The Paly Voice
Encyclopedia
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto Senior High School, known locally as "Paly," was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest high schools in the region. Located in Palo Alto, California, United States, Paly is nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is adjacent to Stanford University. Paly is known for its academically...
Web Journalism class.
At the Voice, staff members present their own reporting, writing, and photography along with work from the school's magazine, newspaper and broadcast journalism programs. The site also serves as a searchable archive of the content of these publications.
As of Aug. 7, 2008, the Voice staff has written 1728 stories as well as posted 2991 Campanile articles, 747 Verde stories, 410 In Focus broadcasts, 7510 images, and 5055 pieces of feedback from readers. Altogether, they have received a total of 7461759 hits.
During June, 2008 the site had 57464 unique visitors from over 80 countries, according to traffic-tracking software. Overseas visitors primarily consisted of people from Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
The Voice has also been referred by 6,500 external pages. The primary referrer is paly.net, the school's official website, which has been featuring the Voice spotlight boxes on its front page since 2003. In 2007, many professional on-line journalism Web sites, including the one belonging to National Public Radio, referred to the Voice for the only readily available image of Mary Tillman, mother of American football player and US Army Ranger Pat Tillman
Pat Tillman
Corporal Patrick Daniel "Pat" Tillman Jr. was an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks. He joined the Army Rangers and served several tours in combat before he died in the...
, on the Internet.
Awards
Overall Staff Awards, 2007-2008Online Pacemaker
The Paly Voice was one of many scholastic journalism Web sites nationwide to be awarded with the Online Pacemaker award. The Pacemaker, given for overall staff achievement, is the NSPA’s most prestigious all-staff award.
Overall Staff Awards, 2006-2007
Online Pacemaker
The Paly Voice was one of many scholastic journalism Web sites nationwide to be awarded with the Online Pacemaker award. The Pacemaker, given for overall staff achievement, is the NSPA’s most prestigious all-staff award.
Overall Staff Awards, 2005-2006
Online Pacemaker
The Paly Voice was one of six scholastic journalism Web sites nationwide to be awarded with the Online Pacemaker award. The Pacemaker, given for overall staff achievement, is the NSPA’s most prestigious all-staff award.
Overall Staff Awards, 2004-2005
Webby
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
The Paly Voice received a Webby Award in the "Student" category of the 9th Annual Webby Awards. Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the award honors excellence in content, web design, functionality and creativity.
Webby - People's Voice
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
The Paly Voice received the greatest number of popular votes among five nominees in the "Student" category of the 9th Annual Webby Awards.
Online Pacemaker
The Paly Voice was one of three scholastic journalism Web sites among 42 nationwide to be awarded with the Online Pacemaker award. The Pacemaker, given for overall staff achievement, is the NSPA’s most prestigious all-staff award.
Overall Staff Awards, 2003-2004
Online Pacemaker
The Paly Voice was one of three scholastic journalism Web sites nationwide to be awarded with the Online Pacemaker award – and the only one to incorporate broadcast journalism along with print publications. The Pacemaker, given for overall staff achievement, is the NSPA’s most prestigious all-staff award.
Overall Staff Awards, 2002-2003
Online Pacemaker - finalist.
The Paly Voice was one of six scholastic journalism Web sites nationwide to achieve finalist status – and the only one to incorporate broadcast journalism along with print publications. The Pacemaker, given for overall staff achievement, is the NSPA’s most prestigious all-staff award.