspects.
Emily sonntagChilton High School
Small School
1st Place news story: Extracurricular
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Caitlin PattonOshkosh North High School
Medium School
1st Place Comic strip
Ka Lia vangSheboygan Falls High School Small School
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Jenna Mrotek and Erica ProehlCedarburg High School
Small School
1st Place Feature story: sports
CommentsVery well composed. Good job of building both the excitement and the feeling of being a Polar Plunge participant. Good play on expec-tations and cultural references. Writing shows thought and com-posure. Well done!
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natlie speersBerlin High School
Small School
1st Place Feature story: news
CommentsOverall nice work. Maybe focus more on the students in the class rather than getting right into the nuts and bolts of what the class was. Good use of students and teacher sources. Maybe focus a little more on students’ perspectives.
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CommentsMiddle and darker tones lack detail and lower part of the frame has people that pull the eye away from the interesting part of the photo. An engaging image that can be improved with cropping and tonal lightening.
CommentsCentered compositions don’t impart a sense of energy, next time consider alternate compo-sitions. Also, be consistent in your rendering style - you used a ruler for the jail cell but went totally freehand on the phone. Great idea that got my attention and made me laugh!
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Eli LonzickHartford Union High School
Large School
1st Place review
CommentsA lot of thought and listening went into this and it shows. Reviews often times are more about ideas than writing - fancy lines mean nothing without informed opinions/observations inside them. Very well done. A nice lead and closing graph that looks to the future and yet reflectsthesubjectathand.Maybeabitheavyonsongquotesandyoumightwanttogettothe main idea/opinion earlier, but that’s nitpicking. Bravo!
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2014 Yearbook WinnersgEnErAL Division
1st Brynn Molzner, Sheboygan North
1st Karalyn Niemeyer & Aaditi Naik, Wausau West
2nd Joe Schnyder & Stephanie Lemancik, Oshkosh
West
3rd Britani Bahr & MaKensie Mezzano, Oshkosh West
1st Katherine Enderby, Ashwaubenon
1st Lyle Plueddeman, Oshkosh North
2nd Lyle Plueddeman, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Elodie Huston & Sam Walvort, Sheboygan Falls
2nd Terre Felhofer & Gabby Givlin, Sevastopol
3rd Danielle Behm, Wautoma
Large
Medium
small
Divider
1st Samantha Noll, Wausau
2nd Xe Xiong & Gabriela Betancourt, Wausau
3rd Stephanie Lemancik & Joe Schnyder, Oshkosh
West
1st Nicole Gottfredsen, Ashwaubenon
1st Tanner Coonen, Oshkosh North
2nd Maxine Yang, Oshkosh North
No Entry
1st Harley Gehrke, Wautoma
2nd No Winner
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Academic, Class or related story
1st Heather Brown, Wausau West
2nd Kylie Gazzolo, Wausau West
3rd No Entry
1st Alison Mueller, Oshkosh North
2nd Brianna Nigl & Sydney Hirschberg, Oshkosh North
1st Abbey Schubert & Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan North
1st Adam Yarish, Wausau West
2nd Maria Grzywa, Bayport
2nd Lexus Hagedorn, Wausau West
3rd Alyssa Weiler & Molly Neubauer, Oshkosh West
3rd Darcy Kerrigan & Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan North
1st Claire Newell, Oshkosh North
2nd Brooke Miller, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Jordan Ostrand, Margaret Giblin & Lucy Bley,
Sevastopol
2nd Elodie Huston & Sam Walvort, Sheboygan Falls
3rd No Winner
Large
Medium
small
Double Page spread; Academic Life
1st Calla Born & Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan North
1st Brianna Albee, Wausau West
2nd Brenna Eckhardt & Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan
North
2nd Lisa Fowle, Wausau West
3rd No Entry
1st Katherine Enderby, Ashwaubenon
1st Claire Newell & Andrea Opel, Oshkosh North
2nd Jordan Manders, Ashwaubenon
2nd Brianna Nigl, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Amanda Pezewski, Wautoma
2nd Bryce Birmingham, Sevastopol
3rd Elodie Huston & Sam Walvort, Sheboygan Falls
Large
Medium
small
Double Page spread; sports
2013 Yearbook Winners
1st Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan North
1st Aaditi Naik & Karalyn Niemeyer, Wausau West
2nd Brittani Bahr, Oshkosh West
3rd No Entry
1st Jordan Manders & Katherine Enderby, Ashwauben-
on
