FSPA 2015 Convention Program

April 23–25, 2015 Wyndham Orlando #FSPA2015 Inside: Featured Speakers, Page 10 Session List, Page 20 Contest Information, Page 14 Speaker Bios, Page 24 Convention at a Glance, Page 18

FSPA State Convention 2015 Wyndham Orlando Resort April 23-25, 2015

This year’s theme consists of two concepts: evolution and revolution.

Evolution refers to the changes in journalism from the early days of pencils and typewriters, to today’s computers and social media.

Revolution refers to the newest generation of journalists rising up as a team to guide society towards positive change by uncovering the truth.

We are the new journalists!

CONTENTS 10 Featured Speakers Editors Gillian McGoldrick and Reed Hennessy of The Playwickian, the student newspaper at Neshaminy High School, will open up the convention with the Thursday night keynote, discussing their experiences in the middle of one of the biggest student press rights cases in modern history. Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel college sports editor Iliana Limón Romero will speak at Friday night’s banquet. Ted Spiker from the University of Florida and Jeff Sharon from Full Sail University round out our list of featured speakers.

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From student film festivals, Kahoot! challenges, banquets and dances to adviser receptions, breakfasts and luncheons, find out all the most pertinent convention information beyond the sessions.

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Executive Board Sponsors Student Representatives, Emerging Young Journalists FSPA Office Staff Contest Information Student Journalists of the Year Teachers of the Year Convention at a Glance Session List Speaker Biographies Acknowledgements Adviser Responsibilities Behavior Rules All-Florida Publications All-Florida Individual Awards Hotel Map

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1. COLLEEN BENNETT PHILPOT President Colleen Bennett Philpot, CJE, is FSPA’s President and the adviser of the Oak Ridge Media Group at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando. A JEA Rising Star in 2013 and member of the JEA Digital Media Committee, Bennett Philpot and her kids launched a sports journalism class this year, along with a digital literary magazine, in addition to the school’s award-winning yearbook and digital newspaper. When she’s not at school, she’s obsessed with thrifting/junking and creating/crafting things for the home. Look for her in Country Living magazine one of these days...

2. BRIT TAYLOR Vice President Brit Taylor is FSPA’s Vice President and the journalism teacher at Hagerty High School in Oviedo. He has been involved with journalism since the ‘80s, when, as a junior high newspaper editor, he had to run pages through the glue machine and paste them down himself. After 20 years of high school advising, his current newspaper and yearbook staffs can’t run a glue machine, but they earn nice recognition despite this deficiency, including All-American and Gold Medalist ratings, two Pacemaker Finalists and three Silver Crowns. Brit and his wife, Maureen, have three children, Emma, Maggie and Wynn.

3. WAYNE GARCIA Executive Director Wayne Garcia is an award-winning political journalist and educator, working in Florida newspapers, colleges and campaigns for 25 years. As a journalist, he worked for the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune and Gainesville Sun daily newspapers. During his tenure as the political editor for the alt-weekly Creative Loafing, Garcia won a number of Sunshine State Awards for his writing and his well known blog, The Political Whore. He was the 2009 recipient of the Irene Miller Vigilance in Journalism Award from the Pinellas Chapter of the ACLU. He teaches journalism at the University of South Florida in Tampa, having completed a year as a visiting professor at the University of Florida’s award-wining journalism school in 2009-2010. He also serves as the executive director of the Florida Scholastic Press Association. Garcia is a Florida Gator but received his master’s degree from USF St. Petersburg. He lives in Tampa with his wife, Laura. He has two sons.

4. JILL MAASSEN Past President/Hotel Liaison Hotel Liaison Jill Maassen has served FSPA

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in various capacities as president, vice president, site selection chair, constitutional revisions chair and awards and honors chair.

She advises DeSoto High School’s newspaper Bulldog’s Bark and the magazine Pedigree as well as teaching journalism and English and is the language arts department chair. A recipient of the prestigious Gold Medallion, she’s also been honored as Morty Schaap Teacher of the Year. She is an FSPA Silver and Gold key recipient.

5. JOSEPH HUMPHREY Evaluations Coordinator Joe Humphrey, MJE, serves as FSPA’s Evaluations Coordinator, with responsibility for digital contests and publication critiques.

He teaches journalism at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, where he leads the Hillsborough Journalism Family and advises the Red & Black newspaper, Hilsborean yearbook and HHSToday.com news website. The Orlando native is proud to serve as local committee chairman for the first National High School Journalism Convention in the Sunshine State, scheduled for Nov. 12-15.

6. HILARY SINTES District 1 Director Hilary Sintes currently teaches TV Production 1-4 and Digital Design 1 at Choctawhatchee High School and ITV and Graphic Arts and Design at Pryor Middle School in Fort Walton Beach. She graduated in 2007 from Florida State University with a bachelor’s degree in communications, specializing in media production. In 2011, she graduated from the University of West Florida with her master’s in education, specializing in instructional technology. This is her eighth year as a member of the Florida Scholastic Press Association and her fourth year as a district board member.

7. JULIE MANCINCI District 2 Director Julie Mancini, CJE, has been advising the Tiger yearbook and Tiger Times newspaper at her alma mater Dunnellon High School for over a dozen years. Her love for photography began in early childhood and has developed into a 22-year career photographing family portraits, weddings and events.

In addition, she and her students submit freelance writing and photography for the local weekly newspaper, the Riverland News. Mancini was a 2007 Reynolds Institute fellow at Arizona State University and FSPA’s District 2 Teacher of the Year in 2009, 2011 and 2012. Although her photography is her strong point, Mancini loves working with words, designing with passion, teaming up with others in her school and the

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community, and conceptualizing themes with her students. What Mancini loves most about advising young journalists is the variety of challenges which make each year a unique, new adventure. Mancini’s students have more than 200 bylines in the community press.

8. KEVIN PATTERSON District 3 Director Kevin Patterson teaches TV Production and is the adviser for WROR-TV at Oviedo High School. He is a 2012 Bronze Telly Award Winner and a 2011 Gold Aurora Award winner. For the past three years, he has coordinated the Seminole County School Television Awards. He graduated from Florida State University in 2011 with a bachelors of science in communication, specializing in media production. As a student, he was the recipient of a 2007 National Student Television Award of Excellence.

9. LOUISA AVERY District 4 Co-Director Louisa Avery has been teaching journalism for the last ten years. She currently teaches Journalism 1 and advises the Pep O’ Plant newspaper at H.B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. She has a bachelor of arts in English from the University of South Florida and a master of arts in brain-based teaching from Nova Southeastern University. Avery is a JEA Certified Journalism Educator.

10. CHRIS MUNOZ District 4 Co-Director Chris Munoz grew up in a “newsie” environment. Her father worked for the Tampa Tribune for 25 years which led her to be involved in her yearbook in middle school and newspaper in high school. As a second-year teacher she began advising the yearbook, and 20+ years later she is the newspaper and yearbook adviser at King High School in Tampa. She also sponsors the photography club, Quill and Scroll and teaches Digital Art. The KHS journalism students have earned a variety of awards from FSPA and Quill and Scroll, and the 2014 FSPA Journalist of the Year was the Scepter’s content editor, William Harvey. Educating students about freedom of speech and nurturing creativity are her passions.

11. JASON SILL District 5 Interim Director Jason Sill is the supervisor for the Communications and Production Department at the School District of Lee County, Florida.

In his role, Jason manages the district’s television channel, Lee Schools TV, and leads projects in digital media story-telling,

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message branding, and social media. Jason also coordinates a high school student video production intern program that has won 21 Suncoast Student Television Awards of Excellence from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences since 2010. Each month, student interns produce a newsmagazine show, CURRENTLee, which features up-to-date stories of the people and events happening in Lee County Public Schools. Prior to working for the school district, Jason worked as a photojournalist in television news for nearly 6 years, first at WLFI-Lafayette, Indiana and then at WINKTV in Fort Myers, Florida. In 2008, Jason was nominated in the state of Florida by the Associated Press Broadcasters and the Suncoast Chapter of Television Arts and Sciences for a feature news–light series he co-produced called “Daytripping”. The series featured and explored many popular Florida attractions both wild and wacky.

Jason graduated from the Ball State University College of Communication and Media with a B.A. in telecommunications-news.

While earning his degree, Jason learned to shoot, write, and edit his own stories. In his spare time, Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and two little children, watching sports, eating and hanging out at the beautiful beaches of Southwest Florida.

12. ELIZABETH CARDENAS District 6 Director Elizabeth Cárdenas is co-director for District 6. She has been teaching Language Arts and Reading for 22 years in MiamiDade County. For the past 16 years, she has advised both yearbook and newspaper at the middle and high school level. Currently, she is the newspaper adviser for The Viper Vibe at Felix Varela Senior High School. In 2010, she was the recipient of the FSPA Morty Schaap State Journalism Teacher of the Year and received a Special Recognition Adviser award from the JEA/Dow Jones News Fund.

13. RORY COOKSEY District 7 Director; A/V Coordinator Rory Cooksey has been with FSPA for 12 years. He was an editor of the Reflections yearbook at Deerfield Beach High School, as well as an editor for the Pathfinder newspaper. Although Rory is not a classroom teacher at Deerfield Beach High School, he strives on a daily basis to make the Florida Scholastic Press Association an important part of his life. Cooksey advises the Pathfinder online newspaper.

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Sponsor Honor Roll Since its beginnings in 1946, FSPA has achieved many amazing goals. As an all-volunteer organization, however, much of our success has depended on sponsors who realize the importance of enhancing and promoting scholastic journalism. With today’s ever-increasing economic challenges, this sponsorship is crucial. Therefore, in grateful recognition of support received, FSPA launched an Honor Roll program in the 2001-2002 school year to recognize our partners who assist in our ongoing efforts to educate, train and support Florida’s student journalists and their advisers. The following list reflects contributions and in-kind sponsorships channeled through the FSPA office since that time. We salute all of our sponsors!

Founders ($30,001 and up) Prestige Portraits/Bryn-Alan Studio

UF College of Journalism and Communications

Benefactors ($15,001 to $30,000) Jostens Herff Jones Yearbooks

Balfour Walsworth Publishing Company

Sponsors ($7,501 to $15,000) Dean Stewart Photography

The Tampa Tribune

Advocates ($2,501 to $7,500) Florida Press Association The Independent Florida Alligator Leonard’s Photography Lifetouch Publishing The Orlando Sentinel Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Les Rose Tampa Bay Times (formerly St. Petersburg Times) University of South Florida School of Mass Communications Society of Professional Journalists Wall Street Journal

Friends (up to $2,500) American Society of Newspaper Editors Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Bright House Sports Network The College Press Community News Publications Dean Stewart Photography Diane’s Fundraising Julie E. Dodd Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization Linda Evanchyk Florida Association of Broadcasters Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communication Florida Technical Institute Friesen’s Yearbooks Live Yearbook

The Gainesville Sun Gigante Productions Deb Jepson JS Printing Liveality The New York Times Betsy Owen Phocron Judy Booth Richman School Newspapers Online Sports Venturz Sun Coast Press SWI Photography Tallahassee Democrat University of Tampa Vision Tech Walt Disney World Youth Programs Raoul Zayas

Sponsors Presenting Sponsors Herff Jones

opening session, adviser reception

Jostens

closing session, adviser luncheon

Contributing Sponsors Balfour Yearbooks

student journalist of the year award

Dean Stewart Photography hospitality suite

Leonard’s

on-the-spot contests: feature photo, news photo, illustration

Suncoast Printing

program printing, spring digital contests: newspaper front page, newspaper news page, newspaper sports page, newspaper opinion page, newspaper feature page

Walsworth Yearbooks

teacher of the year award

Affiliate Sponsors SWI Photography Foxmar

Exhibitors

Balfour Yearbooks Bright House Sports Network Dean Stewart Photography Fox-Mar Herff Jones Jostens Leonard’s Photography PlayOn! Sports School Newspapers Online Sun Coast Press SWI Photography Walsworth Yearbooks

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1. RACHEL WANG Student Chairwoman Rachel Wang is currently a senior at Oviedo High School. With a passion for storytelling, she has been involved in TV production since her freshman year. She is now the news producer for WROR-TV, her school’s daily news show. Earlier this year, she started her own video production business with a focus on commercials and wedding videography. She will be attending the University of Florida this fall to follow her passion for broadcast journalism and film.

2. MACKENZIE DUFFY Student Co-Chair Mackenzie Duffy is a senior at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami. With a sixth sense of curiosity and a passion for writing, she was drawn toward journalism, specifically newspaper. She is currently the feature editor of The Lightning Strike, and will be attending University of South Florida in the summer to pursue her dream of being a journalist as a mass communications major.

3. GRANT CAILLOUET District 1 Grant Caillouet is a man of mystery and power, whose power is exceeded only by his mystery... His diet consists of strictly lion meat.

He’s part of TV production at Gulf Breeze High School, and he has been creating movie masterpieces ever since he was a wee, little lad.

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4. KENI THOMPSON District 2 Keni Thompson is a junior at The Bolles School in Jacksonville. She has taken classes in digital filmmaking and multimedia, newspaper, digital and film photography, and is currently the sports editor for yearbook. Next year she will be doing both newspaper and yearbook, and she will study at the New York Film Academy this summer.

5. SOPHIE HILL District 3 Sophie Hill is a junior at Hagerty High School in Oviedo. Her lifelong long love for writing has fueled her journalistic endeavors, allowing her to reside as HagertyJourn editor-in-chief and to freelance for local print and online publications. As an intern for the Seminole County Sherff’s Office under the public affairs graphic designer, she strives to improve and diversify her work, incorporating progressive dynamic elements in an evolving, multimedia field.

6. SAWYER CARLTON District 4 Sawyer Carlton is currently a junior at C. Leon King High School in Tampa. Beginning her journalistic journey her freshman year, she has served as the proofs editor, copy editor, and administrative assistant for her school’s yearbook, Clarion. Sawyer is also a staffer on tb-two*, a student run newspaper associated with the Tampa Bay Times and has been pub-

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lished in the Tampa Bay Times. Being an intern at a graphic design company, her passion for journalism grew, and she began her freelance graphic design company. Next year Sawyer will be on tb-two* staff and Clarion staff.

7. FEDE PSEVOZNIK District 6 Fede Psevoznik is a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High in Miami. He has been in journalism since he was a freshman, and is currently the student life editor of his school’s yearbook, Renaissance. Since he was a child, Fede had a love for film. He is the school’s Film Club president, and produces short films with the members of the club. Next year he will be the spread editor of the school’s newspaper, The Lightning Strike in addition to yearbook.

8. GRACE KING District 7 Grace King, a junior at American Heritage School, fell in love with broadcast journalism in eighth grade and has since become a finalist for FSPA’s 2014 Emerging Young Journalist award. She won a high school Emmy, four Student Television Network awards, and the Dow Jones News Fund Media Maven Award, and she was selected as the Florida’s 2015 Al Neubarth Free Spirit Scholar. She hopes to study broadcast journalism and education in the future.

Emerging Young Journalist Award

FSPA and the Tampa Bay Times Fund will present the ninth Emerging Young Journalist Award at the Opening Session on Thursday, April 23. The award honors a freshman or sophomore whose work demonstrates a bright future in scholastic and, perhaps, professional journalism. The winner receives a $100 toward registration and travel costs for journalism conventions or workshops, plus free registration at FSPA conventions for the duration of their involvement in scholastic journalism. He or she will partner with a professional journalist for mentoring. Here are the finalists.

Annie Aguiar, Hillsborough High School Michael Katz, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School Jenna Leval, Cypress Bay High School Katherine Sivco, Viera High School Samantha Verdisco, Robinson High School 6 | FSPA 2015 State Convention

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1. YVONNE BERTOVICH Once a Wharton High School Predator newspaper editor and FSPA competitor, Yvonne Bertovich is now a proud Gator at the University of Florida. She is finishing up her freshman year and is currently a student of the esteemed College of Journalism and Communications. Bertovich is planning on pursuing a double‐major in journalism and global strategic communications along with a career in the field.

