PL South Journalism Awards Archive

2007-2008

2008 Student Television Network Nationals Contest (For complete results, click here.)

• Honorable Mention (4th place) Monthly Show—Titan View, Dec. 2007

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Circle Awards (For complete results, click here.)

• 3rd place Newspaper Photo Layout, full page, broadsheet, color—Braden Boex, “NASCAR,” September 2007
• Certificate of Merit Newspaper Factoid—Casey Lenz, "Are You Connect-ED?" September 2007
• Certificate of Merit Yearbook Feature Writing: Student Life—Lisi Genaidy, "Siblings for a Year," 06-07 book
• Certificate of Merit Yearbook Organization or Greek Spread, black & white, no group photos—Lisi Genaidy, "Strutting Down '42nd Street'," 06-07 book
  

JEA/NSPA National Journalism Convention-Philadelphia
NSPA Best in Show Contest (For complete results, click here.)

• 1st place Broadcast Program—Titan View, Nov. 2007
• 5th place Newspaper 9-12 Pages—The Torch, Sept. 2007

JEA/NSPA National Journalism Convention-Philadelphia
JEA Write-Off Contest (For complete results, click here.)

• Superior—Yearbook Layout: Theme—Emily Lynch
• Excellent—Video News Story—Dei Rathburn & Doug McAcy
• Excellent—Video Commercial/PSA—Merydeth Cummings
• Honorable Mention—Advertising—Kaitlin Barnes
• Honorable Mention—Photography Portfolio—Braden Boex

State Journalism Contest

• 3rd place overall in Class A2
• 1st place Yearbook Theme Development—Laura Burke & Lisi Genaidy
• 2nd place Headline Writing—Josh Conrad
• 2nd place Newspaper Layout—Braden Boex
• 5th place Entertainment Writing—Drew Hudson
• 5th place In-depth Newspaper Coverage—Blythe Butcher, Kaitlin Barnes, Merydeth Cummings, Lindsay Byers, Emily Lynch & Leah Braunschweiler

State Journalism Preliminary Contest

• 1st place Headline Writing (finals qualifier)—Josh Conrad
• 2nd place Column Writing (finals qualifer)—Jill May
• 2nd place In-depth Newspaper Coverage (finals medalist)—Blythe Butcher, Kaitlin Barnes, Merydeth Cummings, Lindsay Byers, Emily Lynch & Leah Braunschweiler
• 2nd place News Writing (finals qualifier)—Doug McAcy
• 2nd place Yearbook Sports Feature Writing (finals qualifier)—Paige Stone
• 2nd place Yearbook Theme Development (finals qualifier)—Laura Burke, Stephanie Jones & Lisi Genaidy
• 3rd place Newspaper Layout (finals qualifier)—Braden Boex
• 3rd place Yearbook Feature Writing (finals qualifier)—Stephanie Jones
• Finals Qualifier in Entertainment Writing—Drew Hudson
• Finals Qualifier in Column Writing—Leah Braunschweiler
  

University of Nebraska-Omaha Contest

• 1st place Sweepstakes Award, Division B—The Torch & South Star staffs
• 1st place Best Newspaper, Division B—The Torch staff
• 1st place Best News Story—Amy McConnell
• 1st place Yearbook/Magazine Layout—Paige Stone
• 1st place Best Sports Photograph—Robert Nielsen
• 1st place Best Sports Broadcast—Chandler Thomas & Taylor Ingraham
• 1st place Best Feature Broadcast—Paige Jones & Lisi Genaidy
• 2nd place Best News Story—Doug McAcy
• 2nd place Best Editorial—Braden Boex
• 2nd place Best Sports Broadcast—Lisi Genaidy & Paige Jones
• 3rd place Best In-Depth Story by Team—Blythe Butcher, Kaitlin Barnes, Lindsay Byers, Merydeth Cummings, Emily Lynch & Leah Braunschweiler
• 3rd place Best Newspaper Two-Page Layout—Kaitlin Barnes & Blythe Butcher
• 3rd place Best Yearbook/Magazine Layout—Laura Burke
• 3rd place Best Single-Page Layout—Braden Boex
• 3rd place Best Original Art/Computer Graphic—Braden Boex
• 3rd place Best News/Feature Photograph—Braden Boex
• 3rd place Best Review (tie)—Drew Hudson
• 3rd place Best Review (tie)—Lindsay Byers
• 3rd place Best Editorial—Drew Hudson
• 3rd place Best Sports Story—Chandler Thomas
• 3rd place Best News Broadcast—Blythe Butcher, Taylor Ingraham, Lindsay Byers & Leah Braunschweiler
• 3rd place Best Feature Broadcast—Lindsay Byers & Amy McConnell

