2017 Design of the Year Winners

The Missouri Journalism Education Association is pleased to announce the Design of the Year winners for the 2016-2017 School Year..

• • Aly Doty from Francis Howell North High School [design] and Emilie Kerr from Staley High School [design] have been named MJEA’s Newspaper Front Page Design of the Year State Winners.
  • Katie Bry from Ladue Horton Watkins High School [design] and Mackenzie O’Guin from St. Teresa’s Academy [design] have been named MJEA’s Newspaper Inside Page(s) Design of the Year State Winners.
  • Peyton Boyd and Jennifer Lopez [design]  from Lafayette High School and Brooke Eshenroder, Maxwell Staab and Parker Dawson from Kearney High School [design] have been named MJEA’s Yearbook Design Inside Pages of the Year State Winners.
  • Claire Duncan, Kendall Goedeke and Nick Horstmann  from Lafayette High School [design]  and Karlin Peters from Kearney High School [design] have been named MJEA’s Yearbook Theme  Design of the Year State Winners.

These students submitted impressive pieces of work from this school year that were selected as the winners by a highly-qualified judging team. This is a wonderful honor for all the students and the schools they represent and are indicative of the the high quality of their publications programs.

The MJEA Individual Student awards were designed to honor the very best in student writing, photography, design and video storytelling in Missouri by selecting one winner in each of 21 categories. The state winners will receive a special medallion and certificate in the mail soon.

Other Finalists who will also receive certificates include:

• Newspaper Front Page Design:  Aaron Greenberg, Ladue Horton Watkins High School [design]
• Newspaper Front Page Design: Anna James, Lafayette High School [design]
• Newspaper Inside Page (s) Design: Aly Doty, Francis Howell North High School [design]
• Newspaper Inside Page (s) Design: Evan Mogley & Libby Archer, Parkway Central High School [design]
• Yearbook Design Inside Pages: Kayla Peterson, Francis Howell High School [design]
• Yearbook Design Inside Pages: Audrey Baker, Francis Howell North High School [design]
• Yearbook Design Inside Pages: Hailey Chellis, Kirkwood High School [design]
• Yearbook Design Inside Pages: Devon Ware, Parkway Central High School [design]
• Yearbook Design Inside Pages: Bridget Graham, St. Teresa’s High School [design]
• Yearbook Theme Design: Abby Gunn, Kirkwood High School [design]
• Yearbook Theme Design: Evie Reed and Mary Mazzola, Lindbergh High School [design]
• Yearbook Theme Design: Tamar Sher, Clayton High School [design]

MJEA is the largest state scholastic journalism organization formed to help protect and enhance scholastic journalism in Missouri. MJEA works to provide outreach and support to advisers and journalism programs across the state. The organization supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.