Meeting Their Deadline

Journalism Students Capture 2nd Place in State Journalism Contest (3 years running)

Journalism students will compete in Lincoln in the state journalism championships May 5. Based on the preliminary entries, Gross Catholic took second place and will bring home a state runner-up trophy. The contest ranks students by class and top 12 finishers regardless of school size.

In the preliminary contest the following students earned recognition:

Class B: Sport/Action Photography Shane Bystrom 2nd; Chris Dorwart 3rd
                News/Feature Photography John Weiss 2nd; John Plambeck  3rd
                Column Writing Shane Bystrom 2nd;
                Editorial Cartooning Tim Konold 3rd
                Editorial Writing Andrew Janak 1st; Anna Shymanski 2nd
                Headline Writing Shane Bystrom 2nd
                Info Graphic  Lindsay Carroll 2nd; Tess Houser 3rd
                News Writing Tim Konold 1st
                Sports Feature Writing Shane Bystrom 1st
                Yearbook Layout Chris Dorwart 1st; John Weiss 2nd
                Yearbook Theme Development  Chris Dorwart; Peggy Novotny, Cassie Carney 1st

Top 12 Overall

Sport/Action Photography Shane Bystrom 4th; Chris Dorwart 5th, John Weiss 6th
(for this category there is no final contest and the above three students earned medals)

                News/Feature Photography John Plambeck; John Weiss
                Editorial Cartooning Tim Konold (alternate)
                Editorial Writing Andrew Janak; Anna Shymanski
                Headline Writing Shane Bystrom
                Info Graphic  Lindsay Carroll 5th place medal; Tess Houser 6th place medal
                Newspaper Layout  Tim Konold
                News Writing Tim Konold
                Sports Feature Writing Shane Bystrom
                Yearbook Layout  Chris Dorwart; John Weiss
                Yearbook Theme Development  Chris Dorwart, Peggy Novotny, Cassie Carney

Paw Prints is Gross Catholic’s student-produced newspaper.  The Paw Prints staff serves as editors, reporters, and photographers for six issues throughout the year.   Paw Prints has been consistently honored by the Nebraska High School Press Association with the Cornhusker Newspaper Award.

In 2000 & 2004, Gross Catholic finished first as Class B State Journalism champions, and in 2003, 2005 and 2006 as runner-up, in the Nebraska High School Press Association Spring Sweepstakes Contest in Journalism.

Paw Prints Adviser:  Dale Schwalm