Tennessee High School Press Association

Seeking to Educate High School Student Media Staffs in Tennessee.

Awards Day scheduled for March 3

 
THSPA's annual Awards Day took place on March 3. The list of winners may be seen at our Contests page.
 
 
Congratulations to the following superlatives:
 
  • H. L. Hall Outstanding Student Journalist: 
    • First place: Noah Certion, Arlington High School
    • Second place: Wallis Rogan, St. Mary's Episcopal School
    • Third place: Kai Curtis, Collierville High School
  • Administrator of the Year: Mr. Roger Jones, Collierville High School


 We had 634 entries this year, and the judges were very complimentary of them; bravo to the students! There was an average of 12 entries in each category.

Speaking of judges, this year we used 16 judges from across the country, including seven new ones. One novel feature this year is that we asked judges to type feedback on the entries. We will share the comments on your students' submissions with each of you later this week.

 

Three Tennessee high schools win national awards

Tennesseans have won again on the national stage!
 
Winners of the ninth annual National Student Production Awards were announced last week during a ceremony presented by the Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The competition recognizes talented high school students from across the country for achievements in filmmaking and journalism.
 
The three Nashville/Mid-South Chapter winners were Brentwood High School, Franklin High School and Germantown High School.
 
Commercial 
School: Brentwood High School
Submission: Stickers!
Students: Michael Gorokhovsky, David Ward 
Adviser: Sloan Ashworth
 
Sports Story or Segment 
School: Franklin High School
Submission: 22 Games 
Student: Anna Raye Jones 
Adviser: Keri Thompson 
 
Sports Program 
School: Germantown High School
Submission: Red Devil Postgame
Students: Kadin Bolton, Christian Maya, Malaya Adams, Marcus McClain, Erin Fitzgerald, Tyler Curry 
Advisers: Mallory Kenney and Leonid Mazor 
 
Congratulations, Sloan, Keri, Mallory and Leonid, and your students!
 
The list of winners can be found at https://theemmys.tv/nspa/. The national winners were selected from submissions previously recognized as winners in the NATAS Regional Chapter competitions. (NATAS has 18 chapters across the United States with Student Awards programs.) Congratulations to those Tennessee nominees as well!
 
 

Tennessee adviser wins highest award from National Scholastic Press Association

Congratulations to a Tennessee adviser for earning the highest honor given by the National Scholastic Press Association to journalism educators.
 
This past weekend at the JEA/NSPA National Journalism Convention in Philadelphia, Heather Nagel of Christ Presbyterian Academy was one of seven educators recognized with the Pioneer Award. Pioneers are recognized annually for their substantial contributions to high school publications and journalism programs. The other 2024 recipients were from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Oklahoma and Washington.
 
Heather received the JEA Distinguished Adviser honor in 2019, the JEA Special Recognition Yearbook Adviser honor in 2012 and was Tennessee High School Press Association’s Bonnie Hufford Outstanding Adviser in 2012. 

 
Way to go, Heather!
 
 

2024 Fall Workshops

  • Monday, Sept. 16 - Fall Workshop in Nashville (Lipscomb University)
  • Friday, Sept. 27 - Fall Workshop in Memphis (University of Memphis)
  • Friday, Oct. 4 - Fall Workshop in Knoxville (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
  • Friday, Oct. 25 - Fall Workshop in Chattanooga (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)

To register, go to the "Fall Workshops" page.

 

Awards Day honors top student-media work from 2023

Congratulations to all of the finalists of THSPA's 2024 Student Media Awards! The list of students and staffs - and links to their stories, videos, newscasts, photos, etc. - may be found on our Contests page. Several of you at our recent Awards Day mentioned you enjoyed viewing some of the commercials, PSAs and other media; now all of you can see them and share them with your students.

We had more than 725 entries this year in our 56 categories. The overall winning staffs were:

  • Best Overall Newspaper/Newsmagazine: West Side Story, Morristown-Hamblen High School West
  • Best Overall Yearbook: Lion's Roar, Christ Presbyterian Academy 
  • Best Overall Literary Magazine: Hallmarks, Harpeth Hall
  • Mark Madison Best Television Station: CPA Media Studio, Christ Presbyterian Academy
  • Best Overall Website: The Tatler, St. Mary’s Episcopal School

 

Our "superlative" awards were:

Administrator of the Year: Dr. Katie Hill, Page High School

H.L. Hall Outstanding Student Journalist

First Place: Margot Ross, University School of Nashville

Second Place: Amelia Alexopoulos, Harpeth Hall

Third Place: Julia Amick, Collierville High School

 

We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Workshops; details will be announced soon.

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