2024 Spring Workshop and Awards
GSPA and its members from across the state will celebrate the best in scholastic journalism at the Spring Workshop and Awards. The event will be held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education on Monday, March 25, 2024. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. A workshop will lead the event, 9-11:45 a.m., followed by a banquet-style awards luncheon at noon, catered by the Georgia Center. Professional dress is suggested.
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Gary Green, Student Press Law Center executive director, will deliver the keynote address to high school journalists and teachers during GSPA’s Spring Workshop and Awards Monday, March 25 at the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
“I am pleased to join GSPA for its spring awards presentation and honored to speak to the student journalists who will be recognized for their outstanding work,” Green said. “Student journalists are the lifeblood of the information ecosystem and providing their communities on campus and beyond with critical stories only they can tell.”
Green took on the role at the SPLC in April 2023. Read more about his background here.
We will recognize recipients of awards administered throughout the year, including the Summer Yearbook and Literary Magazine contest winners, Georgia Champion and Junior Champion Journalists, First Amendment Essay finalists, Achievement Award winners and Spring Broadcast, Newspaper, Newsmagazine and News Website contest winners. We hope you’ll join us for this special day honoring all of your hard work! The 2024 program will be available closer to the event date. View the 2023 program here to get an idea of what to expect.
Registration information
Registration for the Spring Awards is available through March 12, 2024. Please note: there will be a maximum of 250 attendees, and registration will end once that number is reached. Attendance is free for advisers who have paid membership fees and $35 per student or other guest. The fee includes a mini conference followed by a banquet-style meal. A final head count is needed by the caterer. Therefore, changes after March 12 will not be allowed and no refunds will be given after this date. https://www.ugagspa.org/refund-policy
Lodging
A room block, starting at $129, is available at the UGA Hotel for March 24 and/or March 25. Book by Feb. 26 and mention GSPA. https://www.hotel.uga.edu/contact
Travel
Car and small van parking is available at the South Campus Parking Deck at the daily rate. If traveling by school bus, please email gspa@uga.edu in advance to let us know. Buses will drop participants off and pick them up at the UGA Georgia Center. Note: Buses may park at the UGA Jack Turner Softball Stadium, 2330 S Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA.
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