Nebraska Press Women Contest

• 1st place Review Writing (national qualifier), “Harry Potter” review, Sept. 2007—Amy McConnell
• 1st place Feature Photo (national qualifier), Band Tug-of-War, Sept. 2007—Laura Burke
• 2nd place Feature Photo, Westroads Shooting Mourning, Dec. 2007—Braden Boex
• 2nd place Opinion, Kindness Column, Feb. 2008—Jill May
• Honorable Mention Sports Photo—Robert Nielsen
• Honorable Mention Graphics—Braden Boex
• Honorable Mention Editorial—Drew Hudson
• Honorable Mention Single Page Layout—Chandler Thomas
• Honorable Mention News Writing—Doug McAcy
• Honorable Mention Review Writing—Leah Braunschweiler

Creighton University Byline Award Contest

• Byline Award Best Editorial—Drew Hudson
• Byline Award Best Photograph—Laura Burke
• 2nd runner up Best Writing—Jill May
• 3rd runner up Best News Story—Lisi Genaidy

Omaha World-Herald Key Staffer Award

• Laura Burke

Winter Nebraska Journalism Education Association Contest

• Superior Review Writing—Amy McConnell
• Superior News Writing—Lisi Genaidy
• Superior Yearbook Feature Writing—Stephanie Jones
• Superior Yearbook Feature Writing—Mercedes McClure
• Superior Yearbook Feature Writing—Crystal Zamora
• Superior Yearbook Sports Writing—Paige Stone
• Excellent Advertising—Dei Rathburn
• Excellent Editorial Writing—Drew Hudson
• Excellent Editorial Writing—Taylor Ingraham
• Excellent Sports Writing—Chandler Thomas
• Excellent Newspaper Layout—Josh Conrad
• Excellent News/Feature Photography—Laura Burke
• Excellent Sports/Action Photography—Braden Boex
• Excellent Photo Illustration—Braden Boex
• Excellent Yearbook Layout—Ashley Steffen
• Honorable Mention Column Writing—Leah Braunschweiler
• Honorable Mention Editorial Cartooning—Merydeth Cummings
• Honorable Mention Editorial Writing—Braden Boex
• Honorable Mention Review Writing—Merydeth Cummings
• Honorable Mention Infographic—Casey Lenz
• Honorable Mention News Writing—Doug McAcy
• Honorable Mention Newspaper Layout—Leah Braunschweiler
• Honorable Mention Newspaper Layout—Lisi Genaidy
• Honorable Mention News/Feature Photography—Braden Boex
• Honorable Mention Sports/Action Photography—Kyle Rodenhausen
• Honorable Mention Yearbook Sports Writing—Jenna Lempke
• Honorable Mention Yearbook Sports Writing—Katie Nelson
• Honorable Mention Yearbook Layout—Laura Burke
• Honorable Mention Yearbook Layout—Emily Lynch

2006-2007

Nebraska High School Press Association

• Cornhusker Award—The Torch newspaper
• Award of Distinction—South Star yearbook
• Golden Kernel Awards for Coverage & Writing and Reader Aids—The Torch newspaper
• Golden Kernel Awards for Coverage and Concept—South Star yearbook

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Circle Awards (For complete results, click here.)

• 1st place Commercial for Video—Matt Kelly, Abbie Schmid & Dei Rathburn for their “Titan Town Skeleton” commercial
• 2nd place News Package in Video—Melanie Jones for her “Student Council” package from ’05-‘06
• Certificate of Merit Feature Package in Video—Melanie Jones for her “Humane Society” package from ’05-‘06

Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Silver Medalist-South Star yearbook
• Bronze Medalist-The Torch newspaper
  

State Journalism Contest

• 4th place overall in Class A2
• 4th place Yearbook Feature Writing—Mercedes McClure
• 5th place Editorial Writing—Abbie Schmid
• 6th place Sports/Action Photography—Braden Boex

State Journalism Preliminary Contest

• 1st place Sports/Action Photography (finals medalist)—Braden Boex
• 1st place Yearbook Feature Writing (finals qualifier)—Mercedes McClure
• 2nd place Editorial Writing (finals qualifer)—Abbie Schmid
• 2nd place Yearbook Sports Feature Writing (finals qualifier)—David Ashby
• 3rd place Headline Writing (finals qualifier)—Abbie Schmid
• 3rd place Editorial Cartooning—Leah Braunschweiler
• Finals Qualifier in Entertainment Writing—Sammy Elkjer

Creighton University Byline Award Contest

• 1st runner up Best Writing—Abbie Schmid
• 1st runner up Best News Story—Rachael Selden
• 1st runner up Best Photograph—Abbie Schmid
• 2nd runner up Best Editorial—Drew Hudson
• 3rd runner up Best Sports Story—David Ashby
• 3rd runner up Best Front Page Design—Abbie Schmid

