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2001 KHSJA State Convention draws record crowd
Over 850 pack into Galt House East for annual gathering
All KPA convention-goers know the Galt House East in Louisville is
big — huge, in fact. That’s why it was picked as the host
facility for the 2001 Kentucky High School Journalism Association
State Convention. A good thing, too. The crowd on March 22 topped
800 as high school students and their teachers came from across the
state to learn more about this thing called “journalism.”
This year’s meeting started the evening before the convention with
a pizza party and dance for those students and advisers traveling
overnight. The event featured print and broadcast professional
journalists who shared insights about their career choices with the
students. The journalists also took questions from the students.
The main highlight of the convention was presentation of the KHSJA
awards for best newspaper, yearbook and broadcast entries. Graves
County High School took home the Grand Champion Award, which
recognizes the school with the best all-around journalism program in
Kentucky. Schools must compete in at least two of the three
divisions of the contest — newspaper, yearbook and broadcast —
to qualify, and must earn the most total points overall to win. This
year’s competition had more than 1,500 entries.
Graves County High School placed first in the General Excellence
award in the Broadcast Division and second in the yearbook division
for class AAA schools. The contest is divided into three classes
based on enrollment: Class A, AA and AAA.
The contest honors individual achievement with points tallied for
the overall honor of General Excellence. Students winning first
place awards receive a plaque and plaques are also given to schools
placing first, second and third in the overall competition. An added
bonus to last year’s contest, that was also a part of this
year’s awards presentation, was a monetary award to all schools
placing in the General Excellence category.
KHSJA began it’s fourth year of operation with the 2000-2001
school year, formed in 1997 to address a critical gap in scholastic
journalism education in the state. Prior to its inception, there was
no statewide organization to help high school journalism students
and their teachers.
This year’s keynote speaker was Joel Pett, editorial cartoonist
for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Pett won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize
for editorial cartoons.
Other schools winning General Excellence awards in the 2001 KHSJA
State Competition were: Newspaper Division, Class A: First Place —
St. Mary High School; Second Place — Berea Community High School
and Third Place — (tie) Walton-Verona High School and Cumberland
County High School.
Newspaper Division, Class AA: First Place — Assumption High
School; Second Place — (tie) Bowling Green High School and
Washington County High School and Third Place — Fleming County
High School.
Newspaper Division, Class AAA: First Place — South Oldham High
School; Second Place — Trinity High School and Third Place —
Oldham County High School.
Yearbook Division, Class A: First Place — Carroll County High
School; Second Place — Mercy Academy and Third Place — Corbin
High School.
Yearbook Division, Class AA: First Place — Bowling Green High
School; Second Place — Highlands High School and Third Place —
Bourbon County High School.
Yearbook Division, Class AAA: First Place — Scott County High
School and Third Place — South Oldham High School.
Broadcast Division, Class A: First Place: Bardstown High School;
Second Place: Mercy Academy.
Broadcast Division, Class AA: First Place: Henry County High School
and Second Place — Bourbon County High School.
Broadcast Division, Class AAA: Second Place — St. Xavier High
School and Third Place — Montgomery County High School.
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