March 2007 | Idea development |
April 6, 2007 | Robin Kim founds WSPN |
April 27, 2007 | WSPN launches a promotional webpage |
May 1, 2007 | Site first opens to the public |
May 3, 2007 | Howard Owens and other media specialists blog about WSPN |
September 10, 2007 | Wayland Student Press created for news, WSPN.TV for online broadcasting |
April 19, 2008 | Wayland Student Press wins the Online Pacemaker Award |
May 2, 2008 | WaylandENews begins to link to WSPN content |
June 20, 2008 | WSPN creates WSP Gallery for photography |
Summer, 2008 | Total site redesign |
September 2008 | WSPN brings a new journalism course to Wayland High School |
October 10, 2008 | First weekly e-mail newsletter sent out to WSPN subscribers |
November 5, 2008 | WSPN combines its divisions’ separate websites into one |
January 3, 2009 | WSPN creates WSPN Blogs for student blogging |
February 4, 2009 | WSPN puts 52″ display in the Commons for public viewing and computer kiosk for interaction |
March 20, 2009 | Wayland Student Press wins the Gold Crown Award |
April 18, 2009 | WSPN picks up the Pacemaker once again |
May 5, 2009 | WSPN wins the Webby People’s Voice Award |
May 5, 2009 | NECN (Comcast 6 | FiOS 115) reports on WSPN – 9:30pm Cover Story |
Summer 2009 | Site re-designed by new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Dave Ryan and Melanie Wang |
January 2010 | WSPN publishes its first advertisement |
March 19, 2010 | CSPA Gold Crown awarded to WSPN |
April 17, 2010 | WSPN receives Pacemaker Award and 1st place in the Best in Show competition |
May 2010 | WSPN is designated Webby Official Honoree in Student and School/University categories. |
December 2010 | 1,000th story published on WSPN |
March 2011 | WSPN wins the CSPA Gold Crown Award |
April 2011 | WSPN wins the NSPA Pacemaker Award and places second in the Best of Show competition. |
Summer 2011 | Site re-designed by new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Evan Barber and Matthew Gutschenritter |
March 2012 | WSPN wins the CSPA Gold Crown Award |
April 2012 | WSPN places first in the NSPA Best of Show competition |
May 2012 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Jake Adelman and Kruti Vora |
March 2013 | WSPN wins the CSPA Gold Crown Award |
May 2013 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Alex Erdekian, Martin Narciso and Lizzy Worstell |
April 2014 | WSPN wins the NSPA Pacemaker Award |
May 2014 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Whitney Halperin and Mia Senechal |
May 2015 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Angela Park and Elena Erdekian |
May 2016 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Meg Trogolo and Nandita Subbiah |
May 2017 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Janani Gandhi, Isabel Gitten and Duncan Stephenson |
November 2017 | WSPN is re-designed by graphic designer Peter Moore and webmaster Andrew Mitty. |
March 2018 | WSPN wins the CSPA Silver Crown Award |
April 2018 | WSPN wins the NSPA Pacemaker Award |
April 2018 | Nathan Zhao Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference Massachusetts Representative |
May 2018 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Hannah Rice and Nathan Zhao |
2018-2019 | Sno Site Distinguished Site |
March 2019 | WSPN wins the CSPA Silver Crown Award |
March 2019 | WSPN wins the Suffolk University High School Journalism Contest |
April 2019 | National Scholastic Press Association Spring Convention Best of Show: 4th Place |
April 2019 | Nathan Zhao Massachusetts Journalist of the Year |
April 2019 | Suffolk University Journalism & Media Award |
April 2019 | Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown Award |
May 2019 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Charles Moore and Kevin Wang |
April 2020 | National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Award Winner |
April 2020 | National Scholastic Press Association Convention Best of Show: 1st Place |
April 2020 | New England Scholastic Press Association All New England Award |
May 2020 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Ellie Tyska and Meredith Prince |
April 2021 | National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Award Winner |
April 2021 | Columbia Scholastic Press Association gold Crown Winner |
May 2021 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Garret Spooner and Taylor Kaplan |
April 2022 | National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Award Winner |
April 2022 | Columbia Scholastic Press Association gold Crown Winner |
May 2022 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Genevieve Morrison and Emily Roberge |
May 2023 | WSPN turns over to the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Talia Macchi and Nadya Chase |