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 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 Overall winners and the Best of Show individual winners.  Note: If there were more than one judge is a contest, each judge may have picked a Best of Show winner, which is why there may be more than one in a contest.

List of all the 2023 Awards

List of Overall Yearbook Awards

List of All State Journalism Team

List of MIJA’s 2023 Honor Roll

Slideshow of the Awards Presentation

Links to the Overall All Missouri winners:

Broadcast Overall Announcements Only:

• Staff– “The Scoop February 10th, 2023”– Park Hill South High School 

Broadcast Overall Announcements with video:

• Lauren Pancic– “Difficult Times”– Liberty High School (Liberty)
• Staff– “Trojan TV News October 14th, 2022”–Park Hill High School
• Molly Bauer and Matthew Freitag– “Blue Jay Journal TV Show #4”–Washington High School
• Staff– “The Scoop October 5th, 2023”– Park Hill South High School
• Staff– “STTV February 8th, 2023”–Staley High School–Broadcast
• Staff– “New Building Tour”–Platte County High School

Broadcast Overall Newsmagazine:

• Staff– “Jag TV Christmas Broadcast”–Blue Springs South High School
• Jack Favazza and Shyam Punnachalil– “MHSNews | Art Highlights”–Marquette High School
• Olivia Davolt and Grace  Halter– ‘Best of KLHS”–Liberty High School (Liberty)
• Emma Thiessen and Landen Marriott– “VSPN Episode #6”–Grain Valley High School

Newspaper/News Magazine Overall:

• Kylie Burks and Staff– “KHQ Magazine”– Kickapoo High School
• Eli Dean and Wingspan Staff– “Wingspan”– Nixa High School
• Aarushi Bute and Staff– “The Messenger”– Marquette High School
• Staff– “Panorama”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Staff– “North Star”–Francis Howell North High School
• Staff–Hornet’s Buzz–North Kansas City High School
• Brianne Tremper and Grace Winkler–“Talon”–Staley High School

Online Overall:

• Rue Siddiqui and Prashu Sidella– “Marquette Messenger”–Marquette High School
• Sydney Davis– “LHSToday”–Liberty High School (Wentzville)
• Juli Mejia and Eshwar Murali– “The Lancer Feed”–Lafayette High School
• Staff– “FHNtoday”–Francis Howell North High School

Radio/Podcast Overall:

• Roi Mundin–“The Perpetual Foreigner”–Ritenour High School
• EagleAir Staff–“EagleAir Podcasts”–Nixa High School
• Sam Klein–“Voices of Webster” –Webster Groves High School

Yearbook Overall (We don’t have links for these):

• Notre Dame de Sion High School–Le Flambeau–All Missouri
• Kearney High School–Clipper–All Missouri
• Staley High School–Legacy–All Missouri
• University High School–Dial 2022–All Missouri
• Lee’s Summit High School–Reflector–All Missouri
• Liberty High School–Spectator–All Missouri
• Liberty High School (Wentzville)–Talon–All Missouri
• Liberty North High School–Ayrie–All Missouri
• Lindbergh High School–Spirit 2022–All Missouri
• Park Hill High School–Troyian–All Missouri
• North Kansas City High School–Purgold–All Missouri
• Rock Bridge High School–Flashback 2022–All Missouri

