Summer 2013 NEWSPA Newsletter

Summer 2013

Vol. 36, No. 3

The 2013 NEWSPA conference lasted only a day. But

I hope you’re still celebrating your publications’ success-es.

We have already sent press releases to all area news-papers, so if you haven’t yet seen the story about your publications’ awards, you should shortly. Inside this newsletter, too, is a listing of all winners, as well as sev-eral of the winning articles, designs and photographs.

But NEWSPA is more than just newspaper and year-book contests. The 2013 conference, held April 17 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, featured many top speakers from northeastern Wisconsin and as far away as Chicago. Keynote speaker Kirsten Strom, client services supervisor for Pandora, told students about her path to Pandora, which took skill, hard work and a little bit of luck to land the job at the company synonymous with in-ternet radio. If you missed her speech, you can listen to the podcast at http://www.uwosh.edu/journalism/news-pa/. Just click on the resources link to find it. You can also watch podcasts of Kevin Rau on “Yearbook Layout and Design,” Amanda Gojdosik on “Blogging about Food and Other Topics” and Sara Steffes Hansen and Brody Karmenzind on “What’s Your Klout and Why it Matters.”

We tried something new this year— asking students and advisers to critique each session by doing a Survey-Monkey survey using their phones and iPods. While the response we received was good, we had few people who took the time to give feedback. For next year, we’ll be back to paper surveys to get more input. Still, here are just some of the comments:§ Shane Nyman, “Writing Reviews” — “Shane was a

great speaker who had some fantastic information to give. It was really interesting to hear him speak. Those who didn’t attend his session really missed out. “

§ Brad Weber, “Using YouTube and Social Media to Market Yourself” —“Funny guy. Good examples.”

§ Nick Penzenstadler, “Get the Dirt” Harnessing Search Functions on the Web to Get the Story” — “It’s al-most creepy what you can find out about people

online when you know where to look.”§ Grace Lim, “It’s about You. Not! The Art of the Artful

Column — “Had good samples of student work.”§ Trent Scott, “Get the Most from Every Interview” —

“Really interactive, helpful information.”§ Amanda Gajdosik, Blogging About Food or Any Oth-

er Topic “ — “Loved her personality and presenta-tion!”

The live Twitter feed worked well again this year to keep students abreast of speakers and sessions. That will return in 2014.

Also back will be Vince Filak, adviser to the Advance-Ti-tan, offering one-on-one critiques with newspaper staffs. As much as schools loved his feedback, they also loved the book he created filled with all sorts of helpful hints.

What was also exciting this year was that some of our speakers were NEWSPA alumni, including Penzenstadler and Gajdosik who came to NEWSPA as high school stu-dents and are now giving back to the organization as speakers. Others were UW-Oshkosh alumni, such as Amelia Compton Wolff, Melanie Cross and Brandon Berg.

If there were a negative to the conference, it would be lower than expected attendance at about 350 students and advisers. I’ll be emailing schools to see why they didn’t come, and if the reason is financial, we’ll look to create some type of scholarship program to help pay for substitute teachers, buses, or whatever need they have. I hope to have more on that in our Fall newsletter.

Can we improve the conference? Of course. That’s why we do the surveys and ask for your feedback. We need — and want —your comments. Good and bad. The board will be meeting in October to begin planning for the 2014 conference. If you have ideas about the conference or contest, email those to me at [email protected].

Yes, it’s a lot of work to put together a conference with 40-plus speakers and nearly 400 students and ad-visers. But when you see the students engaged and stay-ing after to meet with presenters, you know it’s worth it. You know that they are going back to their school, once again excited to work on their high school yearbooks or newspapers. You know that those high school students are the future journalism professionals who will be giving their wisdom at NEWSPA conferences within a few years. And what could be better than that?

2013 NEWSPA Conference introduces new featuresby Barbara A. Benish

NEWSPA Executive Secretary

Table ofContents

features

thank you!NEWSPA would like to thank all of the people who made this year’s conference a success including: NEWSPA Board of Directors for their guidance Cindy Schultz Haley Walters Mike Cowling Miles Maguire SaraSteffesHansen Grace Lim Vince Filak Journalism Department Student Assistants: Heather Smith Grace Riggert Kaila Kissinger Hannah Opacich Brody Karmenzind Jasmine Buchberger Judy Schultz Gary Coll Wayne Abler for podcasting NEWSPA sessions Joe Blohm and UW Oshkosh Parking LisaGoetschandReeveUnionStaff All of our speakers and judges Photographers Alex Beld and Deniz Cakmak

08 Newspaper samples

03 2013 Newspaper winners

14 2013 Yearbook winners

17 Yearbook samples

A complete list of winners in the newspaper category from large, medium and small schools.

