IHSPA seeks to identify and acknowledge emerging talent in newspaper, yearbook, and digital media students in member high schools. The opportunity is open to students in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade. These students will be the backbone of their respective schools’ publications for the upcoming year.

Each adviser may nominate three students per publication: If an adviser supports two publications, then six students may be nominated total, as long as there are only three nominations for each publication (three for newspaper, and three for yearbook).

Requirements:

• Submit 3 examples of work — Newspaper, Yearbook, and Digital Media all apply.
• Submit 1 Letter of Recommendation from the Adviser
• Resume
• Work must be submitted online using PDFs or links.
• All work must have been published or posted March 5, 2018 and March 8, 2019 by current students at IHSPA member schools.

Ten Emerging Journalists will be selected based on the overall quality of their work, the impact on their school and community, the students’ understanding of the fundamentals of journalism, and the level of experimentation.

Below are the 2019 Emerging Journalist Finalists for 2019.!

All finalists listed below receive a certificate from IHSPA, recognizing this achievement.