2. EMILY BROADDUS Emily Broaddus is a Junior at the University of Florida and is the FSPA Business and Membership Manager. She became involved with FSPA in high school when she joined Wharton High School’s All‑Florida publication, The Predator.

Emily was the photography editor for three years and won many district, state, and national level competitions for her photography and design. She is studying advertising with a minor in history. Emily is also a Chick‑Fil‑A Marketing Team Member and a part of UF’s AdSociety, Chi Omega and Gainesville YoungLife. She will be interning with Disney in the fall. This is her sixth year attending convention and her third as a staff member.

3. CHLOE FINCH Chloe Finch is a former high school newspaper nerd who attended every district and state FSPA convention she could. She’s still a nerd, but these days she’s also a reporting intern for the Gainesville Sun, a web producer for WUFT News, and a freelance entertainment writer for the Independent Florida Alligator. Sometimes she even goes to class. She graduates from the University of Florida in May with a bachelor of science in journalism.

4. ALEXIA FERNANDEZ Alexia Fernandez is a junior at the University of Florida majoring in journalism. She hopes to one day write for several national and international magazines. Alexia has written for her high school newspaper, The Spyglass, as well as the Orlando Sentinel, Her Campus, a national magazine for college women, The Independent Florida Alligator and WUFT News in Gainesville, Florida. She loves movies and hopes to one day write for magazines and develop her own scripts.

5. JUSTIN GALICZ Justin Galicz is a fourth-year journalism student at the University of Florida interested in all things visual: photography, multimedia, design and data visualization.

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morning announcements. A proud FSPA member during her four years at Coral Gables Senior High, she joined the office staff during her sophomore year at the University of Florida. As she reluctantly prepares to graduate and excitedly moves to Atlanta to work at the Atlanta Journal­Constitution, she couldn’t be more happy with her decision to attend UF and continue perusing her passion for journalism.

7. ALLIE HERSHORN Alexandra Hershorn is a senior public relations major at the University of Florida. She attended William T. Dwyer High School where she was the Senior Editor of the Panthera yearbook staff. Allie has worked as a freelance writer for InSite Magazine Gainesville and an assistant event planner at Your Sparkling Event, LLC. This is her fourth year as a member of the FSPA office staff and fifth year attending the state convention. Allie is also a member of Delta Gamma sorority and a legal assistant at Johnson & Osteryoung, P.A.

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INSON Megan Robinson is a junior at the University of Central Florida and is studying journalism.

Living in Stuart, FL before coming to Orlando, she attended Martin County High School and had the opportunity to participate in FSPA for two years. Continuing her education in journalism, she now gets to work behind the scenes with FSPA. She can be found working on YouTube videos, Disney blogs, and cheering on the Knights.

11. KEVIN STEPHENS Kevin is a junior at the University of South Florida where he is studying Mass Communications. He is a graduate of the IB program at Hillsborough High School where he served as editor‐In‐chief of the Hilsborean yearbook. Kevin’s specialty is photography, videography and graphic design. Outside of FSPA, he is also the social media manager for USF’s Campus Recreation Department and a student assistant at the USF Tampa Library. Follow him on Twitter @kevintstephens!

8. ALEXIS LEVY Alexis Levy is a second-year telecommunication production major at the University of Florida. She is involved in UF National Broadcasting Society and ChomPics Join district reps as they moderate roundtable Productions. In her free time, she likes discussions about what works (or doesn’t) for every to binge-watch publication type (4-4:50 p.m. Thursday) television on Netflix, travel and go to Topic Location concerts. She is a Cypress Bay Circuit Broadcast Sunset alum (Go LightLiterary Magazine Biscayne ning!).

Publication Roundtables

9. HUNTER MCDANIEL Hunter McDaniel is a journalism major in the Innovation Academy at the University of Florida. She was a member of Citrus High School’s Citrio yearbook staff under the direction of FSPA’s President Colleen Bennett. This is Hunter’s sixth year attending the FSPA convention and her second as part of the FSPA staff.

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Newspaper/Magazine Siesta Online Clementine Yearbook Fleming Photography Orange

Issue Roundtables

Join district reps as they moderate roundtable discussions about issues that plague student publications/organizations(5-5:50 p.m. Thursday) Topic Location Motivating the Staff Clementine Outside the Box Orange Beat the Clock: Deadlines Fleming Connect, Contact, Convey Siesta Get the Facts Straight Sunset

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FEATURED SPEAKERS GILLIAN MCGOLDRICK

REED HENNESSY

Thursday Keynote Gillian McGoldrick is a two-year editorin-chief of the student newspaper, The Playwickian, at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Penn. Gillian has won awards for her leadership during a legal battle over student press freedoms to act as editors and remove the high school’s mascot “redskin” from the newspaper and published “Why we won’t publish the r-word.” She is one of Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best Philadelphians” and a winner of the Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism from the University of Oregon. She is also a recipient of the 2014 Pennsylvania ACLU Civil Libertarian award, the Courage in Student Journalism award from the National Scholastic Press Association and the Student Press Law Center, and the 2015 Edmund J. Sullivan award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Philadelphia City Council also passed a resolution in support of the editors of The Playwickian. Gillian’s editorial “My High School Mascot is Offensive” was published in the Feb. 17, 2015 edition of Education Week. Scholastic Action Magazine published a lesson on Jan. 12, 2015 featuring the newspaper’s ban on the word “Redskin.” But most importantly, she had the unique opportunity to take a selfie with First Amendment crusader, Marybeth Tinker. Gillian was removed from her position as editor-in-chief for a month this past fall for refusing to publish the mascot name in a letter to the editor. She is a senior and will be attending Temple University in the fall to pursue a career in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @ gill_mcgoldrick.

Thursday Keynote

Reed Hennessy is the 2014-2015 editor-in-chief of the Neshaminy High School paper, The Playwickian, alongside Gillian McGoldrick. Hennessy began as the opinion editor as a freshman and is the first journalist in Playwickian history to hold an editor position for four years. Hennessy has won various awards for his leading role in a legal and student press rights battle in the Neshaminy School District that ensued after an unsigned editorial was printed

by The Playwickian stating that the student editors would ban the use of their high school mascot in their paper on the grounds that it was racist. Hennessy won the 2014 Pennsylvania ACLU Civil Libertarian award, the Courage in Student Journalism award from the Student Press Law Center and the National Scholastic Press Association, the Ancil Payne award for Ethics in Journalism from the University of Oregon, and the Edmund J. Sullivan award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Hennessy has had the privilege to interact with Native American organizations and individuals both locally and nationally and is honored to have their support and respect. Born and raised in Langhorne, Penn. Hennessy is currently a senior at Neshaminy High School and will be attending the University of Georgia to pursue a career in law.

ILIANA LIMÓN ROMERO Friday Keynote

Iliana Limón Romero is the college sports and soccer editor for the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel. She supervises seven reporters who cover Florida, Florida State, Miami, UCF and other college programs. She also coordinates the Orlando Sentinel’s coverage of new Major League Soccer club Orlando City. Her team has won multiple awards for its breaking news, features and analysis. Limón Romero is originally from El Paso, Texas, and attended the University of New Mexico. She worked for her high school and college newspapers before do-

ing internships at the Austin American-Statesman, Albuquerque Journal and The Albuquerque Tribune.

She worked as a crime and public safety reporter for The Albuquerque Tribune before switching to reporting on college athletics. Limón Romero joined the Orlando Sentinel in 2007 and worked as the newspaper’s UCF athletics reporter until taking on her current editing role in 2010.

JEFF SHARON is a course director in the New Media Journalism Master of Arts program at Full Sail University.

Before joining Full Sail, he worked for his alma mater, the University of Central Florida, producing and hosting “UCF SportsKnight,” a weekly magazine show covering UCF sports. He received his bachelor’s degree in radio and television with a minor in political science from UCF and earned his master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. In addition to teaching, he currently works as the UCF Insider for SportsTalkFlorida.com, and as a freelance play-by-play sportscaster. Jeff is also an avid aerospace history enthusiast and keeps a blog on the topic at http://www.aerothusiast.com.

Sessions: 15 Commandments of Great Video 9 a.m. Friday, Tangerine; How to Run a Student Media Organization Without Killing Trees 10 a.m. Friday, Tangerine

TED SPIKER (@ProfSpiker) is chair of the University of Florida department of journalism. His work has appeared in Time.com, Esquire.com, Outside, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Fortune, O The Oprah Magazine and many others. He is the author of Down Size and co-author of about a dozen books.

Sessions: Retweet This! 10 a.m. Friday, Palms H; The Freshman 15 11 a.m. Friday, Palms H

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SPECIAL EVENTS CONVENTION CHECK-IN Check-in begins at noon Thursday. Advisers will report to the check-in window to pick up programs (courtesy of Sun Coast Press), T-shirts, adviser bags, banquet tickets and student wristbands, which must be worn at all times during the convention. Only one student may approach the registration window with an adviser to assist with distributed materials. Advisers will also turn in student behavior contracts at this time. Additionally, speaker name badges can also be picked up here.

12 – 6 p.m., Thursday and 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Friday Palms Foyer HOTEL CHECK-IN Rooms may not be available prior to the 4 p.m. check-in time. Publications arriving prior to that time to compete in contests can store luggage in Cedar/ Marathon. Check-out time is 11 a.m. Saturday.

12 – 6 p.m. Thursday, Jasmine ON THE SPOT CONTEST CHECK-IN Publications pre-registered for On the Spot contests can pick up a packet containing contest information and additional instructions, including contest room locations. If you have not paid for these contests, you must do so at this time. For a list of contest locations, see page 14. News photo, feature photo and illustration contests sponsored by Leonard’s Photography.

12 – 6 p.m. Thursday, Oleander B VENDOR TRADE SHOW/EXHIBITS Take some time to visit our trade show exhibits. Get information from local and national vendors, chat with representatives, pick up some goodies and have a great time.

12 – 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Friday, Palms Foyer DANNY WELLMAN DISPLAYS Check out how different publications used the “Revolution” theme to create unique exhibits. All Danny Wellman displays can be put out for display beginning at noon on Thursday. Judging begins at 8 p.m. Thursday. All displays must be removed by 5 p.m. Friday.

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12 – 11 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, Palms Foyer STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL After seeing the winning entry at the opening session, check out some of the other top entries in our Student Film Festival. These two-minute and five-minute entries are produced by students from around the state.

2–3:50 p.m., Thursday Citron; 10 – 11:50 a.m.

Friday, Citron PUBLICATION ROUNDTABLES Join some of the FSPA district representative as they moderate roundtable discussions about what works (or doesn’t) for every publication type. Check page 8 for specific locations.

4 – 4:50 p.m. Thursday, Varies ISSUE ROUNDTABLES Join the FSPA district representatives as they moderate roundtable discussions about some of the issues that most plague high school publications and media organizations. Check page 8 for specific locations and topics.

5 – 5:50 p.m. Thursday, Varies OPENING SESSION Join us at 7 p.m. as we kick off the FSPA 2015 State Convention. Gillian McGoldrick and Reed Hennessy, co-editors of The Playwickian at Neshaminy High School, will share their experiences at the center of one of the biggest student press rights cases in modern history.

Some of our Best-of-the Best awards will be given out at this session, and we’ll take a look at some award-winning student work. The Tampa Bay Times Emerging Young Journalist award winner will also be recognized. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by Herff Jones.

7 p.m. Thursday, Palms Ballroom ADVISER RECEPTION After opening session, advisers are asked to attend a reception and business meeting. District directors will share important convention information and begin discussing district workshop dates for the fall. Executive Board members will be on site to answer any questions. Sponsored by Herff Jones.

8:30 – 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Clementine

FSPA Kahoot! Challenge Challenge your friends to an intense game of Kahoot! to see who has more knowledge under the belt! Have your smart phones at the ready to answer questions relating to FSPA, journalism and technology. Winner of each game gets a prize!

8:30 – 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Palms Ballroom PUBLICATION SWAP SHOP Bring copies of your publication and spend some time with other journalists from around the state discussing what has and has not worked for your publication. Leave with great ideas from other staffs about how to take your publication from drab to fab.

9 – 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Fleming JUDGE’S HOSPITALITY All advisers with students registered for an On the Spot contest will be given a contest and a time slot for judging. If you didn’t register students for a contest and have some free time, stop by to help judge. Your feedback is invaluable for our students. Light snacks and drinks are provided for judges. Sponsored by Dean Stewart Photography.

4 – 10:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Friday, Oleander A and B ADVISER BREAKFAST Come join fellow advisers to discuss publication-related issues and get advice in this informal breakfast setting.

Executive Board members will be on hand to answer any questions.

8 – 9 a.m. Friday, Magnolia/Jasmine PARDON THE INTERRUPTION CONTEST Come watch teams from different publications compete in this sports debate competition, modeled after the ESPN program of the same name.

9 a.m. Friday, Palms E FRIDAY SESSIONS Come see some of the best in the journalism field as they speak at five different sessions. Session titles, descriptions and speakers can be found on pages 20–23.

Speaker bios can be found on Page 24.

Locating your sessions is a breeze if you

SPECIAL EVENTS use the hotel map, found on Page 34.

9 – 11:50 a.m. and 2 – 3:50 p.m. Friday, Varies

sored by Jostens.

12 – 1:30 p.m. Friday, Magnolia/Jasmine

PUBLICATION CRITIQUES Pre-registration was required for this event. Advisers and staffs who signed up for a critique should check appointment times posted on the door of the critique rooms. A schedule will be posted on the door Thursday and Friday. Critiques are exactly 20 minutes, so staffs are asked to arrive on time.

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday, Azalea A

BANQUET Publication delegates should plan to attend the formal banquet Friday evening.

In addition to a great meal, Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel college sports editor Iliana Limón Romero will serve as the keynote speaker. All-Florida publications will be honored, and more Best of the Best awards will be distributed. The Todd C. Smith Student Journalist of the Year (sponsored by Balfour) and the Morty Schaap Journalism Teacher of the Year (sponsored by Walsworth) will be named. The dress code for the event is black and red attire.

6 – 8 p.m. Friday, Palms Ballroom

ADVISER LUNCHEON Advisers are asked to attend this luncheon and business meeting. Silver, Gold and Platinum Key recipients and finalists for the Morty Schaap Teacher of the Year award (sponsored by Walsworth) will be honored. Gold Medallion recipients will also be recognized. Spon-

dents from around the state while dancing the night away with music provided by a DJ. Students will be asked to show their convention wristbands to be admitted. Advisers are asked to attend to chaperone students.

9 – 11:15 p.m. Friday, Palms Ballroom CLOSING SESSION Winners of all On the Spot contests will be announced. More Best of the Best winners will be recognized. Bright House Sports Network sponsors all sports video categories. Suncoast Printing sponsors all newspaper categories.

Sponsored by Jostens.

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Palms Ballroom

STUDENT DANCE Students are invited to get to know stu-

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CONTESTS Advisers: You must register the names of each student competing in the on-the-spot contests at the contest registration desk beginning at noon. Student names must be received before contest starts or student is disqualified. Do not send students to check in. Please refer to the check-in worksheet.

