City Voice Wins National Innovation Pacemaker

2022 Innovation Pacemakers

The City Voice is honored to have been named as one of the first ever National Scholastic Press Association Innovation Pacemaker Publications! The NSPA Pacemaker, “the association’s preeminent award,” has been presented since the 1920s, and is considered one of the highest honors student journalists in the US can receive. Pacemakers in categories including Newspaper and Broadcast have been presented for decades, but the Innovation Pacemaker was offered for the first time in 2022 to “encourage out-of-the-box thinking and reward student media for the courage to take chances to improve service to their school communities.”

Only four publications were honored at Saturday’s awards ceremony, chosen from among a national pool of eight finalists announced earlier this year. Student leaders of The City Voice were able to attend the National High School Journalism Convention in Los Angeles to compete after receiving a grant from the Michigan Press Association Foundation, which supports community journalism throughout Michigan. The City Voice is honored to represent City High Middle School as an Innovation Pacemaker Publication, and will strive to continue innovating in years to come!

DECLAN

Former Editor in Chief Emeritus at The City Voice | MIPA Student Journalist Staff | NSPA 1st Place Opinion Writing | MIPA 1st Place Review Writing

Former Editor in Chief of The City Voice, finally graduated City High Middle School as part of the Class of 2022.

MAYA OEVERMAN

Editor Emeritus at The City Voice | MIPA Honorable Mention Award Winner

I am a Senior at City and I normally write the weekly book reviews! If I'm not reading, you can usually find me at the barn riding and taking care of the horses.

SPARSH AIYAR

Editor in Chief at The City Voice | 1st Place Video Interview | MIPA 2021-22 Division 1 Digital Media Contest

Hey there! My name is Sparsh Aiyar and I'm the editor in chief of The City Voice. I also make videos on our YouTube channel, so please make sure to check that out! I'm a huge music nerd and I play a lot of guitar so if you also like guitar, feel free to reach out. If you have any questions about the City Voice, please feel free to contact me via gmail, I would be more than happy to help!