Iowa City High School and Iowa City West High School have both been chosen as 2013 Pacemaker finalists.

City High’s Little Hawk newspaper won a Pacemaker last year, and has won 12 Pacemakers in total. The publication is in the NSPA Hall of Fame.

West High’s West Side Story publication has five students nominated for the Multimedia Feature Story of the Year award, and the Feature Story of the Year award. The students are the only ones in the state of Iowa to be nominated in these categories. West Side Story’s newspaper was nominated for a Pacemaker last year. The publication won a Pacemaker in 2011 for their online website and newspaper.

— by Lauren Coffey