Contest

Where to Go

When to Go There

Convention Twitter Coverage

Pick up contest instructions at contest check-in then attend Opening Session featuring The Playwickian editors

Check in before opening in Oleander B

News Photography

Contest check-in

Check in before opening – turn in submissions at 10 p.m. in Oleander B

Feature Photography

Contest check-in

Check in before opening – turn in submissions at 10 p.m. in Oleander B

Team Literary Magazine

Contest check-in

Check in before opening – turn in submission at 5 p.m. in Oleander B; 9 a.m. Friday meeting in Oleander B

Team Newspaper

Contest check-in

Check in before opening – turn in submission at 10:30 p.m. in Oleander B

Team Yearbook

Contest check-in

Check in before opening – turn in submission at 10:30 p.m. in Oleander B

Edit to the Beat

Contest check-in desk to pick up contest materials; work in broadcast workroom (Largo/Longboat)

8:30 a.m. Friday – turn in submissions in Oleander A

Man on the Street

Contest check-in desk to pick up contest materials; work in broadcast workroom (Largo/Longboat)

8:30 a.m. Friday – turn in submission in Oleander A

Package Editing

Pick up contest materials in Oleander A at 2 p.m.; work in broadcast workroom (Largo/Longboat)

6:45 p.m. – turn in submission in Oleander A

Collaborative Commercial

Pick up contest materials in Oleander A at 2 p.m.; work in broadcast workroom (Largo/Longboat)

6 p.m. – turn in submission in Oleander A

Cinema Editing Challenge

Pick up contest materials in Oleander A at 8:30 p.m.; work in broadcast workroom (Largo/Longboat)

10:30 p.m. – turn in submission in Oleander A

Digital Infographic

Tangerine

2 p.m. – bring your laptop

Opinion Column

Lemon

2 p.m. – bring paper and writing utensil

Poetry

Lime

2 p.m. – bring paper and writing utensil

Review Writing

Attend the student film festival screening in Citron at 2 pm.; report to Lemon immediately after to begin contest

2 p.m. – bring paper and writing utensil

Press Conference Story

Tangerine

4 p.m. – bring paper and writing utensil

Hand Drawn Illustration

Lime

4 p.m. – bring paper and writing utensil

Individual News Anchor

Hibiscus

Immediately following opening

Steven J. Thor Mixed Company

Orange

8:30 p.m. – bring writing utensil

Short Story

Tangerine

8:30 p.m. – bring paper and writing utensil

Pardon the Interruption

Palms E

9 a.m. Friday

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JOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR

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1. KRISTI COOK American Heritage School, Plantation Kristi Cook, the co-executive producer of WAHS News, is a senior at American Heritage School.

She has been interested in filmmaking and video production for about six years now. She started in seventh grade when she joined her school broadcasting class which soon after made her realize she had a passion for broadcasting. The following year she joined Broward Teen News and had the pleasure of attending the Student Television Network Spring Convention in Orlando with them. Seeing the competitive side of broadcasting opened her eyes to the different places one can go in the industry. Kristi has received a high school Emmy through the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a national award for video editing at the 2014 Student Television Network Convention, and a national award for an on-the-spot package through U.S. Education TV in addition to nearly fifty state titles. This past summer, she attended the University of Southern California’s News Reporting in the Digital Age Summer Program.

Kristi hopes to take her passion to the next level and possibly one day work for 60 Minutes.

With hard work and dedication, she dreams to reach the level of broadcast that will help her make her dream possible.

2. ERIKA ORSTAD Cypress Bay High School, Weston I like to say that I started broadcasting when I was 4, when my dad made “Erika’s TV” out of a big cardboard box where I wrote, acted in and produced my own TV shows. A few years later I discovered “Kid TV” at the local career discovery center, where I anchored a news show for the very first time, and I just remember feel-

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ing so in my element; I didn’t know it yet but I would come to find that I was exactly where I was supposed to be. Seven years later, I began anchoring Tequesta Trace Action News, my middle school morning show, reaching an audience of almost 1,000 people every day.

I learned that broadcast news is my passion, and I carried that into high school as I joined Cypress Bay Television – the TV production program that changed my life. Four years have come and gone, and in those four years I have grown so much, and have learned invaluable lessons that will carry me even further as I embark on my education in broadcast journalism at the University of Miami in the fall. I have fallen in love with telling the stories of others, and I want to tell them for the rest of my life. I hope to become an investigative journalist, one day working for CBS News on “60 Minutes”.

3. ELINA RODRIGUEZ Hillsborough High School, Tampa Elina Rodriguez, better known as Ellie, is editor-in-chief of Red & Black, the newspaper at Hillsborough High School in Tampa. She’s a bibliophile, comedy writer/consumer, organizer-extraordinaire and proud feminist. She’s pretty bad at writing bios, but her lack of skill is paralleled only by her affinity for bad jokes, much to the chagrin of her lovely peers. Fun fact: She also loves fun facts. Rodriguez intends to pursue English and graphic design at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill as a Robertson Scholar. She’s won awards for her writing and design at regional, state and national levels, including an NSPA Story of the Year finalist for Diversity Story. She is the actual worst at AP style, but her staff loves her anyway.

Rodriguez calls r&b magazine her proudest “tangible” accomplishment. The staff created

two 32-page special editions, on relationships and change. The November edition placed seventh at NSPA Best of Show in Washington, D.C., where the newspaper also placed fifth in Best of Show for tabloids. Her “actual” proudest accomplishment: Helping to transform the newspaper staff into a family she’s sad to be leaving.

4. AARON MICHAEL SORTAL American Heritage School, Plantation Aaron Sortal is a senior at American Heritage School in Plantation, where he was born and raised. Aaron’s broadcasting career began his freshman year when his dad, Nick Sortal, persuaded him to try working for his school’s daily news show, Nick didn’t know that he would fall in love with it. His adviser, Mrs. Molina, has been with him the entire way coaching him to better his journalism career and portfolio.

At WAHS News, the school’s broadcast news station, Aaron is Co-Executive Producer of the show along with reporting the weather every Tuesday and Friday. Aaron has received awards from the Student Television Network, the Florida Scholastic Press Association, and received an official selection from the All-American High School Film Festival in New York City. He also won an all-expense paid trip to work the U.S. Army All-American Bowl this past January.

Outside of WAHS News, Aaron enjoys running half marathons and completed his first full marathon this year. He also participates in the international Jewish youth group, called BBYO, and produces videos for special family events while creating his own business, Sortal Films.

Aaron will study next year at Syracuse University majoring in Broadcast & Digital Journalism and Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises.

Student Journalist of the Year award in honor of slain journalist Todd C. Smith

Todd C. Smith 1961 - 1989

“Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.”

Spoken by Robert E. Lee, “These words were Todd C. Smith’s favorite quote, and in his own way, he lived up to them,” said 1996 Leon High School High Life news editor Brandy Doyle in a tribute she wrote for The History of FSPA. Smith, a 1979 High Life co-editor, was killed in November 1989. On a working vacation from The Tampa Tribune, Smith was kidnapped by Shining Path guerillas while attempting to report on Peru’s cocaine-producing Huallaga Valley. Several days later, his body was found on a playground in Uchiza, Peru. Apparently, he had been mistaken for a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and was tortured to death.

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The FSPA Executive Board named the Student Journalist of the Year Award program in honor of Smith’s dedication to duty.

In 2002, the inaugural presentation was made by Smith’s father, Robert P. Smith, at the awards banquet. Members of Smith’s family, former colleagues from his time on staff at The Tribune and Tallahassee’s Leon High School newspaper attended.

After beginning his career in high school, Smith was editor-in-chief of the college newspaper at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He interned at the Tallahassee Democrat and worked for the St. Petersburg Times. In 1987, he freelanced in Nicaragua and Honduras, running a series in the St. Petersburg Times and San Francisco Chronicle about his journey with the Contras.

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District 1: Kenneth Killam Advises: Blue and Gold newspaper adviser at Gulf Breeze High School. Also co-advises the literary magazine, Voices in the Breez, Angle of Reflection.

This is his 20th year advising a high school publication.

Travels to: FSPA conventions and insists that new advisers attend conventions, too.

Believes: “A society is only free if the press is free.”

His students generate story ideas from their experiences, even if the topic is controversial for the school’s mostly conservative community.

The paper has served as a catalyst to change school policies and improve students’ lives.

Biggest challenge: Fundraising.

Greatest rewards: When former students tell him they are working for ESPN or The [Independent Florida] Alligator at UF or The Owl at FSU, or they have started a booming printing company in Washington, D.C. Became an adviser: To give students a forum of free expression and an instrument for checks and balances of their leaders.

Praise: From his student editors – “He is a passionate teacher and a fantastic mentor.”

District 2: Jonathan Hampton Advises: Second year advising the Snakeskin yearbook at Belleview High School in Ocala.

Other job: Professional photographer, which allows him to help his students with their own photography.

Proud: That all the yearbook photography, including sports photos, are taken by yearbook students, not the photography company. Also, he’s working to begin offering certification exams for Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

Believes: “Words are perhaps our most powerful tools.” He challenges students to write stories that actually matter, to make readers feel something, whether it be joy or disgust.

Challenge: Making sure everyone feels like they are part of a family, whether it’s bringing in breakfast for everyone or organizing a “Just Dance” party after a deadline.

Inspiration: His students. At the end of his first year, he discovered that his students were motivating him as much as he was motivating them.

Praise from a supervisor: “He is innovative and ‘cutting edge’ in regards to technology and how to make his curriculum relevant to his students.”

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companies, and in communications for Brevard Public Schools.

Innovation: Created an after-school club called VTV Editorial Leadership Board. Students are invited to join, and senior staff editors meet weekly in collabrative, creative and fun production meetings.

Believes: Student press rights include creative and dramatic expression, including sensitive issues like drinking, drug abuse and bullying.

Santos-Sivco encourages students to understand that they don’t have to be visually literal; sometimes the best work is symbolic and subtle.

Challenged by: A parent, who attacked a student-created video without grounds or facts.

The administration fully supported the video and Santos-Sivco.

Enjoyment: Seeing a student realize he/she has the power to move an audience through a range of emotions, incite them into action, and educate them.

Praise: From her principal – “I’ve seen her students’ confidence soar day-by-day as they keep getting better and better.”

District 4: Christina Porcelli-Wilson Advises: In her sixth year advising yearbook, broadcast and online media at Coleman Middle School in Tampa.

Building the program: In her first year, she had a yearbook staff of 24 students. The next year, over 200 students applied to be on staff. Because of the demand, she created a separate journalism class that focused on broadcast and online media.

Encouraging diversity: Porcelli-Wilson believes what has drawn diversity to the program is the staff ’s dedication to coverage of all types of students and topics.

Great challenge: Getting buy-in from the faculty. Teachers weren’t familiar with journalism in middle schools, so at first, they did not cooperate. As the program developed, the faculty saw how hard and how well the journalism students worked to produce a quality yearbook.

Greatest joy: When the students get the first look at the book. “The chatter that erupts as the students find their photo, ... their creation is my favorite sound.”

Praise from her supervisor: “Christine is adept at encouraging students to work hard, believe in themselves and grow their skills.”

District 3: Elizabeth Santos-Sivco Advises: Broadcast TV and digital media at Viera District 6: Cindy Rodriguez-Periera High School, in Viera, for the past nine years.

Advises: In her second year as the adviser of the Professional experience: TV, digital production Entheos yearbook at G. Holmes Braddock Senior

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High School in Miami. Prior to this, she advised middle school yearbooks for seven years.

Professional experience: Worked at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and Ciudad Doral Newspaper.

Rebuilding: Rodriguez was hired to rebuild the Braddock journalism program, which she has successfully done. The program teaches students to produce a book with the guidance of a professional – to look for interesting stories and present them following industry guidelines.

Diversity: The staff is comprised of minorities, including ESOL and special-education students.

This results in diversity of coverage.

Challenges: Lack of resources and consideration toward the program. Students’ time is taken up by testing and their interest by competitive academic programs. Attracting students truly interested in journalism is a definite challenge.

Enjoyment: “It is priceless to see student reporters come back to the room full of excitement because they found a great story.”

Praise: From the student editor – “With small gifts and uplifting pep talks, Mrs. Rodriguez fills the yearbook room with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.”

District 7: Maria Molina Advises: WAHS Morning News show, a daily 10-minute show for American Heritage School in Plantation. Molina started this program seven yeras ago. Also co-advises the Spotlight yearbook.

In the beginning: As she was supervising the computer lab while the yearbook and newspaper staffs were using it, she fell in love with storytelling. This led her into advising, and now, the ability to have a student tell a story or take pictures amazes her.

FSPA involvement: District Director, Contest Coordinator.

Efforts to recruit minority students: AHS has a diverse student population, including a sizeable program for international students. Her goal is to give students with differences a safe environment to grow. This includes encouraging students with limited English proficiency to speak on camera.

Greatest enjoyment: “Yes, the awards are nice, but the growth I see in my students is way more fulfilling than anything.”

Praise: From her dean – “Her students love her and will do anything for her. She has a special way of working with young people.”

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CONVENTION AT A GLANCE THURSDAY, APRIL 23 Palms Ballroom

Jasmine

Oleander A/B

Orange

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

8: 30 p.m.

Hotel Check-in FSPA Kahoot!

Challenge

Lemon

Lime

Tangerine

Clementine

Opinion writing contest

Poetry contest

Digital infographic contest

Review writing contest

Hand-drawn illustration contest

Press conference story contest

Roundtables

Stort story contest

Adviser Reception

Broadcast/ Print Judging

Roundtables

Broadcast/ Print Judging

Mixed Company Contest

Palms D

Palms E

Palms F

Palms G

Palms H

Orange

So You’re New to Yearbook...

Now What?

(Burker/ Levine)

How to Be an All-in-One Multimedia Reporter (Busdeker)

Talk This Way, Write This Way (Fitzgerald)

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Palms B

Palms C

9 a.m.

Smarter Journalism with Your Smart Phone (Brunson)

On a Revolutionary MISSION (Killough/Shumate)

Design in Mind (Walker)

PTI Contest

Photos: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Stewart/ Crawford)

10 a.m.

Building Interactives with Data and Code (Minshew/ Gibson)

Basic Photoshop 101 (Toner)

Four Steps to Getting It All Done (MeskielMacy)

Panel: Fight for Your Rights (McGoldrick/ Hennessy, Huber)

What You See is What You Get (Cutsinger)

What’s Theme Got to Do with It (Schmitz/ Livesay/de la Fuilliez)

Retweet This!

(Spiker)

DIY Broadcast Equipment (Kilpatrick)

11 a.m.

Writing Sports Columns (Bianchi)

How to Wow Visually (Lindblom/Hoffstatter/Otero)

Spreads We Love (Moffitt)

Panel: Achieving Diversity (Hooper/Bentil/Gadsden)

Know and Tell (Cutsinger)

Charting a Creative Course (Bennett)

The Freshman 15 (Spiker)

Column Writing (Bryan)

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

Other Important Events: • • • • •

Convention check-in, as well as vendor trade show, begins at noon Thursday in the Palms Foyer Contest check-in begins at noon Thursday in Oleander B Opening Session, Palms Ballroom, 7 p.m. Thursday (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Student Film Festival, 2 p.m. Thursday, Citron (repeats Friday at 10 a.m. in Citron) Adviser Breakfast, Magnolia/Jasmine, 8–9 a.m. Friday

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CONVENTION AT A GLANCE Mandarin

Citron

Newspaper Team Contest

Student Film Festival

Hibiscus

Newspaper Team Contest

Fleming

Roundtables

Newspaper Team Contest

News anchor contest

Swap Shop

Clementine

Siesta

Roundtables

Sunset

Roundtables

Biscayne

Roundtables

Cedar/Marathon

Broadcast workspace

Luggage storage

Broadcast workspace

Luggage storage

Broadcast workspace

Lemon

Lime

Tangerine

JEA Curriculum Q&A (McCash Brennan)

Sports: It’s All Interconnected (Ravitz)

The 15 Commandments of Great Video (Sharon)

Sports Photography (Simmons)

Media Without Boundaries (Gaspar)

How to Run a Student Media Organization Without Killing Trees (Sharon)

Student Film Festival

Publication Critiques

“What” is a Good Place to Start (McCash Brennan)

Kickstarting Your Sports Broadcast Career (Price)

The Intern Diaries (Perry)

Student Film Festival

Publication Critiques

Putting Online First (Hanewicz/Burns)

Getting Past the No (Mieses)

Resume Tape: How to Create an Effective TV News Tape and Get a Job (Moore)

Sports Photography: It’s All Fun and Games (Mowat)

Best of the Best: Design (Taylor)

Sports StartUp: Starting a Sports-Only Publication in Your School (Figueroa)

I Heart Journalism (Williams)

News Literacy: Why It Mattes (Cribbs)

Best of the Best: Broadcast Packages (Delgado)

Pitch Perfect: Idea Generation to Story Creation (Prinz)

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Largo/Longboat

Mandarine

Citron

Azalea A/B

Fleming

Siesta

Publication Critiques

Best of the Best: Photography (Mancini)

Best of the Best: Opinion Writing (Munoz)

Publication Critiques

Best of the Best: News and Feature Writing (Burns)

Publication Critiques

Adviser Luncheon/Business meeting, Jasmine/Magnolia, Noon Friday Banquet, Palms Ballroom, 6 p.m. Friday (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)

Dance, Palms Ballroom, 9–11:15 p.m. Friday Closing, Palms Ballroom, 7:30 a.m. Saturday

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SESSIONS 9 a.m.

