NFPW
National Federation of Press Women
2012 HS Journalism Contest
13 states
represented
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First: Eliza Llewellyn, Staples HS, Westport,
Conn., “Legacies: Investigating a College
Application Controversy”
Second: Megan Lucas, Allen HS, Parker, Texas,
“From Russia With Love … No More”
Third: Emma Stancey and Eloise Fischer-Fortney,
Naperville North HS, Naperville, Ill., “Achievement
Gap”
Honorable mention: Clare Varellas, Acalanes HS,
Lafayette, Calif., “Boy Scout Denied Membership
and Eagle Award Due to Sexuality;” and Sophia Li,
Lakota East HS, Liberty Township, Ohio, “Dornan’s
Army: Back for Another Year”
Judge: Ed Anderson, former Capital Bureau
reporter, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.
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his year’s High School Communications
Contest winners represented 13 states. Firstplace entrants from state contests across the
country competed in the national contest.
Students competed in 20 categories: editorial,
opinion, news story, feature story, sports story,
columns, feature photo, sports photo, cartooning,
review, graphics, single-page layout, double-truck
layout, environment, video news story, video
feature story, video sports story, yearbook layout,
yearbook photo and yearbook copywriting.
Professional communicators and journalism
educators judged the contest, which is sanctioned
by the National Association of Secondary
School Principals. Almost every judge this
year commented on the overall quality of the
entries, the challenging nature of the topics the
students tackled and the excellence the students
demonstrated whether they were writing, taking
photographs, or designing pages and graphics.
Alexis Vinton of Omaha, Neb., who was the firstplace winner in the columns category, attended
the awards luncheon and spoke briefly to the
audience about her winning columns, her love for
writing and her plans to study creative writing at
college.
All national first-place winners received a $100
cash award; all first, second and third place
and honorable mention winners received award
certificates.
For more information about the NFPW and its
annual contests visit www.nfpw.org.