SPA Journalism Students nominated for Individual National Scholastic Press Association Awards

Each year, the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) recognizes the groundbreaking and inventive work of student journalists across the country in the fall with the NSPA Individual Awards. The competition is intense, with thousands of schools entering work from their journalists in each category. Judges select 10 or fewer finalists in each category. The Rubicon (print and online), Ibid yearbook, and Iris: Art+Lit have six finalists, produced by 21 student journalists that are recognized this year.

Congratulations to:

Design of the Year

• Newspaper / Newsmagazine Cover
  • Georgia Ross '25, The Rubicon “What does one test show?”
     
• Literary Magazine Cover
  • Hadley Dobish '25, Eliza Farley '24, Poppy Ploen '24, Iris: Art + Lit “Be bold”
     
• Literary Magazine Spread
  • Eva Johnson '27 (designer), Zadie Martin '24 (reporter), Oliver Zhu '24 (artist) “How to overcome art block"

Multimedia Story of the Year

• Multimedia News Story
  • McKinley Garner '24, Sonia Kharbanda '26, Claire Kim '24, Orion Kim '24, Mariam Malik '25, Eliana Mann '24, Clara McKoy '24, Annie Zhang '25, The Rubicon / RubicOnline, “Israel-Hamas war today”
     
  • Aarushi Bahadur '25, Thomas Chen '26, Rita Li '24, Mariam Malik '25, Eliana Mann '24, Zadie Martin '24, Clara McKoy '24, Siri Pattison '24, Lucy Thomas '25, Zimo Xie '26, RubicOnline, “Councils plan for day on for community”
     
• Multimedia Sports Story
  • Thomas Chen '26, RubicOnline, “First Ultimate game unites new and returning players”

Finalists will be recognized and winners will announced at the JEA/NSPA National Journalism Convention in Philadelphia, PA, in November.