Completed entries for both the Georgia Champion Journalist and the Junior Champion Journalist contests are due Feb. 5 by 11:59 p.m. There is no fee to enter. For a list of requirements and how to enter, please visit www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions.
Read MoreVirtual lesson idea: Encourage your staff to enter the First Amendment Essay competition. The contest is open to students of all publication types (GSPA members) through Jan. 31. There is no entry fee, and the top winners and their publications score monetary awards.
Read MoreThe University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and Journalistic Learning Initiative will host free workshop sessions for high school journalism publications in the spring.
Read MoreWinners from the fall General Excellence and Individual Awards contests were recently celebrated. Congratulations to all!
Read MoreThis month, we feature work from Cedar Shoals High School’s Stephany Gaona-Perez. This piece, which originally appeared in BluePrints magazine, marks the second in a series that won the Student Press Law Center’s Courage in Student Journalism Award for 2020.
Read MoreAs the Georgia Scholastic Press Association and member schools wrap up what has been a hectic year, a virtual celebration video will honor the hard work of yearbook and literary magazine contest winners. The celebration, slated for Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. , will feature General Excellence competition rankings and individual contest winners.
Read MoreThe top GSPA award winners from the 2019-20 school year are showcased in the latest edition of The Winners’ Circle. It is available for download here.
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. This month, we feature work from Marietta High School’s Alexandra Audrain.
Read MoreJEA/NSPA shifts to a virtual format for this year’s National High School Journalism Conference. The event is slated for Nov. 19-21.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has posed many challenges for students, teachers and scholastic publications. How have you adapted to the changes? Share your experiences with GSPA via social media!
Read MoreGSPA welcomes five juniors and seniors to serve as student representatives of scholastic publications.
Read MoreThis year’s Latino Youth Leadership Conference will be held virtually on Oct. 29 and 31. The event is open to middle and high school students, parents, teachers, school staff and mentors.
Read MoreThe University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic will offer a free media law clinic open to students and advisers on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020.
Read MoreHigh school juniors and seniors are invited to apply to serve as a GSPA Student Advisory Board member. Application deadline: Sept. 20
Read MoreJEAdigitalmeia.org is a helpful resource for advisers and scholastic journalists that offers a variety of educational materials. Check out this recent article that discusses ways to help teachers organize their virtual classrooms using Bitmoji, Google Slides and Powerpoint Templates, and HyperDoc.
Read MoreWith considerations of safety and different school schedules and formats, the GSPA Fall Conference originally planned for late September has been cancelled.
Read MoreGSPA is now accepting General Excellence and individual contest entries for yearbooks and literary magazines published in the 2019-20 academic year. The deadline to enter is Sept. 30, 2020.
Read MoreJoin the Scholastic Journalism Division of AEJMC, the international association of college and university journalism educators, for a FREE virtual workshop on current issues in high school journalism.
The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT (1 - 6 p.m. EST) on Wednesday, Aug. 5. All sessions take place on Zoom – a link will be emailed to you shortly before the start of the event.
Read MorePresented by the UGA School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic, this 30-minute pre-recorded webinar explores some of the legal protections available to journalists in Georgia.
Read MoreThe UGA First Amendment Clinic has distributed a tip sheet developed for journalists covering protests in light of recent and continuing events around the country.
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