TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Some 300 journalism students and advisers from high schools across the state were on The University of Alabama campus Friday, Feb. 25, for the annual convention of the Alabama Scholastic Press Association.

Danielle Fortner (zip code 35226), a senior at Hoover High School, was named Alabama High School Journalist of the Year and received the third annual J.B. Stevenson Scholarship. Made possible by the Alabama Press Association Journalism Foundation and coordinated by ASPA, the $2,500 award is named for the late son of John Stevenson, editor of the Randolph Leader.

Cynthia Cruce of Oak Mountain High School was named Susie DeMent Adviser of the Year. Cruce advises the Paragon yearbook.

Wayne McBride, principal of Brookwood High School, was named Administrator of the Year for his support of the school’s student publications.

Alexander Jones, a junior at Northridge High School and the Tuscaloosa Center for Technology, received Best in Show for the on site competitions. The award was presented along with a $100 check from ASPA.

Awards also were presented in individual, overall and on site competitions. The following high school publications received All Alabama honors in the overall competitions.

All Alabama broadcasts:
MHS-TV News, Montevallo High School
WBUC News, Hoover High School

All Alabama literary magazines:
The Artisan, Briarwood Christian School, Birmingham
Counterpane, Jefferson County IB School
Perspectives, Opelika High School

All Alabama newspapers:
Patriot Pages, Bob Jones High School, Madison
Imprint, The Tiger Rag, Grissom High School, Huntsville
The Northridge Reporter, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa
The Raider’s Digest, Randolph School, Huntsville

All Alabama yearbooks:
Pantheron, Brookwood High School
Bay Breeze, Fairhope High School
Paragon, Oak Mountain High School

For a complete list of all winners, go to www.aspa.ua.edu.

The Alabama Scholastic Press Association, part of the UA Office of Student Media, is a high school journalism outreach program that seeks to empower newspapers, newsmagazines, yearbooks, literary magazines and broadcasts across the state.

ASPA holds a convention on campus each spring, a weekend journalism camp on campus each July, and a series of regional workshops in various Alabama cities each fall. Each event features nationally recognized workshop leaders.

ASPA also coordinates annual critiques and competitions, helps students and advisers with their daily concerns and lobbies against high school censorship.

For more information, contact the ASPA office at 205/348-9298, aspa1@sa.ua.edu or P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403.