DIGITAL MEDIA Smarter Journalism with Your Smart Phone

With today’s smart phones, students literally carry around an entire newsroom in their hands.

This session will show you how to produce good journalism for your school’s news website by using your iPhone, Android or other mobile devices.

Rick Brunson, University of Central Florida 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms B

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP On a Revolutionary MISSION

Come discover revolutionary tips for making your yearbook life easier through technology, coverage and motivational ideas. #techtips #staffmotivation #coverage #booksales #stafforganization #visual&verbal #digitaltools #augmentedreality #staffrecruiting #sethighgoals #andmuchmore Kris Killough and Stephanie Shumate, Herff Jones 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms C

DESIGN Design in Mind

Your content may be brilliant, but no one will look at it if it’s not visually pleasing. Learn how to entice your readers to stay with you until the very last sentence with these tips, trends and industry secrets. Ideal for yearbook and newsmagazine students.

Tara Walker, Picaboo Yearbooks 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms D

GENERAL AUDIENCE PTI (Pardon the Interruption Contest)

Come watch teams from different publications compete in this sports debate competition, modeled after the ESPN program of the same name.

Joe Humphrey, Hillsborough High School 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms E

PHOTOJOURNALISM Photos: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Professional photographers spend much time critiquing their own work in order to learn and improve. Butch and Dean will go over your images, discussing how they could be improved whether you’re using a point-and-shoot or highend DSLR. Submit some of your images to Dean and Butch for professional critique by emailing three or four images to angel@dsp-photo.com or feel free to bring a few on a jump drive.

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Dean Stewart and Butch Crawford, Dean Stewart Photography 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms F

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP So You’re New to Yearbook...Now What?

Are you going to be the editor next year? A first-time adviser? Come to our class to do more than just “survive” your first year in charge. We’ll give you syllabus and curriculum tips, rubrics for grading and examples on how to best run your yearbook class or club from the first day of school.

Veronika Levine and Sarah Burker, Walsworth Publishing Company 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms G

DIGITAL MEDIA How to Be an All-in-One Multimedia Reporter

In the evolving world of journalism, there’s no such thing as having too many skills. Those journalists who can write stories, shoot and edit video, appear on camera and host live streams will go far. See how a one-man-band reporter is transforming the idea of gathering and presenting the news.

Jon Busdeker, Orlando Sentinel 9 – 9:50 a.m., Palms H

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP Talk This Way, Write This Way

This session is designed to teach editors that what they say and how they say it can make or break a team. Editors will learn communication strategies to make them more effective leaders. These strategies will not only improve leadership skills, but help editors bring out the best in their writers.

Megan Fitzgerald, Nova Southeastern University 9 – 9:50 a.m., Orange

ADVISING/TEACHING JEA Curriculum Q&A

JEA Curriculum Leader Vicki McCash Brennan will be available to answer questions and hear feedback on the JEA Curriculum Project.

Come with your questions on how to use the curriculum, where to find various lessons and how to incorporate the curriculum into your planning.

Vicki McCash Brennan, Journaiism Education Association 9 – 9:50 a.m., Lemon

DIGITAL MEDIA Sports: It’s All Interconnected

This session will explain how sports is now a multimedia platform and is very reliant on current updates. Attendees will walk away understanding sports reporters must have a variety of skills and knowledge to be able to display work on multiple platforms.

Sarah Ravitz, University of Florida 9 – 9:50 a.m., Lime

BROADCAST/VIDEOGRAPHY Features, Not Fiction: Writing Stories to Keep Your Audience Hooked

Great video is not magic. Just follow a few simple steps and remember these rules, and you will produce incredible video that will get you noticed. Or, at least, it will set your work apart from your embarrassing uncle’s home video.

Jeff Sharon, Full Sail University 9 – 9:50 a.m., Tangerine

10 a.m.

DIGITAL MEDIA Building Interactives with Data and Code

We’ll give you a broad overview of what data skills and programming languages young journalists should be learning to build interactive, mobilefriendly projects. These include maps, graphics, quizzes and special story presentations. We’ll provide examples of each.

Charles Minshew and Andrew Gibson, Orlando Sentinel 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms B

COMPUTER SOFTWARE Basic Photoshop 101

This is a basic Photoshop class for best practices in print. This session will cover commonly used tools and step-by-step process of toning and saving images for print. Even if you feel you know a little about Photoshop, this will cover ways to tone, sharpen, change resolution and file types for printers.

Scott Toner, Suncoast Press 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms C

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP

Four Steps to Getting It All Done

Time management is such an overused term.

Time just “is” ... it’s there whether we pay attention to it or not, and then it’s gone! Here are four specific methods for gaining control of your day, your commitments and your goals. Be a better leader, a more engaged editor or director.

Marcia Meskiel-Macy, Balfour 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms D

FEATURED SPEAKER, GENERAL AUDIENCE Panel: Fight for Your Right

Along with adviser Tara Huber, Neshaminy High School’s The Playwickian co-editors Gillian McGoldrick and Reed Hennessy will give an honest look at what it means to fight for student press rights.

Gillian McGoldrick, Reed Hennesy and Tara Huber, Neshaminy (Langhorne, Penn.) High School 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms E

DESIGN What You See is What You Get

The spectacular design of your yearbook depends solely on the content you collect. You can have innovative design, but without great verbal and visual stories, it falls flat; and without meaningful stories and photographs, you simply have nothing to design. In this session, you will do most of the work. You will explore some of the best coverage and content through the design and graphic principles and strategies that will empower you to set goals for next year’s book.

John Cutsinger, Jostens 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms F

DESIGN What’s Theme Got to Do With It

Theme has everything to do with it and it is never too early to start planning your theme. What’s new and different for 2016 and where to find your ideas to make the 2016 theme so perfect for your school for next year.

Sabrina Schmitz, Adam Livesay and Tracy de la Fuilliez, Walsworth Publishing Company 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms G

FEATURED SPEAKER, DIGITAL MEDIA Retweet This!

Social-media strategies that will help you stand out, build your brand, engage your audience and

set you up for a dynamic career. Live-tweeting encouraged! #SpikerSays Ted Spiker, University of Florida 10 – 10:50 a.m., Palms H

BROADCAST/VIDEOGRAPHY DIY Broadcast Equipment

Students will see several examples of do it yourself camera equipment that we developed for use in the classroom and on remote shoots.

We will answer questions and provide resources to plan and construct your gear with minimal budgets.

Ed Kilpatrick, Citrus High School 10 – 10:50 a.m., Orange

PHOTOJOURNALISM Sports Photography

Come learn where to be and how to get those great action photos you’ve always wanted.

Bill Simmons, Leonard’s Photography 10 – 10:50 a.m., Lemon

DIGITAL MEDIA Media Without Boundaries

This session will demonstrate ways to integrate media and journalism into service-learning projects and develop community relationships.

Student PSAs, webisodes and documentary short on President Jimmy Carter will be shared with

SESSIONS attendees.

Dr. Richard Gaspar, Hillsborough Community College 10 – 10:50 a.m., Lime

FEATURED SPEAKER, DIGITAL MEDIA How to Run a Student Media Organization Without Killing Trees

Say it out loud: Printed newspapers are going away. So why are you still printing on them?

Your student media organization needs to be online first. Jeff Sharon has some tips for how to transition to and run an online-only student media platform, as well as plenty of free resources for you to take advantage of. Save the trees! Go all-digital!

Jeff Sharon, Full Sail University 10 – 10:50 a.m., Tangerine

11 a.m.

WRITING Writing a Sports Column

The job of a sports columnist is to observe the

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SESSIONS battle from the mountain top and then ride down and bayonet the wounded. We’ll discuss what this means and how to start writing sports columns that mean and say something.

Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms B

DESIGN How to Wow Visually

Let these yearbook experts share some ways to help take your yearbook to the next level visually.

From eye-catching photography, to typography that sets the tone and look, to solid structure and hierarchy, we are here to help you learn more about the essential elements for visual success.

Danielle Lindblom, Katy Hoffstatter and Jose Otero, Herff Jones 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms C

DESIGN Spreads We Love

This session looks at yearbook design from a wide variety of schools and discusses just what makes them interesting, unique or unusual. Sometimes they follow the rules and sometimes they break

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them, but they all have something about them that stands out.

Jeff Moffitt, Balfour 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms D

GENERAL AUDIENCE Panel: Achieving Diversity

The idea of diversity in student journalism is more than just a feel-good concept; it is the key to building a great staff and producing stories that are richer and deeper. Members of the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists – Tampa Bay Times columnist and editor Ernest Hooper, former TV producer Sandra Bentil and Orlando TV anchor Ginger Gadsden (formerly of WTSP-TV) – will talk about how you and your publication can achieve diveresity.

Ernest Hooper, Sandra Bentil and Ginger Gadsden, Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms E

NEWS GATHERING Know and Tell

Meaningful storytelling results from knowing and sharing the facts, figures and feelings of those directly involved in and those affected by an activity, event or issue. Inclusive coverage results from showcasing all your sources and resources by writing intimate stories that take your readers where they did not go and tell them versions they

have not heard.

John Cutsinger, Jostens 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms F

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP Charting a Creative Course

We’re often told to “be creative” with how we approach solving problems or creating new things. But what does that really mean and why is it so hard for some to do? Contrary to what many believe, creativity isn’t some mythical, accidental, unattainable thing. It’s a process, with very real barriers to achieving success. Come learn a few ways to unlock your creative genius and leave with actual exercises and strategies to help you overcome any creative block.

Collen Bennett, Oak Ridge High School 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms G

CONTINUING EDUCATION The Freshman 15

No matter what industry you choose, these 15 quick tips and tricks will help you make the most of your college career--and beyond. We’ll discuss navigating college curriculum, effective networking, must-have media skills and the one thing that will ALWAYS endear you to your professors.

Ted Spiker, University of Florida 11 – 11:50 a.m., Palms H

WRITING Column Writing

Come learn how to develop your own voice in order to write columns that affect change.

Jeff Bryan, Riverland News 11 – 11:50 a.m., Orange

WRITING “What” is a Good Place to Start

How do you start strong to engage your readers and bring focus to your stories? In this presentation, you’ll learn how to write a great lead for every story using the 5Ws and H, plus a few other tricks.

Vicki McCash Brennan, Journalism Education Association 11 – 11:50 a.m., Lemon

BROADCAST/VIDEOGRAPHY Kickstarting Your Sports Broadcast Career

This session will provide guidance about starting a career in sports broadcast and sports storytelling.

Kelly Price, University of Florida 11 – 11:50 a.m., Lime

CONTINUING EDUCATION The Intern Diaries

You’ll need an internship in the near future, but why wait until college to get a jump on the competition? Come hear some tips and tricks to stand out on paper and find an internship that best suits your interests.

Brooke Perry, University of Florida 11 – 11:50 a.m., Tangerine

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DIGITAL MEDIA Putting Online First

Want to run an online publication but need help getting started or want to improve your site?

Learn how the editor and adviser at rhstoday. com took their site from updating monthly to a Pacemaker finalist in one year with a 10-person staff. Get tips on how to organize your staff, write for online and enhance your site with interactive tools.

Isabel Hanewicz and Jill Burns, Robinson High School 2 – 2:50 p.m., Lemon

DIGITAL MEDIA Getting Past the “No”

Our dreams may change or get shut down, and that’s okay- we’ll have the honest conversation of what being in this transition is like. Also, get tips on producing, filming overseas, and working with people you just met.

Vanessa Mieses, Journey Box Media 2 – 2:50 p.m., Lime

BROADCAST/VIDEOGRAPHY Resume Tape: How to Create an Effective TV News Tape and Get a Job

Consider this workshop a jump start into short film development and production at the grade school level. Discussion will include the essentials of developing a story, tips for writing a screenplay and guidelines to help production run smoother and more successfully.

Stewart Moore, WESH 2 News 2 – 2:50 p.m., Tangerine

PHOTOJOURNALISM Sports Photography: It’s All Fun and Games

How do you transition from photographing high school sports to photographing college sports successfully? This session will include tips on how to get into the biz and what to do once you’re in.

You’ll also get tips and tricks on technique and camera use.

Rachel Mowat, University of Florida 2 – 2:50 p.m., Clementine

DESIGN Best of the Best: Design

Come check out some of the award-winning designs created by print publication students this year as we showcase entries from the 2015 Spring Digital Contest.

Brit Taylor, Hagerty High School 2 – 2:50 p.m., Mandarin

PHOTOJOURNALISM Best of the Best: Photography

Come check out some of the award-winning photographs taken by students this year as we showcase entries from the 2015 Spring Digital Contest.

Julie Mancini, Dunnellon High School 2 – 2:50 p.m., Mandarin2 – 2:50 p.m., Fleming

WRITING Best of the Best: Opinion Writing

Come check out some of the award-winning opinion pieces written by students this year as we showcase entries from the 2015 Spring Digital Contest.

Chris Munoz, King High School 2 – 2:50 p.m., Siesta

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DIGITAL MEDIA Sports Start-Up: Starting a Sports-Only Online Publication

Wanting to take your sports coverage one step further? Want to build interest in your publications program by offering something a little different? Come hear from the inaugural editorial staff of the OMG Sports Network as they walk you through how they built an online

SESSIONS sports-only website a la ESPN from the ground up. They’ll offer you a look at what worked for them, but probably more what didn’t work.

They’ll also give you a peek at the production process. Bring your questions.

Josue Figueroa and Colleen Bennett, Oak Ridge High School 3 – 3:50 p.m., Lemon

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP I Heart Journalism

Learn how to make journalism fun and educational while creating a media outlet that your students will love. Walk away with lots of helpful ideas and tips for your program. Students and advisers welcome!

Callie Williams, Astronaut High School 3 – 3:50 p.m., Lime

LAW/ETHICS News Literacy: Why It Matters

This session is intended to show journalists the consequences of their actions. They will learn about how others perceive their work and learn how to avoid ethical and practical mistakes.

Jud Cribbs, Florida Gulf Coast University 3 – 3:50 p.m., Tangerine

BROADCAST/VIDEOGRAPHY Best of the Best: Broadcast Packages

Come check out some of the award-winning packages created by broadcast students this year as we showcase entries from the 2015 Spring Digital Contest.