1st Lyle Plueddeman, Oshkosh North
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
1st Jakie Mozdzen, Alayna Lund, Jaiden Pierotti &
Elizabeth Meek, Wautoma
2nd Gabby Giblin & Terre Felhofer, Sevastopol
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
opening and Closing
DEsign Division
1st Karalyn Niemeyer, Wausau West
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
1st Katherine Enderby, Ashwaubenon
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
1st No Entry
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
Large
Medium
small
Computer graphic
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1st Aly Hakes, Aubrey Lunderville & Maria Grzya,
Bayport
1st Aaditi Naik, Wausau West
2nd Brianna Albee & Aaditi Naik, Wausau West
3rd Molly Neubauer, Oshkosh West
1st Katherine Enderby & Jordan Manders, Ashwauben-
on
1st Lauren Tuma, Oshkosh North
2nd Andrea Opel, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Adina Kasimoff, Sheboygan Falls
2nd Alayna Lund, Wautoma
3rd Lucy Bley, Sevastopol
Large
Medium
small
Double Page spread; Clubs or organizations
1st Brenna Eckhardt & Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan
North
1st Megan Marlowe, Wausau West
2nd Carly Johnson & Elise Anderson, Bayport
2nd Alyssa Weiler & Molly Neubauer, Oshkosh West
3rd Calla Born & Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan North
3rd Adam Yarish, Aaditi Naik & Karalyn Niemeyer,
Wausau West
1st Katelyn Schuttenhelm, Oshkosh North
1st Katherine Enderby, Ashwaubenon
2nd Sydney Hirschberg, Oshkosh North
2nd Katherine Enderby, Ashwaubenon
3rd No Entry
1st Conner McHugh, Sevastopol
2nd Haley Schibur & Emma Schad, Sheboygan Falls
3rd No Winner
Large
Medium
small
Double Page spread; student Life
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2014 Yearbook Winners
1st Brynn Molzner, Sheboygan North
1st Laurel Noack, Wausau West
2nd Lexus Hagedorn, Wausau West
3rd No Entry
1st Maxine Yang, Oshkosh North
2nd Allison Mueller, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Harley Gehrke, Wautoma
2nd Monica Salmeri, Sevastopol
3rd No Entry
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PHotogrAPHy Division
1st Sara Warden, Sheboygan North
1st Anna Brown, Wausau West
2nd Kou Xiong, Oshkosh West
2nd Sarah Chenery, Sheboygan North
3rd No Winner
1st Jordan Manders, Ashwaubenon
1st Brianna Nigl, Oshkosh North
2nd Sommer Hill, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Noah VanWyk, Sheboygan Falls
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sports Photo
1st Brynn Molzner, Sheboygan North
1st Aaditi Naik, Wausau West
2nd Sara Warden, Sheboygan North
2nd Mai Kou Lor, Wausau West
3rd No Winner
1st Maxine Yang, Oshkosh North
2nd No Winner
3rd No Entry
1st Adina Kasimoff, Sheboygan Falls
2nd Alayna Lund, Wautoma
3rd Noah VanWyk, Sheboygan Falls
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1st Calla Born, Sheboygan North
1st Jordyn Kettner, Wausau West
2nd Sarah Chenery, Sheboygan North
2nd Adam Yarish, Wausau West
3rd Taylor Skroski, Oshkosh West
1st Katherine Enderby, Ashwaubenon
1st Lauren Tuma, Oshkosh North
2nd Sydney Hirschberg, Oshkosh North
3rd No Entry
1st Noah VanWyk, Shebogyan Falls
2nd No Entry
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open Photo
1st Sarah Cheney & Erin Cram, Sheboygan North
1st Julie Edwards, Wausau West
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1st Sommer Hill, Oshkosh North
2nd No Entry
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1st Autumn Schartner & Monica Salmeri, Sevastopol
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1st Kenny Vang, Wausau West
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1st Brittani Bahr, Oshkosh West
1st Sarah Chenery, Sheboygan North
2nd Karalyn Niemeyer & Benjamin Kilcoyne,
Wausau West
3rd No Entry
1st No Winner
2nd No Entry
3rd No Entry
1st David Kowalczyk, Wautoma
2nd Gabby Giblin & Terre Felhover, Sevastopol
3rd No Entry
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Cover Design
1st Roxanne Thao, Oshkosh West
2nd No Winner
3rd No Entry
1st Nicole Gottfredsen, Ashwaubenon
2nd Jordan Manders, Ashwaubenon
3rd No Winner
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2nd No Entry
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group Photo PuBLiCAtion Division
1st Polaris Staff, Sheboygan North
1st Aurora Staff, Wausau West
1st The Anchor Staff, Bayport
2nd Notebook Staff, Oshkosh West
3rd No Entry
1st Reflections Staff, Oshkosh North
2nd The Paw Staff, Ashwaubenon
3rd No Entry
1st Pioneer Staff, Sevastopol
2nd Pangissin Staff, Sheboygan Falls
