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Nixa High School journalism programs receive national award

NIXA, Mo. — Journalism students at Nixa High School received a prestigious award for their multi-media news coverage during the 2024-25 school year.

Nixa journalism students were honored with a George H. Gallup Award from the Quill & Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists, according to Nixa Schools. The award is given to programs that are ranked by a judge as “superior” in five categories: General Practices, Coverage, Writing and Editing, Visuals and Digital.

Nixa High School won primarily for its student-led Wingspan magazine. Nixa’s news coverage also includes the NixaJournalism.netEagleAir TV, the Nixa Eagle yearbook, and students in Nixa High School’s Introduction to Journalism classes.

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Drew Tasset, ozarksfirst.com)

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