Omar Delgado, Christopher Columbus High School 3 – 3:50 p.m., Clementine

NEWS GATHERING Pitch Perfect: Idea Generation to Story Creation

Learn tips and tricks on how to control the story you write from start to finish. It all starts with making your pitch perfect! Whether you’re writing for print, web or television, a strong pitch is your guide for creating the story you want.

Danielle Prinz, University of Florida 3 – 3:50 p.m., Mandarin

BEST OF THE BEST Best of the Best: News/Feature Writing

Come check out some of the award-winning stories written by students this year as we showcase entries from the 2015 Spring Digital Contest.

Jill Burns, Robinson High School 3 – 3:50 p.m., Siesta

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SPEAKERS Colleen Bennett is FSPA’s President. Bio, Page 3.

11 a.m., Palms G; 3 p.m. Lemon Mike Bianchi is a sports columnist with the Orlando Sentinel. He was just voted one of the top 10 sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Last year he was voted best columnist in the state of Florida by the National Sports Writers Association. He worked as a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel, Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Today in Melbourne and the Gainesville Sun. 11 a.m., Palms B Rick Brunson teaches journalism at the school he graduated from: the University of Central Florida. He teaches news reporting and editing, magazine production, online journalism and ethics and principles of journalism at UCF’s Nicholson School of Communication. HE is also a part-time production editor at the Orlando Sentinel working in sports and news. In 2012, he served as newsroom writing coach at WFTV Channel 9, Orlando’s ABC affiliate. His children are proud graduates of Boone High School. Go Braves!

9 a.m., Palms B Jeff Bryan is the editor of the Riverland News. He has more than 15 years journalism experience, having served in multiple roles throughout his career. In his current role, Bryan has multiple responsibilities, from writing stories and columns to producing the paper.

He also manages several correspondents and columnists. In addition, Bryan has won more than two dozen awards as judged upon by his peers in the industry.

11 a.m., Orange Sarah Burker exudes passion for everything yearbook. As a key role on her own schools’ staffs from middle school through college and having a broad background in advertising, Sarah’s knowledge encompasses every aspect of yearbook, from conception to publication. Her excellent eye for design and proficiency with photography create the perfect pairing for helping yearbook staffs achieve innovative, compelling yearbooks that will be cherished forever.

9 a.m., Palms G Jill Burns, CJE, started her journalism career in the fourth grade with a column in her elementary school newsletter. She attended her first FSPA state conference as a junior in high school where she won third for On The Spot photography with a disposable camera.

Burns graduated from Florida Southern College with a BA in Mass Communications. Prior to teaching, she wrote briefly for the Lakeland Ledger. Burns returned to her high school 24 | FSPA 2015 State Convention

alma mater in 2003, where she became the adviser for the print newspaper and yearbook. Those two classes had a combined staff of 20. Over the past twelve years, her staff has more than doubled in size and started an online newspaper. The online newspaper, www.rhstoday.com, was named a Pacemaker Finalist this year by NSPA. She has advised two Emerging Journalist of the Years; last year’s winner Isabel Hanewicz and one of the finalists for this year, Samantha Verdisco. She has taught various classes at Camp Orlando under the direction of Renee Burke. Burns has presented sessions at district, state and national conventions. She has also served as a judge for various national competitions and state associations. She was a 2013 ASNE Reynold’s Foundation fellow at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. She recently passed her MJE test and is working on finalizing her project to earn the recognition at the fall 2015 NSPA convention in Orlando. She was recognized as Teacher of the Year in November by the Robinson High School faculty. Burns also teaches television production and social media. She is an assistant coach for the defending state championship Lady Knights Flag Football team and proud mother of a UCF engineering math and physics whiz and Orange Grove Middle School ballerina and future high school yerd.

She is also very tired.

2 p.m., Lemon; 3 p.m. Fleming Jon Busdeker is a video journalist and multimedia reporter at the Orlando Sentinel. Since 2010, he’s been covering Central Florida, writing stories, shooting and editing video and highlighting everything from a pig in a wheelchair to a woman with the world’s largest Converse AllStar shoe collection.

9 a.m., Palms H Butch Crawford has been a photographer for AP, ESPN, the LA Times and the Orlando Sentinel. His vast experience as a photojournalist continues as a full time portrait and candid photographer with Dean Stewart Photography 9 a.m., Palms F Judd Cribbs is a professor of journalism at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. Before getting into teaching, Cribbs was a writer, reporter and managing editor for 25 years in Fort Myers and Cincinnati. Cribbs has won a regional award for feature reporting.

3 p.m., Tangerine John Cutsinger is a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National Teacher of the Year, a CSPA Gold Key recipient, a JEA CJE, Medal of Merit and Friend of Scholastic Journalism and an NSPA Pioneer. He has lived scholastic journalism for over 40 years and is a Jostens Legend award winner.

10 a.m., Palms F; 11 a.m., Palms F For over 20 years, yearbooks have been Tracy de la Feuilliez’s passion. As a former editor-

in-chief of the Calibre yearbook for Western High School, Tracy graduated with a degree in Communications from the University of Central Florida. Currently, Tracy enjoys working with the YearbookCentral team for Walsworth Yearbooks, helping to create great yearbooks and fun yearbook experiences for advisers and staffs in the Central Florida area.

10 a.m., Palms G Omar Delgado has been teaching at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami for about 11 years. As a member of the Computer Science Department, Omar has been teaching the media arts (video, editing, graphic design, Photoshop and web design) and Television/Film Production for the past seven years. He is the co-moderator of CCNN Live, and holds a Bachelors degree in history from Florida International University and a Masters in technology integration from Nova Southeastern University.

3 p.m., Clementine Josue Figueroa is the editor-in-chief of the Oak Ridge Media Group’s Sports Network, which launched in the fall of 2015. He was instrumental in pushing to create a sports journalism class at his school. Josue has won multiple All-Florida recognitions for his work, including for the very first story he ever wrote in journalism. While still undecided on which college to attend, Josue plans to continue pursuing sports journalism in college.

3 p.m., Lemon Megan Fitzgerald is an associate professor and major chair of the Communications Studies program at Nova Southeastern University.

She also advises the university’s student-run newspaper, The Current. She teaches courses in journalism and mass communication 9 a.m., Orange Dr. Richard Gaspar is a professor of mass communications at Hillsborough Community College. He has been recognized as a site level, county level and state level teacher of the year. He sponsors the student publications The Hawkeye, Triad and Hawkeyenews. net. He also advises the Hawk Media Club.

10 a.m., Lime Andrew Gibson is a multimedia artist for the Orlando Sentinel, meaning he builds interactive maps, charts and graphics to accompany online stories. He graduated from the University of Missouri in May 2014 and grew up in Denver. He loves his Denver Broncos more than just about anything.

10 a.m., Palms B Isabel Hanewicz is the editor-in-chief of rhstoday.com, the online newspaper of Robinson High School in Tampa. The site was named a Pacemaker Finalist for the 20142015 school year. She was named the 2014 Tampa Bay Times Emerging Young Journalist of the Year and won three All-Florida awards for writing in 2014.

2 p.m., Lemon Reed Hennessy is one of our featured speakers. Bio, Page 10 7 p.m. Thursday, Palms Ballroom; 10 a.m.

Friday, Palms E Katy Hoffstatter studied communications, marketing and graphic design while earning her degree at Flagler College. After graduating Katy kept in touch with her Herff Jones representative from her high school days and continued to hold the thought of yearbook in her mind, so Katy jumped at the opportunity to join Michelle Frakes and the rest of the North Florida Herff Jones team. Katy’s continued passion for yearbook along with her positive energy and creative thinking will bring great things to your publication. She knows firsthand the amazing feeling of opening up a yearbook that you created and can be proud of, and she will help you get there, working beside you every step of the way.

11 a.m., Palms C Ernest Hooper is the East Hillsborough Bureau chief and columnist at the Tampa Bay Times. Hooper joined the Times in 1992 and has worked as a prep sports writer and editor, TV/radio sports columnist, NFL writer, news columnist and unofficial ambassador, representing the Times as an emcee, judge or keynote speaker at hundreds of nonprofit events and civi functions. Hooper added the role of East Hillsborough Bureau chief in 2012.

11 a.m., Palms E Tara Huber is the adviser of The Playwickian, Neshaminy High School’s newspaper, since 2000. She was named Journalism Teacher of the Year for 2014-2015 by the Pennsylvania Scholastic Press Association and honored with the 2014 National Liberty Museum Teacher as Hero Award as well as the 2015 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism. She recently received the 2015 Edmund J. Sullivan award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The editors received the 2014 ACLU Civil Libertarian Award and the City Council of Philadelphia passed a resolution in support of Huber and the editors for taking a controversial stand against offensive Native American mascot and fighting for scholastic press freedom. The Playwickian editors in chief were honored in 2014 with the Student Press Law Center and National Scholastic Press Association Courage in Journalism Award.

The editorial, “Why we won’t publish the rword,” won the 2014 Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Student Keystone Press Award.

Huber graduated from Lehigh University with an undergraduate degree in journalism and communications and holds a masters in English education and administration from Temple University.She has been a teacher at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pa. since 1997 and resides in Huntingdon Valley, Pa with her husband and four children. Follow her on Twitter @kikhayskycon 10 a.m., Palms E

Joe Humphrey is FSPA’s Evaluations Services Coordiantor. Bio, Page 3.

9 a.m., Palms E Ed Kilpatrick advises the Citrus High School morning show and teaches Digital Video Production classes. Ed has been at Citrus High for 31 years and has been advising the morning show since 2000. His students have created and competed for many years at FSPA, Fox 13 News and Brighthouse Sports Network.

10 a.m., Orange Kris Killough, CJE, has been a Herff Jones representative for over seven years. After completing his masters in business administration, he moved to Gainesville to bring his enthusiasm to your yearbook! Kris has expertise in layout and design but enjoys teaching yearbook as a business. Kris sponsors The Yearbook Connection summer workshop in Gainesville, along with a number of other programs annually to educate and motivate yearbook students. Kris is a vital part of helping to preserve the past and to build on your staff’s future.

9 a.m., Palms C Veronika Levine, CJE, is starting her 15th year working for Walsworth as the lead yearbook representative for south Florida. If you count her years as a college editor at Syracuse University and editor at Dreyfoos School of the Arts, she has over two decades worth of experience helping students and teachers make awesome yearbooks. She loves all things yearbook and even met her husband at yearbook camp! Come stop by and introduce yourself, talking yearbook is what she does best.

9 a.m., Palms G Iliana Limón Romero is one of our featured speakers. Bio, Page 10.

6 p.m. Friday, Palms Ballroom Danielle Lindblom, CJE, a former yearbook adviser, has been a Herff Jones yearbook representative for over 15 years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from Florida State University and a master’s degree in education from C.W. Post in New York.

Danielle works with The Morris Pate Group in the Greater Tampa/Lakeland area.

11 a.m., Palms C Adam Livesay has more than 14 years of scholastic journalism experience. A former editor-in-chief of Crystal River High School’s yearbook and newspaper, Adam graduated from the University of Central Florida with bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. Now as a yearbook sales representative for Walsworth Yearbooks, he helps schools in the Tampa Bay area make their best yearbooks ever and teaches at workshops and conventions all across the country.

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SPEAKERS Julie Mancini is FSPA’s District 2 Director. Bio, Page 3.

2 p.m., Fleming Vicki McCash Brennan is the news gathering curriculum leader for the Journalism Education Association. A veteran journalist with more than 25 years of experience in Florida newspapers and magazines as an editor and reporter, she had a second career as a journalism adviser in Miami-Dade County.

9 a.m., Lemon 11 a.m., Lemon Gillian McGoldrick is a one of our featured speakers. Bio, Page 10.

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Friday, Palms E Marcia Meskiel-Macy , having spent the past 40 years in scholastic journalism, both as a publication adviser and a Balfour/Taylor yearbook rep, earned international certification as a life coach in 2012. Her sesions provide leadership training, time management and basic skills for goal-setting. Journalism Graduate of the Year in 1975 at the University of Iowa, Marcia speaks at local civic organizations and national journalism conferences.

10 a.m., Palms D When she’s not debating on what to eat at Chipotle, Vanessa Mieses is piecing together her next Journey Box Media mini-movie. Her favorite kinds of films to produce are ones that move people to live a better and less safe story. She received her Broadcasting degree from Southeastern University. Vanessa has also traveled overseas to work on documentaries. Not only did she get to experience things like living with the Wataturu tribe or surviving in the murder capital of the world, but she also learned how to make a water bottle last for brushing her teeth, a bath, and regular hydration. She can be contacted at vanessa@journeyboxmedia.com.

2 p.m., Lime Charles Minshew is a multimedia artist at the Orlando Sentinel, creating interactive graphics. He was a member of the Denver Post staff that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the Aurora theater massacre. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and Georgia Southern University.

10 a.m., Palms B Jeff Moffitt is Balfour’s key account/education manager. Prior to joining Balfour, Moffitt advised The Oracle newspaper and The Torch yearbook at Olympia High School in Orlando. He is a National Board Certified Teacher in Career and Technical Education.

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SPEAKERS state and national awards. He was Olympia High School’s teacher of the year in 2007. JEA honored him as a Special Recognition Adviser in 2010, and he was a JEA Rising Star in 2006.

Moffitt holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and has been working with yearbooks since the seventh grade.

11 a.m., Palms D Stewart Moore is one of the morning news anchors at WESH 2. He’s been here in Orlando since 2011 after leaving Columbia, South Carolina. During his time at WESH; Stewart has covered several major stories. Including most recently the tragic shooting at Florida State University, he covered the Olympics in Sochi Russia for the entire games, and he covered the entire George Zimmerman trial.

2 p.m., Tangerine Rachel Mowat is a University of Florida journalism major specifying in photojournalism.

She has an internship as a student assistant photographer with the University Athletic Association. She has covered a variety of sports for high school and college.

2 p.m., Clementine Chris Munoz is FSPA’s District 4 Director. Bio, Page 3.

2 p.m., Siesta Jose Otero is a true yearbooker working with Herff Jones in South Florida. He started out in middle school, continued in high school and served as college editor at both Florida International University and the University of Florida--all leadership positions. Jose is passionate about making sure that every school and every student gets the opportunity to have a quality yearbook.

11 a.m., Palms C Brooke Perry is a junior at the University of Florida majoring in public relations. Brooke was involved in FSPA in high school and cites the association and its convention as one of the experiences that further fueled her passion for journalism. Since starting college, Brooke has interned for multiple start-up companies and most recently with CMT and USA Today. Brooke uses social media to make new connections and learn about up and coming trends in the world of media and communications. She loves her French bulldog all things nautical.

11 a.m., Lime Kelly Price is a graduating journalism student at the University of Florida who has kicked off her career in sports broadcast. She has worked throughout Florida and in New York City on various internships and jobs, covering 26 | FSPA 2015 State Convention

every Florida Gators sports team in addition to events like the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Alabama, the Under Armour All-America game in St. Pete and the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

11 a.m., Lime Danielle Prinz is a sophomore at the University of Florida studying telecommunicationsnews. She reports and anchors for WUFT-TV, a PBS affiliate on the UF campus. Danielle is a part of a YouTube web series where she co-hosts an entertainment news show called “The Bite.” In the newsorom, she writes scripts and edits footage shot in the field. Outside of the newsroom, Danielle enjoys hanging out with her family and friends and weightlifting.

She is a sister of the Delta Zeta sorority and the treasurer of the UF National Broadcasting Society 3 p.m. Mandarin Sarah Ravitz is a current telecommunications production student at UF. She loves all things sports and hopes to produce live sports when she graduates. She currently has multiple internships with ESPN 850, Gator Vision, NBC Sports Radio, WUFT-TV and currently works for Gamedayr.com.

