Awards
2024-2025
2024 Fall Media Day, University of Oregon
- Opinion Writing
- Honorable Mention: Lina Corona
- Excellent: Saige Heiden
- Excellent: Macquarie Workman
- Excellent: M Davis
- Excellent: Ethan Chenevert
- News Writing
- Honorable Mention: Garrett Arendt
- Excellent: Hanna Layton
- Excellent: Olivia Wang
- Best in Show: Edie Himmer
- Feature Writing
- Honorable Mention: Isabelle Ludeman
- Excellent: Finley Springer
- Superior: Nicholas Hull
- Superior: Claire Lenarduzzi
- Superior: Lucy Forest
- 2nd Runner Up: Mia Lange
- Event Photography
- 1st Runner Up: Clara Wood
- Video Segment
- Best in Show: Audrey Krake, Nora Bevilacqua, Kiley Snuffer
- News Magazine
- 1st Runner Up
2023-2024
2023 Fall Media Day, University of Oregon
- Opinion Writing
- Honorable Mention: M Davis
- Honorable Mention: Kenny Geidl
- 2nd Runner Up: Emma Little
- 1st Runner Up: Anfury Yadessa
- News Writing
- Excellent: Garrett Arendt
- Superior: Angelina Handris
- 2nd Runner Up: Edie Himmer
- 1st Runner Up: Nicholas Hull
- Feature Writing
- Honorable Mention: Georgia Rozes
- Honorable Mention: Claire Lenarduzzi
- Honorable Mention: Trevor Alligood
- Superior: Olivia Wang
- Superior: Chiara Arendt
- Best in Show: Joseph Murphy
- Event Photography
- Honorable Mention: Clara Wood
- Portrait Photography
- Superior: Autumn Schmidlin
- 1st Runner Up: Abbie Jalili
- Best in Show: Anfury Yadessa
- Video Segment
- Honorable Mention: Preston Weller
- Excellent: Henry Tabor, Vincent King, Jayden Carey, Seth Migliaccio
- 2nd Runner Up: Audrey Krake and Nora Bevilacqua
- Best in Show: Finn Howell and Kaelyn Jones
- Yearbook Large School
- 1st Runner Up
- News Magazine
- 1st Runner Up
- Online Large School
- Best of Show
2023 Fall JEA/NSPA National Convention, Boston
- Yearbook, high school with 1,500+ students, Best of Show
- 9th: The Green and Gold
- Newsmagazine Best of Show
- 4th: The Amplifier
- Coverage Device
- Honorable Mention: Elise Meikle
- Graphic Design Advertising
- Honorable Mention: Audrey Krake
- Yearbook Layout
- Excellent: Chiara Arendt
- Photo Story
- Honorable Mention: Abbie Jalili
- Portrait Photography
- Honorable Mention: Autumn Schmidlin
- Sports Feature Photography
- Superior: Joseph Murphy
2022-2023
2023 OJEA Student Media Olympics
- Editorial Cartoon
- Excellent: Eli Ballesteros
- Illustration
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- Online/Interactive Infographic
- Superior: Rachel Han
- Best in Category: Finn Howell
- Single Ad, Student-produced
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- Superior: Karina Rower
- Best in Category: Amplifier Staff
- News Broadcast Package
- Best in Category: Luke Ewert and Chiara Arendt
- Human Interest Package
- Superior: Lily Frazier
- Superior: Audrey Krake
- Single Issue, Print
- Superior: Amplifier
- Superior: Amplifier
- Best in Category: Amplifier
- News Website
- Excellent: wlhsNOW.com
- Magazine Cover
- Excellent: Amplifier Staff
- Superior: Joseph Murphy and Audrey Lippert
- Best in Category: Audrey Lippert and Lily Gottschling
- Inside Page Design
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- Superior: Evan Tichenor
- Best in Category: Preston Weller
- Double Page Spread/In-depth
- Excellent: Kaelyn Jones
- Excellent: Audrey Lippert
- Superior: Rachel Han
- News Radio/Podcast
- Excellent: Audrey Lippert and Karina Rower
- Best in Category: Audrey Lippert and Karina Rower
- Sports Radio/Podcast
- Excellent: Audrey Lippert and Karina Rower
- In-Depth News Package: Multiple Stories
- Excellent: Audrey Lippert, Karina Rower, Lily Gottschling, Molly Lundstrom, and Joseph Murphy
- Best in Category: Audrey Krake, Autumn Schmidlin, Joseph Murphy, Lily Gottschling, Audrey Lippert, Karina Rower, Helena Erdahl, Kaelyn Jones, and Lily Sewell
- Personality Profile Feature
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- Best in Category: Chiara Arendt
- Sports News
- Best in Category: Lily Sewell
- Sports Feature
- Excellent: Joseph Murphy
- Personal Column
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- Review
- Excellent: Audrey Lippert
- Best in Category: Molly Lundstrom
- Theme Package
- Best in Category: Chiara Arendt and Madi Maguire
- Academic Spread
- Excellent: Kenny Geidl and Henry James
- Sports Spread
- Excellent: Chiara Arendt
