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25 students win $1,000 scholarships in #PictureFreedom contest
- By: ASNE staff
- On: 04/16/2015 09:48:14
- In: First Amendment
See the winning entries here.
Picture Freedom was a nationwide contest for students to share their visual interpretation of the First Amendment on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The contest ran from Feb. 22 to 28.
Twenty-five students will receive $1,000 scholarships for sharing original photos and artwork on social media as part of 1 for All's Picture Freedom contest. The weeklong scholarship contest celebrated the five freedoms of the First Amendment, speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. View the winning entries at 1forall.us.
"It was truly gratifying to see the range of ways students pictured the five freedoms of the First Amendment," said Ken Paulson, president of the Newseum Institute's First Amendment Center, dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University and founder of 1 for All. "This competition was a vibrant reminder of how free expression fuels creativity."
The contest was organized by 1 for All, the American Society of News Editors, the Journalism Education Association Journalism Education Association, and the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at Middle Tennessee State University, with funding provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
"The judges, all members of the Journalism Education Association, were quite amazed with the creativity of the Picture Freedom submissions, for sure," said Mark Newton, president of JEA. "More importantly, the judges were impressed with the strong messages of freedom in the submissions. When young adults use their First Amendment freedoms to articulate those very same five freedoms with a creative social media voice, those freedoms rumble and those young adults are empowered."
The winning students were selected from hundreds of entries based on originality, creativity and clarity in conveying the theme of freedom. Students posted original photos and artwork using the hashtag #PictureFreedom to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter from Feb. 22 to 28.
Kendall Cook, Frisco High School, Frisco, Texas
Katie Kroeppler, Horizon High School, Scottsdale, Arizona
Ryan Sabin, Mountain Vista High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Samantha Nicole Schmid, Frances Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Danielle Steele, Eaglecrest High School, Centennial, Colorado
Jack Stewart, Marianas High School, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Jack Walker, Malvern Preparatory School, Newton Square, Pennsylvania
Kaslynn Paige Westerman, Mandan High School, Bismarck, North Dakota
Emma Zander, Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisconsin
Information on two additional winners will be released once students verify eligibility by emailing asne@asne.org. The potential winners were notified of their semi-finalist status via social media accounts.
For more information on the 1 for All campaign, to join its mailing list or to learn more about upcoming programs, visit 1forall.us.