Writing, Photo, and Multimedia Winners

McCallum High School earns top overall award

McCallum High School, Austin, Texas won the Overall Blue and Gold award in the 2025 Quill and Scroll Writing, Visual, and Multimedia contest.

These and the individual awards were announced Saturday morning during the Quill and Scroll Awards Ceremony at the JEA/NSPA Spring Convention in Seattle.

In addition, the the contest awards the top performing staffs in three separate areas: Writing and Visual and Multimedia. Here are those winners:

Writing: 

First Place: Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Second Place: St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Visual: 

First Place: Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Multimedia: 

First Place: McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Third Place (tie): Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas
Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Here is the full awards list:

Writing

Category 1 — News Writing

First Place: Boiling Point Staff, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California

Second Place: Hannah Rakolta, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Third Place: Alice Scott, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Audrey Lyons, Fairlie Mercer, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Ayaan Shah, Carina McCallum, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Delmis Vaquerano, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Emma Stanton, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Fairlie Mercer, Audrey Lyons, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Isabella Westrich, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Jeffery Zhang, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts

Kristie Min, Lennon Riedie, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Lily Shi, Chelsea Xie, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Mzee Pavlic, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Nate Williams, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Sofia Saucedo, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Category 2 — DEI, Social Justice Writing

First Place: Maddux Horn, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Libby Marsh, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Third Place: Jasper Winterton, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, Missouri

Honorable Mentions:

Glennis Woosley, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri

Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Sophia Hsu, Inez Stephenson, The American School in London, London, England

Category 3 — Feature Writing

First Place: Jasper Winterton, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, Missouri

Second Place: Jane Ripps, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Third Place: Amina Khalil-Zegar, Genevieve Ederle, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Addie Aadland, Sri Trikona, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Alyssa Gagnon, Inaya Zaman, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Arieh Elad, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California

Bella Shipek, Marissa Soll, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Ben Brown, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, California

Danielle Croom, Julia Curotto, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Emlyn McKinney, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Gianna Weaver, Foran High School, Milford, Connecticut

Jake Radcliffe, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Mariam Darb, Audrey Lyons, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Yi, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Molly Kirschenbaum, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Sonia Kharbanda, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Sydney Barnett, Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Vanessa Chen, Nishta Subramanian, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Category 4 —Profile Writing

First Place: Nathan King, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Adrianna Bean, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Third Place: Emmerson Winfrey, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Honorable Mentions:

Arti Jain, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Chloe Lewcock, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Connie Erdozain, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Hima Thota, Kairui Sun, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Ingrid Smith, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts

Sloan Austin, Sybil Curran, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Tiffany Zhu, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Category 5 — Staff Editorial Writing

First Place: Editorial Board, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Staff, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Third Place: Ishanvi Mishra, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Honorable Mentions:

Ada Lillie Worthington, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Paige Faulkner, Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Category 6 — Review Writing

First Place: Ayra Ansari, Rania Raj, The American School in London, London, England

Second Place: Nolan McNulty, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa

Third Place: Sophia Bateman, The American School in London, London, England

Honorable Mentions:

Amelia Bowman, Brimmer and May School, Newton, Massachusetts

Dino Russo, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Gabe Sachse, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Gia Willis, Parkway South High School, Manchester, Missouri

Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, SC

Jane Yermakov, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas

Ruby Rogers, The American School in London, London, England

Category 7 — Column Writing — Non-Sports

First Place: Andrew Flint, Brimmer and May School, Newton, Massachusetts

Second Place: Jessica Brown, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Third Place: Katerina Matta, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Honorable Mentions:

Adi Jaiswal, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Alexa Franco, Rialto High School, Rialto, California

Asra June, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Claire Bradford, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas

Leo Powell, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Mia Morneault, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas

Pauli Zavarska, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Serena Li, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas

