Reserve your spot at the 2025 GSPA Fall Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center. The event will feature several rounds of concurrent sessions covering a variety of topics of importance to scholastic journalists and advisers.

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The cost is $15 per student. Membership dues cover adviser registration fees. Registration will close Oct. 17, or when the the event reaches capacity. Only advisers should fill out this registration form. 

Please note that a current 2025-2026 GSPA membership is required to attend the conference. Renew your membership or join GSPA. 

Conference extras such as on-the-spot contests will also be offered, along with on-the-spot publication critiques with professionals.

NOTE: If paying by check, you must request an invoice first. Please do not mail checks directly to the College, as our payment processes have changed.  Online payments may be made here.

Access is provided for people with disabilities. Please contact gspa@uga.edu or 706-542-5022 for specific requests.

Lodging

A room block, starting at $134 plus taxes and fees per room, is available at the Holiday Inn Express, 513 W. Broad St. Athens, Georgia 30601. Breakfast and Wifi are included in the rate. Parking fees are additional. Reserve a room.

Parking

Parking for cars and small vans (must fit into a standard space and be able to enter the parking deck with a clearance of 7 feet) is available at the Tate Center Parking Deck (or one of the other paid decks) at the daily rate. The surface lot at Tate is no longer available for anyone for any reason (no vans or minibuses), per UGA Parking Services.

Buses must drop participants off and pick them up at the Tate Student Center. Parking Services is no longer allowing school buses or charter buses to park anywhere on campus. Bus drivers are responsible for locating their own parking off campus. Some grocery stores or big box stores may allow this. Exceptions may be granted for teachers who are driving buses or minibuses.

Minors on Campus

The University of Georgia has implemented a Minors on Campus Policy for youth events. The University expects advisers and chaperones to provide supervision of youth on university property throughout the event. Chaperones should not leave youth unsupervised and should be able to account for them at all times. They must retain care, custody and control of their student groups.

Fall Conference 2024: Broadening Perspectives

View the program here. Conference theme concept by GSPA Ambassadors Alex Taylor, Union Grove High School, and Camilla O'Connell, McIntosh High School "As journalists, we must strive to get the whole story rather than just a single perspective. Seeing the world from other people’s vantage points may just be the solution to some of our problems,” said Taylor. art by GSPA Graduate Assistant Anna Parel

More than 800 students and teachers from 41 schools across the state attended GSPA’s Fall Conference on Oct. 24 at the University of Georgia.

The conference featured dozens of sessions covering a wide range of topics, such as student press freedoms, media literacy, behavioral and mental health coverage and many more. Read a recap written by Alex Taylor, GSPA Student Ambassador from Union Grove High School, watch a highlight video, view the photo gallery and check out social/photo booth photos.

Stay tuned for the announcement of next year’s conference date!

We look forward to our next in-person event—the Spring Workshop and Awards—on Monday, March 24, 2025. The day will include sessions from 9 a.m. to noon, which will be followed by a catered luncheon with a keynote speaker and awards. Details will be posted in January at www.ugagspa.org/workshop-awards.

Fall 2023: “Momentum”

Oct. 24, 2023 The conference theme of “Momentum” was suggested by Wes Harrison, a senior GSPA Ambassador from Marietta High School. “As journalists, we’re constantly moving: toward the next story, toward new mediums, toward new horizons. For all this, we need ‘momentum’ to keep us moving forward,” he noted.

Fall 2022: “Multifaceted”

Sept. 20, 2022 The theme of “Multifaceted” was suggested by GSPA Ambassador Disha Kumar of Northview High School.

Winter 2022: “Back Together”

Feb. 10, 2022 The theme was “Back Together,” a celebration of returning to in-person programming. The idea was suggested by GSPA Ambassador Anna Rachwalski of Midtown High School.