A record number of Massachusetts student journalists and their publications earned recognition at the JEA/NSPA fall national high school journalism convention in Chicago last weekend. Students from The Ghostwriter at Westford Academy, the yearbook at Woburn High School, and Denebola and The Lion's...

A variety of Massachusetts student journalists were named finalists earlier this fall in the National Scholastic Press Association's annual Story of the Year contest. NSPA will announce winners of the awards this Saturday afternoon during the fall national high school journalism convention in Chicago....

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 appropriate...