A handful of this year’s first place winners in the newspaper category.

A complete list of winners from the yearbook category from large, medium and small schools.

Some of the best work from the yearbook category.

uwosh.edu/journalism/newspa 02

23 Coll wins 2013 Skip Zacher AwardFormer Oshkosh journalism professor and NEWSPA creater wins the annual award.


Writing Division

1st Joshua Serchen , Hartford Union

2nd Daphne Thompson, Oshkosh West

3rd Jaimie Anderson & Laurel Noack, Wausau

West

1st Jacqueline Schaefer, Plymouth

2nd Lindsay McLaughlin, Cedarburg

3rd Daniel Schwartz, Plymouth

1st Andrew Krause, Chilton

2nd Andrew Krause, Chilton

3rd Becca Wenig, Berlin

Large

Medium

small

news story-general - Large School Judge: Isral DeBruin, Ed Together. Medium & Small School Judge: Candy Czer-nicki, Psych Central.

1st Daphne Thompson, Oshkosh West

2nd Lisa Fowle & Emily Ramthun, Wausau West

3rd Emma Thompson, Oshkosh West

1st Madison Goldbeck, Plymouth

2nd Paige Kent, Plymouth

3rd No Winner

1st Hailey Prachel, Berlin

2nd Stephen Parent, Sheboygan Falls

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

news story; Academic/Class related or Extracur-ricular - Large School Judge: Amber Paluch, Green Bay Press-Gazette. Medium & Small School Judge: Stephanie Barnard, CNI Newspapers.

1st Maigan Czarnecki & Keirsten Cossette,

Wausau West

2nd Rachael Schneider, Fond du Lac

3rd Austin Wooldridge, Oshkosh West

1st Jackie Her, Elisabeth Rohman & Kelsey

Ziemer, Cedarburg

2nd Maggie Chandler, Plymouth

3rd Erika Proehl, Cedarburg

1st Shayla Ferrel, Berlin

2nd Peter Schrader, Berlin

3rd Nick Bruno, Sevastopol

Large

Medium

small

news story; sports - Large School Judge: Dan Kohn, Ap-pleton Post Crescent. Medium & Small School Judge: Ben Wideman, Manitowoc Herald Times.

1st Hannah Schacherl, Oshkosh West

2nd Taylor Raether, Hartford Union

3rd Megan Diermeier, Oshkosh West

1st Maggie Chandler, Plymouth

2nd Heather Sheridan, Cedarburg

3rd No Winner

1st Anna Lund, Wautoma

2nd Jena Jarman & Conner McHugh, Sevastopol

3rd Payton DeMaster, Berlin

Large

Medium

small

Feature story; Entertaining - Large School Judge: Jor-dan DeChambre, Company B Brand Marketing. Medium &Small School Judge: Stefanie Scott, Jamar Health Prod-ucts.

1st Sami Gibson, Oshkosh West

2nd Madeleine Trtan, Fond du Lac

3rd Brianna Albee & Erin Osness, Wausau West

1st Maggie McConnaha, Plymouth

2nd Lauren Rehfeldt, Cedarburg

3rd Billy Kobin & Jacob Stalsberg, Cedarburg

1st Payton DeMaster, Berlin

2nd Danielle Fralish, Berlin

3rd Andrew Krause, Chilton

Large

Medium

small

Feature Story; Personality Profile - Large School Judge: David Wise, WisPolitics.com. Medium & Small School Judge: Amelia Compton Wolff, Fox Cities Magazine.

1st Sam Allen, Appleton North

2nd Rachel Schneider, Fond du Lac

3rd Lisa Fowle & Emily Ramthun, Wausau West

1st Lucas Mortensen, Cedarburg

2nd Sally Paese, Plymouth

3rd No Winner

1st Lauren Schmidt, Berlin

2nd Danielle Fralish, Berlin

3rd Nate Hawlish & Jake Hoffman, Wautoma

Large

Medium

small

Feature story; news Based - Large School Judge: Jim Collar, Appleton Post Crescent. Medium & Small School Judge: Jennifer Woldt, Oshkosh Northwestern.

2013 Newspaper Winners

1st Aaditi Naik, Wausau West

2nd Tanvi Kumar, Fond du Lac

3rd Joshua Serchen, Hartford Union

1st Jenna Mrotek & Erika Proehl, Cedarburg

2nd Jacob Quick, Cedarburg

3rd Mitch Tournour, Plymouth

1st Peter Schrader, Berlin

2nd Jenna Horn, Berlin

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Feature story; sports - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Brandon Berg, Chippewa Falls Herald.