9 a.m., Lime Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, is a representative of Walsworth Yearbooks and is the former yearbook and newspaper adviser at J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, FL. Under her leadership, The Stampede yearbook was awarded multiple CSPA Crown awards, a NSPA Pacemaker Award, and was a Design of the Year Finalist in 2012. She was recognized as Teacher of the Year in 2013, was a District Teacher of the Year Finalist, and teaches and workshops and conventions around the country.

10 a.m., Palms G Jeff Sharon is one of our featured speakers.

Bio, Page 10.

9 a.m., Tangerine; 10 a.m., Tangerine Stephanie Shumate covers the greater north Central Florida area with the Yearbook Connection and Kris Killough. As a middle school student, Stephanie learned the wonders of yearbook as her school’s editor. Her intense knowledge in youth leadership development and programs is an abundant resource to the schools in her area. With focuses in sociology, education, and leadership studies and Theories at Florida State University, Stephanie arrives with a desire to empower young people and cultivate a welcoming, inspiring and loving environment wherever she goes.

Stephanie has a creative itch to bring new ideas and a “think-outside-the-box” perspective to projects and life, giving her customers the opportunity to construct fabulous yearbooks. Her enthusiasm and persistent positivity are a delight for staffs and advisers to work with in crafting brilliantly perfect yearbooks.

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Bill Simmons is a graduate of Plant City High School with more than 20 years of successful experience in the photography industry. He began his career with Bryn Alan Studios in Tampa in the lab, specializing in the printing of yearbook glossies. He eventually was promoted through the ranks, becoming the studio manager in 2004. In 2010, he joined Leonard’s, where he serves as a photographic training coordinator. His expertise is in the operation of 35mm film and digital technology, 2 14-format cameras and 70mm Nord and Camerez. He also specializes in troubleshooting camera and lighting problems.

10 a.m., Lemon Ted Spiker is one of our featured speakers.

Bio, Page 10.

10 a.m., Palms H; 11 a.m., Palms H Dean Stewart has been taking photographs for yearbooks since 1972 when he started as his school’s yearbook student photographer. In the 40+ years since then, he has photographed hundreds of sporting events from bowling to major league baseball. Dean enjoys sharing the things he has learned with students of all ages.

9 a.m., Palms F Brit Taylor is FSPA’s Vice President. Bio, Page 3.

2 p.m., Mandarin Scott Toner is the technical relations manager for Suncoast Press and ad production manager for The Charlotte Sun. This position has tied into his past experiences using large format cameras, page layouts and digital output to plate.

10 a.m., Palms C Tara Walker was first a yearbook editor in fifth grade. Her early love of publishing later led to editorial roles for the magazine Cantilevers and a life-long belief in the value of publishing experience for students of all ages.As an account manager for Picaboo Yearbooks, she suppports tradtiional yearbook classes across Florida. Through small, classroom publications, she also trains elementary educators to introduce the foundational concepts of journalism, design and color theory to first through fifth grade students. She resides in South Florida during the school year and spends her summers wandering to new hiking destinations.

9 a.m., Palms D Callie Williams advises yearbook, newspaper and TV production at Astronaut High School in Titusville. She has been advising yearbook for the past 11 years and has advised newspaper for the past five years and is in her second year advising TV production. She has cultivated a program that works together and is known as The Astronaut Media Group in their school.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The FSPA Executive Board and the 2015 Convention team wish to thank the following people for their assistance with preparing this conference and for their support of scholastic journalism and FSPA. • • • • • •

Jill Jackson, Wyndham Convention Services Manager John Yarbrough, Wyndham Senior Director of Sales Mustafa Gafoor, Wyndham Director of Banquet Operations Judy Cannaday, Teacher of the Year Coordinator Bradley Wilson, SJOY judging coordinator Emerging Young Journalist Award judges: Andrea Billups, People magazine; Wendy Whitt, University of South Florida; Alexandra Zayas,

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Tampa Bay Times University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and Dean Diane McFarlin Kurt Doster and CBTV, Cypress Bay High School Jill Burns and Omar Delgado, session assistance Our generous sponsors Our giving speakers Our helpful judges Publications advisers Scholastic journalism parents

BEHAVIOR RULES/ADVISER DUTIES Adviser Duties: ALL advisers must assist with supervision of students at all times.

Supervision inside the hotel during the entertainment activities and at nighttime is the responsibility of every adviser.

SUPERVISION of your students MUST be your TOP PRIORITY. After checking on their own students, advisers should patrol their own floors for at LEAST 30 minutes after curfew. An off-duty police officer will make rounds on each floor.

Advisers are reminded that they must judge contests if their students are participating. Advisers whose students are not participating are encouraged to assist with the judging process.

Behavior Rules: FSPA delegates have established a record of good behavior, mainly because rules are clearly stated in the behavior contract, which delegates must review and sign prior to the convention. These

rules are meant to keep delegates safe and to give everyone an opportunity to benefit from convention activities.

1. Curfew: 11:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. Students must be in assigned rooms at that time.

2. Visitation: Prohibited after curfew.

3. Visitation in hotel rooms by students of the opposite sex must be supervised by adviser.

4. Students must make whereabouts known to chaperone at all times. Students should not go anywhere alone.

5. STUDENTS ARE NOT TO LEAVE THE HOTEL AT NIGHT without a chaperone.

6. Tobacco use is prohibited.

7. Appropriate clothing should be worn at all times.

8. Dancing which is determined to be “inappropriate” will result in discipline by your school administrators.

9. Wristbands must be worn at all times.

10. Students should not engage in disruptive or inconsiderate behavior. Students should understand the hotel has many other guests who should be treated respectfully at all times.

11. The following rules are most serious and will result in the immediate suspension of the students’ publication from FSPA for one year. These rules include, but are not limited to: possession of a weapon, sexual misconduct, fighting, possession or use of alcohol or drugs, unresolved damage to hotel facilities, leaving convention without supervision or permission, cheating in FSPA contests and competitions, and infractions deemed serious by the Executive Board.

12. Violations of these rules may result in forfeiture of awards by the entire publication or school delegation.

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ALL-FLORIDA PUBLICATIONS FSPA will honor these exceptional publications at the banquet Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m.

All-Florida Yearbooks Aerie Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS Melissa Falkowski, adviser

The Centaur Strawberry Crest HS Morgan Miltner, adviser

Mako Fuka MAST Academy Hector Huertas Chaleki, adviser

Salmagundi Seminole HS Veronica Sarmiento, adviser

Aftermath Palm Harbor University HS Judy Cannaday, adviser

Entheos G Holmes Braddock Senior HS Cindy Rodriguez-Pereira, adviser

Pathfinder Oak Ridge HS Colleen Bennett Philpot, adviser

Arcadia West Shore Junior/Senior HS Mark Schledorn, adviser

Fusion Hagerty HS Brit Taylor, adviser

Precedent Wellington HS Mary Inglis, adviser

Spotlight American Heritage School, Plantation Diana Adams, adviser

Arrowhead Vero Beach HS Sarah Jones, adviser

Hilsborean Hillsborough HS Joe Humphrey, adviser

Rampages Orangewood Christian School Rhonda Yetman, adviser

The Cannon Braden River HS Jessica Reid, adviser

The Laker Windermere Preparatory School Jay Kleinrichert, adviser

Renaissance Suncoast HS Stephanie Russo, adviser

Cavaleon Coral Gables HS Ana Zuniga, adviser

Liberator Pace HS Monica Bondurant, adviser

The Roar Covenant Christian School Diane Rumbley, adviser

All-Florida Broadcast Programs Afteshock Cypress Bay HS Kurt Doster, adviser

FBN News John A. Ferguson Senior HS Nancy Ozon, adviser

Belen Antena305.com Weather Belen Jesuit Preparatory School John Calderin, adviser

PCTV Pine Crest School Dave Burgess, adviser

CCNN Live Christopher Columbus HS Omar Delgado/Christina Hidalgo, advisers CURRENTLee School District of Lee County Kyle Gilbert/Jason Sill, advisers

WAHS News American Heritage School, Plantation Maria Molina, adviser

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Equus American Heritage School, Boca/Delray M.T. Thompson-Wilkinson, adviser

Tigrium Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Sarah Tricano, adviser Warrior East Bay HS Ashley Clark, adviser Wolfpack Lawton Chiles HS Sergio Yanes, adviser

All-Florida Newspapers/Newsmagazines The Blueprint Hagerty HS Brit Taylor, adviser

The Prowl Coral Glades HS Jonathan Gordon, adviser

The Circuit Cypress Bay HS Rhonda Weiss, adviser

Red & Black Hillsborough HS Joe Humphrey, adviser

The Lion’s Tale Oviedo HS Deb Jepson, adviser

The Roar West Shore Junior/Senior HS Mark Schledorn, adviser

All-Florida Literary Magazines Artifex Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS Melissa Falkowski, adviser

The Talon North Broward Preparatory School Paul Miller, adviser

Expressions American Heritage School, Plantation Diana Adams, adviser Reflections Gulliver Preparatory School Monica Rodriguez, adviser

All-Florida Online Media CavsConnect Coral Gables Senior HS Ana Suarez, adviser rhstoday.com Robinson HS Jill Burns, adviser

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ALL-FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Category 1: Campus News Story Best of the Best presented at Opening BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Sophomore class helps homeless youth” (Jeannie Williams) BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Vague Threat to Campus Security” (Sophie Hill) The Bolles Bugle, The Bolles School, “Reading Across town” (Morgan Waas) CavsConnect, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Five Events and Five Banners: The Gablettes’ Road to States” (Sophie Feinberg) The Chronicle, Coral Springs High School, “They Make It Look Easy: Senior Athletes Julia Lewkowicz and Alex Voss Sign Contracts with Division I Schools” (Leah Seiler) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “Improper Book Disposal Prompts Backlash” (Lisa Burgoa) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “HOSA, PTA Host Annual Pink Tea Event for Breast Cancer” (Evan Teich) The Circuit Online, Cypress Bay High School, “Homecoming Week Spirit Takes Over Campus” (Danielle Bush) The Circuit Online, Cypress Bay High School, “Superintendent Talks SMART Bond” (Jennifer Schonberger) The Edge, West Broward High School, “Turning the College Dream Into Reality” (Sarah Gonzalez, Maile Wobb) The Golden Legacy, Divine Savior Academy, “Content locker: The Solution to Every Heavy Backpack” (Mayra Abadie) The Golden Legacy, Divine Savior Academy, “Rodriguez Named Regional Coach, Player of the Year” (Mayra Abadie) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “Bees Threaten Students” (Meghan Cotton) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “End of Year Testing Woes” (Conor Kvatek, Meghan Cotton) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “Uncertainty Surrounds FSA” (Sam Schiffer) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Classes Get Technical” (Vanessa Vazquez) The Knight Times, John I. Leonard High School, “JIL Med Academy Kids Go Wild” (Johanna Navas) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “District Hiring Freeze” (Isabel Hanewicz) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School “Former Principal Runs for Mayor of Aventura” (Dan Sicorsky) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School “New School Grading System Brings Possibility of Lower Grades” (Dan Sicorsky) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School “Teacher of the Year: Band and Orchestra Director Bringle Cidel Recognized for Service” (Daniela Michanie) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Mandated: Florida Legislature Requires EOC’s for Every Class” (Niyati Shah) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Engineering Excelence” (Nathan Haddad) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “No Shave November” (Niyati Shah) The Lynx, West Broward High School, “Classrooms Become Tech Savvy with Smartphones” (Sarah Gonzalez) oakridgemedia.org, Oak Ridge High School, “Sharrika Barnett Signs to University of Florida” (Josue Figueroa) Patriot Post, American Heritage School–Plantation, “Golden Boy Takes Big Apple” (Pedro Rojas)

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Predator, Wharton High School, Nail Polish Not Just Pretty Anymore” (Amanda Kidd) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Safe and Sound” (Grace Wehniainen) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Teacher Retention an Issue” (Annie Aguiar, Sarvika Bommakanti) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “A Whole New World” (Tia Brunner) Scepter, King High School, “Death of Custodian Leaves Campus Shocked” (Vivekka Suppiah) Spartan News Network, Lakewood High School, “Two Students Arrested After Lakewood Lockdown” (Victoria Bischoff, Daylan Perkins, Zoe Blair-Andrews, Bobbie Wright) Spartan News Network, Lakewood High School, “District-Wide Cuts Reach Lakewood” (Sarah Moore, Jahaven Haye, Maggie Verdino, Ben Effiom) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Love is in the Air” (Rebecca Grinker) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Hallways of Fame” (Carly Prinzo) The Tomahawk Talk, Florida State University Schools, “FBLA Provides Business-Related Opportunities” (Celita Summa) The Torch, Pine View School, “Flipped Classrooms” (Madeline Bowman) The Torch, Pine View School, “Deputy Brown Gets Promotion” (Nicole Bencie) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Baselice Builds Bridges with Google” (Alisha Rajan) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Breaking Brokaw” (Daniel Stein) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Learning Takes a Flip” (Vikas Bommineni) Category 2: Off-Campus News Story Best of the Best presented at Opening The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “New App Watches Police” (Ines Acosta) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “Students Travel to Rubik’s Cube Competition” (Cole Winton) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “Students Travel to World Cup in Brazil” (Carolina Bou, Stefi Markowcz) The Circuit Online, Cypress Bay High School, “Personal Connections to Foreign Lands Keep Students Globally Aware” (Meredith Sheldon) The Circuit Online, Cypress Bay High School, “Why They Went to Y100” (Emily Gitten) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “FSU Shooting: Former Students React” (Isabel Hanewicz) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “School Board Terminate’s Superintendent’s Contract” (Isabel Hanewicz) The Point, Poinciana High School, “Gender Gap Still Exists in Video Games” (Aiyana Ruiz) The Seahawk’s Eye, Cape Coral High School, “Thoughtful Actions Save Lives” (Erin McLoughlin) Spartan News Network, Lakewood High School, “CJAM-Palooza: Firehouse” (Bobbie Wright) Category 3: General Feature Story Best of the Best presented at Opening BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Gamer Girls” (Peyton Whittington) The Circuit Online, Cypress Bay High School, “Clubs Have Their Own Bucket Lists”

(Emily Chaiet) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, “Lunch Time Topics” (Samantha Votzke) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, “Quick Escapes” (Ellie Rodriguez) iPatriotPost, American Heritage School– Plantation, “The Story Behind the Store” (Morgan Marquez) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Smoking in the Shadows” (Isabel Hanewicz) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “It’s Still Illegal–Local Law Officers Arrest Students for Marijuana Posession” (Alex White) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Strike Up the Band” (Lyndsey Taylor) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Teen Turmoil” (Alex White) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Drawing the Line” (Romy Ellenbogen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Spilling the Truth” (Grace Wehniainen) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Gina and Luis” (Maria Roberts) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Heidi and Juliana” (Vijata Patel) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Call to Action” (Natalie Mann, Autumn Scheer) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Exam Cram” (Autumn Scheer) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Up in the Air” (Autumn Scheer) Spartan News Network, Lakewood High School, “Bridging the ‘Gap’” (Zoe BlairAndrews) Spartan News Network, Lakewood High School, “The Other F-word” (Angelica Sheppard, Haley Dolan) Category 4: Entertainment Feature Story Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “What big awards you have” (Grace Wehniainen) Category 5: Profile Story Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Circuit, Coral Glades High School, “Water Polo Player Makes National Team Twice” (Sabrina Gaggia) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “Sophomore Continues Family Tradition” (Monique Mahabir) The Lariat, Cooper City High School, “CCHS Royalty: Sean Allen” (Kyra Bacon) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Officer Friendly” (Megan Margadonna) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Passion for Pigs” (Lyndsey Taylor) The Paw Print, Boca Raton Community High School, “Jarod Wenyon Awards Results of Aplastic Anemia Treatment” (John Lievonen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Neuroblastoma Survivor Gives Back” (Dana Molk) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Shy Apparel” (Romy Ellenbogen) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Unexplained Pain” (Dana Dinh) Category 6: Editorial Best of the Best presented at Closing The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “The Circuit Cares That You Don’t Care” (Lisa Burgoa) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “Feminism Shouldn’t Engender Censure”