Onsite Photography Contest

• Mattie Lorenz-Kickapoo High School

Links to the Best of Show Broadcast Winners

• Commercial PSA—
  • Dayana Almeida and Jaxon Fuimaono– “Scout Coffee”–Blue Springs High School
• Human Interest Feature–
  • Cassie  Sun– “Meet MHS: Stella Goltzman”–Marquette High School
  • Keely Schafer and Jessica Gowett– “Warrior Wellness”–Smithville High School
  • Amaya Morgan– “All About Dr. Bruton”–Raytown High School
  • Regan Lea and Sofie Staebell– “25 Years”–Park Hill South High School
  • Lillia Thomson and Cate Ferguson– “Farmers Market”–Park Hill South High School
• Live Sports Broadcast-Talent–
  • Daniel  Schmidt and Tyson Tingue– “LSN vs Park Hill”–Lee’s Summit North High School
• Live Sports Broadcast-Team–
  • Staff– “Liberty North vs. Blue Springs”– Liberty North High School
  • Staff– “Oak Park Basketball Broadcast”– Oak Park High School
• Mini-Documentary–
  • Mason Baugh– “Gentle Giant”–Staley High School
  • Nico Rios and Ulises Hernandez– “Hispanic representation on rise at RHS”–Ritenour High School  
• News Feature–
  • Layni Grego– “CPR at PHHS”–Park Hill High School
  • Elizabeth Hihath and Orukeme Ogolor– “Harvester’s Food Pantry”–Staley High School
• News Story–
  • Megan Gifford– “Breaking History by Breaking Ground”–Liberty High School (Liberty)
  • Harsh Bains– “Custodians Confront Issues at MHS”–Marquette High School
  • Marina Williams and Madelyn Clark– “Custodial Shortage”–Francis Howell North High School
  • Kambryn Miller and Terry Ogden– “Students Collaborate Across the District on Thanksgiving Meal”–Knox County School District
  • Conner Sisemore and Caitlin Morrison– “Improv Show”–Belton High School
• Sports Feature–
  • Babcock and Charlie Marshall– “Small Town, Big League”–Liberty High School (Liberty)
  • Parker Smith– “The Effects of High School Sports on Student Athletes”–Francis Howell North High School
  • Staff– “Volleyball Wrap-Up”–Smithville High School
• Sports News–
  • Lincoln Hamaker and Daniel Schmidt–“State Football”–Lee’s Summit North High School
  • Luke Casebolt and Robert Morrow–“A New Sport at Northtown: Girls Flag Football”–North Kansas City High School

Links to the Best of Show Newspaper/News Magazine Winners

• Editorial Cartoon–
  • Grace Winkler– “Talon – Lockdown Cartoon”–Staley High School
• Infographic–
  • Olivia Chen– “Keeping in touch”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Newsmagazine Cover Design–
  • Samantha Haney– “Refuge”–Lafayette High School
• Newsmagazine Centerspread Design–
  • Anika Talyan– “Era of AI”–Marquette High School
  • Riley Coates– ‘Torn from Home”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
  • Quinn Rasley– “Seasonal Style”–Hillcrest High School
• Internal Page Design–
  • Anvi Talyan– “Instagram Influx”–Marquette High School
  • Abbie Luker– “The Morality of Dahmer”–Liberty High School (Wentzville)
  • Annie McShane– “Music Methods/Midnights Mayhem”–St. Teresa’s Academy
• Entertainment Review–
  • Nat Fletcher– “Wakanda Forever”–Francis Howell High School
  • Bay Colt– “A Review: Kafka on the Shore”–Truman High School
  • Madelaine Province– “Taylor Swift’s Midnights has something for everyone”–University City High School
  • Mara Callahan– “She Said Says Nothing New”–St. Teresa’s Academy
• Feature Story–
  • Chloe Sapp– “The obsession with Ritenour confessions”–Ritenour High School
  • Allen You– “Torn from Home”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
  • Alex Slen– “A school upon a hill?–Clayton High School
  • Tanna Howe– “Teens experience loss, start to look at life differently”–Warsaw High School
• Indepth Feature Story–
  • Best of Show–Staff– “Inside Identity”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• News Story–
  • Maddie McCrea– “Crackdown on Content”–Nixa High School
  • Willem Hummel– “RSD waits on AP African American Studies”–Marquette High School
  • Samantha Haney– “Tech Takedown”–Lafayette High School
  • Caroline Hinkebein– “Making Voices Heard”–St. Teresa’s Academy
• Opinion/Editorial–
  • Kaiya Lynch– “Part of Their World”– Liberty High School
  • Juli Mejia–“Board Members”– Lafayette High School
  • JiaLi Deck– “My Best Attempt”– Clayton High School
  • Anna Massman– “A Culture of Consumerism”–St. Teresa’s Academy
• Sports Story–
  • Layla Fouche– “Social media and the modern athlete”–Ritenour High School
  • Molly Brim and Daniel Carrillo– “Tackling The Norm”–Lafayette High School
  • Trevor Tarrants– “Taking the Court”–Sikeston High School
  • Heather Terry– “Wrestlers’ work pays off with first conference championship”–Warsaw High School