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yearbook
2014 Yearbook Winners
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David KowalczykWautoma High School
Small School
1st Place Cover Design
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Kenny vangWausau West High School
Large School
1st Place Artwork
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Autumn schartner & Monica salmeriSevestopol High School
Small School
1st Place index
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tori oldenburg & Mallory rankinSevestopol High School
Small School
1st Place opening and Closing
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Adina KasimoffSheboygan Falls High School
Small School
CommentsThis shot is lit very well and captures the faces nicely. Consider cropping the bottom portion so the audience is not in the shot to distract the viewer or move closer to the stage.
1st Place open Photo
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1st Place Candid Photo Brynn Molzner
Oshkosh North High SchoolLarge School
CommentsThis photo is a great reaction shot, but we don’t know what they’re reacting to. A caption would help give the photo some context but the expressions on the girls’ faces are captured nicely. The cone to the right is distracting as well as the ladder to the left, which some tighter cropping would easily solve.
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NEWSPA’s 2014 Skip Zacher Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award was presented to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel video journalist Mike De Sisti for his outstanding involvement in advancing journal-ism education.
“It feels good to be recognized no matter what you’re doing,” De Sisti said. “I’m just doing what I love.”
De Sisti said he began explor-ing photo journalism during his senior year of college after receiv-ing a job as a photographer at his school’s student newspaper, but it took awhile for him to be convinced that photo journalism was the right career for him.
“When I got the job at the school newspaper in college I thought pho-to journalism was pretty cool and I kind of just did it to see if I could do that type of photography,” De Sisti said. “I enjoyed it but it wasn’t like an epiphany, I wasn’t like ‘oh journalism, this is what I have to do.’”
Even though photo journalism wasn’t always in De Sisti’s plan, he was still able to build a successful career, Today, De Sisti works as a multimedia journalist for the Mil-waukee Journal Sentinel and cov-ers various events throughout the state.
“I learn some-thing every day and it’s pretty cool,” Di Sisti said.
When De Sisti comes to NEWSPA each year his pre-sentations encom-pass changes in visual journalism, how students should approach visual journalism, new technology and the impor-tance of transferable skills between different aspects of journalism in-cluding writing, photography, video and interviewing.
“I want [students] to under-stand that you can have fun and be creative and still make good video,” De Sisti said. “Never wait to be told what to do. You need to be innova-tive and think up your own fun and creative content.”
De Sisti said the most import-ant thing for young journalists is being able to do more than just one journalistic skill.
“I would have taken a lot of journalism class-es,” De Sisti said. “I would have learned about writing. I think so many peo-ple nowadays want to be a writer or just a photographer or a copy editor but nowadays you need to know how to do
everything like video, photography, how to write a good story and how to find sources.”
De Sisti said above all else he hopes his sessions offer insight and inspire students.
He said he tries to offer as much advice as he can because that’s what helped him get started with his own career.
“There were so many people who were so instrumental in my ca-reer. I would go to talks and people would stand up and give up them-selves,” De Sisti said. “It’s a very competitive industry but people are so willing to help. I was very grateful to everyone who helped me along the way and this is my way of returning the favor.”
NEWSPA recognized his dedi-cation on April 9 when they award-ed him the Skip Zachar Award during its luncheon for NEWSPA presenters, board members and advisers.
“Mike De Sisti has definite-ly proven his ‘friend of scholastic journalism’ status by leading ses-sions for so many years at NEWS-PA,” NEWSPA President Sara Mar-quardt said. “We are extremely lucky to have such a dedicated in-dividual to help students.”
