MONTANA JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

Contest results, 2006

HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Roman Stubbs, Great Falls HS

PACESETTER
Class AA: 1, “Iniwa,” Great Falls HS; 2, “The Stampede,” CMR HS, Great Falls; 3, “Lance,” Hellgate HS, Missoula
Class A: 1, “Signal Butte,” Miles City HS; 2, “Salishian,” Polson HS; 3, “Full Throttle,” Laurel HS.
Class B: 1, “Falcon Flyer,” Florence-Carlton HS; 2, “Panther Press,” Jefferson HS, Boulder
Class C: 1, “The Cutlass,” Hysham HS; 2, “The Bear Facts,” Gardiner HS; 3, “Passamari,” Sheridan HS

STUDENT FREE PRESS AWARD
Ashley Makowski, Panther Press, Jefferson HS

NEWS WRITING
Class AA: 1, Raphael Graybill, Great Falls HS; 2, Meaghen Brown, Missoula Hellgate HS; 3, Mike Gerrity, CMR HS, Great Falls 
Class A: 1, Jenny Tiskus, Polson HS; 2, No award; 3, No award.
Class B: No awards.
Class C: 1, No award; 2, Lucy Rauser, Bainville HS; 3, Brady Marsh, Sheridan HS.

ENTERPRISE REPORTING
Class AA: 1, Patrick Tucker, Billings Skyview HS; 2, Meaghen Brown, Hellgate HS Missoula; 3, No award.
Class A: No awards
Class B: No awards
Class C: No awards

FEATURE WRITING
Class AA: 1, Roman Stubbs, Great Falls HS; 2, Forreset O’Connor, Hellgate HS Missoula; 3, No award.
Class A: 1, Matt Wickstrom, Libby HS; 2, Matthew Crosby and Anjuli Campbell, Polson HS; 3, No award.
Class B: 1, Shannon Blackwell, Florence-Carlton HS; 2, Mikki Stanley, Ashley Makowski, Dillon Martini, Jefferson HS.
Class C: No awards.

OPINION WRITING
Class AA: 1, Mike Gerrity, CMR HS, Great Falls; 2, Brendan Work, Hellgate HS, Missoula; 3, Matt Riley, Flathead HS.
Class A: 1, Jenny Tiskus and Anna Olson, Polson HS; 2, Melissa Kehn and Jen Harris, Libby HS; 3, No award.
Class B: 1, Alyssa Ziegler, Jefferson  HS; 2, JoEllke Cowan, Florence-Carlton HS; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Sarah Peterson, Sheridan HS; 2, Jennifer Worm, Hysham HS; 3, Lacey Rauser, Bainville HS.

SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE
Class AA: 1, Jennie Morrison, Billings Skyview HS; 2, Sarah Lustgraaf, Big Sky HS, Missoula; 3, Peter Mortenson, Bozeman HS.
Class A: 1, Mattea York, Polson HS; 2, No award; 3, Patrick Lanaghan, Laurel HS.
Class B: 1, No award; 2, David Langford, Jefferson HS; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Alexandra Chambers, Gardiner HS; 2, Brady Marsh, Sheridan HS; 3, Tie: Marcus Bane, Hysham HS, and Sam Mahler, Bainville HS.

SPORTS FEATURE WRITING
Class AA: 1, Mike Gerrity, CMR HS, Great Falls; 2, Katie Semmens, Great Falls HS; 3, Kyle Kienitz, Billings Senior HS.
Class A: 1, Katie Curiss, Libby HS; 2, Alex Noble, Polson HS; 3, No award.
Class B: 1, Dillon Martini, Jefferson HS; 2, No award; 3, Amber Wahl, Florence-Carlton HS.
Class C: 1, No award; 2, No award; 3, Nicole Ickes, Hysham HS

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Class AA: 1, Grant Cobbett, Flathead HS; 2, Justin Ryan, Hellgate HS, Missoula; 3, No award
Class A: 1, Jon Schumaker, Polson HS; 2, No award. HS; 3, No award.
Class B: No entries
Class C: No awards.

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Class AA: 1, Chris Arneson, Bozeman HS; 2 Morgan Rangel, Great Falls HS; 3, Laci Cantrell-Cox, Missoula Hellgate HS.
Class A: 1, No award; 2 Brittany Hewankorn, Polson HS; 3, No award.
Class B: No awards.
Class C: 1, Katie Liles, Sheridan HS; 2, No award; 3, No award.

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Class AA: 1 Justin Ryan, Missoula Hellgate HS; 2, Marissa Jenkins, Great Falls HS; 3, Darcie Brandt, Bozeman HS.
Class A: 1, Mary Dehnert, Libby HS; 2, Katie Holom, Miles City HS; 3, No award.
Class B: No entries
Class C: No awards

NEWSPAPER DESIGN
Class AA: 1, “Iniwa,” Great Falls HS; 2, “Hawk Tawk,” Bozeman HS; 3, “The Lance,” Missoula Hellgate HS.
Class A: 1, “Salishian,” Polson HS; 2, “Signal Butte,” Miles City HS; 3, “Tamarack,” Libby HS.
Class B: 1, “Panther Press,” Jefferson HS;  2, “Falcon Flyer,” Florence-Carlton HS.
Class C: 1, “The Cutlass,” Hysham HS; 2, “Passamari,” Sheridan HS; 3, “Blue’s News,” Bainville HS.

ADVERTISING DESIGN
Class AA: 1, Great Falls HS; 2, Missoula Hellgate HS; 3, Billings Skyview HS.
Class A: 1, Polson HS; 2, No award; 3, Tie: Miles City HS and Libby HS.
Class B: No entries
Class C: 1, Sheridan HS; 2, No award; 3, No award.

BEST HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WEB SITE
1: Bozeman High School www.hawktawk.org
2: Great Falls High School: http://www.Iniwa.com
3: Polson Salishian: http://salishian.blogspot.com/