The Columbia Scholastic Press Association recognized Southerner and Nexus adviser Delbert Ellerton as a Special Recognition Adviser in the National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year awards. Awards will be presented on March 19, 2020 at the Columbia University Library in New York City. The National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Awards program is managed by the CSPA and co-sponsored by Dow Jones News Fund, with additional support from the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and The Wall Street Journal.