2022 J-Day Awards
Certificates for MIZZOU J-Day winners will be sent to schools this week. If there are any errors, please, contact [email protected], and they will be corrected.
Donald Johnson will send a template on the MIPA-MJEA list serve in case advisers would like to make additional copies.
To see the judges’ comments, please, log in to BetterBNC. The score sheets will be available from April 1, to April 30.
Below are links to a listing of all the awards, the slideshow, and examples of the All Missouri winners’ work.
List of All State Journalism Team
Slideshow of the Awards Presentation
Links to the Best of Show Broadcast Winners
- Commercial PSA–Jordan Guenthner–Fort Osage High School–“Vaccine “
- Human Interest Feature–Keely Schafer–Smithville High School–“Belle’s Bakery”
- Live Sports Broadcast-Talent–Brennen Knabe and Joe Winfrey–North Kansas City High School–“First 5 Minutes, OT: Staley vs NKC”
- Live Sports Broadcast-Team–Brock Kruske and Charlie Marshall–Liberty High School (Liberty)–“Liberty Vs NKC”
- Mini-Documentary–Connor McLain and Sam Bruvsen–Liberty High School (Liberty)–“Just Run”
- News Feature–Aaliyah Roland and Kyra Wilburn–Lee’s Summit High School–“Diverse Change”
- News Story–Kaihli Mitts–Blue Springs South High School–“Adopt A Family”
- Sports Feature–Eva Skofterud and Mykalah Sims–Park Hill South High School–“Mudia Reuben Story”
- Sports News–Ryne Swanson and Zeltzin Mondragon-Garcia–Nixa High School–“Olympic Athlete Returns Home”
Links to the Best of Show Newspaper/News Magazine Winners
- Artwork/Illustration–Audrey Blaine and Kain Stobbe–Kirkwood High School–“Test Optional”
- Editorial Cartoon–Michaela Manfull–Francis Howell North High School –Editorial Cartoon–“Choices for the Environment”
- Infographic–Hayden Davidson–Kirkwood High School–Infographic–“Working the Numbers”
- Newsmagazine Cover Design–Marin Ellington–Marquette High School–“Hues of Humanity”
- Newsmagazine Centerspread Design–Kate Schrieber–Kirkwood High School–“Producing Perfection”
- Internal Page Design–Sophia Rall–St. Teresa’s Academy–“Lunch or Brunch?”
- Entertainment Review–Cooper Traluch–Francis Howell High School–“Euphoria hits higher levels of success with second season”
- Feature Story–Caroline Black–Lafayette High School–“Don’t Try This”
- Indepth Feature Story–Staff–Francis Howell Central–“Immigration”
- News Story–Cassie Ford–Staley High School–“Challenge Accepted”
- Opinion/Editorial–TKC Staff–Kirkwood High School–“Call Ed: Mind Over Matter”
- Sports Story–Emily Gerhart–Lee’s Summit West High School–“Playing like a girl”
Links to the Best of Show Online Winners
- Blog–Molly Bauer–Washington High School—”Molly Bauer’s BJJTV Blog”
- Breaking News–Staff-Clayton High School–“Shaw Park Rally Rejects Workplace COVID Regulation”
- Feature Package–Makayla Archambeault–Lafayette High School–“More than a diagnosis”
- Op-ed Package–TKC Staff–Kirkwood High School–“Call Ed: Mind Over Matter”
and Jackson Parks–Webster Groves High School–“English teacher unfairly suspended” - Social Media–TKC Staff–Kirkwood High School Kirkwood–“The Kirkwood Call Twitter”
- Sports Package–Adisa Jahic and Aldin Sahbaz–Mehlville High School–“Harper Adds to Impressive Record”
Links to the Best of Show Photography Winners
- Academic Photo–Kate Viglione–Lafayette High School–“Science Lab”
- News Photo–Kyle Button–Francis Howell North High School–“Spirit Meter”
- Photo Illustration–Cassie Ford –Staley High School—”Talon: Mask Optional”
- Portrait–Megan Clark–Francis Howell High School–“Woman in Red”
- Sports Action–Maya Culian–Francis Howell Central–“Pretzel time”
- Sports Feature/Reaction–Makenzie Burnett–Truman High School–“A Stunning Play”
- Student Life/Organizations–Sydney Eubanks–Park Hill High School–“For the Cure”
Links to Best of Show Radio/Podcast Winners
- PSA–Kya Merriman–Ritenour High School–“Teen Suicide Awareness”
- Promotional Announcement–Danielle Haynes –Ritenour High School—”KRHS School Shooting PSA”
- Newscast/News Feature–Rhea Patel–Francis Howell North High School–“Everyone Here Is Extinct with Rhea Patel: Titanoboa”
- Sportscast/Sports Feature–Katie Slattery–Oak Park High School—“How team dynamics vary between schools”
- Talk Show–Leah Cox and Angelina Alavez–North Kansas City High School–“On Her Game Podcast”
Links to the Best of Show Yearbook Winners
- Design–Amber Avery–Liberty High School–“Zodiac”–Best of Show
- Specialty Design–Anna Rausch and Ada Pipkins–Francis Howell High School–“The Big Game”
- Mods–Savannah Smith–Raymore Peculiar High School–“commitment made”
- Overall Theme/Concept–Ashley Dickey and Grace Herzog–Lindbergh High School–“Lindbergh Overall Theme”
- Traditional Package – Academics–Allie Maher and Paige Magera–Liberty High School (Liberty)–“PE Mentors”
- Traditional Package – Clubs/Organizations–Staff–Park Hill High School–“Addams Family Musical”
- Traditional Package – Portraits–Hannah Schuh–North Kansas City High School–“Senior Feature”
- Traditional Package – Sports–Ada Pipkins–Francis Howell High Schools–“Boys Swim”
- Traditional Package – Student Life–McKenzie Brown–Lindbergh High School–“YSL Lindbergh 14-15”
- Non-traditional Package–Grace Uecker–St. Teresa’s Academy–“Stars on the Runway”
- Writing–Kaya Barringer–North Kansas City High School–“DOMinator”