New Mexico Press Women announced the three winners of the NMPW High School contest at the annual conference April 26, 2014.
Haley Hamblin is a junior at Moriarty High School and an intern at The Independent. She got first, second and third place in the category News Story, for “Student plays double-time: band and football,” “Moriarty High School stars in thriller movie,” and “Moriarty FFA brings home national awards,” respectively. She got second place in the category Opinion for “Back to school: ‘Motivation is the key’ for busy student.” She got first place in the category Sports Story for “Student plays double-time.”
Idali Gurrola is a sophomore at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces. She won two Honorable Mentions in the Category Yearbook Photo for “Dodging the Defense” and “Pushing Through,” both photos of football games.
Stephanie Goodman is a junior at Mayfield High School, and has been editor of the yearbook since she was a freshman. She won first place in the Yearbook Photo Category with the photo “We are Trojans!”
Alexandra Hehlen of Los Alamos won first place in the Feature Story category with “Van Etten to compete in national snowboarding competition,” first place in the Columns category with “High-heeled head honcho,” and fist place in Yearbook Layout with “All over the map.”
The High School Communications Contest honors excellence in student journalism. High schools across New Mexico may enter this contest that features 20 categories for student work.
Entries awarded first place will be submitted to the National Federation of Press Women contest. NMPW will pay the fee for those entries and will submit them for judging. The contest is endorsed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Dow Jones announces first-place winners and promotes the competition in its publication distributed to journalism advisers across the nation, giving students and their teachers/advisers local and nationwide recognition.
Any high school student in New Mexico may enter work printed or broadcast between March 1, 2013 and February 28, 2014. Entry fees are $3 for each item.
Entries are due March 10, 2014
Questions about entries may be directed to Leota Harriman
Submissions are to be made online through our new contest website
Payment for entries are sent via mail to:
NMPW Treasurer Carol Kreis
805 Lamp Post Circle SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
Please include the following information along with your check: Name of the high school, name of the newspaper sponsor, and contact e-mail address and phone number. Entry fees are $3 for each item. Please make checks out to New Mexico Press Women.
An opportunity has presented itself for one or more of our members to help make an important project happen this year. Unfortunately, Chris Burroughs will not be able to serve as our High School Communications Contest Chair this year after all. Therefore, we need one or more people who are willing to jump in right now to make this contest happen this year. The contest has moved online as did our regular communications contest, so someone who is comfortable with using a computer would be an asset. The entry deadline is March 10, so if we are gong to offer this opportunity in 2014, we’ll have to get a volunteer(s) and move quickly.
President, Las Cruces & New Mexico Press Women
New Mexico had one national winner, Skylar Peterson of Sandia Prep, who won an honorable mention for columns.
State winners included:
Editorial
• First Place – J. Alex Luce, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 11
• Second Place – Skylar Peterson & Michael Binkley, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Both Grade 12
• Third Place – Lily Jamison-Cash, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Ben Scuderi, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 12
Reviews
• First Place – Michael Binkley, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Joshua Davis, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 12
• Third Place – Lena Kephart, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Benny Torres, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Kim Jennings, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, NM, Tiger Times, Grade 12
• Honorable Mention – Shade Hannum, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade10
Sports Story
• First Place – Adam Eisenberg, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Second Place – Adam Eisenberg, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Second Place – Steven Sanchez, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
• Third Place – Hunter Groff, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
Feature Story
• First Place – Clare Batty, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 12
Second Place – Kate Joiner, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
Second Place – Celine Gordon, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 11
• Third Place – Irene Pallardy, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 12
• Third Place – Skylar Peterson, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
Graphics
• First Place – Miriam Diddy, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
• Second Place — Kate Joiner, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
Sports Photo
• First Place — Atisha Morrison, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, NM, Tiger Times, Grade 12
• Second Place– Rebecca Hamptom, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Third Place – Alyssa Gammon, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandian, Grade 11
Single Page Layout
• First Place — Ben Scuderi, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocacy, Grade 12
Opinion
• First Place – Jack Hermann, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 11
• Second Place – Jordana Caruso, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 11
• Second Place – Jordana Caruso, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Third Place – Miles Parnegg, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Third Place – Marsha Gomez, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
Double Truck
• First Place – Rebecca Hampton, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Maddie Wickstrom, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 12
• Third Place – Evan Moulson, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 12
News Story
• First Place –Brynna Banwarth-Kuhn, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 11
• Second Place – Kate Joiner, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Sharla Biefeld, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 11
• Second Place – Marisa Sisneros, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Second Place – Skylar Peterson, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Caitlin Stuart, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
• Third Place – Atisha Morison, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, NM, Tiger Times, Grade 11
• Third Place – Dinee Dorame, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Miriam Diddy, Highlight High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
Columns
• First Place – Skylar Peterson, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
Environment
• First Place — Ella Wood, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 11
• Second Place – Ian Erickson-Kery & Martin Hussey, Albuquerque Academy, The Advocate, Both Grade 12