1st Evan Ash, Green Bay East

2nd Joshua Serchen, Hartford Union

3rd Sam Allen, Appleton North

1st Rachael Heiss, Mattlynn Mossberg, Nina Matti

& Lindsay McLaughlin, Cedarburg

2nd Tim Melland, Stoughton

3rd Maggie Paese, Plymouth

1st Emma Hargrave, Berlin


3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Editorial - Large School Judge: Gary Coll, Professor Emeritus, UW-Oshkosh. Medium & Small School Judge: Alex Hummel, UW-Oshkosh.



3rd Joshua Serchen, Hartford Union

1st Jenna Mrotek & Erika Proehl, Cedarburg

2nd Jacob Quick, Cedarburg

3rd Mitch Tournour, Plymouth

1st Peter Schrader, Berlin


3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Column; Humorous - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Wyatt Brothers, Northwestern University.

1st Meg Welsh, Neenah

2nd Joe Westenberg, Green Bay East

3rd No Winner

1st Amy Chart, Stoughton

2nd Cassi Ott, Stoughton


1st No Winner

2nd Hailey Prachel, Berlin

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

Column; serious - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Mary Buckley, Community Newspapers.

1st Meg Welsh, Neenah

2nd Joe Westenberg, Green Bay East

3rd No Winner

1st Amy Chart, Stoughton

2nd Cassi Ott, Stoughton


1st No Winner

2nd Hailey Prachel, Berlin

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

Column; sports - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Julie Larson, Green Bay Press-Gazette.

1st Blake Jelinski, Green Bay East

2nd Austin Woolridge, Oshkosh West

3rd Matt Kahn, Hartford Union

1st Katherine Willden, Cedarburg

2nd Sarah Clapp, Cedarburg

3rd Maggie Paese, Plymouth

1st Sam Potier, Sevastopol

2nd Payton DeMaster, Berlin

3rd Christopher Barry, Chilton

Large

Medium

small

reviews - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Shane Nyman, Appleton Post Crescent.

1st Alicia Craig & Daphne Thompson, Oshkosh

West

2nd Sydney Inks, Fond du Lac

3rd Alexa Trembly, Logan Fassbinder & Haley

Lentz, Oshkosh West

1st Nisrine Taamallah & Annalise Panthofer,

Stoughton

2nd Gina Strohbach, Cedarburg

3rd Chris Verga & Common Sense Staff, Cedar-

burg

1st No Winner

2nd Peter Schrader, Berlin

3rd Annissa Haedt, Berlin

Large

Medium

small

in-Depth reporting i - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Paul Srubas, Green Bay Press-Gazette.

1st Alicia Craig, Daphne Thompson & Haley

Lentz, Oshkosh West

2nd Alicia Craig, Daphne Thompson, Logan An-

derson & Mckenzie Lowe, Oshkosh West

3rd Abigail Edmonds & Maya Murzello, Appleton

North

1st Norse Star Staff, Stoughton

2nd Norse Star Staff, Stoughton

3rd Billy Kobin & Mattlynn Mossberg, Cedarburg

1st Payton DeMaster, Shayla Ferrel, Danielle Fral-

ish & Anissa Haedt, Berlin

2nd Jenna Horn, Shayla Ferrel & Hailey Prachel,

Berlin

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

in-Depth reporting ii - Large School Judge: Pat-ti Zarling, Green Bay Press-Gazette. Medium & Small School Judge: Angie Landsverk, Freelancer.


DEsign Division

1st Matt Kahn, Hartford Union

2nd Haley Lentz, Oshkosh West

3rd Karalyn Niemeyer, Wausau West

1st Vivian TenHaken, Plymouth

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

1st Kayla Theune, Plymouth

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Ads - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Sara Steffes Hansen, UW-Oshkosh.

1st Kelly Krill, Hartford Union

2nd No Winner

3rd No Winner

1st Danny Mork, Stoughton

2nd Jazz Schafstall, Plymouth

3rd Hanna Klecka, Plymouth

1st Stephen Parent, Sheboygan Falls

2nd Emma Hargrave, Berlin

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

Editorial Cartoons - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette.

1st No Winners

2nd No Entry

3rd No Winner

1st No Winner

2nd No Entries

3rd No Winner

1st No Winner

2nd Anna Lund, Wautoma

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Logo Design - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Dan Fiser, Freelance.

1st Abigail Zabronsky, Appleton North

2nd Ajer Qureshi, Neenah

3rd No Entry

No Entries


2nd Ka Lia Vang, Sheboygan Falls

3rd Sean McDowell, Sevastopol

Large

Mediumsmall

Comic strips - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette.


1st Abigail Zabronsky, Appleton North

2nd Abigail Zabronsky, Appleton North

3rd No Winner

No Entries


2nd No Winner

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Hand-rendered illustrations - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Kevin Rau, Rauhaus Design and UW-Osh-kosh.

1st Christine Moua, Fond du Lac

2nd Jaimie Anderson, Wausau West

3rd Abigail Edmonds, Appleton North

1st Rachael Heiss & Mattlynn Mossberg, Cedar-

burg

2nd Norse Star Staff, Stoughton

3rd Quinn Wermuth, Stoughton

1st Shayla Ferrel, Berlin

2nd Nick Bruno & Sam Potier, Sevastopol

3rd Hailey Prachel, Berlin

Large

Medium

small

Page Design/Layout - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Dan Fiser, Freelance.

1st Adam Yarish & Brianna Albee, Wausau West

2nd No Winner

3rd No Winner

1st No Winner

2nd No Winner

3rd Dylan McHale, Plymouth

No Entries

Large

Medium

small

Photo illustration - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Kevin Rau, Rauhaus Design and UW-Oshkosh.


PHotogrAPHy Division

1st Monica Begley, Oshkosh West

2nd Laurel Noack, Wausau West

3rd No Winner

1st Kayla Theune, Plymouth

2nd Amber Lilyquist, Plymouth

3rd No Entry

1st No Winner

2nd & 3rd No Entries

Large

Medium

small

news Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Photo Club, UW-Oshkosh.



2nd Ben Kilcoyne, Wausau West

3rd Courtney Schroeder, Oshkosh West

1st Mitch Tournour, Plymouth

2nd Kayla Theune, Plymouth

3rd No Entry

1st No Winner

2nd Adina Kaginoff, Sheboygan Falls

3rd Adina Kaginoff, Sheboygan Falls

Large

Medium

small

sports Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Photo Club, UW-Oshkosh.

1st Adam Yarish, Wausau West

2nd Marissa Sugrue, Oshkosh West

3rd David E. Wagner III, Oshkosh North

1st Sally Paese, Plymouth

2nd Paige Kent, Plymouth

3rd No Entry

1st No Entry


3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Feature Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Photo Club, UW-Oshkosh.

1st Tara Daly, Oshkosh West

2nd Laurel Noack, Wausau West

3rd Samantha Noll, Wausau West

1st No Winner

2nd & 3rd No Entries

No Entries

Large

Medium

small

Essay and series Photo(s) - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Photo Club, UW-Oshkosh.

1st Adam Yarish, Wausau West

2nd Alex Wesenberg, Oshkosh West

3rd No Winner

1st No Winner

2nd No Entry

3rd Paige Kent, Plymouth

1st Adina Kaginoff, Sheboygan Falls


3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

open Photo - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Photo Club, UW-Oshkosh.

1st Satellite Staff, Neenah


3rd Cody Kennedy, Wausau West

No Entries

No Entries

Large

Mediumsmall

Writing - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Amanda Betts, Stellar Blue

stuDEnt-DEvELoPED WEBsitE Division

No Winner

No Entries

No Entries

LargeMedium

small

Photographs/graphics - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Amanda Betts, Stellar Blue

1st Satellite Staff, Neenah

2nd Cardinal Columns Staff, Fond du Lac

3rd Jaimie Anderson, Wausau West

No Entries

No Entries

Large

Mediumsmall

site Design - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Amanda Betts, Stellar Blue



Publication - Large, Medium & Small School Judge: Deb Rothenberger, Brandon Valley High School, Brandon, SD.

PuBLiCAtion Division

Blue ribbon Honors ChronicleStaff,HartfordUnion Warrior’s Word Staff,WausauWestred ribbon Honors Cardinal ColumnsStaff,FondduLacWhite ribon Honors No Entry

Large, Published through a j-class

Blue ribbon Honors IndexStaff,OshkoshWest Noctiluca Staff,AppletonNorthred ribbon Honors Hi-LightStaff,GreenBayEast North Star Staff,OshkoshNorthWhite ribbon Honors No Entry

Large, not published through a j-class

red ribbon Honors SatelliteStaff,Neenah

Large, online published through a j-class

Blue ribbon Honors Norse StarStaff,Stoughtonred ribbon Honors Hi-LightsStaff,PlymouthWhite ribon Honors No Entry

Medium, Published through a j-class

Blue ribbon Honors Common SenseStaff,Cedarburgred ribbon Honors No EntryWhite ribon Honors No Entry

Medium, not published through a j-class

Blue ribbon Honors The Red ‘n’ GreenStaff,Berlinred ribbon Honors Pioneer ChipsStaff,Sevastopol Prolwer Staff,ChiltonWhite ribon Honors No Entry

small, Published through a j-class

Blue ribbon Honors No Entryred ribbon Honors No EntryWhite ribon Honors The Talon Staff,SheboyganFalls

small, not published through a j-class


Comments

This story is nearly perfect. The lead is perfect-info packed and makes the reader want to read further.Iwouldhaveputtheexplanationfortheband’snamehigherup,butotherwise,thereisverylittle to say besides “outstanding job.” Nice blend of information and supporting quotes. Very well done!

Andrew KrauseChilton High School

Small School

1st Place news story: general


Kayla nieskesHartford Union High School

Large School

CommentsVery nice column-good personal touch combined with facts and a motivating argument to get into the gym. Maybe consideraquotefromaphysicalfit-ness instructor or someone just starting afitnessprogramtoadddepthtotheargument.

1st Place Column: sports


CommentsReally good and interesting idea. Good range of sources and information. I’m assuming “orangest” issupposedtobe“oranges”,butbeyondthattypowordchoiceisfine.Theleadcouldusesomeliveningup,butleadstothepoint.OverallComments:Afunstory.Afewsmallerrorsthatneedtobetightenedup,butoverallitwasenjoyable to read.

Jenna Mrotek and Erica ProehlCedarburg High School

Small School

1st Place Feature story: sports


Satellite StaffNeenah High School

Large School

1st Place Writing and site Design


CommentsGoodqualityfortheamountofmovement.Overall,goodlighting.Somehighlightsonthefacecause some quality to be lost. Solid job giving players room above and below.Overall:Goodqualityandlighting.Mostgymsarenotwelllit,whichmakesitdifficulttogetboth.

Aaditi naikWausau West High School

Large School

1st Place sports Photo


CommentsThisisinteresting;greatjobgettingintothecrowd.However,thephotoisdark,althoughitdoesnotappeartobeagloomyday.Itiskindofafinelinebetweenhavingaphotothatlookshowitlookedwhen you were there and one that is light enough. There is a lot of white space in the top right part ofthepicture;thattakesawayfromtherestofthephoto.Anotheranglethathadanotherflagtakingup that space would help.Overall:Greatidea/shot.Itgivestheperspectiveofbeingamemberofthecrowd,whichhelpsputthereaderinthestory.Inthefuture,payattentiontolargewhiteorblackspaces.

Monica BegleyOshkosh West High School

Large School

1st Place news Photo

2013 Yearbook WinnersgEnErAL Division

1st Maggie Lesselyong, Appleton West

2nd Marcus Newton & Aaditi Naik, Wausau West

3rd Alexandra Ritchie, Sheboygan North

1st Alexis Dejardin, Ashwaubenon

2nd Alexis Dejardin, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Tori Oldenburg & Mallory Rankin, Sevastopol

2nd Faydra Cronin, Wautoma

3rd Thomas Schmidt, Wautoma

Large

Medium

small

Divider

1st Brianna Albee, Wausau West

2nd Alexandra Ritchie, Sheboygan North

3rd Jaimie Anderson, Wausau West

1st Nicole Gottfredsen, Ashwaubenon

2nd Hailey Schaefer, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Monica Salmeri, Sevastopol

1st Emma Schad & Sarah Miley, Sheboygan Falls

2nd Margaret Giblin, Sevastopol

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

Academic, Class or related story

1st Lisa Fowle, Wausau West

2nd Ashley Goslin, Wausau West

3rd Alexandra Ritchie, Sheboygan North

1st Sam Maes, Ashwaubenon

2nd Lauren Lucius, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Gabby Giblin, Sevastopol

1st Emilie Burkhardt & Emily Schaefers, Sheboy-

gan Falls

2nd No Winner

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

sports story


2nd Lisa Fowle & Maigan Czarnecki, Wausau West

3rd Erin Johnson, Sheboygan North

No Entries

1st Mia Meyer, Sheboygan Falls

2nd No Winner

3rd Autumn Schartner, Sevastopol

Large

Medium

small

Extracurricular story



2nd Maggie Kessenich & Lauren Salzbrenner,

Sheboygan North

3rd Maggie Kessenich, Sheboygan North

No Entries

1st Margaret Giblin & Lucy Bley, Sevastopol

2nd No Winner

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

World, national, state or Local story

1st Kylie Gazzolo, Wausau West

2nd Jennifer Drews, Sheboygan North

3rd Aaditi Naik, Tarin Rayala & Lexus Hagedorn,

Wausau West


2nd Riley Miller, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Terre Felhofer, Sevastopol

