2018 SIPA TOP Competitions

Photo TOP Best Single Image by Eva Chillura, Wando HS (South Carolina)

May 17, 2018

TOP (Team on-site production) competitions took place during a three-hour period on Saturday, March 3, at the 2018 convention. All teams had to produce their packages during the three-hour time period based on a prompt and from materials gathered at the SIPA convention. Click on the links to view the full packages each team produced.

Broadcast

Broadcast teams were asked to create a feature package based on the following prompt:

“Time to hit the streets for a “Man on the Street”! Find a person or persons (a fellow SIPA attendee, a business owner, a group of musicians) you do not know and tell their story in a 1:30-3 minute personality profile or news feature. Make sure they are not from your school and their story has some human interest value. Ask the right questions, get relevant B-roll and get a secondary source or two.”

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Destin Howard and Dominic Bielli, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)
Elayna Gorshenin and Olivia Duever, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)
Ava Adamson and Lily Bruce-Richie, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
Lane Imler and Reese Phillips, Fort Mill HS (South Carolina)
Naia Pieniak and Bailey Tucker, James Island Charter HS (South Carolina)
Mary Paxton Heiskell and Libbie Austin, Oxford HS (Mississippi)
Jamie Collins and Clarkson Broadwater, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
Alex Wages and Kayla Jeffers, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
Hannah Perela and Ellen Guilford, Summerville HS (South Carolina)
Sydney Register and Blake Ellis, Wando HS (South Carolina)
Devina Patel and Finn Carlin, Wando HS (South Carolina)
Christina Crone and Selena Colon, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Literary Magazine

Literary magazine teams were asked to write, edit, create and draw inspiration to craft artistic interpretations and content for a magazine spread from the following prompt:

“Deckle Edge: South Carolina’s Literary Festival embraces diverse and emerging types of literature in the state, including social justice poetry, screenwriting, Southern feminist prose and more. Drawing inspiration from the festival, which is free and held at the Richland Public Library create a magazine spread that tells a story about pride in differences and diversity – whether through cultures, voice, style or otherwise. Your spread should include both written (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, monologue) and visual (art, photography, mixed media) elements.”

Nidia Volmar, Angie Lopez and Chantal Busteed, Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior HS (Florida)

Lucianne Vivas, Cristian Forian and Ariadne Herrera, Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior HS (Florida)

Neely Mullen, Anna Renfroe and Emily Bone, Evoke, Oxford HS (Mississippi)

Ellie Pobis, Gracie Boyce and Caroline Williamson, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Layne Barron, Maddie Apostolis and Grace Ellen McGaughey-Smith, The Outlet, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Newsprint

Newsprint teams were asked to write, edit and design a single page (broadsheet or tabloid size) or spread based on the following prompt:

“Take an issue in the news and localize it for a high school audience. Examples include food sustainability, #MeToo movement, fake news, education, immigration, diversity and representation, etc. You can focus on how student journalists are covering this issue, how students are tackling this issue as individuals/a group or how a specific individual is affected by/is involved in this issue (a la personality feature). If you do a story on an individual, make sure this is not someone you know and is not someone you know.”

Catherine Wang and Emma Dowling, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

Audrey Kennedy, Delia Adamson, Aneesa Conine-Nakano and Elena Gilbertson Hall, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Valeria Garcia-Pozo, Jordan Rhym, Katie Grace Upchurch and Sam Mattern-Parks, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Ana Aldridge, Aida Bermudez, Emma Crane and Everett Vereen, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Andrea Matta-Castillo, Lucia Bermudez, Caedmon Churchwell and Mackenzie Caudill, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Audrey Weigel, Thomas Morcillo, Dylan Carol and Alejandra Orozco, highlights, Coral Gables Senior HS (Florida)

Kenedi Mitchell, Maia McDonald, Kayley Boan and Maria Adams, Hoof Print, Ola HS (Georgia)

Molly Archer, Eve Gersho, Anna Barrett and Klaria Holmes, The Charger, Oxford HS (Mississippi)

Wayne Coleman, Tyler Brock, Anna Mitchell and Aaliyah Capers, The Royal News, Prince George HS (Virginia)

Kattie Iwanski, Sarah Schrum, Morgan Crawley and Marisa Kargbo, The Royal News, Prince George HS (Virginia)

Hannah Shimmel, Kailynn Shaw, Aleyse Scarborough and JR Smith, The Cavalier, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Bennett Bogan, Cooper Lockett, Elizabeth Hipes and Ben Wallace, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Patrick Aherne, Jonathan McKinney, Lauren Insinger and Bryan Lin, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Photography

Photography teams were asked to write captions, edit photos and create a gallery of at least eight photos (four from each member) based on the following prompt:

“REFECTION – meaning refreshment of mind, body & spirit. Tell a story using refection as your inspiration. For your photos, consider including different elements of your story. While the elements do not necessarily have to be sequential, you might want to utilize one or more of the following strategies for your photo story: A. Beginning/middle/end, B. Wide/medium/close up, C. A variety of subjects (all related to the story), D. A variety of composition rules.”

Emma Ramsay and Suncana Pavlic, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
Krista Shumaker and Lucy Hines, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
Andres Velasco and Orestes Garcia, Coral Gables Senior HS (Florida)
Marcela Ferran and Cynthia Romera, G. Holmes Braddock Senior HS (Florida)
Jorge Palmer and Vivian Machado, G. Holmes Braddock Senior HS (Florida)
Armando Elia and Gustavo Cofresi, G. Holmes Braddock Senior HS (Florida)
Elizabeth Ames and Haley Bondurant, Pace HS (Florida)
Jake Wolden and Chloe Fair, Pace HS (Florida)
Wessam Hazaymeh and Christine Bartruff, Prince George HS (Virginia)
Monica Thompson and Chemise Montgomery, Prince George HS (Virginia)
Ella Rayl and Will Davidson, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
Jack Rogers and Adam Duffy, Wando HS (South Carolina)
Claudia Ottinger and Margaret O’Neill, Wando HS (South Carolina)
Clayton Reigster and Carley Knight- Carrier, Wando HS (South Carolina)
Eva Chillura and Nancy Remoli, Wando HS (South Carolina)
Tyler Fedor and Preston Carlton, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Yearbook

Yearbook teams were asked to write, edit and design a spread based on the following prompt:

“Take an issue in the news and localize it for a high school audience. Examples include food sustainability, #MeToo movement, fake news, education, immigration, diversity and representation, etc. You can focus on how student journalists are covering this issue, how students are tackling this issue as individuals/a group or how a specific individual is affected by/is involved in this issue (a la personality profile). If you do a story on an individual, make sure this is not someone you know and is not someone you know.”