Club celebrates high school journalists

Each year, WPCI sponsors a high school journalism contest that draws hundreds of entries in numerous categories. First-place winners compete at the national level in the National Federation of Press Women contest. Results of that contest were released May 22 and are noted in red in the list below.

Here are the results of the 2021 WPCI High School Journalism Contest, with national honors in red:

Editorial:

• First place: Cady Armstrong, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Path to Diversity.”
• Second place: Kennedy Westfall, R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, “Just Stay In.”
• Third place: Faith Peebles, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “We will survive this hybrid situation.”
• Honorable mention: Kate Draine, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “Hidden behind the mask.”

Opinion:

• First place: Teonna Davis, R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, “Pondering the Definition of Black.” (Honorable mention at NFPW.)
• Second place: Jayla Cromwell, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Stage 5: What Were We Thinking?”
• Third place: Sam Hawkins, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Transition.”
• Honorable mention: Emily Sandy, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Respect is My R-Word.”

News story:

• First place: Archit Kalra, Aniket Biswal, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Above & Beyond.”
• Second place: Maia Epps, Isabella Anderson, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Students Battle Sleep Deprivation.”
• Third place: Cady Armstrong, Christian Ledbetter, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Power to the People.”

Feature story:

• First place: Leh Tan, Sowmya Chundi, CarmelHigh School, Carmel, “Feeling Like a Fraud.” (Third place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Jack Forrest, Center Grove High School, Greenwood, “Creativity during COVID.”
• Third place: Addie Doherty, Avery Lowry, Ian Pigors, Kendall Reynolds, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “Safety First.”
• Honorable mention: Faith Peebles, Greenwood High School, Greenwood, “Thrift Craze Promises Cash.”
• Honorable mention: December Tling,Southport High School, Indianapolis, “Through their Lens.”

Sports story:

• First place: Eli Beck,Southport High School, Indianapolis, “Looking Back, Moving Forward.” (Third place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Elizabeth Allen, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, “South very Own Dynamic Duo always insync.”
• Honorable mention: Nathan Smith, Southport High School, Indianapolis, “In Their Footsteps.”
• Honorable mention: Elizabeth Allen, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, “South wrestling starts season with a family feeling.”
• Honorable mention: Zion Brown, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “Double Take.”
• Honorable mention: Brentton Wharton, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “30 Years of Success.”
• Honorable mention: Kyler Rhoades, Greenfield-Central High School, Greenfield, “’Meredith, Players Excited for New Season.”

Columns/Blogs:

• First place: Eric Reingardt, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Why we should vote, volunteer,” “Case for Joe Biden.” (Honorable mention at NFPW.)
• Second place: Chloe Sun, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Biz Buzz.”
• Third place: Brayton Laster, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Heavy foot leads to near ticket scare,” “Election offers lessons.”
• Honorable mention: Grace Xu, Shruthi Ravichandran, Carmel High School, Carmel, “MUSE”
• Honorable mention: Natalie Rowland, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Wildcat Perspectives”

News/feature photo:

• First place: Chenyao Liu, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Get in the Groove.” (Second place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Luke Miller, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Seasonal Sonatas.”
• Third place: Madison Peckinpaugh, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “COVID restrictions prompt community pep rally.”
• Honorable mention: Gentry Appleget, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Ups and Crowns.”

Sports photo:

• First place: Gentry Appleget, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Volleyball reaction.” (Second place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Luke Miller, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Speed Swim.”
• Third place: Hannah Johnson, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Looking down the field.”
• Honorable mention: Mychala Turner, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Ready to Shoot.”
• Honorable mention: Hannah Johnson, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Huddling Up.”

Cartooning:

• First place: Cecelia O’Leary, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Restorative Justice.” (Third place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Kayla Brown, Southport High School, Indianapolis, “President Joe Biden shows hope for a better future for the U.S. following Trump’s disappointing presidency.”
• Third place: Chloe Sun, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Family Festivities.”
• Honorable mention: Kayla Brown, Southport High School, Indianapolis, “New Supreme Court Justice could be harmful to SHS minorities.”
• Honorable mention: Atzel Nunez, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “First Amendment Man.”
• Honorable mention: Atzel Nunez, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “Battle for the Ages.”

Review:

• First place: Allison Flores, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “The debut book is a must read.”
• Second place: Faith Peebles, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Cultural representation worthy of praise.”
• Third place: Abigail Stuber, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Red, White & Royal Blue.”

Graphics/photo illustration:

• First place: Riley Terbush, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Race for a Cure.” (First place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Riley Terbush, Carmel High School, Carmel, “All Things Cyberpunk.”
• Third place: Edward Dong, Gray Martens, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Stock Market 101.”

Single-page layout:

• First place: Elijah Poe, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Issue 5/Page 4.” (Honorable mention at NFPW.)
• Second place: Margo Brunner, Columbus East High School, Columbus, “Holiday Cheer in a Cup.”
• Third place: Faith Peebles, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, “Issue 5/Page 1.”
• Honorable mention: Leah Tan, Carmel High School, Carmel, “CC: S Emails.”

Double-truck layout:

• First place: Chloe Sun, Carmel High School, Carmel, “At Home Abroad.” (First place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Kate Draine, Hailey Durm, Faith Gebhart, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “E-Learning Survival.”
• Third place: Lucy Kramer, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “The Final Tests.”
• Honorable mention: Sowmya Chundi, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Hyped Up Holidays.”

Environment:

• First place: Archit Kalra, Raghav Sriram, Sam Hawkins, Carmel High School, Carmel, “Climate Conundrum.” (First place at NFPW.)
• Second place: Maggie Smith, Bishop Chatard High School, Indianapolis, “COVID-19 vs. the Environment.”

Best newscast, radio or TV:

• First place: Marissa Perkins, Blake Dawson, Hannah Kinkead, Will Turner, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “Around the County –March 6, 2020.” (Honorable mention at NFPW.)
• Second place: place: Marissa Perkins, Blake Dawson, Hannah Kinkead, Will Turner, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “Around the County –March10, 2020.”
• Third place:Eric Bedrosian, Zack Vance, Will Cantrell, Hamilton Southeastern High School, Fishers, “HSETV Newscast: Nov. 20, 2020.”

Video feature story:

• First place:  Eric Bedrosian, Will Cantwell, Zack Vance, Hamilton Southeastern High School, Fishers, “HSETV On the Road: Four Day Ray.” (Honorable mention at NFPW.)
• Second place: Mary Sebbas, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “In It to Win It.”
• Second place: Marissa Perkins, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “Twitch Mom.”
• Second place; Eric Bedrosian, Will Cantwell, Zack Vance, Hamilton Southeastern High School, Fishers, “HSETV On the Road: ClusterTruck.”
• Third place:Jon Page, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “The Man, The Myth, The ‘Stache.”
• Third place: Blake Dawson, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, “A Basketball Legend.”
• Third place: Cesar Fernandez, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “Remembering the Pep Rally.”
• Third place: Madi Knox, Center Grove High School, Greenwood, “Fall Baking with Chef Grief.”

Yearbook layout:

• First place: Lauren Koehl, Evan Knott, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Indy Hotspots.”
• Second place: Sydney Brown, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, “This is my City.”
• Third place: Evan Knott, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Pets.”
• Honorable mention: Emma Bastin, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis, “Senior Ads.”

Yearbook copywriting: