Nebraska high school students recently received awards in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest.
Students from 21 schools submitted 508 entries that were judged in 23 categories. Those categories included writing, photos, graphics, broadcast or video, and yearbook categories. The contest was open to high school students across the state. It was judged by communications professionals, with constructive feedback provided on each entry.
Twenty-three first-place entries advanced to the National Federation of Press Women competition. National award winners will be announced during an online celebration on May 13.
Lincoln Southeast High School accumulated the most points based on contest results and received the Sweepstakes Award. Marian High School was runner up and Elkhorn North High School placed third for the Sweepstakes Award. All three schools received awards.
Winners were recognized during NPW’s spring convention luncheon April 25 in Lincoln.
Schools with winning entries are Adams Central Jr/Sr High School (Hastings), Bellevue East High School, Bellevue West High School, Bryan High School, Dorchester Public School, Elkhorn North High School, Gretna East High School, Gretna High School, Lincoln Southeast High School, Lincoln Southwest High School, Marian High School (Omaha), Millard North High School (Omaha), Millard South High School (Omaha), Omaha Buena Vista High School, Omaha South High School, Papillion-La Vista High School, Plattsmouth High School, Westside High School (Omaha) and Westview High School (Omaha).
Award winners by school are listed alphabetically:
Adams Central High School
Kiley Ayres, second place, graphics/photo illustration
Brooklyn Buhr, honorable mention, single-page layout
Emma McCaffery, honorable mention, graphics/photo illustration
Kayden Sipp, third place, single-page layout; honorable mention, graphics/photo illustration
Payton Thomas, honorable mention, graphics/photo illustration
Bellevue East High School
Victoria Bogatz, honorable mention, double-truck layout; honorable mention, review
Lailyah Duncan, first place, news story
Charley Leon, third place, double-truck layout
Charlotte Palm, third place, environment; honorable mention, feature story
Avonelle Reliford, honorable mention, opinion
Bellevue West High School
Hadasah Aguilar, honorable mention, news or feature photo
Jackson Payne, honorable mention, video news story
Bryan High School
Andrea Chaparro, first place, opinion
Chiquita Hayes, first place, yearbook layout
Sarah Mesfin, honorable mention, yearbook copywriting
Dorchester High School
Rosie Lopez, honorable mention, double-truck layout
Andrea Pavlish, honorable mention, editorial; honorable mention, opinion; honorable mention, video sports story
Joseph Peacock, second place, yearbook photo; honorable mention, video sports story
Emilia Perez, honorable mention, yearbook photo
Sierra Sherwood, third place, yearbook photo
Ariana Tellez, third place, yearbook copywriting
Briana Tellez, honorable mention, yearbook photo
Gabby Theis, second place, cartooning; third place, yearbook layout; honorable mention, yearbook photo
Michael Maldonado, honorable mention, video sports story
Max Novak, honorable mention, opinion
Elkhorn North High School
Olivia Cemer, second place, news story
Niharika Kandari, first place, review; second place, columns or blogs; honorable mention, opinion
Abby Kwon, honorable mention, columns or blogs
Jillian O’Dell, second place, sports story; honorable mention, opinion
Alyssa Palmer, honorable mention, opinion
Channing Sidders, third place, columns or blogs; honorable mention, environment
Bella Smith, honorable mention, sports story
Gretna East High School
Reese Beery, second place, editorial; third place, sports story
Taegyn Brown, honorable mention, sports photo; honorable mention, video feature story
Lexie Elliott, honorable mention, video feature story
Brayden Hansen, honorable mention, feature story; honorable mention, video sports story
Aidan McClaren, second place, feature story, honorable mention, news story
Nicholas Mitchell, honorable mention, sports photo; honorable mention, yearbook photo
Addilyn Nikodym, first place, yearbook photo
Madeline Petrick, second place, radio or podcast prepared report, third place, graphics/ photo illustration; honorable mention, review; honorable mention, video news story
Kristin Tuff, honorable mention, review
Gretna High School
Charlie Otto, honorable mention, feature story
Colin, Lingbloom, honorable mention, news or feature photo; honorable mention, sports photo
Daniela Praulina, honorable mention, sports photo
Kelsey Van Waart, honorable mention, opinion
Mary Jane Kushiner, first place, feature story; honorable mention, sports story
Skylar Miller honorable mention, columns or blogs
Sydney Malone, honorable mention, sports story
Lincoln Southeast High School
Evangeline Ahern, first place, single-page layout; second place, double-truck layout, honorable mention, opinion
Sofia Bunch, first place, best newscast; third place, best newscast
Sofia Clark, honorable mention, video news story
Myla Davis, honorable mention, columns or blogs; honorable mention, opinion
Lily Deitering, honorable mention, review
Kristina Gevorkova, first place, environment, third place, feature story
Mina Jan, honorable mention, opinion
Sydney Kjeldgaard, first place, best newscast; second place, video feature story; third place, video news story; third place, best newscast
Cory Nguyen, first place, video sports story; first place, best newscast; honorable mention, video feature story; third place, best newscast
Lida Prochaska, first place, columns or blogs
Lanna Ramirez Cromer, second place, single-page layout
Alex Ringenberg, second place, video news story
Adam Taylor, first place, best newscast; second place, video news story; second place, video sports story; third place, best newscast
Mason Sheehan, first place, video sports story; third place, video news story
Jenna Steinke, first place, best newscast; second place, video feature story; third place, best newscast
Lincoln Southwest High School
Kayleigh Chaulk, honorable mention, opinion
Lily Weidemeier, second place, yearbook layout; honorable mention, yearbook photo
Marian High School
Kelsey Bragg, honorable mention, best newscast; honorable mention, best newscast
Kassidy Brown, honorable mention, best newscast
Erin Cramer, honorable mention, opinion
Katherine Dietz, first place, double-truck layout
Kate Efaw, first place, video news story; honorable mention, best newscast
Lauren Hicks, first place, sports story
Izumi Huang Fujiwara, first place, graphics / photo illustration; first place, double-truck layout
Madeline Iske, third place, video feature story
Anna Kubat, honorable mention, single-page layout
Kate Markus, honorable mention, best newscast
Bristol Povondra, honorable mention, best newscast
Syra Qureshi, first place, news or feature photo
Sophia Shillcut, honorable mention, best newscast
Victoria Simit, third place, video sports story; honorable mention, best newscast
Hannah Taylor, honorable mention, cartooning
Eleanor Thibodeau, first place, double-truck layout
Maeve Wharton, honorable mention, sports photo
Aliyah Williams, honorable mention, video feature story
Millard North High School
Simon Damrow, second place, best newscast
Oliviah Hopkins, second place, yearbook copywriting
Macey Jarose, honorable mention, video sports story; second place, best newscast
Katelyn Judd, third place, opinion; honorable mention, news story
Sahana Kumar, second place, best newscast
Srihith Madduri, second place, best newscast
Mira Mukherjee, honorable mention, feature story
Salman Muse, second place, best newscast
Parker Neville, first place, yearbook copywriting
Sophia Phillips, second place, best newscast; honorable mention, video sports story
Argyrenia Pipinos, first place, editorial
Mady Thinnes, second place, best newscast
Angela Zheng, second place, best newscast
Millard South High School
Isaac, Gibson, third place, sports photo
Jamison Hanway, honorable mention, single-page layout
Regina Ho, first place, sports photo; third place, news or feature photo
Ella Iwanski, third place, cartooning
Adalyn Jensen, third place, editorial; honorable mention, news or feature photo
Josilynn Prokupek, honorable mention, double-truck layout
Scarlett Roots, honorable mention, double-truck layout
Anna Samuels, honorable mention, cartooning
Spencer Wickwire, honorable mention, video news story
Leah Wigginton, honorable mention, video news story
Omaha Buena Vista High School
Arleigh Duran-Iribe, second place, review
Omaha South High School
Savannah Galas, honorable mention, news story
Papillion LaVista High School
Carly Peterson, second place, sports photo; honorable mention, editorial; honorable mention, news or feature photo
Plattsmouth High School
Haylie Briggs, honorable mention, yearbook photo
Westside High School
Nadia Aboeata, third place, news story
Lucas Boyer, first place, radio or podcast prepared report; second place, radio / television interview or talk show; honorable mention, radio / television interview or talk show; honorable mention, video news story
Emily Cota, honorable mention, opinion; honorable mention, opinion
Kendra Cox, second place, news or feature photo; honorable mention, sports photo; honorable mention, sports photo
Macaiah Dodd, first place, cartooning
Logan Fey, honorable mention, radio / television interview or talk show
Joey Gerard, honorable mention, sports photo
Duncan Hansen, honorable mention, sports photo
Marley Helvey, honorable mention, news story
Cooper Koch, honorable mention, sports photo
Oliver Levy, honorable mention, video news story
Will Mahan, first place, video feature story; honorable mention, best newscast
Sam Mahan, honorable mention, news or feature photo; honorable mention, yearbook copywriting
Will Mahan, honorable mention, video feature story; honorable mention, video news story
Devin Neumann, honorable mention, radio / television interview or talk show
Will Oakes, honorable mention, sports story
Elliot O’Connor, honorable mention, video news story
Jordyn Perez, honorable mention, sports photo
Lucy Pocras, honorable mention, sports story
Hailey Potter, honorable mention, yearbook layout
Luci Proctor, honorable mention, yearbook layout
Juan Romero Sarraf, third place, radio / television interview or talk show; honorable mention, video news story; honorable mention, best newscast
Courtney Schwarz, honorable mention, yearbook layout
Luke Spader, honorable mention, radio / television interview or talk show; honorable mention, sports photo
Zoey Spader, honorable mention, review
Hunter Veylupek, first place, radio or podcast prepared report; second place, radio / television interview or talk show; honorable mention, video sports story
Westview High School
Gwen Annoye, honorable mention, yearbook layout
Jocie Bade, honorable mention, yearbook layout
Jordan Farmer, first place, radio / television interview or talk show
Brooklynn Freeman, second place, environment; second place, opinion
Lexi Monaco, honorable mention, opinion
William Schuler, honorable mention, review
Cora Vobejda, third place, review; honorable mention, environment