Links to the Best of Show Online Winners

• Breaking News–
  • Aly Klug and Maia Gaddis– “AFC Champs”–Liberty North High School
  • Matthew Jacobi– “Pattonville Community Shocked as More Shootings Continue to Take Place”–Pattonville High School
  • Alex Cohen and Caitlin Kuhlmann– “The Plight of the Puppies”–Clayton High School
• Feature Package–
  • David Moss— “In-Depth: Renewable Revolution”–Marquette High School
  • Anumitha Vaka and Emma Carter– “Veterans Day: A Day of Remembrance”–Liberty High School (Wentzville)
  • Charlie Meyers– “The Nuclear Neighborhood”–Clayton High School
• Op-ed Package–
  • Analiesa Hollowood– “Invisibly ill”–Francis Howell Central High School
  • Kay Copeland– “Andrew Tate and the Alpha Male Fallacy”–Liberty High School (Wentzville)
• Social Media–
  • Elliott Jorgensen and Staff– “@YourMHSNews Instagram”–Marquette High School
• Sports Package–
  • Staff– “First Year with Andy Lierman”–Liberty North High School
  • Alex Cohen– “CHS Swim Meet Against Lindbergh Ends with Several Personal wins for Swimmers”–Clayton High School
  • Braden Altrup and Rylee Shipes– “Eagles Rally to Beat North Point”–Liberty High School (Wentzville)

Links to the Best of Show Photography Winners

• Academic Photo–
  • Jordan Wilt– “R-R-R-RIGID”–Liberty High School
  • Kimberlee Hildebrandt– “Multi-tasking in Class”–Truman High School
  • Claire Boyle– “Low Five Goodbyes”–Richland R-1 School
• News Photo–
  • Payton Sutton– “Reporting live at LSHS”–Lee’s Summit High School
  • Vincent Hsiao– “Circle Up”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
  • Katelyn Black– “Chasin’ Bacon”–Richland R-1 School
• Photo Illustration–
  • Kylee Ann Carter– “Unfinished Business”– Richland R-1 School
• Portrait–
  • Aniya Sparrow–“Back to banning”–Francis Howell Central
  • Vincent Hsiao– “Solo symphony”–Ladue Horton Watkins High School
  • Lily Kleinhenz– “Boys Basketball Players”–Clayton High School
  • Allie Corlew– “Uncertainty All Around”–Richland R-1 School
• Sports Action–
  • Lauren Clausner– “Soccer”–Lindbergh High School
  • Aixa Ramirez– “Just Keep Breathing”–North Kansas City High School
  • Xavier Thomas– “Football Game”–University City High School
  • Alex Porter– “Up For Grabs”–Richland R-1 School
  • Jazzmyn Swisher– “No Pain, No Gain”–Warsaw High School
• Sports Feature/Reaction–
  • Becky Philips– “Until we ‘Meet’ again”–Raymore Peculiar High School
  • Sydney McMachen– “Rage Cage”–Park Hill South High School
  • Wendy Stephens– “Friday Night After The Rain”-Clayton High School
  • Garrett Ferguson– “Volleyball Tunnel”–Warsaw High School
• Student Life/Organizations–
  • Lauryn Douglas– “Cheers all around”–Park Hill High School
  • Brayden Gillespie– “All Smiles”–Oak Park High School
  • Zoe Yim– “Court Craze”–Smithville High School
  • Alysa Bartholomew– “Just Keeping Rolling”–Boonville High School

