NSAA State Journalism results, with the stories that placed:
LeAnne Bugay, Feature Writing for her story about parking at Bellevue West. Read it here: https://thethunderbeat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/May-2019-Issue.pdf
LeAnne Bugay, Feature Writing for her story about parking at Bellevue West. Read it here: https://thethunderbeat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/May-2019-Issue.pdf
Ellie Woodard, Sports Feature Writing for her story about girls on the wrestling team: https://thethunderbeat.org/15239/features/female-wrestlers-find-place-in-male-dominated-sport/
LeAnne Bugay, 7th place in Sports Photography. Some of her submitted photos were of state basketball last year: https://thethunderbeat.org/14125/sports/photo-essay-bellevue-west-vs-omaha-central-at-state-basketball-semi-finals-3-8-19/
Grace Pechacek placed 5th in Yearbook Layout—no sneak peek available, but you can still buy a yearbook to see her work!
https://yearbookforever.com/schools/bellevue_west_high_school_buy_yearbook_2231/150345
https://yearbookforever.com/schools/bellevue_west_high_school_buy_yearbook_2231/150345
LeAnne Bugay, Elissa Treu, Diego Mora Zubia, Addi Gardner, and Jay Walker-Schulte placed 3rd in Broadcast News Story for their work on Mission’s 150th Birthday: https://thethunderbeat.org/14687/news/mission-celebrates-150th-anniversary/
Meg Gross placed 3rd for her Broadcast Sports Story about the Thunderbird Defense: https://thethunderbeat.org/15105/sports/thunderbird-defense-breaks-school-record/
CJ Lilienkamp placed 7th in Broadcast Sports Story for this piece on Unified Bowling: https://thethunderbeat.org/15105/sports/thunderbird-defense-breaks-school-record/
Jaiden Grimes placed 7th in Broadcast Feature Story for this piece about Baylee Clang’s math hallway mural: https://thethunderbeat.org/15208/features/junior-baylee-clang-paints-belong-mural-in-math-hallway/
And Elissa Treu placed 2nd for her Broadcast Feature Story that showed us behind the scenes of the fall play: https://thethunderbeat.org/15078/features/behind-the-curtains/
And senior LeAnne Bugay was recognized as the NHSPA’s High School Journalist of the year.
Another award-winning year for Bellevue West Journalism, in a variety of contests, and we look forward to continuing to serve the community by producing content as best we can next year.
Another award-winning year for Bellevue West Journalism, in a variety of contests, and we look forward to continuing to serve the community by producing content as best we can next year.