(Lisa Burgoa) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “Colleges Should Say Yes” (Mackenzie Mock) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “Biased Dress Code Sexualizes Girls” (Mackenzie Mock) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School, “EOCs For All Classes Raise Concerns” (Maya Iskandarani) The Lynx, West Broward High School, “Common Core Standards Slowly Removing ‘Teachable Moments’” (Scott Gelman) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Colorado Schools Rewrite History” (Dana Molk) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Fine Line Between Funny and Offensive” (Laura Salgado) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “#BringBackOurGirls Isn’t Enough” (Ellie Rodriguez, Maria Roberts) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “You Can’t Erase the Past” (Samantha Votzke) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Blood, Sweat and Blank Banners” (Tegan Smith) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Asleep at the Wheel” (Molly Minta) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Eastern Florida Exodus Greedy” (Molly Minta) Spartan News Network, Lakewood High School, “Quick Reactions Can Be Deadly” (Nia Cumberlander) Category 7: Serious Commentary Best of the Best presented at Opening BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Freedom to pee” (Daniella Parcell) The Bolles Bugle, The Bolles School, “Ebola jokes aren’t funny” (Morgan Waas) The Chronicle, Coral Springs High School, “Speaking up for Students: Do You Really Know Your First Amendment?” (Lucas Ramos) The Circuit Online, Cypress Bay High School, “Opinion: Labels Hide True Identity” (Meredith Sheldon) The Edge, West Broward High School, “Hazing Not Acceptable Locker Room Behavior” (Tea Piro) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Perpetual War: Israel vs. Gaza” (Danny Delgado) The Knight Times, John I. Leonard High School, “Be Warned of Political Parties” (Joshua Anderson) The Knight Times, John I. Leonard High School, “The Devastation of Ignorance” (Johanna Navas) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Columnist Finds Unity Within Cultures” (Niyati Shah) The Lynx, West Broward High School, “Inaccurate Disorder Stereotypes Foster More Issues” (Tea Piro) The Lynx, West Broward High School, “Fashion Industry Progresses Too Slowly” (Isabella Carrasco) The Prowl, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Standing Up for Freedom of Speech” (Laura Salgado) The Prowl, Coral Gables Senior High School, “A Need for Protection From Our Protectors” (Laura Salgado) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Disgust.” (Ellie Rodriguez, Maria Roberts) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “OffLimits Literature Limits Students” (Ivy

ALL-FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Bennett-Ford) Regan-A, Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School, “Realities of Being a Woman in Today’s Society” (Belen Sassone) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Fanning the Flames” (Evelio Sotolongo) The Seminole, Seminole High School, “The Interview Misses Vital Concepts” (Paige Fry) The Knight Times, John I. Leonard High School, “Be Warned of Political Parties” (Joshua Anderson) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Fighting with Words” (Amber Yang) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Rugged Route to Radicalism” (Oliver Trapp) The Snapper, Key West High School, “America is Taking a Second Look at Our Cuban Policy” (Hannah Brown) Category 8: Humorous Commentary Best of the Best presented at Closing Blue and Gold, Gulf Breeze High School, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Too Soon” (Shelby Dunne) BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Ben vs Matt” (Matt Licari, Ben Clyatt) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Music in the Hallways: Dangerous and Corrupt” (Stephan Chamberlin) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School, “Coffee Craze Spreads Among Students” (Michael Katz) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “The Secret Life of an XXXTREME Feminista” (Ellie Rodriguez) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (Ellie Rodriguez) Category 9: Sports Game Coverage Best of the Best presented at Banquet BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Bowling strikes success at states” (Sarah Gibson) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “Football Team Starts Season 2-0” (Evan Kessler) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School, “Lightning Wins Season Opener” (Jake Lender) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Lady Cavs Defeat Bulldogs” (AmandaVictoria Gonzalez) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Knights Claim Upset Over Rival Plant” (Bailey Adams) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Resilient Knights Top Newsome for Second Straight Win” (Bailey Adams) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School, “Successful Boys’ Soccer Season Ends in Heartbreak” (Jacob Singer) The Lynx, West Broward High School, “Bobcats Earn First Win After SecondHalf Comeback” (Nicholas DeRosa) The Oracle, Steinbrenner High School, “Steinbrenner Beats Bitter Rival Durant to Move on to the Regional Finals” (Dillon Schmidt) The Oracle, Steinbrenner High School, “Steinbrenner Claims Their Third Straight Win of the Season and the Top Position in Districts” (Evan Abramson) The Oracle, Steinbrenner High School, “Steinbrenner Beats Wiregrass Ranch for their Second Straight District Win” (Evan Abramson) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Historic Season Still Rolling” (Matt Lutton) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Going

the Extra Mile” (Sami Gomez, Gabriella Carraha) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Rebound Ready” (Sami Gomez) Category 10: Sports Newsfeature Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Lynx, West Broward High School, “National Signing Day Punctuates Program’s Growth” (Scott Gelman) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Cross Country Struggles to Keep Pace” (Matt Lutton) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Commitment Issues” (Lizzie Guerra) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Bad Behavior Bashes Influence” (Lily Israel) Category 11: Review Writing Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Chronicle, Coral Springs High School, “One Direction’s ‘Where We Are’: One Concert, Infinite Fangirls” (Ramishah Maruf) The Circuit Online, Coral Springs High School, “More Ballads Lead to Mature Sound” (Emily Chaiet) The Circuit Online, Coral Springs High School, “Hozier Appeals to Emotion in Debut Album” (Carolina Bou) Hi-Lights, Boone High School, “Burger Bar Exceeds Expectations” (Sam Emsley) Patriot Post, American Heritage School–Plantation, “J. Cole Redefines the Rap Game” (Morgan Mullings, Joshua Goldberg) Raider Review, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, “Nixie Wrist Drone” (Amanda Rosa, Nicholas Boyd, Emerode Barthelemy, Simone Witcoski) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Don’t ‘Shake It Off,’ Turn It Off” (Ana Rosal) The Torch, Pine View School, “Waze App Review” (Alex Woelffer) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “‘Blended’ Creates a Difference in Sandler Movies” (Elysa Goldberg) Category 12: Yearbook Student Life Copy Best of the Best presented at Closing Fusion, Hagerty High School, “Ice Cold for a Cause” (Kaylee Caldwell, Emily Lyons) Fusion, Hagerty High School, “Keeping It in the Family” (Jessica Dehn, Tori Haun) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, “Blood is Not Thicker Than Creamed Spinach” (Cassidy Bull) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “First Day Frenzy” (Carly Prinzo) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Healthy and Happy” (Kasey Galt, Carly Swanson, Courtney Rozen) Warrior, East Bay High School, “Sticking to the Sheets” (Meaghan Simmons, Jeanette Calarco) Category 13: Yearbook Academics/Clubs Copy Best of the Best presented at Opening Arcadia, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Art Spread” (Melek Turkmen, Srimayi Tenali, Kaylee Willner) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Artists in Action” (Sami Gomez) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Time to Give Back” (Gabriela Carraha) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Expresso Yourself” (Carly Prinzo)

Category 14: Yearbook Sports Copy Best of the Best presented at Opening Felidae, Wharton High School, “Open Fire: Boys Lacrosse” (Christina Ibsen) Fusion, Hagerty High School, “New Approach” (Sydney Stoneback, Leah Harper, Camdyn Lamotta) Warrior, East Bay High School, “Slippery Slope to Victory” (Glenecia Powell, Jeanette Calarco) Category 16: Literary Magazine Poetry Best of the Best presented at Banquet Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Ode to Irregular Odes” (Rhea Leiferman) Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior High School, “The Virgin” (Ann-Marie Bracho) HELM, Hillsborough High School, “Eden” (Nadia Uthayakumar) The Seminole, Seminole High School, “Sacred Stones Lost in River” (Logan Zelk) Category 17: Literary Magazine Prose Best of the Best presented at Banquet American Image, American Heritage School– Plantation, “A New Beginning” (Ishan Outram) American Image, American Heritage School– Plantation, “The Howl of The Forest” (Ishan Outram) The Bolles Bugle, The Bolles School, “A Guilted Freedom” (Aoife Oriordan) The Bolles Bugle, The Bolles School, “It’s a Grimm’s World” (Kiera Geraghty) Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior High School, “An Informal Study of the Human Capacity for Truthfulness” (Evan Caldwell) Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior High School, “How Tulips Speak” (Caterina Viscito) Equus, American Heritage School–Boca/Delray, “Nox Galaxia” (Claude Battaille) Expressions, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Grande Hot Chocolate” (Grace King) HELM, Hillsborough High School, “Hospital Visit” (Denzel Pierre) News in a Click, Florida Virtual School, “The View from this Skyscraper” (Samantha Morris) oakridgemedia.org, Oak Ridge High School, “The Elevator” (Rebecca Crosby) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Post Traumatic Starbucks Disorder” (Jordyn Fitch) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Tomorrow” (Jordyn Fitch) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Practice” (Jordyn Fitch) Category 18: Spot News Photo Best of the Best presented at Banquet KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “A Sea of Read” (Isabel Hanewicz) WCHS News, Citrus High School, “Class Competition” (Marcelle Mammarella) Category 19: Feature Photo Best of the Best presented at Opening Excalibur, Robinson High School, “Cello” (Matthew Hall) Felidae, Wharton High School, “Contemplation” (Nicole Taher) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, “The Climb” (Cade McCurdy) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, “Ole” (Alex Lutton) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School, “Dancers in the Dark” (Federico

Psevoznik) The Lynx, West Broward High School, “Bobcat Administrators Tackle ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” (Suliet Tapanes) Patriot Post, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Quiz Bowl Team Ready” (Zachariah Chou) The Talon, North Broward Preparatory School, “Dodge Ball Game” (Janie Ziegler) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, “Guitar Hero” (Noah Benjamin) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “#SELFIE” (Grace King) Wolf Tracks, Newsome High School, “Shadow Boys” (Sarah Feldkirchner) Category 20: Sports Action Photo Best of the Best presented at Closing Felidae, Wharton High School, “Putting a Round” (Hannah Olson) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Pedaling Through Virginia Key” (Octavio Castro) The Oracle, Steinbrenner High School, “Quarterback Rushes the Field” (Emma Stevens) Warrior, East Bay High School, “Loud and Proud” (Tori McCorkle) WCHS News, Citrus High School, “The Eagles Try to Catch the Hurricanes” (Marcelle Mammarella) Category 21: Sports Reaction Photo Best of the Best presented at Closing Arcadia, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Cheering for States” (Emily Dubec-Hunter) BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Cheer Wins State Title” (Jake Arthur) The Edge, West Broward High School, “Reflection of the Game” (Alexis Jones) Excalibur, Robinson High School, “Water Down” (Matthew Hall) Felidae, Wharton High School, “Charge” (Christina Ibsen) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Before the Gun Goes Off” (Isabel Hanewicz) The Lightning Strike, Dr. Michael Krop High School, “Victory at Districts” (Federico Psevoznik) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Spirit Stick” (Katie Frost) The Talon, North Broward Preparatory School, “Girls Varsity Soccer District Victory Celebration” (Alex Ellington) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, “State Basketball Coaches” (Matthew Starkey) Category 22: Personality Portrait Best of the Best presented at Opening American Image, American Heritage School–Plantation, “At Peace” (Adrianne Morales) Cavaleon, Coral Gables Senior High School, “The Trio” (Nestor Justiniani) The Edge, Edgewood Junior/Senior High School, “Personality Portrait 1” (Lindsey Watkins) The Edge, Edgewood Junior/Senior High School, “Personality Portrait 3” (Melody Wolf) The Edge, West Broward High School, “Lost at sea” (Victor Jorges) iPatriotPost, American Heritage School–Plantation, “Color Runner” (Zachariah Chou) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Aqua Reflection” (Kristi Cook)

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ALL-FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Category 23: Special Effects Photo Best of the Best presented at Closing Cavaleon, Coral Gables Senior High School, “One Shot” (Nestor Justiniani) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Migraine” (Claire Chesney) Pegasus, Martin County High School, “Stranger in the Mirror” (Courtney Foster) The Stallion, American Heritage School– Boca/Delray, “From the Inside Out” (Abigail Freeman) Category 24: Nature Photo Best of the Best presented at Banquet American Image, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Hidden Gem” (Rachel Ross) American Image, American Heritage School– Plantation, “In Love” (Claire Generato) The Bolles Bugle, The Bolles School, “Jellyfish” (Carlee Calfee) CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, “Upon a Flower” (Gabriel Gonzalez) The Cobra, Coleman Middle School, “Sunning” (Sierra Shellabarger) Expressions, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Butterfly” (Zachariah Chou) Hallendaletelevision.com, Hallendale High School, “Duck” (Dominic Wojcik) iPatriotPost, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Iguana Up Close and Personal” (Zachariah Chou) iPatriotPost, American Heritage School–Plantation, “Haitian Coast” (Zachariah Chou) The Javelin, John I. Leonard High School, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Giselle Vergara) The Knight Times, John I. Leonard High School, “Pollination” (Monica Berrios) The Navigator, Navarre High School, “Sea Oats at Dusk” (Emily Clariday) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Fall in Arlington” (Dana Dinh) Studio 7122, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Over the Rainbow” (Elysa Goldberg) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, “Dragonfly” (Alex Obermaier) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, “Boat at Sea” (Evan Killion) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, “Wheat Field” (Amy Jameson) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Crim Dell Bridge” (Grace King) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Along the Atlantic Coast” (Grace King) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Cabin in the Woods” (Valerie Kosters) WBTV Stallion Today, American Heritage School–Boca/Delray, “Flowers 4 Forever” (Kylie Bauer) WBTV Stallion Today, American Heritage School–Boca/Delray, “Purple Pleases the Heart” (Joseph Piller) Category 25: Tom PIerce Photo Portfolio Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Express Messenger, American Heritage School–Boca/Delray (Abigail Freeman) FBN, John A. Ferguson Senior High School (April Acevedo) Patriot Post, American Heritage School–Plantation (Zachariah Chou) Pegasus, Martin County High School (Jessia Hester) Pegasus, Martin County High School (Samantha Meyer) Studio 7122, American Heritage School– Plantation (Monica Logrono)

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WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation (Grace King) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation (Kristi Cook) WCHS News, Citrus High School (Marcelle Mammarella) Category 26: Videography Demo Reel Best of the Best presented at Opening CBTV, Cypress Bay High School (Felipe Vargas) CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School (Daniel Villanueva, Phillip Bootsma, Esteban Larranaga) CurrentLEE, Lee County Public Schools (Kylie Corey) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation (Kristi Cook, Marcus Price, Grace King) WBTV, West Broward High School (Francisco Cabrera) WBTV, West Broward High School (Caleb Fernandez) WBTV, West Broward High School (Daniel Toruno) WKTN Knight Vision, East Ridge High School (Dillon DiPietro) Category 27: Talent Demo Reel Best of the Best presented at Closing CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School (David Perez) FBN, John A. Ferguson High School (Luana Yamashita, Christian Alfonso, Estefania Reyes) Studio 7122, American Heritage School– Plantation (Ashley Studnik) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation (Aaron Sortal) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation (Nicole Coughlin) WBTV, West Broward High School (Brianna Kennedy) Category 28: Broadcast Show Opening Best of the Best presented at Opening FBN, John A. Ferguson Senior High School (Christian Alfonso, Alec Artidiello, Estefania Reyes) WAHS, American Heritage School–Plantation (Grace King, Kristi Cook) WAHS, American Heritage School–Plantation (Grace King, Kristi Cook, Marcus Price) WPHS, Pace High School (Alex Adcock, Kim Clemons, Shayna Kelley) Category 29: News Package Best of the Best presented at Banquet American Image, American Heritage School–Plantation, “Safe Kids Alert App” (Aaron Sortal, Steve Smith) Category 31: Broadcast Commentary Best of the Best presented at Closing American Image, American Heritage School–Plantation, “Does Class Size Matter? (Melissa Molina) Category 32: Broadcast Review Best of the Best presented at Opening CBTV, Cypress Bay High School, “Award Season Movie Review” (Felipe Vargas) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Urth Cafe” (Kristi Cook, Nina Brown) Category 33: Broadcast Profile Best of the Best presented at Banquet CBTV, Cypress Bay High School, “Honks of Love” (Christina Diaz, Corina Aguilera, Lee Giat, Luis Tirado)

