National Scholastic Press Association announced finalists for its 2020 individual contests, with each contest category including up to 10 finalists nationwide. Winners will be announced at NSPA/JEA’s national convention Nov. 19-21. The West Side Story students recognized include:

• Photojournalist of the Year: Owen Aanestad ’22
• Digital Story of the Year — Multimedia News: Alex Carlon ’21 and Joe Goodman ’20 for Fighting for change: Examining the combative culture at West High
• Digital Story of the Year — Multimedia Feature: Bess Frerichs ’21 for Emmie Boylan: Living with spina bifida
• Digital Story of the Year — Multimedia Sports: Joe Goodman ’20 and Natalie Katz ’20 for Beneath the jersey: The 20-year history of sports uniforms at West
• Digital Story of the Year — Blog: Sumner Wallace ’20 for Sincerely, Sumner: Crying is cool
• Social Justice Reporting of the Year: Alice Meng ’21 and Jenna Wang ’20 for Disconnected
• Photo of the Year — Environmental Portrait: Caroline Barker ’22 for a portrait of Advika Shah ’22
• Photo of the Year — Environmental Portrait: Paras Bassuk ’21 for a portrait of Chris Kim ’20
• Broadcast News Story of the Year: Tosh Klever ’21 for Construction at West
• Design of the Year — Newsmagazine Cover of the Year: Selina Hua ’20 for the Disconnected cover
• Design of the Year — Informational Graphic: Amy Liao ’21 for “Next Level”
• Best Use of Social Media Promotion: WSS Staff