THE
RESULTS
| Broadcast | Newspaper | Yearbook |
| General Excellence |
NEWSPAPER A
Category 1 Newswriting
First place - Berea Community High School - Patricia Hart Lots of information packed into this story but still easy to read. Good use of quotes.
Second place - Berea Community High School - Hayley Smallwood - Nice handling of a tough subject. Would like to have heard more from the victims.
Third place - Berea Community High School - Silas Montgomery - An easy read, very conversational. Explained the background of the plays well but would have liked to have heard more from the students.
Honorable Mention - Berea Community High School - Meg McKinney - Nice story with good information but could have used more quotes.
Honorable Mention - Berea Community High School - Andrew Tolliver - Watch the use of opinion. It’s OK for columns but not in stories. Good use of language.
Category 2 Feature Writing
First place - Berea Community High School - Chelsea Atwater - Effective lead; good use of details; smooth transitions and use of quotes.
Second place - Berea Community High School - Amanda Wallace - Very interesting. Detailed info was handled well. Effective quotes. But avoid repetitious words, phrases. Example: Barry’s life still remains. No need to use “still.”
Third place - Berea Community High School - Meg McKinney Interesting topic and background. Avoid “Well,...”
Honorable Mention - Berea Community High School - Chelsea Atwater - Valuable topic. A question brought to mind -- Is Stephenson a “regular” employee of the Herald-Leader?
Category 3 Editorial Writing
First place - Berea Community High School - Will Harmon & Scott Hoag - Good, balanced arguments on the pros and cons of instituting casino gambling in Kentucky. Both pieces give good supporting data and evidence. Both provide a “call to action” by the reader. Not sure this is something students have as a priority. However, since this is a page in the local paper, it could influence some adults.
Second place - Berea Community High School - Chelsea Atwater - The writer lays out her problems with Christmas in the 21st century and offers her opinions on how people need to resolve the issues. Some good data on wastefulness.
Third place - Nicholas County High School - Jonathan Mattox - I was really excited about this topic -- better-fed students achieve at higher levels. Good issue of interest to audience. However, midway through the editorial, the writer gets bogged down with the intricacies and details of solving the problem. Maybe more general comments might have helped. Keep the piece punchy and to the point.
Category 4 Review
First place - Berea Community High School - Zach Griffith & Will Harmon - Hands down winner. Better written than most mainstream reviews. Sophisticated and insightful analysis of plot, acting and craft.
Second place - Berea Community High School - Amanda Wallace - Ms. Wallace takes on a subtle and slowly developed film and convinces readers it’s worth their time. Knowledgeable, well composed review, better than most you’d read in regular press.
Third place - Berea Community High School - Will Harmon Well researched and balanced criticism despite reviewer’s negative feelings about the film. Displays depth of knowledge of film craft without alienating reader.
Category 5 Sports Writing
First place - Berea Community High School - Hayley Smallwood - Strong lead with good follow-up information. Talking to players always makes a sports story stronger.
Second place - Berea Community High School - Chelsea Atwater - Another strong lead with a good sense of action. Be careful with adding your own opinion.
Third place - Walton-Verona High School - Evelyn Tandy - Good overall effort but lacked flow. Try and work on your transitions.
Category 6 Newspaper Photography
First place - Berea Community High School - Chelsea Atwater - Good photojournalism is about moments and this entry captured the best moment of the group. Very nice reaction of the boy winning the race. Clearly first place.
Second place - Nicholas County High School - Dustin Robinson - Nice sports action. Students are often afraid of sports photography, but Dustin had two sports entries. Keep up the great work. This photo may have worked better as a vertical and work on stronger cutlines.
Third place - Nicholas County High School - Ashley Bromagen - Nice lighthearted photo. This photo looks staged. Try to get real moments in your photography. The Kleenex box is a bit distracting. Try to work around things like that in your photos.
Category 7 Advertising
First place - Nicholas County High School - C.C. Humphries - Typo in sheriff ad but good ideas behind both ads. Even simple things should be proofed.
Category 8 Column
First place - Nicholas County High School - Ashley Bromagen - Nice concept. Love the pics with the info. Surely well received by the readers.
Category 9 Editorial Cartoon
Certificate of Merit - Nicholas County High School - Ashton Williams
Category 10 Single Page Layout
First place - Walton-Verona High School - Evelyn Tandy - Head and shoulders above the rest. Excellent use of photos. There is a lot going on with this page without being distracting.
Second place - Berea Community High School - Pirate staff - Strong layout with good use of photos. Headlines are too tight next to the copy. Loosen it up a bit.
Third place - Nicholas County High School - Ashley Bromagen - Copy too close to photos on bottom right. Otherwise, very strong, made me stop and read everything. That’s what good design does.
Honorable Mention - Nicholas County High School - Ashley Bromagen - Some conflicting styles -- curvy lines with straight lines. Work on uniformity but still eye catching.
Category 11 Page One Design
First place - Nicholas County High School - Dustin Robinson - Bold, colorful and fun. Very engaging and interesting. Put the bat behind the flag, headline. It’s too overwhelming for the page.
Second place - Nicholas County High School - Dustin Robinson - Page is bold and eye catching.
Third place - Berea Community High School - Pirate staff - Lots of info -- good use of above the fold dominant art. However, perhaps there is too much text on the page. Needs lines or something to break up and organize stories. Some seem jumbled together.
Category 12 Two-Page Layout
First place - Nicholas County High School - Tyler Rose - Engaging and informative. Nice work!
Second place - Nicholas County High School - Dustin Robinson - Good graphs -- very informative. However, avoid dedicating too much space to graphs on both pages -- try to add some other page element.
Third place - Nicholas County High School - Ashley Bromagen - Very simple, yet to the point and engaging to the reader. Try to get action shots rather than large mug shots, but, overall, nice work.
Category 13 Overall Newspaper Design
First place - Nicholas County High School - Dustin Robinson - I like the five-column picture and bold headline on page 1 and the teasers across the bottom, great graphics inside to go with the mock election story. Design could be improved with some variety of headline fonts (a sans Serif and possible one more.)
Second place - Berea Community High School - Pirate staff - Good use of photos, placement of stories, but would improve with fewer stories per page and lines to separate stories. Bigger headlines on lead stories and another headline font for variety would be good too.
Third place - Walton-Verona High School - Mirror staff - Paper looks clean overall and design is consistent, but could have benefited from some variety in headline fonts and lines to separate stories. Also would have liked to see a student-written story on page 1.
Category 14 Illustrations/Graphics
First place - Berea Community High School - Patricia Hart Shows testing results at a glance and comparison to other local schools puts the scores in context for the reader.
Second place - Walton-Verona High School - Evelyn Tandy - Creative way to present information. Would have scored higher if there were fewer words/elements and more white space.
Third place - Nicholas County High School - Ashley Bryant I like the patriotic theme but the background is a bit distracting. Simpler is sometimes better.
NEWSPAPER AA
Category 1 Newswriting
First place - Monroe County High School - Lori Froedge - Good lead. Topic of interest to audience. Story explains consequences and how change in vending machine offering affects students. Good use of quotes.
Second place - Corbin High School - Setera Sears - Good lead. Seems to be timely topic of interest to school audience. Perhaps an overuse of quotes from Mr. Sawyers. Some of his information in quotes could have been boiled down into a paraphrase rather than quoting his entire answer to a question. Liked the sidebar of student reactions to the fighting.
Third place - Bardstown High School - Corey Hall - Good lead. Good information to make students aware of a little-talked about disease that can strike young people. Would like to have seen a direct quote from Joey. Like the use of sidebar box to give info on Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Category 2 Feature Writing
First place - Pike County Central High School - Tiffany Clevinger - Inspiring story. Effective quotes. Use more paragraphing -- more graphs that are shorter.
Second place - Bardstown High School - Rose Marshall - Well written politically on a common problem. Quotes??
Third place - Danville High School - Ashley Howe - Informative. Quotes are used effectively. Effective use of humor too.
Category 3 Editorial Writing
First place - Pike County Central High School - Brittany Boyd - Present policy is well explained. Future goals are clear. Purpose clear.
Second place - Pike County Central High School - Brittany Boyd - Very interesting, informative. Small bits of humor are effective. Important conclusion. Quotes would be effective.
Third place - Danville High School - Joseph Fons - Points are well supported. Shows mature attitude. Avoid run-on sentences.
Honorable Mention - Pike County Central High School - Jacob Maynard - Very readable, clear. Presents an overlooked issue. Informative.
Category 4 Review
First place - Pike County Central High School - Beth Buckley Wow. This is almost too good. Perfectly structured.