Staff, San Marin High School, Novato, California

Category 8 — Sports Column Writing

First Place: Marie Wakefield, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Third Place: Olivia Graeser, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Category 9 — In-Depth Reporting/Individual Writing 

First Place: Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Second Place: Emma Stanton, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Third Place: Carina McCallum, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Category 10 — In-Depth Reporting/Team Writing 

First Place: Caleb Monzyk, David Moss, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Second Place: Noah Abero, Odom Mom, Eric Pabian, Maddie Rowland, Caiden Claussen, Max Suichta, Kayla Garcia, Taryn McGannon, Joey Bruno, Kara Lindenmuth, Yarden Amir, Emily Wojnicki, Joseph Murphy, Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois

Third Place: Ben Brown, Summer Hu, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, California

Category 11 — Sports Feature Writing

First Place: Ada Lillie Worthington, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place: Veronica Jia, Leila Markicic, Himang Sharma, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Third Place: Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Honorable Mentions:

Claire Salera, Lavanya Dixit, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Danielle Hobbie, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gabby Roper, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Virginia

Kacey Miller, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas

Kairui Sun, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Katherine Farmer, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Michigan

Nathan Kim, Kate Johnson, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Category 12 — Sports Game/Event Coverage

First Place: Sofia Saucedo, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Ansh Aggarwal, Oliver Arora, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Third Place: Katerina Matta, The Harker School, San Jose, Californa

Honorable Mentions:

Farris Duwayri, Sam Silcock, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Hannah Rakolta, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Category 13 — Political Writing

First Place: Sierra Pape, Henry Moye, Connie Erdozain, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Second Place: Anthony Pho, Ryan Sharp, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Third Place: Miya Cao, Lily Chen, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvana

Honorable Mentions:

Elias Kang, Gina Park, Landon Schuster, Isabelle Berger, Athira Kasthuri, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Priya Thoppil, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Shawn Feng, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Category 14 — Health, Science, and Agriculture Writing

First Place: Elizabeth Hu, Annie Jones, Lucy Walker, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Madison Thacker, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Third Place: Blen Belachew, Danielle Croom, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Honorable Mention:

Clark Kerkstra, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Eshna Das, Lee Monistere, Dalia Sandberg, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Category 15 — Climate and Environment Writing

First Place: Catherine Xue, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Bella Dodig, Aila Jiang, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Arti Jain, Will Kodner, Vincent Hsiao, Alzhraa Mahmoud, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Honorable Mention:

Ashley Mo, Jonathan Szeto, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Brennan Fritts, Zelda Lerner, Henry Moye, Julia Barton, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Lindsay Maresh, Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

School of the New York Times scholarship winner

Glennis Woosley, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri

Category 16 — News Writer of the Year

First Place: Clark Kerkstra, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Glennis Woosley, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri

Third Place: Kristie Min, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Honorable Mention:

Fallon Head, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 17 — Beginning Writer

First Place: Nathan King, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Ruby Halverson, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Third Place: Grace Pei, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Honorable Mentions:

Joseph Murphy, Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois

Leo Powell, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Visual

Category 18 – Breaking News Photography

First Place: Lily Chen, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Sofia Celio, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Matthew Ramirez, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mentions:

Chang Haochan, Beijing No. 66 Middle School, Beijing, Beijing

Kaya Steele, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Laine Edwards, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Lila Vancrum, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Madison Shelton, Chuckey-Doak High School, Afton, Tennessee

Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 19 – Feature Photography

First Place: Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Oliver Barrera, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Third Place: Jalyn Bautista, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Category 20 — Sports Action Photography

First Place: Brianna Dunham, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Second Place: Mallory Barker, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Anastasia Flower, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Honorable Mentions:

Ezra Victor, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jacob Dinh, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Jake Strelitz, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Kiley Benskin-Wallace, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Presely Maurer, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts

Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts

Taylor Griffin, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Category 21 — Sports Reaction Photography