Links to Best of Show Radio/Podcast Winners:

• Newscast/News Feature–
  • Samantha Haney– “Heart Health Month” –Lafayette High School
• News Package:
  • Danielle Haynes– “Will to Lead: Principal Turnover at RHS”–Ritenour High School
• Sportscast/Sports Feature–
  • Royce Burnett–“RHS 2022 Homecoming – The Game”–Ritenour High School
  • Austin Schmitt and Braxton Roach– “Done with the past, on to the Current”–Grain Valley High School
  • Gio Mack and Maya Crowder– “Volleyball interview”–Belton High School
• Sports Play by Play–
  • Jackson Phelps– “Liberty @ Staley” –Staley High School
• Talk Show–
  • Emily Gerhart and Hayden Peters– “The One Where the Students Take Over”–Lee’s Summit West High School
  • Loukya Vaka, Ella Quinney– “Deep Dive Discussions: Mental health and how it affects our youth” –Liberty High School (Wentzville)
  • Andrew Thompson and Beacan Mottl– “Alex Vidal and Luke Stipanovich”–Clayton High School

Links to the Best of Show Yearbook Winners

• Design–
  • Ben Kershaw and Haley Frederick— “Phones are banned”—Smithville High School 
  • Isabelle Schneider— “Show up and show out”—Francis Howell High School
  • Chloe Gaither— “Showing off”—Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Specialty Design–
  • Preslie May and Ava Kirkpatrick—“Catch the drift”—Ray-Pec High School
  • Jillian Burks— “The Flock”—Staley High School
• Mods–
  • Emerson Holthouse and Brooklyn Young— “Injury report”—Liberty High School
  • Maya Andres and Gabrielle Kellgren—“What’s in your bag?”—North Kansas City High School
  • Emma Ochse—“Creative compromise”—Smithville High School
  • Lily Ripley and Kadance James—“Summer reels”—Lawson High School
• Overall Theme/Concept–
  • Rhett Cuningham—“This is our vision”—Liberty High School (Wentzville)
  • Staff—“Whatever you do, just be here”—Ladue Horton Watkins High School
  • Abby Agnew—“We are everything you see”—Liberty North High School
  • Grace Herzog and Bethany Goodson—“Lindbergh Overall Theme”—Lindbergh High School
  • Staff—“This is how we go all in”—Oakville High School
• Traditional Package – Academics—
  • Staff— “School/Life Balance”—Lindberg High School
• Traditional Package – Clubs/Organizations—
  • Carter Howell—“Focus on self improvement”—Warsaw High School
  • Shawn Coleman—“Robotics”—University City High School
  • Stanley Walker—“Taking center stage”—Battle High School
  • Sydney Parks—“Moments in the woods”—Lee’s Summit West High School 
• Traditional Package – Portraits–
  • Grace Reib and Catheryn Gyllenborg—“Not horsing around”—St. Teresa’s Academy
  • Staff—“People Package”—Oakville High School
  • Kaylee O’Dell—”Identities”—Lafayette High School
• Traditional Package – Sports–
  • Staff—“Varsity Football”—Kirkwood High School
  • Amber Yin and Jude Thomas— “Boys Soccer”—Lafayette High School
  • Haylee Cobb— “Playing with purpose”—Warsaw High School
• Traditional Package – Student Life–
  • Andrea Hernandez, Dayanara Soto— “Multicultural Assembly”—North Kansas City High School
  • Lily Ripley and Kadance James— “Summer Feature: Camp Rocks”—Lawson High School
• Non-traditional Package–
  • Bea Schneider–“The More We Get Together”–Francis Howell High School
• Writing–
  • Lydia Hines– “Junior Portraits”–Lindbergh High School
  • Allie Maher and Emma Seymour– “In This Together”–Liberty High School (Liberty)
  • Franki Farmer– “Breaking Down the Barrier”–Lee’s Summit North High School