There were two winners for November’s Story of the Month with Kelsey Greenslade and Josie Schwartz!

ADM’s Kelsey Greenslade earned November’s Story of the Month with her Accessibility for All at the Adel Family Fun Center story. This article discusses the 6 day turnaround in making the Adel Family Fun Center accessible for the 2024 Iowa Special Olympics Bowling Tournament. This also earned Kelsey a Best of SNO award!

Greenslade’s story is a type of story that sometimes gets overlooked because it happened in a short period of time. Way to recognize a good story when you see it and act on getting the story covered, Kelsey! You can read the full article on ADM’s Black and Redgister news site.

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West High’s Josie Schwartz also earned November’s Story of the Month with her Puzzle Pieces: Iowa City’s generational movement to preserve the prairies story. This article earned Josie 2nd place in NSPA’s Fred Ross Systemic Change contest at the JEA Convention in Philadelphia!

Schwartz’ story was a unique topic that had ramification outside of school. It had extensive interviewing and weaves a global topic to a local angle. It also includes a nice photo and infographic. Overall a complete package. Congrats, Josie! You can read the full article on West Side Story.

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The Iowa High School Press Association created a new contest, Story & Photo of the Month, for a chance for students to be featured on our social media. Students can submit a link to their best timely photos and stories to be entered into the monthly contest. At the end of the month, IHSPA chooses a story and a photo to post on our Instagram, Facebook, and website.