2nd Anna Lund, Shelby Hobbs & Ruby Perez,

Wautoma

3rd Nate Hawlish & Taylor Schmidt, Wautoma

Large

Medium

small

Copy Package

1st Samantha Jansen & Jennifer Drews, Sheboy-

gan North

2nd Brianna Albee, Karalyn Niemeyer & Laurel

Noack, Wausau West

3rd Mai Kou Lor, Wausau West

No Entries

1st Jackson Popelka, Sevastopol

2nd Jordan Ostrand, Sevastopol

3rd David Kowalczyk & Anna Lund, Wautoma

Large

Medium

small

Double Page spread; Academic Life

1st Maddie Bauer & Kristen Pawlek, Sheboygan

North

2nd Maggie Lesselyong, Appleton West

3rd Lyle Plueddeman, Oshkosh North

No Entries

1st Jordan Theobald, Sheboygan Falls

1st Faydra Cronin, Yvette Gonzalez & Tricia

Schneider, Wautoma

2nd Margaret Giblin, Sevastopol

2nd Sarah Miley, Sheboygan Falls

3rd Holly Bender, Wautoma High School

Large

Medium

small

Double Page spread; sports

2013 Yearbook Winners

1st Lauren Hundley, Sheboygan North

2nd Mai Kou Lor, Wausau West

3rd Maggie Lesselyong, Appleton West

No Entries

1st Elodie Huston, Sheboygan Falls

2nd Tricia Schneider, Taylor Schmidt & Nate

Hawlish, Wautoma

3rd Nate Hawlish, Holly Bender & Airikka Welch,

Wautoma

Large

Medium

small

Double Page spread; Clubs & organizations

1st Alexandra Ritchie, Sheboygan North

2nd Sommer Hill & MacKenzie Kunstman, Osh-

kosh North

3rd No Winner


2nd Lauren Lucius, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Gabby Giblin, Sevastopol

2nd Anna Lund, Wautoma

3rd Taylor Schmidt & Nate Hawlish, Wautoma

Large

Medium

small

Double Page spread; student Life

1st Marcus Newton & Aaditi Naik, Wausau West

2nd Erin Johnson & Katie Sonnentag, Sheboygan

North

3rd Emma Lenz & Jenny Bellin, Oshkosh North


2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry


1st Elodie Huston, Sheboygan Falls

2nd Nate Hawlish & Ruby Perez, Wautoma

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

opening and Closing

DEsign Division

1st Sheng Chang, Maigan Czarnecki, Daravanh

Moua & Grace Clendenen, Wausau West

2nd Jamie Nusbaum, Sheboygan North

3rd Laurel Noack & Karalyn Niemeyer, Wausau

West

No Entries

1st Thomas Schmidt, Wautoma

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Hand-rendered illustrations

1st Abbey Schubert, Sheboygan North

2nd Keirsten Cossette, Wausau West

3rd Alida Thao, Oshkosh North

No Entries

1st Jake Hoffman, Wautoma

2nd Cori Duket, Wautoma

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Ads

1st Cora Markowski-Boerst, Sheboygan North

2nd Brianna Albee, Karalyn Niemeyer & Julie

Edwards, Wausau West


No Entries

1st Terre Felhofer & Gabby Giblin, Sevastopol

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

index Design


2nd Karalyn Niemeyer & Laurel Noack, Wausau

West


No Entries

1st Tori Oldenburg, Sevastopol

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Photo illustration



2013 Yearbook Winners

1st Chelsea Weis, Wausau West

2nd Chelsea Weis, Wausau West

3rd Cora Markowski-Boerst & Sarah Cheney,

Sheboygan North

No Entries

No Entries

Large

Medium

small

Page Design and Layout

1st Chelsea Weis, Wausau West

2nd Emma Lenz, Oshkosh North

3rd No Entry

No Entries

No Entries

Large

Medium

small

Logo


2nd Oshkosh West

3rd Annie VanZeeland, Sheboygan North


2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry


2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Cover Design

PHotogrAPHy Division

1st A. J. Colombana, Oshkosh North

2nd Heather Brown, Wausau West

3rd Jennifer Drews, Sheboygan North

1st Hailey Schaefer, Ashwaubenon

2nd No Winner

3rd No Entry

1st Genevieve Gates, Sheboygan Falls

1st Ruby Perez, Wautoma

2nd Noah Van Wyke, Sheboygan Falls

2nd Yvette Gonzalez, Wautoma

3rd No Winner

Large

Medium

small

sports Photo

1st Brianna Albee, Wausau West

2nd Kabao Lor, Wausau West

3rd Allison Knapp, Oshkosh West

1st Hailey Schaefer, Ashwaubenon

2nd Alexis Dejardin, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Noah Van Wyke, Sheboygan Falls

