LINCOLN – The Nebraska State Education Association received 10 first place awards and another four honorable mention awards at the 68th annual meeting of the State Education Editors, held this past week in Atlanta.
Among top honors earned by the NSEA was Best Magazine, for the 2012-13 issue of The Voice; Best Website, for nsea.org; Best News Story; Best Feature Story; and Best Editorial.
A story on the emerging use of video cameras by school districts to monitor classrooms earned the Best Feature honors, as well as an award for Best Editorial Design.
The Best News Story honor came for an April 2012 report in The Voice on the overwhelming support among Omaha Education Association members to hold a bargaining certification vote.
NSEA Executive Director Craig R. Christiansen authored a December 2012 column entitled Measuring Up, and received the Best Editorial award as a result.
A photo series showing NSEA President Nancy Fulton and NEA Director Jenni Absalon reading to students during Read Across America received the Best Photo honors.
NSEA also swept honors in the Social Media categories, taking home first place in the Best Use of Social Media, for on-going efforts; and winning the Best Targeted Social Media Campaign for an Early Voter Campaign conducted in September and October 2012.
A win also came in the Best Design for Marketing Materials category for a Student Education Association of Nebraska ‘Learn with Friends’ campaign.
NSEA President Nancy Fulton earned an Honorable Mention in the Best Editorial category for her column entitled Why Mom Never Voted. Honorable Mentions also came in the Best Design for Marketing Materials category; Best Editorial Design category; and the Best Special Publication category.
Founded in 1947, the State Education Editors is composed of editors, webmasters, graphic artists and other communications specialists from all National Education Association state affiliates.