Judge's comments: A clear majority of the pieces were solid journalism: thorough research, multiple sources, strong writing and editing. A news story is one that is timely, generally events or news generated within the last couple of days. A good number of the articles would have been more appropriat...

1. Bella Hamilton, Isabella Xie, Jake Lawton, and Jemini Jean-Louis Regulus, Newton South High School Brian Baron, adviser Judge's comments: Genius idea for a spread reflecting both students’ and teachers’ point of view. Honest on both sides. Above and beyond what is normally found in any Y...

Judge's comments: The entries presented a bell curve of quality. The vast majority were perfectly fine features, but few stood out as really diving into a topic, searching for something unique to the school or community, or finding something more than just standard coverage. Vaping was the mos...