Wearing black armbands to signify their participation in #StudentPressFreedom Week, Shield online co-managing editors Francie Wilhelm and Ingrid Smith and adviser Dave Winter share a victory hug moments after National Scholastic Press Association associate director Gary Lundgren announced at lunchtime Friday that the Shield was one of 24 Online Pacemaker Award finalists. The 24 finalists have a chance to win an NSPA Online Pacemaker Award on April 24 during the awards ceremony at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco. Wilhelm said she was proud and happy at the news because it was an indication that the daily hard work of co-editors Eliza Jensen, Smith and Wilhelm was paying off.  “The website is very much a labor of love, and I’d like to think that love is what gave the Shield the edge against some of those other publications,” Wilhelm said. “I honestly think that if we keep doing what we’re doing, then there’s a good chance of us winning a...