First Place: Julia Copas, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Julia Barton, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Third Place: Joshua Gunter, Rocklin High School, Rocklin, California

Honorable Mentions:

Alexis Bailey, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Emma McAtee, Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Category 22 — Photo Illustration

First Place: Katerina Matta, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Second Place: Mia Caliva, Citrus Valley High School, Redlands, California

Third Place: Sarah Slattery, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois

Category 23 — Photo Slideshow

First Place: Mary-Hunter McCaslin, Paige Danish, Noah Iverson, Alexis Bailey, Kaya Steele, Jane Pitcher, Emily Pastva, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Second Place: Sarah Slattery, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois

Third Place: Farris Duwayri, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Honorable Mention:

Danielle Hobbie, Olivia Pederson, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Zachary Ford, Rocco Huerta, Tricia Darcy, Jacob Dinh, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 24 – Profile or Environmental Portrait

First Place: Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Katie Czelusta, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Honorable Mentions:

Mackenzie Moore, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Penelope Walker, Foundation Academy, Winter Garden, Florida

Wang Peichong, Lake Forest Academy, Beijing, Beijing

Zhang Yutian, Shanghai United International School Gubei Campus, Shanghai, Shanghai

Category 25 — Beginning Photographer

First Place: Paige Danish, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Second Place: Kaya Steele, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Third Place: Wren Vanderford, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Category 26 — Editorial Cartoon

First Place: Brianne Tolentino, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Second Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Ava Nightingale, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Michigan

Honorable Mentions:

Francesca Lorusso, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Shelby Townsend, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 27 — Informational Graphic

First Place: Emily Liu, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Ananya Addepalle, Laxumi Chandrakumar, Katelyn Chen, Keira Kress, Abigail Lee, Ella Lu, Megan Xia, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Third Place: Marianne Guo, Ella Guo, Anoushka Jena, Keira Kress, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Honorable Mention:

Sophia Brockmeier, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Zhang Yuchen, WLSA Shanghai Academy, Shanghai, Shanghai

Category 28 — News Magazine Front Page Design

First Place: Bri Raak, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Second Place: Fiona Jin, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Third Place: Kelly Zhang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Honorable Mentions:

Mira Patel, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Yu Ge, Shanghai Pinghe School, Shanghai, Shanghai

Category 29 — Newspaper Front Page Design

First Place: Abigail Kim, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Second Place: Katerina Matta, Young Min, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Third Place: Anvi Talyan, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Category 30 — Features Page Design, Single Page

First Place: Bella Broce, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place: Teaghan Hardy, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois

Third Place: Brianna Alvarado, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Category 31 — Features Page(s) Design, Two-Page Spread

First Place: Nina Ye, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Amanda Brantley, Serina Yan, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Jessi Hahn, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mentions:

Amanda Brantley, Serina Yan, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Katerina Matta, Young Min, Jessica Wang, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Naomi Vandyne, Michaela Manfull, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Category 32 — Sports Page(s) Design

First Place: Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Josephine Zangrilli, Evelyn Koncalovic, Munster High School, Munster, Indiana

Third Place: Kai McPhail, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Category 33 — Editorial Page(s) Design

First Place: Bella Shipek, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Second Place: Violet Newton, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Category 34 — Beginning Designer/Artist

First Place: Meg Myckatyn, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place: Lucy Swope, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Third Place: Lennon Sharp, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Multimedia

Category 35 — Video News Package

First Place: Alexis Barker, Payton Simons, Lillian Saykham, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas

Second Place: Bradston Swick, Madi Koepp, Cali Swick, Dylan Mize, Colton Boston, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Third Place: Christina Krasnova, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Honorable Mention:

Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard, Newton, North Carolina

Category 36 — Video Sports Package

First Place: Colton Boston, Bradston Swick, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Second Place: Celina Calix, Ben Haberberger, Andrew Truong, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Third Place: Camp Hlavac, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Honorable Mention:

Luke Conrad, Matt Huseman, Jacob Tracy, Noblesville High Schoo, Noblesville, IN

Category 37 – Video Features Package

First Place: Kristy Duong, Lillian Saykham, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas

Second Place: Toby Hamel, Raleigh Slack, Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington, Ohio

Third Place: Griffin Greear, Oakwood High School, Oakwood, Ohio

Honorable Mentions:

Colin Boehler, Koen Wiebel, Luke Rushford, Seth Rushford, Tommy Rhomberg, Owen Wheat, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Iowa

Jazmine Snyder, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas

Toby Hamel, Raleigh Slack, Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington, Ohio

Category 38 — Video DEI, Social Justice Reporting

First Place: Riddima Pandey, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Vanessa Ng, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Christina Krasnova, Ryleigh McDermott, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Category 39 — Documentary Video

First Place: Trip Breslin, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Second Place: Cade Johnson, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Third Place: Ella Evans, Emily Vaughan, Alex Lin, Macy Langland, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas

Category 40 — Audio Podcast: Single Episode

First Place: Jordan Hutchinson, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Julia Copas, Callen Romell, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard High School, Newton, North Carolina

Category 41 — Interactive Informational Graphic

First Place: Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Chloe Lewcock, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Rohan Anne, Ashley Du, Aren Framil, Howard Kim, Rajan Saha, Mary Wolters, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Category 42 — News Show

First Place: Bruin News Now Staff, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Second Place: Ava Doyle, Hailey Blurton, Lance Schafer, Cole Brogden, Katelyn Coffey, Colton Forrest, Maize Career Academy, Maize, Kansas

Third Place: ENN Staff, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Category 43 — Multimedia Feature/News Package

First Place: Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Sophia Bateman, Oskar Doepke, The American School in London, London, England

Third Place: Shayla Allen, Gaby Esquivel, Lillian Gray, Carlo Hinsdale, Delaney Lavelle, Beatrix Lozach, Josie Mullan, Chloe Seckar-Martinez, Francie Wilhelm, Chloe Lewcock •, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Category 44 — Multimedia Sports Package

First Place: Julia Skoufalos, Claire Ding, Alexis Rovner, Michelle Bookbinder, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Second Place: Blake Eidson, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri

Third Place: Stephan Bosnjak, Zoey Srote, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Category 45 — Multimedia Opinions Package

First Place: Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Evan Michaeli, Andrea Tang, Brimmer and May School, Newton, Massachusetts

Third Place: Elias Kang, Daniel Ovadia, Claire Ding, Gabrielle Levine, Barbara Armstrong, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Category 46 — Social Media: Individual

First Place: Matthew Ramirez, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Lev Rubinstein, Rocklin High School, Rocklin, California

Third Place: Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Category 47 — Social Media: Team

First Place: Owen Gonzalez, Braeden Kettinger, Austin Griffin, Kane Manfull, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Second Place: Sports Coverage Team, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Social Media Team, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Category 48 — Beginning Podcaster

First Place: Georgia Pulliam, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Jagger Heath, Quinn Chiochios, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California

Third Place: Nolan McNulty, Blake Eichmeier, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa

Category 49 — Beginning Social Media Journalist

First Place: Elizabeth Nation, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Eason Dong, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California

Third Place: Jessie Atlas, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Category 50 — Beginning Multimedia Journalist

First Place: Ryleigh Jochens, Southwest Christian School , Fort Worth, Texas

Second Place: Ian Reyes, Maize Career Academy, Maize, Kansas

Third Place: Scarlett Young, Southwest Christian School , Fort Worth, Texas

Category 51 — Beginning Videographer

First Place: Angel DiSalvo, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Second Place: Konrad Fischer, Anderson High School, Cincinnati, Ohio

Third Place: Reghan Grassi, Padua Academy, Wilmington, Delaware

Category 52 — Middle School Multimedia

First Place: Mamie Heitzmann, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi