2020 Annual Contest winners
May 28, 2020
This year’s contest consisted of 515 entries from 40 publications advised by JEANC members. Congratualtions to all of the winners!
Nick Ferentinos PRESS FREEDOM AWARD
1st Place Shuvi Jha, Hannah Lee, Stuti Upadhyay El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Verde Magazine staff, Lead writer: Emma Donelly-Higgins Verde Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA audio story
1st Place Hannah Shader KPLY Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Aditi Dixit El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Amy Yu KPLY Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA breaking news story
1st Place Rachel Lit, Emma Donelly-Higgins, Alex Feng Verde Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Anushka De, Rachel Jiang, Andie Liu El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Emerson Brown, Katrina Ortman, Stella Heo Accalanes Bluepring Accalanes High School
Honorable Mention Summit News Summit News Summit High School
Honorable Mention Allison Raisner, Erin Kee, Ruya Yaman Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
DIGITAL MEDIA breaking news stream
1st Place The Paly Voice Staff The Paly Voice Palo Alto High School
2nd Place El Estoque news section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place The Crusader staff The Crusader Archbishop Riordan High School
Honorable Mention Verde Staff Verde Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Liza Kolbasov, Jessica Wang, Joshua Yang The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
Honorable Mention The Campanile Staff The Campanile Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA feature package
1st Place El Estoque feature section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Aylin Salahifar Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
3rd Place El Estoque feature section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Adora Zheng, Benjamin Stein, Andy Wang The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Elle Horst, Raina Lahiri Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention C-Magazine C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA feature video
1st Place Jewelya Padilla, Andrew Fojas WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Karla Barajas, Huda Zunoona WCTV19 Whitney High School
3rd Place Karson Wells, Bretele Alkurge JNN Joseph Gregori High School
Honorable Mention Charlotte Chui El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Megan Baldwin, Katy Siler The Olympian Castro Valley High School
Honorable Mention Kiana George Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
DIGITAL MEDIA live coverage
1st Place Hannah Lee El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Mira Bhatt Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
3rd Place Andy Wang The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Sahil Venkatesan and Jacqueline Beaufore The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention Dylan Ziegler & Kristian Crowther Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Miranda Li, Tien Nguyen The Campanile Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA multi-platform coverage
1st Place El Estoque staff El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place El Estoque entertainment section El Estoque Monta Vista High School 3rd Place Aquila Staff Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Renee Wang, Shreya Partha, Karen Li, STAFF The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention The Epitaph Staff The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention Andrew Toteda, Benjamin Stein The Campanile Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA news package
1st Place Shuvi Jha, Hannah Lee, Stuti Upadhyay El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place El Estoque news section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Audrey Boyce, Staff Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention Brianna Cheng, Staff Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention The Olympian The Olympian Castro Valley High School
DIGITAL MEDIA news video
1st Place Anushka De, Andie Liu El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Emily Han The Coat of Arms Menlo School
3rd Place Karson Wells JNN Joseph Gregori High School
Honorable Mention The Olympian The Olympian Castro Valley High School
Honorable Mention Nethan Sivarapu, Kyle Fujisaka and Maxwell Taniguchi-King Summit News Summit Public Schools
DIGITAL MEDIA news web site design
1st Place Hannah Lee, Anish Vasudevan El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Jacqueline Beaufore The Epitaph Homestead High School
3rd Place Kai Vetteth, Jonathan Sneh The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Daniel Shen The Wildcat Tribune Dougherty Valley High School
Honorable Mention Zoe Cate Acalanes Blueprint Acalanes High School
DIGITAL MEDIA opinion package
1st Place El Estoque opinion section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Jane Park The Epitaph Homestead High School
3rd Place Ella Jones, Sanaz Ebrahimi, Yael Sarig Viking Sports Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention El Estoque opinion section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
DIGITAL MEDIA opinion video
1st Place Eoin Cunningham Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
2nd Place Oishee Misra, Shuvi Jha El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Max Rosenblum InFocus Palo Alto High School
DIGITAL MEDIA photo slideshow
1st Place Hallie Faust The Paly Voice Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Kristian Crowther Aquila University Preparatory Academy
3rd Place Chelsea Nguyen Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Justine Ha, Shreshta Ranganathan El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Benjamin Stein The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Paulina Solorzano Whitney Update Whitney High School
DIGITAL MEDIA sports package
1st Place El Estoque sports section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Renee Wang and Jane Park The Epitaph Homestead High School
3rd Place El Estoque sports section El Estoque Monta Vista High School
DIGITAL MEDIA sports feature video
1st Place Alaina Roberts, Kailee Hamilton WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Emily Gaston, Isabella Dollar WCTV19 Whitney High School
3rd Place Justine Ha El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Kevin Benjume & Greg Haessner Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Neysa Singh, Anish Vasudevan El Estoque Monta Vista High School
DIGITAL MEDIA sports news video
1st Place Jaelyn Jochims, Gwen Holloway WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Lofton Lechner, Sal Martinez WCTV19 Whitney High School
3rd Place Jennilyn Carrillo JNN Joseph Gregori High School
NEWSPUB column writing
1st Place Anushka De El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Nikki Suzani The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
3rd Place Ben Alexander Summit News Summit Public Schools
Honorable Mention Kamyar Moradi El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Anoush Torounian The Aragon Outlook Aragon High School
Honorable Mention Anna Meyer The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Gracia Hmelar, Olivia Ramberg-Gomez The Paly Voice Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Madison Nguyen The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
NEWSPUB editorial cartoon
1st Place Emma Allen The Blazer The Branson School
2nd Place Lexi Romanowsky Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
3rd Place Jessica Conley Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention Audrey Nguyen Bear Witness Branham High School
NEWSPUB editorial writing
1st Place Editorial Board, Bear Witness Bear Witness Branham High School
2nd Place Derek Neyer The Olympian Castro Valley High School
3rd Place Michelle Kim, Ryan Seto Verde Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Michaela Seah Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention The Epitaph Staff The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention The Oracle Staff The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
NEWSPUB feature photo
1st Place Jenna Hickey Viking Sports Magazine Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Danielle Smith Pack News Ridgeview High
3rd Place Tyler Varner C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Rachel McCrea Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention Betty Nguyen Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Milagros Aquino The Olympian Castro Valley High School
NEWSPUB general feature story
1st Place Ashley Yung The Granite Bay Gazette Granite Bay High School
2nd Place Swara Tewari, Jai Uparkar El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Hana Erickson, James Fetter, Jenna Hickey, Tyler Stoen Viking Sports Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Gwyn Wong, Karlene Salas Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Jayden Kim Bear Witness Branham High School
Honorable Mention Katelyn Lowpensky Bear Witness Branham High School
Honorable Mention C-Magazine Staff C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention C-Magazine Staff C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Alyssa Hui, Annie Zhang El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Kaylene Lin, Clarisse Bell Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention Zachary A Khouri Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention Evelyn Archibald, Judy Ly Summit News Summit Public Schools
Honorable Mention Summit News Summit News Summit Public Schools
Honorable Mention Gina Bae The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Kris Risano, Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe, Jace Purcell The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Rachel Wu & Bennie Chang The Epic Lynbrook High School
Honorable Mention Shruti Magesh, Andrea Sun, Renee Wang The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention The Epitaph Staff The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention Elyse Foreman The Lowell Lowell High School
Honorable Mention Sraavya Sambara, Vivian Kuang, Sanji Ranganthan, Michael Han & Sneha Cheenath The Wildcat Tribune Dougherty Valley High School
Honorable Mention Janessa Ulug Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Katherine Nguyen Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Katie Cheng, Ishani Raha Verde Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Timothy Hung, Jasmine Venet Verde Palo Alto High School
NEWSPUB infographic design
1st Place Jenna Plasschaert Aquila University Preparatory Academy
2nd Place Rebekah Limb The Campanile Palo Alto High School
3rd Place Jai Uparkar, Emily Xia El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Melody Chen, Sahil Venkatesan The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention Grace Liu The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
NEWSPUB news photo
1st Place Anish Vasudevan El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Justine Ha El Estoque Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Melissa Ding The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
Honorable Mention Miranda Li The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Auva Soheili Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
NEWSPUB news story
1st Place Sloan Wuttke The Campanile Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Cedric Chan, Vaishu Sirkay The Talon Los Altos High School
3rd Place Ethan Hwang The Paly Voice Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Julianne Alvares Bear Witness Branham High School
Honorable Mention Shun Graves The Blazer The Branson School
Honorable Mention Ally Lawrence The Catalyst Notre Dame High School, Belmont
Honorable Mention Sylvie Venuto The Coat of Arms Menlo School
Honorable Mention Emerson Ford The Granite Bay Gazette Granite Bay High School
Honorable Mention Stella Walston, Jack Taylor The Pepperbox Arcata High
Honorable Mention Alexandra Rozmarin Aquila University Preparatory Academy
NEWSPUB newsmagazine cover design
1st Place Kristian Crowther Aquila University Preparatory Academy
2nd Place C-Magazine C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
3rd Place Yael Sarig, Dexter Gormley Viking Sports Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Anya Lassila, Michaela Seah Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Michaela Seah, Karlene Salas Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Amy Marcopulos The Lowell Lowell High School
NEWSPUB newspaper front page design
1st Place Julianne Alvares Bear Witness Branham High School
2nd Place Emma Todd, Krista Robins The Campanile Palo Alto High School
3rd Place Elaine Huang, Leila Salam, Saanvi Thakur The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention Elizabeth Posey Bear Witness Branham High School
Honorable Mention Angela Wong, Jocelyn Wang The Oracle Henry M. Gunn High School
NEWSPUB photo illustration
1st Place Kimi Lillios, Sukhman Sahota C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Samantha Feldmeier, Natalie Schilling C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
3rd Place Elizabeth Posey Bear Witness Branham High School
Honorable Mention Karlene Salas, Michaela Seah Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Miles Poon The Crusader Archbishop Riordan High School
NEWSPUB profile feature story
1st Place Kylie Mies, Jasmine Venet, Zoë Wong-VanHaren Verde Palo Alto High School
2nd Place Jack Taylor The Pepperbox Arcata High
3rd Place Isabelle Nunes Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
Honorable Mention Lance Tong, Stuti Upadhyay El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Neil Kapoor The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Katie Wheeler, Anna Wilkinson Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
NEWSPUB review writing
1st Place Michael Mac Callum Summit News Summit Public Schools
2nd Place Allie Feitzinger The Paly Voice Palo Alto High School
3rd Place Maya Rathore The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Timothy Hung Verde Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Andrew Toteda The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Audrey Smietana The Aragon Outlook Aragon High School
NEWSPUB sports photo
1st Place Emma Scott Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
2nd Place Derek Neyer The Olympian Castro Valley High School
3rd Place Hannah Lee El Estoque Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Cole Anderson The Crusader Archbishop Riordan High School
Honorable Mention Chelsea Nguyen Aquila University Preparatory Academy
Honorable Mention Justine Ha El Estoque Monta Vista High School
NEWSPUB sports story
1st Place Myla Ogle The Olympian Castro Valley High School
2nd Place Elizabeth van Bloomestein The Aragon Outlook Aragon High School
3rd Place Adora Zheng The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Saanvi Thakur The Epitaph Homestead High School
Honorable Mention Maya Rathore The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Nitya Kashyap and Karen Li The Epitaph Homestead High School
NEWSPUB spread design (newspaper/newsmagazine)
1st Place Sarah Kim, Riya Bindlish, Anika Garg The Wildcat Tribune Dougherty Valley High School
2nd Place Zoe Edelman Acalanes Blueprint Acalanes High School
3rd Place Dunya Mostaghimi, Atticus Scherer, Emma Stefanutti C-Magazine Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Gwyn Wong, Karlene Salas, Michaela Seah Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Anya Lassila, Michaela Seah Anthro Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Jessica Berton, Caitlyn Schlaman Bear Witness Branham High School
Honorable Mention Myra Xu, Prahalad Mitra, Naomi Boneh Verde Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Zoe Null, Emma Williams San Marin Pony Express San Marin High School
Honorable Mention Rebekah Limb, Neil Kapoor The Campanile Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention Lilli Bowman, Zelda Geren The Pepperbox Arcata High
Honorable Mention Alexandra Rozmarin Aquila University Preparatory Academy
VIDEO Commercial
1st Place Lena Tang, Sam Berg WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Brianna Muldong, Kloe Kelly WCTV19 Whitney High School
VIDEO On Camera Talent field reporter
1st Place Karla Barajas WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Lofton Lechner WCTV19 Whitney High School
3rd Place Andrew Ghazouli Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
VIDEO On Camera Talent sports announcer
