Kansas students shine at JEA/NSPA convention in Portland
April 19, 2010
Filed under Conferences, Uncategorized
Students from Andover High School, Goddard, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission Northwest and Shawnee Mission West won several awards this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA national convention in Portland, Ore.
Foremost among the winners was East’s Tim Shedor, the Kansas High School Journalist of the Year. Shedor was one of six runners-up in the national Journalist of the Year competition and won a $2,000 scholarship from JEA. Shedor will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship from KSPA at the State Contest opening ceremonies, May 1 at the Kansas Union in Lawrence.
Kansas students won 18 awards in the convention’s write-off competition.
Those winners (“Superior” represents the top rating, followed by “Excellent” and “Honorable Mention”):
- Katie Hamlin, Goddard, Feature Writing, Superior
- Caitlyn Massy, SM Northwest, Student Life Photography, Superior
- Anna Petrow, SM East, Photography Portfolio, Superior
- Courtney Moore, Andover High, Feature Writing, Excellent
- Alyssa Parsons, SM West, Photography Portfolio, Excellent
- Tim Shedor, SM East, Feature Writing, Excellent
- Corbin Barnds, SM East, Yearbook Copy/Caption: Sports, Excellent
- Ashley Porter, Goddard, YB Layout: Inside Pages, Excellent
- Kelsey Phillips, Andover High, Computer Design: Headline, Excellent
- Evan Nichols, SM East, Computer Design: Infographics, Excellent
- Lane White, Andover High, YB Student Life Photography, Honorable Mention
- Whitaker Sherk, SM East, YB Layout: Theme, Honorable Mention
- Katie Pool, Andover High, Review Writing, Honorable Mention
- Alex Lamb, SM East, Review Writing, Honorable Mention
- Lana Fanous, SM West, Review Writing, Honorable Mention
- Corbin Mihelic, Andover High, Sports Writing, Honorable Mention
- Meredith Morris, Goddard, Sports Writing, Honorable Mention
- Alysabeth Albano, SM East, News Writing, Honorable Mention
In all, 440 of 1,065 students received awards: 72 were judged superior, 138 were excellent and 230 earned honorable mention.
The JEA/NSPA Fall Convention will be in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 11-14 at the Convention Center. Kathy Habiger from Mill Valley and Amy Morgan from Shawnee Mission West are the local co-chairs. Here’s the brochure.