CBTV, Cypress Bay High School, “Dancing to the Beat of Your Own Drum” (Ana Gomez, Drew Marsh, Tania Jimenez) CBTV, Cypress Bay High School, “Home Away from Home” (Erika Orstad, Taylor Yanez) CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, “I’m Not a Hero” (Matthew Ley, Jose Companioni, Esteban Larranaga, Sebastian Planas) CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, “Football Coach Pays It Forward” (Jose Companioni, Esteban Larranaga, David Perez) CurrentLEE, Lee County Public Schools, “Squeaky Clean Smiles” (Vince Marcucci) CurrentLEE, Lee County Public Schools, “State Recognition for Cape Student” (Stefania Lugli) CurrentLEE, Lee County Public Schools, “A Bright Future for Caden Barr” (Palmer Haffner) FBN, John A. Ferguson Senior High School, “Angela Chapman Profile” (Jaime Morales, Jessica Koernig) Firebird TV, Doral Academy High School, “Hard Work Pays Off” (Vivian Acosta, Yannah Monasterios) Viera High TV News, Viera High School, “Social Media Sensation” (Katie Sivco) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Hero of the Future: Ray Dass” (Kristi Cook, Grace King) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Carolina Arango: Salty and Chic Blog Creator” (Adrianne Morales, Stella Ikpatt) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Scott Gelman Profile” (Alexzandria LaureanoRogers, Victor Jorges, Brendan Maher) WSRH News, Seminole Ridge High School, “Emily Brooke” (Michael Loizzo) Category 34: Feature Package Best of the Best presented at Opening CurrentLEE, Lee County Public Schools, “Classroom to Careers” (Vince Marcucci) CurrentLEE, Lee County Public Schools, “Culinary Program at FMIT” (Kylie Corey) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Fostered Love” (Grace King, Kristi Cook) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Bat Against Breast Cancer” (Brianna Kennedy, Victor Jorges, Alexzandria Laureano-Rogers, Brendan Maher) Category 35: Short Film Best of the Best presented at Banquet American Image, American Heritage School–Plantation, “Gary” (Steven Smith, Aaron Sortal) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Endless Summer” (Staff) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Plus One” (Staff) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Under” (Staff) WSRH News, Seminole Ridge High School, “A Road to Nowhere” (Staff) Category 36: Animated Short Best of the Best presented at Closing WBTV, West Broward High Schools, “Animation Tutorial Parody” (Staff) Category 37: Video Graphics Reel Best of the Best presented at Opening CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School (Steven Guas) WPHS, Pace High School (Noah Peake,

Max Brown, Will Hawkins, Connor Grubb) Category 38: Public Service Announcement Best of the Best presented at Banquet CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, “Littering” (Phillip Bootsma, Nikolai Vazquez, Anthony Martinez) The Lancer Report, John I. Leonard High School, “Walk Safe Drive Safe” (Thomas Cooper, Michael Marshall, Kierra AlAmin, Kyle Bickowitcz) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Don’t Text and Drive” (Caleb Fernandez, Kyle Brown, Daniel Toruno) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Drinking and Driving” (Francisco Cabrera, Madi Thomson, Brenadan Maher, Summer Wright) Category 39: Broadcast Commercial Best of the Best presented at Closing AHS Junior, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Gatorade Commercial” (Kiran Outram) CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, “American Heritage School Plantation” (Kristi Cook, Grace King, Nicole Coughlin, Marcus Price) Gables Live!, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Cavs Baseball” (Catarina Ruggiano) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “American Heritage School Plantation” (Kristi Cook, Grace King, Nicole Coughlin, Marcus Price) Category 40: Infographic Best of the Best presented at Opening CavsConnect, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Behind the Legalization of Medical Marijuana” (Bryce Scanlon) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, “Mexican Restaurants” (Caroline Suddath, John Veliz, Gillian Boyce) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Students Talk Politics” (Allison Owen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School, “Spilling the Truth” (Romy Ellenbogen, Roberto Calix) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “Sensible Snacking” (Kathy Xie, John Veliz, Maria Roberts) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Call to Action (Molly Minta) Category 41: Newspaper Front Page Best of the Best presented at Banquet BluePrint, Hagerty High School “Issue 4” (Jeannie Williams) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School “December” (Sabrina Gaggia) Highlights, Coral Gables Senior High School “Issue V” (Brooke Donner) The Oracle, Steinbrenner High School “March” (Emily Goldbach) Predator, Wharton High School “Predator” (Xella Doi) Predator, Wharton High School “Predator” (Xella Doi) Predator, Wharton High School “Predator” (Xella Doi) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School “May-14” (Ellie Rodriguez) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School “Sept14” (Ellie Rodriguez) The Paw Print, Boca Raton Community High School “November 2014” (Kristen Altus, Kristen Luger, John Lievonen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Ice Ice Baby” (Romy Ellenbogen, Tallie Ammar,

ALL-FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Brooke Bivens, Grace Wehniainen) The Seahawk’s Eye, Cape Coral High School “Exemplary Athletes Set Examples” (Lilian Moreno, Harrison Ford) The Talon, Fivay High School “May 2014” (Haley Ridgely) Category 42: Newspaper News Page Best of the Best presented at Opening Red & Black, Hillsborough High School “Serving Up New Standards” (Kathy Xie) Category 43: Newspaper Sports Page Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School “Fishing Page” (Evan Kessler, Chad Daniels-Rosenberg) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Leaping High” (Romy Ellenbogen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Cheer Champs” (Romy Ellenbogen, Ryan Klitz) Category 44: Newspaper Opinion Page Best of the Best presented at Banquet BluePrint, Hagerty High School “Park Avenue Review” (Lauren Lee, Winnie Meyer, Daniella Parcell) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School “Page 31” (Jennifer Schonberger) The Circuit, Cypress Bay High School “Page 47” (Lisa Burgoa) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Not So Jolly Holiday” (Grace Wehniainen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Drinking Without Thinking” (Romy Ellenbogen) Category 45: Newspaper Feature Page Best of the Best presented at Banquet BluePrint, Hagerty High School “Gamer Girls” (Lauren Lee, Ben Sorkin, Peyton Whittington) The Chronicle, Coral Springs High School “Speaking Up for Students First Amendment” (Leah Seiler) The Edge, Edgewood Junior/Senior High School “Feature Spread 3” (Hannah Brown) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School “Charmed Arms” (Alex White) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School “It’s Still Illegal” (Allison Owen) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School “Cracking Down” (Allison Owen) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Spilling the Truth” (Romy Ellenbogen, Roberto Calix) The Prowl, Coral Glades High School “Shy Apparel” (Brooke Bivens) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School “Magazine Table of Contents” (John Veliz) The Viper Vibe, Felix Varela High School “Oscards Expectations Versus Reality” (Staff) Category 46: Yearbook Student Life Spread Best of the Best presented at Banquet Cavaleon, Coral Gables Senior High School “Can’t Hide Our Pride” (Sofia Quevedo, Julene Valmana) Cavaleon, Coral Gables Senior High School “Cav Crash” (Hanna Payne, Keana Mercado) Cavaleon, Coral Gables Senior High School “We’ve Got Spirt” (Deana Reyes, Mariuxi Garces) The Edge, West Broward High School “Spirited Wonderland” (Victor Jorges, Sofia Hurtado)

Entheos, G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School “Loving Summer” (Andrea Betancourt, Emily Capote) Excalibur, Robinson High School “Homecoming” (Matthew Hall, Natalia Ayoub, Paula Rescala, Renee Matamba) Fusion, Hagerty High School “Party City” (Sydney Stoneback) Fusion, Hagerty High School “Ice Cold for a Cause” (Kaylee Caldwell, Emily Lyons, Ryan Dooley) Fusion, Hagerty High School “Keeping It in the Family” (Tori Haun, Jessica Dehn) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School “Homecoming” (Gillian Boyce) Imprint, Coral Glades High School “Ice Bucket Challenge” (Staff) Imprint, Coral Glades High School “First Week” (Staff) Prospectus, South Plantation High School “In the Spirit of Things” (Megan Harris, Caitlin Oliff, Jamie Steinberg, Emefa Amoah) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School “Love is in the Air” (Nicole Bowen) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School “Let Your Guard Down” (Emily Levine) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy “I Will” (Caroline Dixon) Tribes, Edgewood Junior/Senior High School “Homecoming Spread 3” (Grace Croswell) Wingspan, Fivay High School “Homecoming Pep Rally” (Katie Kelly, Lindsay Campbell, Siobhan Spear) Category 47: Yearbook Opening/Divider Best of the Best presented at Opening Arcadia, West Shore Junior/Senior High School (Emily Dubec-Hunter) Cavaleon, Coral Gables Senior High School (Hanna Payne, Keana Mercado) Cobra de Capello, Hudson High School (Alexis Duran) The Edge, West Broward High School (Alexis Jones) Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School (Staff) Warrior, East Bay High School (Jeanette Calarco, Dylan Stickelman) Category 48: Yearbook Sports Spread Best of the Best presented at Closing Arcadia, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Statebound” (Emily DubecHunter) The Edge, West Broward High School, “Cheerleading” (Astrid Bullen) The Edge, West Broward High School, “Soccer” (Nicole Rossi, Astrid Bullen) Excalibur, Robinson High School, “Football Extended Coverage 3” (Amanda Anders, Matthew Hall) Excalibur, Robinson High School, “Football Extended Coverage ” (Amanda Anders, Matthew Hall, Mitchel Chowning) Fusion, Hagerty High School, “New Approach” (Camdyn Lamotta, Leah Harper, Sydney Stoneback) Imprint, Coral Glades High School, “Golf” (Staff) Spotlight, American Heritage School– Plantation “Oxygen is Overrated” (Audrey Mason) Spotlight, American Heritage School–Plantation “That’s the Way We Like It” (Alivia Standtlander) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Hold Your Breath” (Emily Levine) The Talon, Fivay High School, “Volleyball” (Amber Lake) The Talon, Fivay High School, “Swimming” (Hailey Brookes)

The Talon, Fivay High School, “Sports Role Models” (Cheyenne Gainey, Brittney Edwards) Tiger, Dunnellon High School, “Girls Basketball” (Sierra Oliver, Brianna Florvilus) Tigrium, Holy Trinty Episcopal Adademy, “Football” (McKenna Ville, J’V’on Butler) Category 49: Yearbook Academics/Organization Spread Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Edge, West Broward High School, “CTACE” (Emily Wise, Diana Diaz Venturo) Entheos, G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School, “Meeting Goals Through Art” (Daniela Felipe, Lena Vidal, Roycela Mejiasuazo, Isandra Tamayo) Entheos, G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School, “Spreading the Word” (Lena Vidal, Charlie Chang, Astrid Davila, Katherine Quintana) Prospectus, South Plantation High School, “Building Tomorrow’s Future” (Megan Harris, Caitlin Oliff, Jamie Steinberg) Spotlight, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Welcome to Art” (Liza Angulo) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “International Fest” (Nicole Bowen) The Talon, North Broward Preparatory School, “Freshman iPads” (Stevie Maizes) Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, “Mass Media” (Giselle Spicer) Wingspan, Fivay High School, “Band” (Caitlyn Force, Maya Feliciano) Wingspan, Fivay High School, “Journalism” (Caitlyn Force, Maya Feliciano) Category 50: Yearbook Chronological Spread Best of the Best presented at Closing Arcadia, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Soccer States” (Emily DubecHunter, Jessica Whaley, Erin Sheridan) Hilsborean, Hillsborough Bay High School, “Back to School” (Gillian Boyce) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “Halloween Week” (Nicole Bowen) The Storm, Cypress Bay High School, “October 13-17” (Emily Levine) Category 51: Literary Magazine Spread Best of the Best presented at Opening Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Breathe” (Amber Deleon) HELM, Hillsborough High School, “Pink Monet//Black Ink” (Samantha Votzke) HELM, Hillsborough High School, “Homemade Chains” (Samantha Votzke, Vijata Patel, Alex Hayes, Aaren Zhu) HELM, Hillsborough High School, “A Shared Alley/Kirby” (Samantha Votzke, Vijata Patel, Aaren Zhu, Jessica Harshbarger) Vox Vipera, Felix Varela High School, “Night and Day” (Jordan Cline) Category 52: Design Portfolio Best of the Best presented at Banquet The Edge, West Broward High School (Victor Jorges) Category 53: Computer-Drawn Illustration Best of the Best presented at Banquet HELM, Hillsborough High School, “The Language of Jazz” (Gia Jadick) Red & Black, Hillsborough High School, “The Flicks of Flix” (Shelby Shoup, Vijata Patel) thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, “Don’t Nullify Net Neutrality” (Amy Sukserm)

Category 54: Hand-Drawn Illustration Best of the Best presented at Closing CavsConnect, Coral Gables Senior High School, “Speak Up” (James Burke) HELM, Hillsborough High School, “Through the Rain” (Gia Jadick) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Avada Kedavra” (Cathy Griffin) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Tick Stalks Columnist” (Cathy Griffin) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “Letting Love Go” (Cathy Griffin) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “The Alliance” (Ishan Outram) Category 55: Editorial Cartoon Best of the Best presented at Opening The Knight Times, John I. Leonard High School, “Our Problem with Guns” (Monica Berrios) The Lion’s Tale, Oviedo High School, “OHS Mascot Supports Movember” (Marci Jackson) The Roar, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, “Charlie as a Child” (Hannah Brusca) Category 56: Comic Strip Best of the Best presented at Closing The Oracle, Steinbrenner High School, “Comic Strip 1” (Nathaly Melgar) WBTV, West Broward High School, “Mothman” (Ryan Buzzi) Category 57: Buzzfeed-Style Post Best of the Best presented at Opening KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “If Your Backpack Could Talk...” (Isabel Hanewicz) Category 58: Multimedia Event Coverage Best of the Best presented at Closing BluePrint, Hagerty High School, “Hagerty Battles Boone on Court” (Ben Cluatt, Sam Emsley, Jake Arthur) CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, “Columbus Beats Rival School in Tough Game” (David Perez, Daniel Villanueva) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Silent Knight Raises Domestic Violence Awareness” (Isabel Hanewicz, Natalia Ayoub) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Path to #GetBack” (Michelle Santacreu, Isabel Hanewicz) KnightWriters, Robinson High School, “Up in Arms” (Staff) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Color War 2014: The Gold Win” (Grace King, Nicole Coughlin) WAHS News, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Senior Night Football Game” (Grace King, Krisi Cook, Conner Guidry, Van Courtney) WBTV Stallion Today, American Heritage School–Boca/Delray, “Snack Break Questions” (Kylie Bauer, Harys Dalvi, Izabella Odierna) Category 59: Social Media Event Coverage Best of the Best presented at Banquet iPatriotPost, American Heritage School– Plantation, “Heritage Repeats as State Champions” (Joshua Goldberg, Spencer Krimsky)

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