JagWire Newspaper named 2023 Pacemaker finalist

The Pacemaker competition recognizes excellence in journalism across the country

Emma Clement, JagWire editor-in-chief, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief

September 6, 2023

The JagWire Newspaper was named one of 2023 Pacemaker finalists. The National Scholastic Press Association announced the finalists Tuesday, Sep. 5.

The 2022-2023 JagWire Newspaper’s editor-in-chief was Avery Gathright, with online editors Gabby Delpleash and Emma Clement, copy editors Natalie Merley and Baylen Monson, photo editors Luke Wood and Elizabeth Summa, design editors Chloe Miller and Jules Shumaker, social media editors Grace Brookshire and Katelyn Krosky and reporter/photographers Madelyn Welch, Sydney McGlasson, Anna Zwahlen, Maggie Wieland, Leah Dresvyannikov, Hailey Perrin, Abby Riggs, Ian Chern and Luci Guess.

This year’s Pacemaker competition recognized 54 finalists across the country for excellence. This is the JagWire’s sixth Pacemaker finalist nomination. The staff also won Pacemaker awards in 2015, 2016 and 2021 and was named a finalist in 2017 and 2020.

Pacemaker winners will be announced Nov. 4 at the NSPA Awards Ceremony during the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Boston.

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Emma Clement, JagWire editor-in-chief, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief

This is senior Emma Clement’s third year on the JagWire staff. This year she is JagWire and Mill Valley News editor-in-chief, in addition to being a writer and designer for the newspaper. When she is not working on journalism, Emma enjoys reading, drawing, painting, watching TV shows and spending time with friends and family. She is also involved at Mill Valley as NHS president, Spanish NHS vice president, Youth for Refugees president, Model UN president, NAHS vice president and is a member of NEHS, Scholar’s Bowl and Women’s Empowerment Club. Outside of school, Emma works at Pinnacle Gymnastics as a gymnastics coach and is on the editorial board for elementia, the Johnson County Library’s teen literary magazine.

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