The National Scholastic Press Association announced the finalists for the Yearbook Pacemaker Awards. 59 yearbooks from across the country were named, with five Colorado programs on the list.
The Pacemaker award is the preeminent award given by the NSPA and recognizes the best publications nationally. The Pacemaker Award is one of the oldest awards in scholastic journalism, with a 100 year history of recognizing exemplary student media publications. Only 18% of this year’s entries were named as finalists. Winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Spring National Journalism Convention in Seattle on April 26th. Twenty two yearbooks will win Pacemaker Awards, representing the top 7% of award entries.
The following CSMA yearbook programs were recognized as Pacemaker Finalists:
Black & Gold, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO
Cougar Prowl, Cresthill Middle School, Highlands Ranch, CO
Lair, Drake Middle School, Arvada, CO
Priam, Longmont High School, Longmont, CO
Summit, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, CO
The full press release from NSPA can be found here.