University of Nebraska-Omaha Contest

• 2nd place Sweepstakes Award, Division B—The Torch & South Star staffs
• 1st place Best Newspaper, Division B—The Torch staff
• 1st place Best News Story—Sammy Elkjer
• 1st place Best Review—Sammy Elkjer
• 1st place Best Sports Photograph—Jana Vogt
• 1st place Best Yearbook/Magazine Layout—Elise Genaidy
• 1st place Best Short-Form Broadcast—Hilary Winter & Macayla Scarpello
• 2nd place Best Short-Form Broadcast—Alex McKeone, Leah Braunschweiler & Katy Ludwig
• 2nd place Best News/Feature Photo—Braden Boex
• 3rd place Best Yearbook/Magazine Layout—Laura Burke

Nebraska Press Women Contest

• 1st place Column Writing (national qualifier)—Abbie Schmid
• 2nd place Opinion—Abbie Schmid
• 3rd place Graphics—Jana Vogt
• Honorable Mention News—Alex McKeone
• Honorable Mention Sports Photo—Robert Nielsen
• Honorable Mention Graphics—Mandee McKinnon

National Scholastic Press Association Honor Roll

• Abbie Schmid & Hilary Winter

Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program

• Abbie Schmid—one of two representatives from Nebraska

Nebraska Student Journalist of the Year—Runner Up

• Hilary Winter

Omaha World-Herald Key Staffer Award

• Hilary Winter

Winter Nebraska Journalism Education Association Contest

• Superior Column Writing—Abbie Schmid
• Superior Headline Writing/Design—Lisi Genaidy
• Superior Yearbook Layout—Laura Burke
• Superior Yearbook Theme Writing—Hilary Winter
• Excellent Newspaper Design—Abbie Schmid
• Excellent Newspaper Sports Writing—David Ashby
• Excellent Newspaper Sports Writing—Zach Norwood
• Excellent Sports/Action Photography—Jana Vogt
• Excellent Sports/Action Photography—Braden Boex
• Excellent Yearbook Feature Writing—Lisi Genaidy
• Excellent Yearbook Feature Writing—Laura Burke
• Excellent Yearbook Layout—David Ashby
• Honorable Mention Column Writing—Leah Braunschweiler
• Honorable Mention Editorial Writing—Matt Kelly
• Honorable Mention News/Feature Photography—Dei Rathburn
• Honorable Mention Newspaper Design—Hilary Winter
• Honorable Mention News Writing—Rachael Selden
• Honorable Mention News Writing—Lisi Genaidy
• Honorable Mention News Writing—Dei Rathburn
• Honorable Mention Newspaper Sports Writing—Hilary Winter
• Honorable Mention Review Writing—Sammy Elkjer
• Honorable Mention Sports/Action Photography—Robert Nielsen
• Honorable Mention Sports Writing—David Ashby

2005-2006

Nebraska High School Press Association

• Award of Distinction—South Star yearbook
• Award of Distinction—The Torch newspaper
• Golden Kernel Awards for Coverage and Writing—South Star yearbook
• Golden Kernel Award for News Writing—The Torch newspaper

National Scholastic Press Association

• First Class Rating with one Mark of Distinction—South Star yearbook
• First Class Rating with one Mark of Distinction—The Torch newspaper
• Pacemaker Finalist—Titan View broadcast television news program
  (For complete results, click here.)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association

• Gold Medalist—South Star yearbook
• Silver Medalist—The Torch newspaper

State Journalism Contest

• 3rd place overall in Class A2
• 2nd place Sports/Action Photography—Jana Vogt
• 5th place Sports/ Action Photography—Laura Finnigan
• 4th place Photo Illustration—Melanie Jones

State Journalism Preliminary Contest

• 1st place Yearbook Theme Development—Jalysa Simmons & Hilary Winter
• 1st place Photo Illustration—Melanie Jones
• 2nd place Advertising—Mandee McKinnon
• 2nd place Sports/Action Photography—Jana Vogt
• 2nd place Newspaper Layout—Melanie Jones
• 3rd place Sports/Action Photography—Laura Finnigan
• 3rd place Yearbook Layout—Lindsay Bertolino
• Alternate participant Editorial Writing—Melinda Spliethof

Winter Nebraska Journalism Education Association Contest

• Superior Editorial Writing—Melinda Spliethof
• Superior News Writing—Melinda Spliethof
• Superior Sports Writing—Melanie Jones
• Superior Sports Writing—Matt Owens
• Excellent Advertising—Amanda McKinnon
• Excellent Editorial Writing—Abbie Schmid
• Excellent Graphic Design—Matt Owens
• Excellent Headline Writing and Design—Adam Haynes
• Excellent Headline Writing and Design—Rachael Selden
• Excellent Headline Writing and Design—Melanie Jones
• Excellent Newspaper Design—Melanie Jones
• Excellent News/Feature Photography—Kellie Kissell
• Honorable Mention Review Writing—Melanie Jones
• Honorable Mention Review Writing—Abbie Schmid
• Honorable Mention Column Writing—Abbie Schmid
• Honorable Mention News/Feature Photography—Laura Finnigan
• Honorable Mention Sports/Action Photography—Laura Finnigan
• Honorable Mention Sports/Action Photography—Jana Vogt
• Honorable Mention Yearbook Layout and Design—Jana Vogt

