'Stoga's Spoont Named National Student Journalist of the Year

Conestoga High School senior Jenna Spoont has been named the 2013 National Student Journalist of the Year by the Journalism Education Association, according a press release from Tredyffrin-Easttown School District.

The announcement was made Saturday at the organization's national spring conference in San Francisco, according to the release: 

Spoont’s portfolio was judged at the JEA/NSPA (National Scholastic Press Association) spring conference from among 35 other states’ entries.  Spoont will receive the $3,000 Sister Rita Jeanne Scholarship (named for former, long-time JEA treasurer) for her accomplishment.

Spoont is managing editor of The Spoke, Conestoga’s student newspaper, which also received a JEA award for its online presence earlier this year, and a member of the school's Morning Announcements.  

She plans to attend the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University’s Honors Program, according to TESD.

Spoont's recognition upholds a tradition of journalistic excellence in the district. In 2009, Conestoga student Henry Rome won the Journalist of the Year award.

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