1st Tricia Schneider, Wautoma

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

Candid Photo

1st Nate Graveen, Wausau West

2nd A. J. Colombana, Oshkosh North

3rd Meghan Belanger, Sheboygan North

1st Brian Lauscher, Ashwaubenon

2nd Riley Miller, Ashwaubenon

3rd No Entry

1st Ruby Perez, Wautoma

2nd No Entry

3rd No Entry

Large

Medium

small

open Photo

1st Allison Knapp, Oshkosh West

2nd Maxine Yang, Oshkosh North

3rd Sarah Cheney, Sheboygan North

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1st Noah Van Wyke, Sheboygan Falls

2nd No Entry

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1st Polaris Staff, Sheboygan North

1st Aurora Staff, Wausau West

2nd Reflections Staff, Oshkosh North

3rd Clarion Staff, Appleton West

3rd Notebook Staff, Oshkosh West

1st The Paw Staff, Ashwaubenon

2nd No Entry

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1st Pioneer Staff, Sevastopol

2nd No Winner

3rd Pangissin Staff, Sheboygan Falls

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Hailey schaeferAshwaubenon High School

Medium School

CommentsA great shot that has some good feel to it. The facial expression on the kid works well. There’s a bit too much room behind him. It would work better if he were a little less to the left of center (not directlyinthecenter)orifyouhadthebaseintheshotsomehow.Still,itsasolidimageandit’sframed up nicely.

1st Place sports Photo


Elodie HustonSheboygan Falls High School

Small School

CommentsAspreadlikethisistoughbecausetheartisoftenweak.However,youfoundafewgoodshotandmade good use of them. You need to work on image hierarchy and make something dominant on the spread. You also need to work on placing the text in an easier-to-read format in terms of spac-ing,leading,columnsandmore.Still,thishaspotential.

1st Place Doubld Page spread: Clubs and organizations


Maggie Lesselyong Appleton West High School

Large School

CommentsClassiccoversoftengetoverlooked,butthisoneisakeeper.Gooduseofthecolors,thedie-cutsand the seal on the front. This exudes class and it really is a keeper. Good job.

1st Place Cover Design


tori oldenburg & Mallory rankinSevestopol High School

Small School

CommentsNice use of the hands and feet to serve as an opening and a close. Good job creating a theme that worked from the beginning to the end of the book.

1st Place opening and Closing


ruby PerezWautoma High School

Small School

CommentsA nice shot of the band folks. I like that I can read “Wautoma” on the one kid’s sleeve. It’s a posed photo,butit’sstillanicesliceofhighschoollife.Cropintighterontheleft-handedgeoftheframeso that the image is a bit more balanced. The rest works.

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1st Place sports Photo A.J. Colombana

Oshkosh North High SchoolLarge School

CommentsThis photo was a great one for a number of reasons. You did a nice job of freezing the moment and giving your readers something fantastic. The composition of the image is great and the moment itself is as well: Youhavewhatappearstobeashotofdesperation,withoneofyourplayerssurroundedbyfouroftheirs.The expression on the face of the shooter is one of that blind desperation while the expression on the de-fender behind her is great as well. Nice job.


The 2013 Skip Zacher Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award was giv-en to former UW Oshkosh professor and NEWSPA founder, Gary Coll, at the annual NEWSPA luncheon.

Coll began what was to become NEWSPA in 1969 when he visited lo-cal high schools with his journalism students to brainstorm ideas for their newspapers and yearbooks.

“When I began what is now NEWS-PA, I had no idea how important it would become to the practice of scho-lastic journalism in this area,” Coll said.

Since then, the program has grown to include high schools from all over the state and hundreds of stu-dents each year.

“Without him there would be no NEWSPA,” NEWSPA executive secre-tary Barbara Benish said. “He had the foresight to realize an organization like this was needed to promote the field of journalism and to educate high school students about its career pos-sibilities.”

