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NSPA names top newspapers, magazines in its Pacemaker contest. In this competition, only the print news product was judged. Online Pacemaker finalists will be announced in February.

NSPA names West Side Story a Pacemaker finalist

Staff
September 7, 2023
National finalists include: Alaina Greenlee ’23, Erinn Varga 24, Reem Kirja 25, Helena Wa Kalala ’23, Giann Liu 25, Rosemary Timmer-Hackert 23, Jessie Li 25, Laney Prelle 23, Nicole Lee 24, Marie Stier 25 and Ella De Young ’23.

NSPA names West journalists as top 10 finalists in national contests

Staff
August 31, 2023
The Trojan Epic and West Side Story staff sent 14 student delegates to represent their publications in St. Louis. Front row: Krisha Kapoor 23, Zaira Ahmad 24 and Ceci De Young 24. Back row: Akshethaa Naveen-Kumar 24, Wesal Haroun 24, Lily Prochaska 23, Eleanor Weitz 24, Ella De Young 23. Not pictured: Ashlyn Brady 25, Sila Duran 23, Lilly Graham 24, Camille Gretter 23, Vivian Polgreen 23 and Zoe Smith 24.

WSS website, newsmagazine place in Top 10 at national journalism convention

Staff
November 14, 2022
The 2021-2022 WSS print staff. Front row: Aria Khalil, Soomin Koh, Athena Wu, Hanah Kitamoto, Jack Alden, Sachiko Goto, Zoey Guo, Jane Lam, Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Miguel Cohen Suarez Middle row: Zaira Ahmad, Kailey Gee, Caroline Mascardo, Katherine Shoppa, Maya Chu, Heidi Du, Krisha Kapoor, Defne Bayman, Caroline Barker, Kamakshee Kuchhal, Ella De Young Back row: Will Cheng, Xiaoyi Zhu, Lilly Graham, Eva Jordan, Sila Duran, Ruba Ahmed-Abdelmutalab, Lily Prochaska, Misha Canin, Owen Aanestad Not pictured: Grace Huang, Ginger McCartney, Sofia Wells-Lu, Helen Zhang

West Side Story staff receives Pacemaker award

November 14, 2021
WSS social media staff, Zoey Guo, Hanah Kitamoto, Kailey Gee, Owen Aanestad, Tosh Klever, Krisha Kapoor, Caroline Mascardo and Alaina Greenlee are all finalists in NSPAs individual contests.

NSPA names WSS staffers as top 10 finalists in national contests

November 1, 2021
NSPA names top newspapers, magazines in its Pacemaker contest. In this competition, only the print news product was judged. Online Pacemaker finalists will be announced in February.

NSPA names West Side Story a Pacemaker finalist

October 21, 2021
NSPA names West Side Story an Online Pacemaker finalist

NSPA names West Side Story an Online Pacemaker finalist

March 22, 2021
NSPA names a record-breaking number of WSS staffers as finalists in national contest

NSPA names a record-breaking number of WSS staffers as finalists in national contest

November 13, 2020
NSPA named 12 WSS staffers finalists in its individual contests.

NSPA names a record-breaking number of WSS staffers as finalists in national contest

October 22, 2019
2018-2019 West Side Story newspaper staff

NSPA names West Side Story a Newspaper Pacemaker finalist

Staff
September 10, 2019
Co-Design Editor Lydia Guo 19 takes a photo of the Bean in Millennium Park during free time while at the convention.

WSS travels to Chicago for national journalism convention

Natalie Dunlap and Sophie Stephens
November 3, 2018
A collage of the award-winning work.

National Scholastic Press Association recognizes WSS in national Portfolio, Story and Illustration of the Year contests

October 9, 2018
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