Second place - Danville High School - Madison Arnett - Nice written. Balanced.
Third place - Estill County High School - Raina Rue - Nicely structured. Engages the reader.
Honorable Mention - Pike County Central High School - Jacob Maynard - Fun to read.
Category 5 Sports Writing
First place - Danville High School - Casey Maupin - Writer found an interesting athlete and did a good job of outlining his successes while showcasing his personality.
Second place - Pike County Central High School - J.K. Coleman - Lively writing and a good eye for telling details. But story could really use some quotes from some players, coach, students to get their perspective on this clearly exciting tournament run.
Third place - Bardstown High School - Jefferson Helton - A well-analyzed preview of the football team. Could have used insights from coach. Also, the writer mentions the “Three Assumptions” but never says what they are.
Category 6 Newspaper Photography
First place - Fleming County High School - Kristen Kinder - Nice bowling portrait. I love that Kristen went beyond taking a picture of the bowler just standing there holding his ball. She even walked out onto the lane! Give the top of his head a little more room next time. Nice job.
Second place - Fleming County High School - Molly Crain - Nice sports action. Work on not cropping at strange places, like ankles. Crop out defending player on the left. He’s not doing anything. This would make for a stronger photo. Good timing.
Third place - Danville High School - Ash Lacy - Nice, clean sports photo. When shooting runners, focus in on a tight shot of their face and arms or show their whole body. But don’t crop at the ankles.
Category 7 Advertising
First place - Pike County Central High School - Whitney Trimble - Nice use of local photos in ads. Pictures of students and simple, clean design make doctors’ ad a winner.
Second place - Monroe County High School - Alexis Payne - The glass slipper ad was creative and catchy. Could have been stronger with larger, easier-to-read font.
Third place - Pike County Central High School - Marshall Miller - Nice graphics. Grabs your attention.
Category 8 Column
First place - Corbin High School - Megan Lewis - A future in journalism awaits this writer. Far more mature style than expected at this age. Challenge would be to make the column about half as long without losing the impact.
Second place - Corbin High School - Corie Mackey - Outstanding. Very easy read with a profound message. Some teacher at Corbin High is very lucky to have students like Corie Mackey and Megan Lewis.
Third place - Danville High School - Natalie Wood - Some sad, but true information here. The best news is that writers like Natalie are coming on. Well done!
Honorable Mention - Fleming County High School - Molly Crain - Writing style matches the interesting column photo. Very creative. Made me want to read it all.
Category 9 Editorial Cartoon
First place - Corbin High School - Coltin Hanson - Far and away best entry in class due to excellent graphics and clear message.
Second place - Danville High School - Nora Weston - Busy but informative
Third place - Monroe County High School - Chandra Rush - Very clever. Fits copy nicely.
Honorable Mention - Monroe County High School - Tyler McMillian - Gets the message across very well.
Category 10 Single Page Layout
First place - Corbin High School - Emily Knipp - Clean as a whistle. Simple but effective.
Second place - Fleming County High School - Aliesha Flora Busy but very interesting. Draws the eye.
Third place - Bardstown High School - Logan Edelen - Layout does justice to the copy and photos.
Honorable Mention - Corbin High School - Setera Sears - Nice grouping.
Category 11 Page One Design
First place - Monroe County High School - Staff - Attractive use of photo placed this front page at the top. Not always easy to put type on a photo but it works well here.
Second place - Corbin High School - Megan Lewis - So, the girl who is an excellent writer also does prize-winning graphics. Can someone say “Future Hall of Fame journalist?”
Third place - Corbin High School - Megan Lewis - Really eye catching.
Honorable Mention - Fleming County High School - Alexa Emmons & Bridget Purcell - Busy but effective.
Category 12 Two-Page Layout
First place - Fleming County High School - Whitley Morgan - Page made me say, “Wow!” Great use of a wide variety of photos with a strong theme. Excellent work.
Second place - Danville High School - Log staff - Good variety of stories and photos framed nicely with student comments. Be careful using odd fonts. They distracted me in this instance.
Third place - Fleming County High School - Aliesha Flora - Obviously, a lot of work went into this page. Some of the photos get lost in background. Good job focusing on the faces.
Honorable Mention - Monroe County High School - Alexis Payne - Good design but a couple of bad decisions holds it back. Staff greeting is too big and use of clip art is a little distracting.
