IHSPA selected five winners for April’s Story & Photo of the Month contest.
A twelve-photo slideshow. All with different captions. Posted the day after the track meet took place. That’s what Ankeny’s Ashley Howard did. Give us more slideshows like this! Check our her slideshow here.
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Waterloo West continues to follow its school board – one of the most important jobs of journalism – watch dog the government. This time it was Knya Dellit accompanied by photographer Jayna Gomez. Budget cuts make for good animative photos and Jayna captured emotions. Even a 10-year-old spoke at the meeting! Coupled with Knya’s story and collection of quotes in an infographic, the story shows how difficult it is to cut the budget. Check out her story here.
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Every good thing has its bad. Iowa City West’s Ella Ciliberto points out the downside of AI. Its creation consumes enormous amounts of electricity and uses large amounts of water to cool equipment. Well-researched opinion. Check out here story here.
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Waad Dafalla, Mrudani Ramkmar and Colin Wehrle of Iowa City West talked to a dietician about ultra-processed foods. Then, an Iowa State professor. Then, their high school family and consumer science teacher. And, then the best of all – a cross country runner. Talk to the experts and don’t forget to talk with the most important of all – students. Check out there story here.
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Iowa City West’s Evelyn Kraber and Anna Greenlee tackled the stigma and pain of periods. Gotta love this quote from junior Ruven Andrews, “Whenever I even say the word period, my voice just automatically goes down to a hush, to that whisper.” Check out their story here.
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The Iowa High School Press Association created the Story & Photo of the Month contest for a chance for students to be featured on our social media. Students can submit a link to their best timely photos and stories to be entered in to the monthly contest. At the end of the month, IHSPA chooses a story and a photo to post on our Instagram, Facebook, and website
