CHS media programs take home top honors at journalism convention
Wren Lee, Executive Design Editor
April 18, 2018
The announcer went down the list of National Scholastic Press Association Online Pacemaker winners during the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco and said, “Another school from Texas,” then paused. “I know there were other schools from Texas that were finalist...
Pacing itself: KCBY collects another top honor
Fiona Koshy, Editorial Page Editor
November 21, 2017
DALLAS - After winning its first NSPA Broadcast Pacemaker in 2015, KCBY won its second on Saturday. The last day of the 2017 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas proved to be a success with KCBY-TV taking home the Pacemaker along with mult...
KCBY nominated for Pacemaker award
Anika Arutla, Staff Writer
September 18, 2017
In 2015, the Coppell High School news station, KCBY-TV, won a National Scholastic Press Association Broadcast Pacemaker. On Tuesday, it was nominated for another. “When I found out we were nominated for a Pacemaker I felt relieved, because...we put together a really good show but you need tha...
Coppell Student Media named 2016 NSPA Online Pacemaker Finalist
Shannon Morgan, Communications Manager
March 9, 2016
BREAKING - CoppellStudentMedia.com, the website for The Sidekick newspaper and KCBY-TV, has been named as a 2016 NSPA Online Pacemaker Finalist, the National Scholastic Press Association announced on Wednesday. A Pacemaker is the highest national award a high school journalism program can receive. K...
Magical experiences, awards at 2015 fall JEA/NSPA convention
November 20, 2015
Rachel Buigas-Lopez Editor-in-Chief @rachelbuigas ORLANDO, Fla. - The sunshine state greeted The Sidekick and KCBY staffs with 80 degree weather, a cookie from the DoubleTree hotel and a bright blue “Media Magic” shirt. The 2015 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention did no...