- Superior: Madi Maguire, Sienna Melton, Olivia Haines, and Ashley Schrek
- Club/Organization Spread
- Excellent: Evelyn Morlan and Claire Johnson
- Superior: Audrey Krake and Iris Hochstettler
- Best in Category: Chiara Arendt and Olivia Haines
- People Spread
- Best in Category: Sophia Martella, Evelyn Morlan, and Claire Johnson
- Student Life Spread
- Superior: Elise Meikle and Keira Aoymaya
- Non-traditional Coverage Spread
- Excellent: Henry Tabor and Vincent King
- All Coverage Device
- Superior: Chiara Arendt
- Cover Design
- Best in Category: Chiara Arendt
- News Photo
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- Human Interest/Feature Photo
- Excellent: Finn Howell
- Sports Action Photo
- Superior: Joseph Murphy
- Superior: Audrey Lippert
- Best in Category: Autumn Schmidlin
- Sports Reaction Photo
- Superior: Finn Howell
- Best in Category: Joseph Murphy
- Photo Story/Slideshow
- Excellent: Joseph Murphy
- Best in Category: Joseph Murphy
2023 Spring JEA/NSPA National Convention, San Francisco
- Oregon Journalist of the Year
- Audrey Lippert
- Newsmagazine Best of Show
- 5th: The Amplifier
- Feature Writing
- Honorable Mention: Edie Himmer
- News Writing
- Excellent: Audrey Lippert
- News Photography
- Excellent: Finn Howell
2022 Fall JEA/NSPA National Convention, St. Louis
- Literary Arts Magazine Best of Show
- 8th: Kaleidoscope
- Newsmagazine Best of Show
- 5th: The Amplifier
- Editorial Leadership
- 6th: Karina Rower
- Editorial Writing
- Superior: Lily Gottschling
- Literary Magazine (Poetry)
- Excellent: Sienna Reiner
- Yearbook Copy/Captions (Academics)
- Excellent: Chiara Arendt
- Literary Magazine (Photography)
- Honorable Mention: Finn Howell
- Yearbook Copy/Caption (Sports)
- Honorable Mention: Madi Maguire
- Sports Writing
- Honorable Mention: Audrey Lippert
- News Editing/Headline/Current Events
- Honorable Mention: Kaelyn Jones
- Editorial Cartooning
- Honorable Mention: Eli Ballesteros
2022 Fall Media Day, University of Oregon
- Yearbook Large School
- Best of Show
- Literary Magazine
- Best of the West
- News Magazine
- 2nd Runner Up
- Online Large School
- 1st Runner Up
2021-2022
2022 OJEA Student Media Olympics
- News website
- Excellent: wlhsNOW.com staff
- Single issue, print
- Honorable Mention: Winter 2021 Amplifier staff
- News broadcast package
- Best in Category: Max Parisio, Brad Gianella
- Print infographic
- Best in Category: Audrey Lippert
- Inside page design
- Best in Category: Myrtle Guarisco
- Breaking news
- Superior: Kaelyn Jones
- Review
- Best in Category: Lillian Gottschling
2022 Spring JEA/NSPA National Convention, Los Angeles
- Feature Writing
- Honorable Mention: Helena Erdahl
- Commentary Writing
- Excellent: Karina Rower
- News Editing/Headline/Current Events
- Excellent: Lillian Gottschling
- Broadcast Anchor
- Honorable Mention: Kaelin Kehm
- Literary Magazine: Photography
- Excellent: Cooper Jordan
- Newsmagazine, high school with 1,500+ students
- 9th overall, The Amplifier
- Website, high school with 1,500+ students
- 10th overall, wlhsNOW.com
2020-2021
2021 OJEA Student Media Olympics
- News website
- Honorable Mention: wlhsNOW.com staff
- Single issue, print
- Superior: Fall 2020 Amplifier staff
- Excellent: Spring 2021 Amplifier staff
- Magazine cover
- Superior: Lillian Gottschling, Karina Rower
- News broadcast package
- Best in Category: The Breakdown staff
- Review
- Best in Category: Karina Rower
2019-2020
2019 Fall Media Day, University of Oregon
- Broadcast:
- The Breakdown, Best in Show
- Online:
- wlhsNOW.com, 2nd runner up
2020 Student Media Olympics
- News website
- Superior: wlhsNOW.com staff
2018-2019
2018 Fall JEA/NSPA National Convention, Chicago
- Kaleidoscope Arts & Literary Magazine – 8th place Best in Show
- Newspaper Editing
- Excellent: Philip Chan, West Linn High School
- Themed Photo
- Superior: Gigi Schweitzer, West Linn High School
- Broadcast Anchor
- Excellent: Cameron Massey, West Linn High School
- Broadcast Package
- Excellent: Nolan Lampson, West Linn High School
2017-2018
2017 Fall Press Day
- Yearbook:
- 3rd: Green & Gold – West Linn High School
- Newscast:
- 2nd: WLHS Breakdown – West Linn High School
- Website:
- 1st: WLHSnow.com – West Linn High School
- Other
- 2017 Excellence in Media Award
- 3rd: West Linn High School (133 points)