Category 13 Overall Newspaper Design
First place - Corbin High School - Megan Lewis - Good photos/packaging, plenty of white space sets this school on top. Watch for consistent lines around photos; garish color combos on front. I’d reconsider 2- to 3-point lines on bylines too. Great work and thoughtful.
Second place - Pike County Central High School - Brett Thacker - Nice job with packaging. Careful attention to white space around individual elements would have elevated this entry. Also, run best art close-up. Nice job.
Third place - Monroe County High School - Staff - Good photo illustrations -- but they don’t carry through pages. Watch splitting columns with photos and long tab indents. Consider feature treatment of feature headlines to break up monotony. Good job.
Category 14 Illustrations/Graphics
First place - Monroe County High School - Lindsey Thomas - Outstanding packaging of story and art! Be careful about running text over a full photo without a deeper white screen to provide maximum text contrast. Great color reproduction highlighting last year’s serious crop conditions. Great work!
Second place - Danville High School - Nick Spann - Nice representation of the changing face of journalism. Really highlights and complements the editorial story package, just what you want graphics to do.
Third place - Pike County Central High School - Beth Buckley - Nice job.
NEWSPAPER AAA
Category 1 Newswriting
First place - Assumption High School - Laura Thompson - Very complete and an easy read. It’s good to have accounts from students’ perspective of other’s actions. Very good.
Second place - South Oldham High School - Allyson Smith Good explanation of process and nice to see outgoing principal’s thoughts. Thoughts from teachers or students would have added to story. Sidebar helps.
Third place - North Oldham High School - Kailey Kilmartin - Good information but might be more engaging with local quotes and info higher up in the story, such as quote from academic team member at end.
Category 2 Feature Writing
First place - Grayson County High School - Sophia Stone - Well ordered, logical and convincing. Ms. Stone’s editorial was a timely, well reasoned assessment of a controversial issue. Head and shoulders above the rest.
Second place - Bowling Green High School - MacKenzie Pirtle - Takes the reader on a journey.
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Kayla Golliher - The strength of this story lies in its lead.
Honorable Mention - Bowling Green High School - Gabi Simic - Nice lead. Nice student profile. Not too long.
Category 3 Editorial Writing
First place - Assumption High School - Madison Blincoe - Takes a global topic and localizes it. Tells the reader why they’re reading, nicely covers the world’s religions. Then comes full circle.
Second place - North Oldham High School - Sarah Lucas - Sarah uses what could be a trivial example to point out hypocrisy and inconsistency in school policy. Well reasoned and effective.
Third place - South Oldham High School - Noelle Shackleford - Effective attempt to drag school into the current decade with a technical solution to a sticky problem. Well researched and ordered. Ms. Shackleford makes an unshakable case.
Category 4 Review
First place - South Oldham High School - Roscoe Anderson - Cute lead. Nice choice of movie quotes. Touches on movie plot, actions, making of the film and sound track -- has all the elements. Nice job.
Second place - Bowling Green High School - Michael Grout - The writer is clearly a movie buff. Sophisticated analysis of the film, nice writing and flow. Avoid the “movie buff” jargon, such as the term “story arc.”
Third place - South Oldham High School - Dylan Crain - Nice description of songs, and background to the album’s release. The writer could give his opinion earlier in the story -- the first few graphs read more like a feature than a review -- but that style is what makes this piece stand out.
Category 5 Sports Writing
First place - South Oldham High School - Nate McDevitt - Interesting subject, solid, clear writing, story flows well.
Second place - South Oldham High School - Rachel Bechard - Again, interesting subject, nice opening graphs (love the “Chlorine mist” line). Could have moved up description of his “illness.” We don’t learn he was battling pneumonia until the 12th graph.
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Sam Osborne - This is straight, solid sports writing. It’s basically a game story, but it still makes the top three because I like the writing, plus not many school papers will give you a little play-by-play writing.
Category 6 Newspaper Photography
First place - Bowling Green High School - Julie Washer - Peak action of a fun moment. Great job. Great face and body movement on the dancer. All of Julie’s entries in the Celebrating the Success story had perfect timing. Photojournalism is about moments and Julie captures them well. This photo may have been even stronger shot from a lower angle showing more of her legs. Excellent work!
Second place - Bowling Green High School - Lindsey Spicer - Lindsey is a great sports photographer and could easily cover sports for a small daily newspaper. She gets peak action, important plays and has strong cutline info. My only suggestion to her is to start getting opposing team rosters. I chose this photo over her other football one only because of it being an important play though both were nice. Crop in on the sides to make it stronger.