Coll began teaching at Oshkosh in 1969 and also served as Oshkosh’s yearbook adviser from 1969-74 and the adviser of the campus newspaper from 1983-89.

He began taking students to lo-cal high schools during his first year of teaching and continued to expand NEWSPA with the help of others.

“I have al-ways greatly ad-mired everyone who came along to contribute and help to ad-vance NEWSPA to become the significant force it has become,” Coll said. “I am espe-cially proud to have been selected as a recipient of the Skip Zacher Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award and have my name inscribed alongside some of those people.”

He became the chair of the Jour-

nalism Department in 1983-89 and retired from teaching in 2005.

“[He had a] great rapport with the students in his classes and while he was chairperson,” former journal-ism secretary Judy Schultz said. “As chairperson of the department, he

was always on top of things and had a good working rela-tionship with fellow faculty members, campus administra-tors and other de-partments on cam-pus.”

Besides teaching, Coll has also published various articles and books.

In 2003 he was awarded Osh-kosh’s Edward M. Penson Distin-guished Teaching Award which is given annually to one to three professors for their excellence in teaching.

Although Coll is retired, he keeps up with the department and his for-mer students.

“Many alumni have kept in touch with Gary over the years, some stop-ping by the office, others calling and visiting at J-department reunions,” Schultz said.

Oshkosh alum Jillane Zellner Fred-ericks recalled how Coll helped her be successful in her career.

“Dr. Gary Coll encouraged me to utilize the journalism skills I learned at UWO and apply them to the sales and marketing field,” Zellner Fredericks said.

Coll remains involved in NEWSPA as a volunteer judge and registration desk worker.

“For more than 40 years, he has dedicated his time and efforts to NEWSPA,” Benish said. “Thousand of students have benefited from that.”

Coll wins 2013 Skip Zacher Award

“Without him, there would be no NEWSPA. He had the foresight to realize an organi-zation like this was needed.”Barbara A. Benish

NEWSPA Executive Secretary

Photo by Alex BeldFormer Skip Zacher Award recipient Lucal Cleary presents Gary Coll with the 2013 Skip Zacher Award for his dedication to NEWSPA since 1969.

by Haley Walters

2012-2013 nEWsPA Board MembersSara Marquardt, President (2015) Reflections (yearbook)Oshkosh North High School1100 W. Smith Ave.Oshkosh, WI 54901-1896 920-424-4020, ext. 2684 [email protected]

Susan Carlson (2015)The Hi-Light (newspaper) Green Bay East High School 1415 E. Walnut St.Green Bay, WI 54301-4305 920-448-2090 [email protected]

Lucas Cleary (2015) Hi-Lights (newspaper) Plymouth High School125 S. Highland Ave. Plymouth, WI 53073-2599 920-893-6911, ext. 1538 [email protected]

Jason Cummings (2014)North Star (newspaper)Oshkosh North High School1100 W. Smith Ave.Oshkosh, WI 54901-1896 920-424-4020, ext. 682 [email protected]

Amy Karoses (2016) Notebook (yearbook) Oshkosh West High School 375 N. Eagle St.Oshkosh, WI 54902-4294 920-424-4092; fax: 920-424-4950 [email protected]

Shannon Kuehmichel (2015) Red ‘n’ Green (newspaper) Berlin High School222 Memorial Dr.Berlin, WI 54923-1252 920-361-2000, ext. 1815 [email protected]

Aaron Rompani (2014) Noctiluca (newspaper) Appleton North High School 5000 N. Ballard Road Appleton, WI 54913-8942 920-832-4300 [email protected]

Rebecca Rousseau (2015) Tigil, (newspaper)Gillett High School208 W. Main St.Gillett, WI 54124-0227 920-855-2137 [email protected]

Trent Scott (2016)The Index (yearbook)Ashwaubenon High School2391 S.Ridge RoadAshwaubenon, WI 54304(920) 492-2955 ext. [email protected]

Emma Slowinski (2015)The Paw (newspaper)Oshkosh West High School375 N. Eagle St.Oshkosh, WI [email protected]

Matt Smith (2016)Cardinal Columns (newspaper)Fond Du Lac High School801 Campus Dr.Fond Du Lac, WI [email protected]

Contacts at UW-Oshkosh

Mailing Address: NEWSPADepartment of JournalismUW-Oshkosh800 Algoma Blvd Oshkosh, WI 54901-8696

Barb Benish, Executive Secretary 920-424-7145Fax: 920-424-7146 [email protected]

Haley Walters, PR [email protected]

Cindy Schultz, Academic Program Associate920-424-1042Fax: 920-424-7146 [email protected]

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