- 2017 Excellence in Media Award
2018 Spring JEA/NSPA National Convention, San Francisco
- Newswriting
- Excellent: Matilda Milner, West Linn High School
- Editorial Writing
- Honorable Mention: Philip Chan, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Layout: Inside Pages
- Honorable Mention: Gracie Cao, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Cover/Endsheets
- Honorable Mention: Emily Martin, West Linn High School
- Graphic Design: Advertising
- Excellent: Karly Durbin, West Linn High School
- Themed Photo
- Superior: Gigi Schweitzer, West Linn High School
2016-2017
2016 Student Media Olympics
- News Feature
- Best of Category: Brooke McKelvey, West Linn High School
- Reviews
- Excellent: Julia Mogen, West Linn High School
- Double Page Layout
- Superior: Jack Draney, West Linn High School
- Superior: Andi Casad, West Linn High School
- Excellent: Jack Draney, West Linn High School
- Honorable Mention: Isabella Cao, West Linn High School
- Ad, set of 3
- Best of Category: Noah Clark, West Linn High School
- Human Interest Package
- Best of Category: Kyle Swartz, West Linn High School
2016 Fall Press Day
- BEST OF SHOW WINNERS
- News Magazine:
- 1st: Amplifier – West Linn High School
- Yearbook:
- 1st: Green & Gold – West Linn High School
- Website:
- 1st: WLHSnow.com – West Linn High School
- News Magazine:
- ON-SITE WINNERS
- Sports Writing:
- 1st: Rameen Ali – West Linn High School
- Sports Writing:
- PHOTO
- News:
- Excellent: Madi Tatyrek – West Linn High School
- Excellent: Madi Tatyrek – West Linn High School
- Sports:
- Honorable Mention: Emily Martin – West Linn High School
- News:
- PODCAST/VIDEO
- Feature:
- Best of Category: Rory Cheevers, Harry Winsper, Hailey Owens – West Linn High School
- Excellent: Andre Best, Ethan Loun, Micah Garrett – West Linn High School
- Honorable Mention: Carson Steinbrenner, Evan Watson, Helene Brehl – West Linn High School
- Human Interest:
- Best of Category: Keaton Straub – West Linn High School
- Excellent: Rory Cheevers, Harry Winsper, Hailey Owens – West Linn High Schoo
- Excellent: Sarah Heiden – West Linn High School
- News:
- Best of Category: Liana Li, Keaton Straub, Sarah Heiden – West Linn High School
- Sports:
- Best of Category: Rory Bialostosky – West Linn High School
- Feature:
NSPA Convention Competition
- Yearbook – Best of Show Award Sixth Place
2015-2016
2016 Spring JEA/NSPA National Convention, Seattle
- Editorial Writing
- Excellent: Philip Chan, West Linn High School
CSPA Critique
- Yearbook – Silver Medalist
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – First Class
2014-2015
2015 Spring JEA/NSPA National Convention, Denver
- Newswriting
- Honorable Mention: Brooke McKelvey, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Copy/Caption: Sports
- Excellent: Rameen Ali, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Copy/Caption: Academics
- Honorable Mention: Kate Walters, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Copy/Caption: Student Life
- Excellent: Isabella Cao, West Linn High School
- On-Air Reporter
- Excellent: Zach Steinberg, West Linn High School
- Broadcast Newswriting
- Excellent: Jake Nielson, West Linn High School
- Videography
- Honorable Mention: Noah Clark, West Linn High School
CSPA Critique
- Yearbook – Silver Medalist
NSPA Convention Competition
- Yearbook – Best of Show Award Ninth Place
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – All American
2013-2014
2014 Spring JEA/NSPA National Convention, San Diego
- Feature Writing
- Excellent: Emily Topping, West Linn High School
- Sports Writing
- Honorable Mention: Isabel Jolley, West Linn High School
- Review Writing
- Honorable Mention: Julia Mogen, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Copy/Caption: Student Life
- Honorable Mention: Jack Draney, West Linn High School
- Yearbook Layout: Inside Pages
- Superior: Micaela Goldschmidt, West Linn High School
CSPA Critique
- Yearbook – Gold Medalist
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – First Class
2012-2013
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – First Class
2011-2012
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – All American
2010-2011
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – All American
2009-2010
NSPA Critique
- Yearbook – All American