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Lindsey Spicer - Nice sports action. Keep up the good work!
Category 7 Advertising
First place - Grayson County High School - Jessica Grant - Eye catching, engaging and fun. It makes kids (or anyone for that matter) want to read/look at the advertisements.
Second place - Bowling Green High School - Annie Erskine - Very funny and eye catching. How could anyone miss such an ad?
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Kayla Golliher & Gabi Simic - Simple, effective and timely -- nice work.
Category 8 Column
First place - South Oldham High School - Noelle Shackleford - Entertaining and informative.
Second place - South Oldham High School - Catherine Taylor - Nice message presented with creativity.
Third place - South Oldham High School - Noelle Shackleford - A nice fit for a paper of any size. Very mature style.
Honorable Mention - North Oldham High School - Ramey Monem - Only entry that made me laugh. Cute approach to a story that could have been a real stinker.
Category 9 Editorial Cartoon
First place - Bowling Green High School - Jessica Nunn - This is high school? Work is better than most I have seen in daily newspapers.
Second place - Thomas Jefferson Middle School - Brandon Coulter - This student has a future in graphics if he wants it. Nice to see humor and drawing combined so well.
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Jessica Nunn - Very cute indeed. Perfect fit with copy.
Honorable Mention - Boyle County High School - Jacob Daughtery - Nice fit with copy.
Category 10 Single Page Layout
First place - Bowling Green High School - Gabi Simic - Good use of art elements to engage reader, catch the eye. Page is very clean, interesting. However, avoid headlines touching text. (Makes it difficult to read in some cases.)
Second place - Bowling Green High School - Josh Newman - Solid use of photography to accompany important stories -- avoid dominant art elements at the bottom. (You want the most dominant art element at the top and it’s difficult to see which photo is dominant.)
Third place - South Oldham High School - Catherine Taylor - Solid, fun layout. Nice photo. However, make better use of your dominant art. Perhaps use the iPod character as dominant art and place the text inside her?
Category 11 Page One Design
First place - Bowling Green High School - Kayla Golliher - Nice layout and grid -- good use of white space. The left hand column seems dated though. Overall great use of graphics and packaging makes this the one of beat.
Second place - Assumption High School - Laura Thompson - Great packaging and color balance for this front. Watch “floating” parts of bodies and use of yellow screens. A while screen to provide maximum contrast would have been much better.
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Kayla Golliher - Good photos of basketball and strong graphic for election story. However, the cutline for the basketball photo is boxed in the brief section and the calendar story looks like it should be the basketball story. Too bad the fiddler photo is pointing off the page or that you didn’t use the fiddle illustration instead (from 3/7 issue).
Category 12 Two-Page Layout
First place - Assumption High School - Allison Hord - Really clean layout, good choices in color and fonts. Also an interesting, quick read. This page visually stood out above all others.
Second place - South Oldham High School - Allyson Smith - Like how the two pages came together as a big graphic element -- it makes the reader stay with the page longer than just straight text. The text itself could have been punched up a bit with a stronger lead graph. Pull the stories of students higher in story, elaborate on their experiences.
Third place - South Oldham High School - Lauren Gumm - I like the goofy poses with all the kids, and the two random facts at the bottom of the page. But make sure you are consistent -- sometimes the black line is behind students, sometimes in front. (It doesn’t look right in front.)
Category 13 Overall Newspaper Design
First place - Bowling Green High School - The Purple Gem - Great job -- good use of photos and white space. Still, pay attention to bumping objects. Consider a similar style for all bylines -- if it’s a column, it looks funny mixed with news stories. Great jobs!
Second place - Assumption High School - Rosecall staff - Good use of page space with dramatic photos. Try to avoid “floating” parts of bodies without a “ground to attach to.” (Issue 6, page 1.) And always use your best photos -- the globe in December 2007’s issue is not a good resolution and the background color is almost unreadable in reverse. Nice effort and keep learning.
Third place - South Oldham High School - Dragon’s Tale - Use bigger photos for page 1 teasers! Also, there’s a lot of fonts used for headlines -- almost one new one for each story on the interior. Try making it consistent with weight, not total difference. Good photos. Love the quotes at the bottom of the page.