University of Nebraska-Omaha Contest

• 3rd place Sweepstakes Award, Division B—The Torch staff
• 3rd place Best Newspaper—The Torch staff
• 2nd place Best Editorial—Matt Kelly
• 2nd place Best Sports Photo—Jana Vogt
• 3rd place Best Column—Melanie Jones
• 3rd place Best Sports Story—Melanie Jones
• 3rd place Best Feature Story—Melinda Spliethof
• 3rd place Best News Story—Melinda Spliethof
• 3rd place Best Editorial—Melinda Spliethof

Creighton University Byline Award Contest

• Byline Award Best Writing—Abbie Schmid
• Byline Award Best News Story—Hilary Winter
• 1st runner up Best Photograph—Laura Finnigan
• 2nd runner up Best Front Page Design—Melanie Jones
• 3rd runner up Best Editorial—Matt Kelly
• 3rd runner up Best Sports Story—Alex McKeone

Nebraska Press Women Contest

• 1st place Editorial—Matt Kelly
• 2nd place Feature Photo—Laura Finnigan
• 2nd place Sports Photo—Laura Finnigan

Omaha World-Herald Key Staffer Award

• Melanie Jones

2004-2005

Nebraska High School Press Association

• Cornhusker Award—South Star yearbook
• Award of Distinction—The Torch newspaper
• Golden Kernel Awards for Theme and Caption Writing—South Star yearbook
• Golden Kernel Awards for Use of Color and Photography—The Torch newspaper

National Scholastic Press Association

• First Class Rating—South Star yearbook
• First Class Rating with two Marks of Distinction—The Torch newspaper

State Journalism Contest

• 5th place overall in Class A2
• 4th place News/Feature Photography—Rachael Selden
• 4th place Advertising—Emily Wendt

State Journalism Preliminary Contest

• Information currently unavailable

Winter Nebraska Journalism Education Association Contest

• Superior News/Feature Photography—Kapra Mabie
• Superior Yearbook Layout/Design—Rachael Selden
• Superior Yearbook Theme—Bethany Larson
• Honorable Mention News Writing—Matt Owens
• Honorable Mention Newspaper Layout/Design—Becky Stackhouse
• Honorable Mention Headline Writing/Design—Jalysa Simmons
• Honorable Mention Headline Writing/Design—Libby Whalen
• Honorable Mention News/Feature Photography—Rachael Selden
• Honorable Mention Sports/Action Photography—Kapra Mabie
• Honorable Mention Yearbook Layout/Design—Hilary Winter

University of Nebraska-Omaha Contest

• 2nd place Sports Story—Scott Svagera
• 3rd place Editorial—Heather Jackson
• 3rd place In-Depth Story by Team—Matt Owens, Jaclyn Richards, Abbie Schmid, Becky Stackhouse
• (All awards were given for competing in Division B)

Creighton University Byline Award Contest

• Information currently unavailable

Nebraska Press Women Contest

• Honorable Mention Cartooning—Matt Owens

Omaha World-Herald Key Staffer Award

• Bethany Larson

2003-2004

Nebraska High School Press Association

• Cornhusker Award—South Star yearbook
• Award of Distinction—The Torch newspaper
• Golden Kernel Awards for Thorough Written and Picture History of the School’s First Year and Caption Writing—South Star yearbook
• Golden Kernel Awards for Photography and Design—The Torch newspaper

National Scholastic Press Association

• First Class Rating with one Mark of Distinction—South Star yearbook
• First Class Rating with two Marks of Distinction—The Torch newspaper

State Journalism Contest

• 7th place overall in Class A2
• 5th place Yearbook Theme Development—Hayley Martin
• 5th place Editorial Cartooning—Lindsay McFeely
• 6th place News Writing—Kristen Rodgers

State Journalism Preliminary Contest

• 3rd place Editorial Cartooning—Lindsay McFeely
• 2nd place Newspaper Layout—Kristen Rodgers
• 1st place News Writing—Kristen Rodgers

University of Nebraska-Omaha Contest

• 3rd place Best Newspaper, Division B—The Torch
• 1st place Cartoon—Lindsay McFeely
• 2nd place Editorial—Kate Novotny
• 2nd place Front-Page Layout—Kristen Rodgers

Nebraska Press Women Contest

• 1st place Cartooning—Lindsay McFeely
• 2nd place Feature Photo—Abby Visty

Omaha World-Herald Key Staffer Award

• Kristen Rodgers