1st Place Lofton Lechner WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Bretele Alkurge JNN Joseph Gregori High School
VIDEO PSA
1st Place Lena Tang, Sam Berg WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place Kora Pinaula-Toves, Olivia de Lamadrid WCTV19 Whitney High School
3rd Place Yasmin Freidrichowitz InFocus Palo Alto High School
YEARBOOK academic spread
1st Place Jeralynn Querebin, Haley Martinez, Marta Charncherngkha The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Esha Natu El Valedor Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Claudia Maldonado El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Cathleen Nguyen, Anna King, Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
YEARBOOK chronological spread
1st Place Lykos yearbook Lykos Woodcreek High School
2nd Place Lykos yearbook Lykos Woodcreek High School
3rd Place Carmel Schwartz, Allison Ye, Natalia Maah Madrono Palo Alto High School
YEARBOOK clubs/organizations spread
1st Place Michelle Ly, Kimberly Sarao The Galleon Silver Creek High School
YEARBOOK cover design
1st Place Grace Chang, Katelyn Vengersammy Details Whitney High School
2nd Place Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place Lykos Lykos Woodcreek High School
YEARBOOK endsheet/divider/colophon
1st Place Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Kayanna Pham and Andre Tran The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place Elena Peng, Michelle Wang El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Grace Chang, Katelyn Vengersammy Details Whitney High School
Honorable Mention Elena Peng, Ashley Kim El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Lykos, Lykos Woodcreek High School
YEARBOOK feature photo
1st Place Maikiana Nguyen The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Vinh Ton The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place The Falcon Staff The Falcon Excelsior Middle School
YEARBOOK feature story
1st Place Jannah Sheriff, Sylvia Li El Valedor Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Vinh Ton The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place Annie Do and Cathleen Nguyen The Galleon Silver Creek High School
Honorable Mention Swasti Hiremani & Chenyi Chang Echoes Horner Junior High
Honorable Mention Giada Parigi Madrono Palo Alto High School
Honorable Mention The Falcon Staff The Falcon Excelsior Middle School
YEARBOOK headline design
1st Place Marta Charncherngkha The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place The Falcon Staff The Falcon Excelsior Middle School
Honorable Mention Chenyi Chang & Kaitlyn Tseng Echoes Horner Junior High
YEARBOOK infographic design
1st Place Sulphine Susie Odio, Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Jasmine Choi, Jennifer Zweibel, Maya Wilson Madrono Palo Alto High School
YEARBOOK mini-mag or specialty/non-traditional spread
1st Place Connor Eaton, Paulina Solorzano Details Whitney High School
YEARBOOK people spread
1st Place Marvin Wu El Valedor Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Chloe Prudhoe, Nika Morada Details Whitney High School
3rd Place Monica Wang El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
Honorable Mention Lykos Lykos Woodcreek High School
Honorable Mention Details staff Details Whitney High School
YEARBOOK photo illustration
1st Place Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Marta Charncherngkha The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place Connor Eaton, Paulina Solorzano Details Whitney High School
YEARBOOK sports photo
1st Place Marta Charnchemgkha The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Ashley Or Echoes Horner Junior High
YEARBOOK sports spread
1st Place Shanna Le, Haley Martinez, Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
2nd Place Jenna Johal and Marta Charncherngkha The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place Mukta Uparkar El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Lykos football spread Lykos Woodcreek High School
Honorable Mention Tiffany Chen El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Lykos XC and Cheer spread Lykos Woodcreek High School
Honorable Mention Falcon Staff The Falcon Excelsior Middle School
YEARBOOK student life spread
1st Place Marvin Wu El Valedor Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Andre Tran, Izai Janolo, Sulphine. Susie Odio The Galleon Silver Creek High School
3rd Place Sue Kim, Annie Lo, El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Honorable Mention Annie Do, Kayanna Pham The Galleon Silver Creek High School
YEARBOOK theme/concept development
1st Place El Valedor Staff El Valedor Monta Vista High School
Best of the West Broadcast
1st Place WCTV19 Whitney High School
2nd Place JNN Joseph Gregori High School
3rd Place InFocus Palo Alto High School
Best of the West Newsmagazines
1st Place El Estoque Monta Vista High School
2nd Place Highlander Carlmont High School
Best of the West Newspapers (12-16 pages)
1st Place Bear Witness Branham High School
2nd Place The Oracle Gunn High School
3rd Place BHS Jacket Berkeley High School
Best of the West Newspapers (20+ pages)
1st Place The Campanile Palo Alto High School
2nd Place The Granite Bay Gazette Granite Bay High School
3rd Place Pepperbox Arcata High
Best of the West Yearbook
1st Place Details Whitney High School
2nd Place El Valedor Monta Vista High School
3rd Place Madrono Palo Alto High School
Best of the West Website
1st Place The Feather Online Fresno Christian High School
2nd Place Scot Scoop Carlmont High School
3rd Place Granite Bay Today Granite Bay High School