Category 14 Illustrations/Graphics
First place - Assumption High School - Kaitlynn James - Very creative and well thought out. Easy to read and understand. This work far exceeds others within the category.
Second place - South Oldham High School - Rachel Bechard - Simple and easy to understand. Often times, we put too much information into our graphics, yet this work engages the reader and keeps them from scratching their head when they’re done.
Third place - Bowling Green High School - Michael Grout - Engaging, yet my only concern would be the color plates on the page and the placement of candidates. Always be aware of where you place certain political figures. Otherwise, thought provoking and very eye catching.
NEWSPAPER AAAA
Category 1 Newswriting
First place - Scott County High School - Emily Mulholland & Sam Licato - Well researched article on a high-profile member of the school, and on deadline nonetheless.
Second place - Graves County High School - Shara Darnell - Well done in personalizing a new initiative and finding a variety of perspectives on the issue.
Third place - Scott County High School - Lauren Wheeler - A good job getting to the bottom of an issue that students undoubtedly care about. Good use of quotes.
Category 2 Feature Writing
First place - George Rogers Clark High School - Emily Hyden - The best feature writing tells the best people story and this is the best people story in a strong, competitive category. The lead pulls readers in and the storytelling keeps them until the end. Nice job!
Second place - Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - Hannah Landers - Nice job finding something new, different and out of the ordinary in the halls of your high school. Well crafted piece with helpful information.
Third place - Meade County High School - Hollie Beard & Megan Parcell - Well done human interest piece that kept audience and reader in mind. Try to get quotes higher in the story to give a voice to a fascinating individual.
Honorable Mention - Oldham County High School - Caitlin Pike - Nice detail and sensitivity in a story that required it. Need to get to the heart of the story higher up so you don’t lose readers.
Category 3 Editorial Writing
First place - Graves County High School - Shara Darnell - Well-researched position on a complex issue of concern not only to students but to parents, educators and employers. Good lead, conclusion.
Second place - Graves County High School - Shara Darnell - Addresses issue of concern to teachers, administrators and students. Outlines issue clearly and takes a firm position.
Third place - George Rogers Clark High School - Emily Hyden - Direct and to the point. Draws effective contrast between positive accomplishments of GRC athletes and negative consequences of poor fan behavior.
Category 4 Review
First place - Shelby County High School - Zach Poehlein - Contains all the hallmarks of a good review -- history, background, context and strong opinions.
Second place - Oldham County High School - Aaron Smith - A good balance of facts about the game, history, humor and opinion.
Third place - Central Hardin High School - Liz Pawley - Again, like the above entries, this one contains background and context while expressing well-founded opinions. Some awkward wording kept this from a higher place.
Category 5 Sports Writing
First place - North Hardin High School - Miranda Barzey - Great quotes and good storytelling made this the clear winner. For papers that come out only a few times a school year, the best writers look for good people stories. You found one here. This was so much more than a generic game story. Try to stay away from quote leads though.
Second place - Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - Kelsey Bone - Good feature everyone in the sports world can connect to. Did a nice job of finding students who had injuries and talking about what school is doing to lessen these types of injuries. Talking to a doctor or school trainer would have added more detail -- the keys to these types of stories.
Third place - North Hardin High School - Miriam Cho - Nice details in story that deals with all sports at school, not just one. Good job seeking multiple sources. Lead of story draws reader in, tells a good story.
Honorable Mention - Oldham County High School - Erin Melwing - Nice job going out and finding a human interest story. Great reporting with lots of facts and figures. Try to use quotes that don’t state the obvious. Quotes should add spice to stories, not just state the obvious.
Category 6 Newspaper Photography
First place - North Hardin High School - Miranda Barzey - This is a beautiful photo to illustrate a sensitive subject. The symbol on the girl’s hand, the nervousness of her tugging at her shirt -- all very subtle but very powerful. Great use of selective focus to give the feeling of being an outsider and draw the attention to the girl. Excellent work.
Second place - North Hardin High School - Miranda Barzey - Great photo! Excellent use of light (or lack thereof). A little more separation of the bee child from the shadow on the left would have made this even stronger. Judging from the other pictures on the page, Miranda has a clear understanding of light, composition and the variety needed for a good package. Also note that the best photos of a performance (or sporting event or news event) are often from behind the scenes like the bumble bee child. Keep up the good work.
