2023 JEA/Loyola Tom Bell Silver Scribe Award Winners

News Writing

• First Place – Saint Paul’s School
  • Shawn Cooney – St Paul’s Marching Wolves March in Seven Mardi Gras Parades Spanning 40+ Miles
• Runner Up – Saint Paul’s School
  • Banks Neitzschman – St Paul’s School President, Brother Ray Bulliard, F.S.C., Diagnosed with Cancer

Sports Writing

• First Place – Riverside Academy
  • Kallie Bourgeois – History on the Fly – Riverside Academy Senior Qualifies for All 8 State Swim Events – Again
• Runner Up – Jesuit High School
  • Patrick Dowd – Earned It – Wrestling Season Recap

Feature Writing

• First Place – Riverside Academy
  • Mason Meyer – Making It Work – Riverside Academy Students Get to Work After School
• Runner Up – Saint Paul’s School
  • Banks Neitzschman – The Case Against the MCU

Headline Writing

• First Place – Riverside Academy
  • Staff – Byrd Soars to Hall of Fame – Former Riverside Academy Coach to be inducted into LHSCA Hall of Fame
• Runner Up – Riverside Academy
  • Cajuns Fit the Bill –  Running Back Elijah “Bill” Davis signs with ULL

Editorial Writing

• First Place – Riverside Academy
  • Jessie Weiler – First Person: Prom Problems
• Runner Up – Saint Paul’s School
  • Shawn Cooney – Forever in our Hearts: William Cooper Hall

Broadcast Feature Story

• First Place – Saint Paul’s School
  • Leighton Hewitt and Dylan Underwood – CORE – Pack Mentor Program
• Runner Up – Riverdale High School
  • Vaping Dangers – Marcus Davis and Eyan Cochran

Broadcast News Story

• First Place – Riverdale High School
  • WRHS Staff – JPPSS Special Olympics Basketball
• Runner Up – Zachary High School
  • Mikalen Washington and Camree Houston – Globe Trot with Mikaleen and Camree

Entertainment Video

• First Place – Riverdale High School
  • WRHS Staff – Sabotage
• Runner Up – Saint Paul’s School
  • Clayton Cockfield and Leighton Hewitt – Part of the Game

Entertainment Podcast

• First Place – Riverside Academy
  • Hosts: Lee Meyers and Noah Trepangnier – Ramblin’ Rebels – Podcast #12
• Runner Up – Saint Paul’s School
  • Hosts: Clayton Cockfield, Leighton and Cole Cartier – Pocketwolf Podcast

News Podcast

• First Place – Jesuit High School
  • Jesuit High School Student Communications Staff – Ten Minute Break

Yearbook Graphics

• First Place – Academy of our Lady
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – Fleur De Lis “Our Story”
• Runner Up – Zachary High School
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – “All That …. And More”

Yearbook Photography

• First Place – Academy of the Sacred Heart
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – Sacre Coeur – Souvenons Nous “Open Gates Open Hearts”
• Runner Up – Ben Franklin High School
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – The Falcon Rumble – “School Chant”

Yearbook Cover Design

• First Place – Ben Franklin High School
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – The Falcon Rumble – “School Chant”
• Runner Up – Academy of the Sacred Heart
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – Sacre Coeur – Souvenons Nous “Open Gates Open Hearts”

Yearbook of the Year

• First Place – Academy of our Lady
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – Fleur De Lis “Our Story”
• Runner Up – Ben Franklin High School
  • 2021-22 Yearbook Staff – The Falcon Rumble – “School Chant”

Publication Website

• First Place – Riverside Academy
  • “The Rebel Express” – Kallie Bourgeois (editor), Noah Trepagnier, Jessie Weiler, Lee Meyers, Mason Meyer, Alainah Felton, Zoie Gray
• Runner Up – Saint Paul’s School
  • “The Paper Wolf” – Nicholas Beaumont, Samuel Gold, Mason Schwall, Christian Cowley, Ethan Stenger, Shawn Cooney, Samuel Drez, August Walter, Banks Neitzschman, Noah Montz, Talon Boudreaux

Monthly Broadcast News Show

• First Place – Jesuit High Schools
  • A Valor’s Cry: Wrestling
• Runner Up – Jesuit High School
  • A Valor’s Cry: Cross Country – Nolan Clark

Daily/Weekly Broadcast News Show

• First Place – Zachary High School
  • April 28, 2023 WZHS-TV – Mikalen Washington, Kaylee Roth, Kelvin Ridgley, Zora Bountain-Birks, Camree Houston, Isaiah McGhee, Jayden Bessix
• Runner Up – Academy of the Sacred Heart
  • ASH NewsFlash

Live – Non-Sporting Event

• First Place – Riverdale High School
  • 2022 Ring Day Ceremony – WRHS Staff