After taking into account various considerations, including the K-12 and UGA campus closures and reports of delays at print houses around the country, the GSPA General Excellence and Individual Awards contests for yearbooks and literary magazines will be held in early fall instead of summer this year.
Read MoreDavid Ragsdale, adviser at ODYSSEY Media Group and iliad literary magazine at Clarke Central High School, has been recognized as the 2020 Georgia high school media GSPA Adviser of the Year.
Read MoreWe are grateful for GSPA’s vast network of advisers from across the state. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, we are locking the membership rate at $40 for the 2020-21 academic year. The membership fee for a second adviser from the same school is only $10.
Among benefits, members:
receive the official association's monthly e-newsletter throughout the academic year. The Bulletin includes pertinent information regarding the happenings in the association and more resources for development.
have access to the GSPA listserv and “members only” section of the website, which includes a directory of members, publications and other resources.
have the opportunity to attend the annual events (additional fees apply for student attendees):
Fall Conference (cancelled for 2020)
Spring Workshop & Awards Ceremony
Regional Workshops
Summer Adviser Workshop
Members are able to participate in various contests and throughout the year.
Members are able to participate in critique services during the fall conference and spring contest.
View the GSPA membership information page for more details and benefits.
Additional scholastic press membership opportunities:
Founded in 1923, the Southern Interscholastic Press Association is a nonprofit organization committed to helping students, advisers and administrators at public and private schools across the South create and cultivate unique, high-quality student media programs and rigorous hands-on learning experiences for all student storytellers. If you are interested in joining the SIPA, please visit https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/scholastic_organizations/sipa/membership/index.php.
The Journalism Education Association supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity. If you are interested in a JEA membership, please visit http://jea.org/wp/prices/.
Mark your calendars for the 2020 GSPA Fall Conference, which is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 22, at The Classic Center in downtown Athens! The event will include a general session with a key note speaker followed by several rounds of concurrent sessions covering a wide range of topics relevant to scholastic journalists representing all publication types.
Read MoreThis brief survey will help us better understand the issues that high school journalists are, and are not, allowed to cover in their student media. Please complete the survey by Sept. 21, 2020.
Read MoreThe First Amendment Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law focuses on direct client advocacy in Georgia on issues of free speech, press, assembly and petition.
Read MoreWe are so excited to recognize the great work advisers and scholastic journalists have done in 2019-20. Congratulations to all!
Read MoreGSPA will celebrate the best in scholastic journalism across the state during a virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, April 30, at 4 p.m. The presentation will be in the form of a YouTube video and will be shared on social media and on GSPA’s website.
Read MoreAnnouncing the winners of the 2020 First Amendment Essay contest: Alexandra Audrain, Emma Crane and Sadie Rawlings! Congratulations to these winners in first, second and third place, respectively. Great work!
Read MoreElena Gilbertson Hall, editor-in-chief of ODYSSEY Media Group at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia, has been named the 2020 Georgia Champion Journalist by the Georgia Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state.
Read MoreFind resources and tips to transition scholastic journalism from the classroom to the computer
Read MoreThinking about getting some work done over the summer to better publications and hone skills? Check out these opportunities from GSPA sponsors in May, June and July.
Read MoreDon’t forget: the deadline for GSPA Spring Contests is Friday, March 6, 2020.
Read MoreScholastic Journalism Week continues through this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, to promote work of student journalism across the United States.
Read MoreEach month, GSPA will feature work from Student Advisory Board members working at high school newspapers, news websites, newsmagazines, literary magazines, broadcast channels and yearbooks. Check out this story from Charlotte Spears of Henry W. Grady High School.
Read MoreGSPA will welcome CNN digital programming producer Kendall Trammell to speak at the Spring Workshop and Awards on Monday, April 13, 2020 in Athens, Georgia.
Read MoreThe 2019-20 Spring General Excellence Competition and Individual Awards contest are now open! Submit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites.
Read MoreMark your calendars to celebrate #StudentPressFreedom on Wednesday, Jan. 29! Student Press Freedom Day, a national day of action to highlight student journalism and its independence, commemorates the anniversary of the Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier decision allowing school censorship with educational justification and neutral viewpoints. Check out ways to participate on the Student Press Law Center website.
Read MoreGSPA is partnering with Augusta State University to offer hands-on workshops for high school students and advisers on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Students and teachers involved in all scholastic media types, including yearbooks, are invited to attend. The registration fees are $20 per student and $25 for per adviser, and a T-shirt and lunch is included in the cost. To register, contact David Bulla at AU, dbulla@augusta.edu, by Jan. 31.
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