Third place - Oldham County High School - Caitlin Pike - Good sports action. Nice body language and faces. Try to get the opposing team’s roster for stronger cutline information.
Category 7 Advertising
First place - Shelby County High School - Anna Whitlow - Very elegant.
Second place - Graves County High School - Ashley Korth - Excels in its simplicity.
Third place - George Rogers Clark High School - Sara Harris - Good strong headline. Gets the reader’s attention.
Honorable Mention - Meade County High School - Michael Cundiff - Ad gets its message across in a simple but effective way.
Category 8 Column
First place - Central Hardin High School - Brittany Ruehling - This was one of the first entries I read in this category but it stuck in my mind through the dozens of other great columns I reviewed. It’s well written, an interesting subject and brave. I also liked the diary entries -- they added variety and insight.
Second place - Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - Will Bradley - I’m not a fan of Genesis but I do love music and I think this column speaks to anyone who does. The lead and first few paragraphs drew me in and I could feel the excitement of the concert. Entertaining and well-written column.
Third place - Oldham County High School - Ian Andrews - Encourages teenagers to change a behavior without sounding condescending. This topic has been written about over and over but I liked how the voice of the writer came through in this one.
Category 9 Editorial Cartoon
First place - North Hardin High School - Maurice Gosa - Very clever.
Second place - North Hardin High School - Maurice Gosa - Although I couldn’t quite figure out what the cartoon is about, it’s imaginatively drawn and does address a controversial issue.
Third place - Oldham County High School - Austin McBride - More of an illustration than an editorial cartoon.
Category 10 Single Page Layout
First place - Oldham County High School - Daniel Williams - Everything works on this page. The photo is quite compelling with its S curve, the headline encapsulates the story nicely, and the ads work.
Second place - Oldham County High School - Bobby Rich - This is a really professional-looking page. Close call for first place. The photographs are compelling, the headlines are highly imaginative yet readable, and the ads are attractive.
Third place - Graves County High School - Katy Logan - Despite the grammatical error in the headline (its should be it’s), this page works.
Honorable Mention - Oldham High School - Audrey Simpson - The headline is really brilliant.
Category 11 Page One Design
First place - Graves County High School - Shara Darnell - Nice use of art. Heads are good (although subheads would be about half the size of main head). Maybe a bit too much going on up top but overall professional looking.
Second place - Graves County High School - Shara Darnell - Imaginative presentation of main story. Cutoff lines effective, and lots of white space. Good balance between verticals and horizontal elements.
Third place - Ballard High School - Amanda Johnson - Its strength lies in its simplicity. Could have breathed more, which is to say it’s too crowded in the middle.
Honorable Mention - Ballard High School - Sarah Davis - Layout conveys back to school feel.
Category 12 Two-Page Layout
First place - Oldham County High School - Megan Saxey - Great work! Lots of fun and engaging elements. Maybe a little overwhelming for older eyes but perfect for students. It’s impossible not to read everything on this page.
Second place - Oldham County High School - Caitlin Pike - Very interesting photos and fonts.
Third place - Oldham County High School - Ian Weber - Cool, spunky and loads of color. The colors and art elements force the reader to take in every word -- good work.
Honorable Mention - North Hardin High School - Miranda Barzey - Exceptional photo essay by Barzey. She’s quite the talent but a story to accompany the art would be nice.
Category 13 Overall Newspaper Design
First place - Trinity High School - Echo staff - Not the biggest but clearly the best. This paper really “Rocks.”
Second place - Central Hardin High School - Central Times staff - Perhaps the most complete student newspaper ever. Wonderful design elements throughout.
Third place - Oldham County High School - Clarion Colonel - Very close to first place. Nice throughout.
Honorable Mention - North Hardin High School - Trojan Triumph staff - Perhaps the best honorable mention entry ever.
Category 14 Illustrations/Graphics
First place - Graves County High School - Rebecca Elliott - Nice work with photo illustration and good tie-in with story. Good photo editing and layout. Great job!
Second place - Ballard High School - Shelby Ray - Great topic -- could have been more visually interesting with a san serif font used in “Hot or Not,” using the two school photos at top of columns.
Third place - Oldham County High School - Austin McBride - Great illustration -- you are very talented.
Honorable Mention - Scott County High School - Nicole Reiter - Nice layout and concept but the cartoon mermaid portion looks pixelated in comparison to the rest of the illustration. Keep sharpening your skills though. This is a nice effort.
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