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Rock Canyon High School's Student Newspaper

the Rock Online

Rock Canyon High School's Student Newspaper

the Rock Online

Rock Canyon High School's Student Newspaper

the Rock Online

Awards and Achievements

2023-2024

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

Journalism Education Association (JEA)

National Student Press Association (NSPA)

Student News Online (SNO)

Youth Journalism International (YJI)

 

2022-2023

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

  • Silver Crown for Online News

Continental League Journalism Conference

  • “Tools for Teams” Session Presentational Speakers – Claire Bauer, Grace Uhrain

Journalism Education Association (JEA)

National Student Press Association (NSPA)

Student News Online (SNO)

Youth Journalism International (YJI)

Other

 

2021-2022

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

Continental League Journalism Conference

  • First Place Layout: Website Layout – the Rock staff
  • First Place Newspaper Writing: Feature Writing – Matthew Fink
  • First Place Newspaper Writing: Sports Writing – Peter Leensvaart
  • First Place Newspaper Writing: Sports Writing – Ben England

National Student Press Association (NSPA)

  • Second Place 2022 Digital Podcast of the Year – Kira Zizzo
  • Fifth Place 2022 Multimedia News Story of the Year – Grace Uhrain
  • Honorable Mention 2022 Feature Photo of the Year – Claire Bauer
  • Honorable Mention 2022 Best Use of Social Media Promotion – the Rock staff
  • Honor Roll: Claire Bauer, Benjamin England, Matthew Fink, Kendall Foxworth, Jack Gianetto, Madison Loucks, Grace Uhrain, Abigail Wood, Kira Zizzo

Student News Online (SNO)

Other

 

2020-2021

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

National Student Press Association (NSPA)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

Student News Online (SNO)

 

 

2019-2020

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • All-Colorado Award for Hybrid News
  • Second Place Best of Show Award for 5A Print News
  • Reporter of the Year – Kira Zizzo 

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

  • Gold Medalist Certificate 

Student News Online (SNO)

 

 

2018-2019

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • First Place 5A Print News
  • Award of Commendation for Hybrid News
  • Photographer of the YearMaddie Provost
  • First Place Photo Essay – by Amanda Brauchler
  • First Place In-Depth Sports Coverage – by Alec Sutula
  • Second Place Lifestyle Coverage – by Amanda Brauchler, Emily Wilson, Rima Adepu, Julia Blanchette
  • Second Place Environmental Portrait – by Emily Wilson
  • Second Place Personality Profile – by Maddy Merritt, Reagan Davis
  • Honorable Mention Facing Pages Design – by Sam Keer, Alex Shaffer
  • Honorable Mention Commentary – by Amanda Brauchler
  • Honorable Mention Critical Review – by Brooke Andel
  • Honorable Mention Alternative Coverage Treatment – by Amanda Brauchler, Rima Adepu, Emily Wilson, Julia Blanchette
  • Honorable Mention Staff Editorial – the Rock staff
  • Honorable Mention Sports Feature – by Alec Sutula

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

Student News Online (SNO)

 

 

2017-2018

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • Award of Commendation for Print News
  • First Place Sports Feature – by Makenna Allen
  • First Place Facing Pages Design – by Emily Humes
  • Second Place Lifestyle News Feature – by Alex Shaffer, Sam Keer
  • Third Place In-Depth Sports Coverage – by Makenna Allen, Alec Sutula
  • Third Place Alternative Coverage Treatment – by Amanda Brauchler
  • Honorable Mention Critical Review – by Alex Shaffer
  • Honorable Mention News Feature – by Makenna Allen, Olivia Allen
  • Honorable Mention Editorial Cartoon – by Ryan Fincher

 

2016-2017

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • Award of Commendation for Print News
  • First Place In-Depth Sports Coverage – “Steep Prices for Sports” by Nicholas Purchase, Izzy  Daboub, Jake Adis, Kaiya Espey
  • First Place Lifestyle News Feature – “Newspaper Studying Mental Health” by Haley Lena, Sophie Martinez, Auni Smith
  • Second Place In-Depth News Coverage – “Newspaper Surveying the District” by Nicholas Purchase
  • Second Place Breaking Sports Coverage – “Newspaper Boys Varsity Basketball Advances Through Playoffs” by Lexi Brown, Marco Guillen
  • Second Place Photo Essay – “Newspaper Wishes do Come True” by Makenna Allen, Haley Lena, Christian Liley
  • Third Place Lifestyle Coverage – “The Exchange Experience, Friends From France” by Berit Erickson
  • Honorable Mention News Feature – by Haley Lena

 

2015-2016

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • Award of Commendation for Print News
  • First Place Lifestyle News Feature – by the Rock staff
  • First Place Staff Editorial – by Nicholas Purchase
  • First Place Alternative Coverage Treatment – by Emilee Nelson
  • Second Place In-Depth News Coverage – by Emily Klein
  • Third Place Facing Pages Design – by Nicholas Purchase, Rachel Rothman, Sydney Colby

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

 

2014-2015

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • All-Colorado Award for Print News
  • First Place Personality Profile – “Leave a Legacy” by Nikki Newman
  • First Place Alternative Coverage Treatment – “Blood Water” by Reese Wilking
  • Second Place Single Page Design – “Blood Water” by Reese Wilking
  • Honorable Mention Commentary – “CMAS? I’ll Pass.” by Sarah Crum

 

2013-2014

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • Award of Commendation for Print News
  • First Place News Feature – by Michael Shapiro
  • First Place Personality Profile – by Andrew Bohren
  • Second Place Photo Essay – by Kaitlyn Darbe, Jeremy Purchase
  • Third Place Sports Feature – by Michael Shapiro, Andrew Bohren
  • Third Place In-Depth Sports Coverage – by Michael Shapiro, Andrew Bohren, Bailey McCue, Sriya Sharma

 

2012-2013

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • All-Colorado Award for Print News
  • Second Place News Feature – “Working Against the Unknown” by Syd Charvat
  • Second Place In-Depth Sports Coverage – “From London With Love” by Kelcey Beckman, Syd Charvat
  • Third Place Sports Feature – “Unleash the Beast” by Kelcey Beckman
  • Honorable Mention In-Depth News Coverage – “What Chew Gunna Do About It?” by Virginia Vaughn, Tristan Sagar
  • Honorable Mention Breaking News Coverage – “Searching for Answers, and Finding More Questions” by Kayla Neil
  • Honorable Mention Photo Essay – “Back to Black and Gold” by Kayla Neil

 

2011-2012

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • All-Colorado Award for Print News
  • First Place Environmental Portrait – by Lauren Scheirman
  • First Place General Column – by Erin Snyder
  • First Place Lifestyle Feature – by Megan Boyles, Danielle Burrage, Maddie Whitten
  • First Place News Feature – by Megan Boyles, Allie Cole, Charlie Melbye, Kayla Neil, Mae Rohrbach, Lauren Scheirman, Maddie Whitten
  • Second Place Breaking News – by Syd Charvat
  • Second Place Editorial Cartoon – by Zach Anderson
  • Second Place In-Depth News – by Karly Hanson, Ashley Park, Lauren Scheirman
  • Honorable Mention Facing Page Design – by Charlie Melbye

 

2010-2011

Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA)

  • Award of Commendation for Print News
  • Second Place Single Page Design – by Emma Kate Fittes, Amanda Becker
  • Third Place Facing Page Design – by Emma Kate Fittes, Taylor Pettaway, Kayla Neil, Amber Cole, Lauren Posey, Lizzie Marthouse, Caley Pavillard
  • Honorable Mention In-Depth Sports – by Zach Tornabene

 

Please note that at this time this list only includes awards dating back to the 2010-2011 school year and may not be fully complete. If you have any questions or would like to know more, please email [email protected].

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