De Sisti wins 2014 Skip Zacher Award
Photo by Cody SinkulaFormer Skip Zacher Award recipient and NEWSPA founder Gary Coll presents Mike De Sisti with the 2014 Skip Zacher Award.
by Haley Walters
“It feels good to be recognized no matter what you’re doing. I’m just doing what I love. ”Mike De SistiSkip Zacher Award Winner
Cartoonist Joe Heller received a sweet surprise at NEWSPA’s 2014 conference in recognition of his 35 years of involvement with the stu-dent journalism organization.
NEWSPA presented a cake to Heller during the 2014 conference on April 9, which he then gracious-ly shared with the many attendees of his editorial cartoon drawing workshop.
Heller has been inspiring stu-dents to create cartoons each year at the NEWSPA spring conference for more than three decades, and NEWSPA wanted to show its appre-ciation for his hard work and fun presentations.
“Joe Heller has inspired nu-merous students with his passion for editorial cartoons,” NEWSPA President Sara Marquardt said
He teaches students how to make creative and engaging ed-itorial cartoons for their student publications in his sessions that always attract a crowd of students curious about making their car-toons better.
“After 35 years of presenting, but he still has the enthusiasm for his craft,” Marquardt said. “I don’t know how many students I’ve met over the years that rave about his session and can’t wait to go again the next year.”
Heller currently works as a free-lance cartoonist after spending 28 years at The Green Bay Press Ga-zette as their editorial cartoonist.
His work primarily focuses on politics or social issues and has appeared in publications such as Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report and The National Re-view.
“NEWSPA is so lucky to have such a talented artist that can re-ally relate to young journalists,” Marquardt said.
To learn more about Heller and his work, visit his website or keep an eye out for his future editorial cartoon sessions at NEWSPA.
Longtime presenter awardedby Haley Walters
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Photos by Cody SinkulaCartoonist Joe Heller unveils his surprise during his session at 2014 NEWSPA. Heller was awarded a cake for his 35 years of presenting at the conference.
2014-2015 nEWsPA Board MembersSara Marquardt, President (2015) Reflections (yearbook)Oshkosh North High School1100 W. Smith Ave., Oshkosh, WI 54901 920-424-4020, ext. 2684 [email protected]
Susan Carlson (2015)The Hi-Light (newspaper) Green Bay East High School 1415 E. Walnut St., Green Bay, WI 54301 920-448-2090 [email protected]
Lucas Cleary (2015) Hi-Lights (newspaper) Plymouth High School125 S. Highland Ave., Plymouth, WI 53073 920-893-6911, ext. 1538 [email protected]
Jason Cummings (2014)North Star (newspaper)Oshkosh North High School1100 W. Smith Ave. Oshkosh, WI 54901 920-424-4020, ext. 682 [email protected]
Michelle Farnsworth (2017)The Hi-Light (newspaper)Green Bay East High School1415 E. Walnut St. Green Bay, WI 54301 [email protected]
Amy Karoses (2016) Notebook (yearbook) Oshkosh West High School 375 N. Eagle St., Oshkosh, WI 54902 920-424-4092; fax: 920-424-4950 [email protected]
Shannon Kuehmichel (2015) Red ‘n’ Green (newspaper) Berlin High School222 Memorial Dr., Berlin, WI 54923 920-361-2000, ext. 1815 [email protected]
Aaron Rompani (2014) Noctiluca (newspaper) Appleton North High School 5000 N. Ballard Road, Appleton, WI 54913 920-832-4300 [email protected]
Trent Scott (2016)The Index (yearbook)Ashwaubenon High School2391 S.Ridge Road, Ashwaubenon, WI 54304(920) 492-2955 ext. [email protected]
Emma Slowinski (2015)The Paw (newspaper)Oshkosh West High School375 N. Eagle St., Oshkosh, WI [email protected]
Matt Smith (2016)Cardinal Columns (newspaper)Fond Du Lac High School801 Campus Dr., Fond Du Lac, WI [email protected]
Kaitlin Wiza (2017)The Pioneer Chips (newspaper); The Pioneer (year-book)Sevastopol High School4550 Highway 57, Sturgeon Bay, WI [email protected]
Contacts at UW-Oshkosh
Mailing Address: NEWSPADepartment of JournalismUW-Oshkosh800 Algoma Blvd Oshkosh, WI 54901-8696
