2025-2026 GSPA Student Ambassadors

The Georgia Scholastic Press Association is seeking energetic, visionary high school journalists to serve on the 2025–26 Student Ambassadors Board. This team will help lead, represent, and promote GSPA across the state. Ambassadors promote GSPA in their schools and communities, serve liaisons who strengthen communication between their high school media programs and GSPA, and act as leaders who bring ideas to GSPA and scholastic media. Learn more about previous GSPA Ambassadors on GSPA’s social media.

To apply:

  • Submit a 200–400 word cover letter explaining your interest, vision for the role, and ideas to improve GSPA. Upload this directly in the application form or email it to gspa@uga.edu.

  • Complete the application by 11:59 p.m., August 31, 2025

  • You can find the application form here.

Eligibility & Details:

  • Open to Georgia high school juniors or seniors involved in a current GSPA-member publication

  • GSPA Ambassadors ideally will include regional reps (North, Central, South) and represent a variety of publication types (newspaper, newsmagazine, news website, yearbook, literary magazine and/or broadcast)

  • Term runs through May 2026

  • Duties include: assisting with events, helping with social media, promoting GSPA

  • Past Ambassadors may reapply—limited spots available

2024-2025 GSPA Student Ambassadors

We’re incredibly grateful for our 2024–25 Student Ambassadors for their creativity, leadership, and dedication throughout the year. Their teamwork and initiative have made a lasting impact, and we’re proud to have had them represent GSPA.

View the list of 2024–25 Student Ambassadors below.

top row From left to Right: Lucia RodRiguez, tisha kAUr, alex taylor

Middle row from left to right: Peter atchley, Sophia bombard, camilla o’connell, amelia jenkins

Bottom Row From left to right: Addison hill, sudarshan prasanna, zelda lerner

  • Peter Atchley, Clarke Central High School, The ODYSSEY Media Group

  • Sophia Bombard, East Forsyth High School, Ortu Solis Yearbook

  • Addison Hill, North Cobb High School, The Chant News Website

  • Amelia Jenkins, Marietta High School, The Pitchfork Newspaper

  • Tisha Kaur, South Forsyth High School, The Bird Feed News Website

  • Zelda Lerner, Midtown High School, The Southerner Newspaper and The Orator Yearbook

  • Camilla O’Connell: McIntosh High School, The Legend Yearbook and The Trail News Site

  • Sudarshan Prasanna, Lambert High School, The Lambert Post

  • Lucia Rodriguez, Druid Hills High School, The Spotlight Newspaper

  • Alex Taylor, Union Grove High School, Wolverscenes Yearbook

2023-24 GSPA Ambassadors

We are very proud of our ambassadors who helped us during the 2023-24 academic school year! Each of them contributed in a special way. Whether it was coming up with the general theme of the Fall Conference, capturing video and photos of our events, running GSPA’s social media for the day or even speaking at the Spring Workshop and Awards, they have continued to wow us with their ingenuity and hard-working nature.