2020 SIPA Convention TOP Competition

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March 10, 2020

TOP (Team on-site production) competitions took place during a three-hour period on Saturday, March 7, at the 2020 convention. All teams had to produce their packages during the three-hour time period based on a prompt given to them Friday night 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:

“One aspect of this year’s convention theme, “Make Them Listen,” focuses on making sure all issues and stories are heard and told. Using the theme as your inspiration, talk to those at the convention, at the hotel or at the Soda City Market on Main Street on Saturday morning and find out what issue or cause is important to them in this election year. The package can focus on the individual or a group of individuals – just make sure it has a focus. Whether they are worried about climate change or work as an activist, find a story that is uniquely 2020 and tell it. Ask the right questions, get relevant outside information and get a secondary
source or two.”

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:

“This year’s convention theme, “Make Them Listen,” focuses on amplifying voices that are underrepresented and often go unheard. Using the theme as your inspiration, talk to your fellow convention attendees or artisans at the Soda City Market on Main Street Saturday morning and draw inspiration from these conversations for your content. Your spread should include both written (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, monologue) and visual (art, photography, mixed media) elements.”

Beatrice Acheson, Clementine Acheson & Georgia Blue Simmons, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia) – best visual  element and best overall

Connor Bradenburg, Alexandra Cardona, Taylor Cobb & Khonnie Kounbandith, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina) – best written element

Newsprint

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

“One aspect of this year’s convention theme, “Make Them Listen,” focuses on making sure all issues and stories are heard and told. Using the theme as your inspiration, talk to those at the convention, at the hotel or at the Soda City Market on Main Street on Saturday morning and find out what issue or cause is important to them in this election year. The story and design can focus on the individual or a group of individuals – just make sure it has a focus. Whether they are worried about climate change or work as an activist, find a story that is uniquely 2020 and tell it. Ask the right questions, get relevant outside information and get a secondary source or two.”

Katie Huffman, Sophia Blanton, Abi Huffman & Katey Goins, Livewire, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky)

Sachio Goodie, Daveon Montgomery, Tristan Lankford & Calvin Williams, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia) – best design

Jackie Wright, Stephany Gaona-Perez & Brittany Lopez, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia) – best overall

Andrew Robinson, Imani Sykes, Gretchen Hinger & Elena Gilbertson Hall, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Mackenzie Caudill, Samaiyah Ra’aid, Isabella Johnson & Natalie Schiekelman, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Audrey Kennedy, Tecoya Richardson, Elena Webber & Shea Peters, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Naomi Hendershot, Natalie Ripps, Emma Crane & Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Saylor Cuzzort, Madison Duboise, Matt Brown & Grace Moore, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama) – best story

Alexis Perry, Megan Wooters, Audrey Kelly & Emma Martin, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Hana Donnelly, Rosemary Delamater, Joey Watts & Abrielle Zelek, 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:

“CONNECTION. Tell a story through photographs about connections – between people, places, things, spaces, etc. The space that people inhabit while they are connecting with other things in their lives. Make sure that each photo tells a different part of the story and is not just the same moment over and over again.”

Yearbook

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

“One aspect of this year’s convention theme, “Make Them Listen,” focuses making sure all issues and stories are heard and told. Using the theme as your inspiration, talk to those at the convention, at the hotel or
at the Soda City Market on Main Street on Saturday morning and find out what issue or cause is important to them in this election year. The story and design can focus on the individual or a group of individuals –
just make sure it has a focus. Whether they are worried about climate change or work as an activist, find a story that is uniquely 2020 and tells it. Ask the right questions, get relevant outside information and get a
secondary source or two.”

Taylor Mahoney & Haylie Lewis, Endeavor, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky)

Kadeisha Camp, Illandria Ellison, Leah George & Amy Sarr, Mirari, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

Cindy Alonso & Kelanny Triana, Entheos, G. Holmes Braddock Sr. HS (Florida)

Christian Livingston, Lillian Altschul, Ciani Tillery-Baxter & Celeste Diggins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Katie Irving, Isabel Pollard, Katie Horton & Elizabeth Bell, Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama) – best design

Alexis Kramer, Jenna Thrift, Gracie Orr & Eleanor Bingham, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina) – best overall

Emmalee Goode, Hope Lanier & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina) – best copy

Olivia Potter, Emma Lambert & Emma Chadwick, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

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