The A-Blast makes pacemaker

    A-Blast, Antenna and Filament staff members recently visited sunny Southern California, not to work on their sun tans, but rather to attend the Spring Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National High School Journalism Convention held in Anaheim.

    The online edition of the newspaper received a Pacemaker Award for online news sites, placing it among the top five in the nation, as well as a Best of Show Award.    

    The print edition of the paper also garnered an 8th place in Best of Show award competition for 17+ page papers, where it was named one of country’s top seven publications within that category.

    “We try to continue the tradition of excellence that we’ve had in the past and build on it,” said senior Mohamad Elbarasse, co-Editor in Chief of The A Blast. “We owe these awards to our writers and our page editors.”

    Although neither Filament or Antenna won awards, next year the returning staffs of those publications hope to change that at conventions that will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, and Phoenix, Arizona.