Pleasant Grove High School Newspaper Finalist for National Pacemaker Award

The 2020 edition of The Edge newspaper was named a Pacemaker Finalist by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) on October 21, 2021.  The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) named 65 high school student newspapers, news magazines, and specialty magazines as finalists from around the whole of America in its prestigious Pacemaker competition. Of the 65 finalists, 28 will earn the Pacemaker award, which will be announced on November 13.

The Edge also had staff members nominated for Individual Awards by the NSPA, also to be announced November 13.  They include: Gillian Knowles (Story of the Year), reporters Gillian Knowles, Cadence Pov, and Nistha Neupane (COVID-19 Reporting Finalists for their story about privacy restrictions and district protocols). Design nominees include Delaynie Keeney (That’s a Wrap), Alex Norton and Delia Tuttlebee, (The Many Faces of Homelessness,) and Sarah Johnson and Delia Tuttlebee  (Runs in the Family.) Editors of The Edge newspaper in 2019-2020 were Delia Tuttlebee, Alex Norton, and Delaynie Keeney. The journalism department is advised by Charla Harris, 2019 National High School Yearbook Adviser of the Year.
 
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