Student journalists across Massachusetts took home a wide variety of national, regional, and state awards this school year. In preparation for the announcement of the Best of the Massachusetts High School Press winners later this week, take a look at what people have accomplished:

National

Pacemakers

Newspaper, Finalists

The Phillipian, Phillips Academy
Andover, Massachusetts
Editor: Rudd Fawcett
Advisers: Tracy Ainsworth, Neil Fater

Online, Winners

Wayland Student Press Network
Wayland High School
Wayland, Massachusetts
Advisers: Mary Barber, Brian Keaney
Editors: Janani Gandhi, Isabel Gitten, Duncan Stephenson

The Harbinger
Algonquin Regional High School
Northborough, Massachusetts
Adviser: Lindsay Coppens
Editors: Paige Morse, Cassidy Wang

NSPA Story of the Year

Honorable Mention, Multimedia News:

Alexandra LeBaron, Rudd Fawcett
Andover Joins the March
The Phillipian, Phillips Academy
Andover, Massachusetts

Honorable Mention, Multimedia Sports:

Siobhan Richards, Dakota Antelman
Despite Comeback, Softball Falls to Tantasqua in 10th Inning
The Big Red, Hudson High School
Hudson, Massachusetts

Broadcast Feature Story, 4th Place

4. Tim Rose, Robert Bussiere
   Mustang Magazine, Norwood High School
   Norwood, Massachusetts   “To Stand Or Not”

Best in Show, Dallas

Website, Large School

6. NSHS Denebola, Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts

Best in Show, San Francisco

Website, Small School

6. Wayland Student Press Network, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts

JEA Write-off Contests

Dallas

San Francisco

CSPA Crown

Gold

News Hybrid

The Harbinger | arhsharbinger.com, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA;

Silver

Digital News

Wayland Student Press Network | waylandstudentpress.com, Wayland High School, Wayland, MA

Middle School News – Print

News—Print

The Vanguard, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Cambridge, MA;

CSPA Gold Circle

Informational graphics: Portfolio of work

1. 1. Samantha Bloom, Rudd Fawcett and Serena Ren, The Phillipian, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Single Subject News or Feature Package, Double-truck (two-facing pages)

1. Jen Fox, “Presidential Election,” The Harbinger, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA;

Portfolio Illustration

Avery Paradis, Emeralds, Minnechaug Regional High School, Wilbraham, MA;

In-depth News/Feature

1. Dakota Antelman, “A System Obstructed,” The Big Red, Hudson High School, Hudson, MA.

Single Spot News Photograph

1. Rachel McComiskey, “Hudson 150 Parade,” The Big Red, Hudson High School, Hudson, MA.

Single Feature Photograph

3. Siobhan Richards, “Football Threatens Upset but Falls to Nipmuc 14-6,” The Big Red, Hudson High School, Hudson, MA;

Podcast

3. Dakota Antelman, “The Millenial Voter,” The Big Red, Hudson High School, Hudson, MA

Video Commercial

1. Christopher Bretti, “Colonial Room,” SETV News, Southeastern Regional VOC Tech High School, South Easton, MA.

Video Features Package

2. Hunter Manes, “Student Highlight: Sydney Cummings,” SETV News, Southeastern Regional VOC Tech High School, South Easton, MA;

Video Documentary

1. Alex Barros and Sydney Cummings, “The Last Spot,” SETV News, Southeastern Regional VOC Tech High School, South Easton, MA.

Statewide and Regional

Massachusetts High School Journalist of the Year:

Cassidy Wang, Algonquin Regional High School

Runners up: Dakota Antelman, Hudson High School, and Isabel Gitten, Wayland High School 

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

Hallie Liu Belmont High School Honorable Mention Journalism Tasteful Discrimination: Should Businesses be Allowed to Refuse Service to the LGBT Community?

Daisy Wang Boston Latin School Silver Key Journalism Virtual Reality_ A Look into the Future

Sun-Jung Yum Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School Honorable Mention Journalism

Massachusetts Ranks First Place among U.S. States in Livability

Sun-Jung Yum Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School Honorable Mention Journalism Cambridge Rindge and Latin Schools “Levels Up” Freshman English Classes

Sun-Jung Yum Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School Honorable Mention Journalism

One Student, One Laptop: An Effort to Move Towards Equity through Technology

Mary Bancroft Dartmouth High School Gold Key Journalism College Acceptance Wall: Moved to the Attendance Office

Caroline Enos Gloucester High School Honorable Mention Journalism Gloucester will be under water in 100 years without climate change efforts

Caroline Enos Gloucester High School Silver Key Journalism Executive order hits home for Gloucester

Caroline Enos Gloucester High School Silver Key Journalism What the plastic bag and polystyrene ban really means for Gloucester

Caroline Enos Gloucester High School Silver Key Journalism The Gloucestermen: a preserved people the face of change

Caroline Enos Gloucester High School Gold Key Journalism What do international teens really think about America? This Gillnetter editor went to Germany to find out

Marianne Lu Groton School Gold Key Journalism Dandelion Seeds

Dakota Antelman Hudson High School Gold Key Journalism Hurt by Heroin Crisis, Addicts Tell Their Stories

Dakota Antelman Hudson High School Honorable Mention Journalism Brazilian Recession Forces Teens from their Homes

Abigail Fitzgibbon Manchester Essex Reg Middle High School Silver Key Journalism The Last Shipbuilder

Caleb Blackburn-Johnson Meadowbrook School of Weston Gold Key Journalism The Qatar World Cup: Bought with Oil, Built With Abuse

Teddy Ellis Meadowbrook School of Weston Honorable Mention Journalism Myanmar’s Conflict between the Rakhine and Rohingya: A Leader vs The Military

Cecelia Vieira Phillips Academy Gold Key Journalism Andover Implements All-Gender Housing Options For Upcoming School Year

Katharine Gutkoski Pike School Gold Key Journalism How Many Mockingbirds Must Be Murdered?

Yeo Jin Kim St Mark’s School Gold Key Journalism Examining MONUSCO’s Response to the Congo Genocide

NESPA All New England Awards

Broadcast

Mustang Magazine Norwood High School

Panther TV Plymouth South High School

Newspapers

Tech Talk Cape Cod Regional Technical High School

The High School View Martha’s Vineyard High School

Veritas Newspaper Nantucket High School

The Lion’s Roar Newton South High School

Online

The Big Red Online Hudson High School

Denebola  Newton South High School

Wayland Student Network Wayland High School

W.A. Ghostwriter Westford Academy

Print/online

The Algonquin Harbinger Algonquin Regional High School

The Sagamore Brookline High School

The Newtonite Newton North High School

The Rebellion Walpole High School

MASPA May Photo Contest

Winner: Adrianna Brusie, The Commonwealth School

Second Place: Emma Taubert, The Millbury Reflector

Third Place: Declan Gallagher, The Raider Times