Announcing the winners of the 2021 First Amendment Essay contest: Naisha Roy, TyKerius Monford and Anna Schmidt! Congratulations to these winners in first, second and third place, respectively. Great work!
Read MoreOwen Donnelly, co-editor-in-chief and writing coach for ODYSSEY Media Group at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia, has been named the 2021 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year by the Georgia Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state.
Natalie Ripps, co-editor-in-chief of Clarke Central’s iliad literary art magazine, was the runner-up in the competition.
Read MoreGSPA is partnering with the First Amendment Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law to learn more about your experiences as high school journalists and advisers to high school media publications. Our goal is to better understand the issues that high school journalists are, and are not, allowed to cover in their student media. Participate in the brief survey here.
Read MoreThe Student Press Law Center invites scholastic media staffs to celebrate #StudentPressFreedom on Friday, Feb. 26. The theme this year is Journalism Against the Odds “in acknowledgment of the phenomenal news coverage student journalists produced despite being faced with these incredible challenges.” Check out different ways to take action at studentpressfreedom.org/take-action.
Read MoreStudents from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication discuss the desegregation of the University of Georgia by Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes in 1961, and look at its impact today. This documentary features rare archival news coverage from the WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection and UGA Public Affairs, University of Georgia Libraries, as well as current interviews with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Mary Frances Early and Hamilton Holmes, Jr., among others.
Read MoreRecent work by the Student Press Law Center reveals potential challenges for student journalists covering the COVID-19 pandemic, including censorship.
Read MoreAchievement Awards recognize "behind-the-scenes" work of staffs or individuals. Nominations are currently being accepted for the following awards: Administrator of the Year, Adviser of the Year, Community Service, Enterprising, First-year Adviser, Freedom of the Press, Perseverance, Start-up and Turnaround. This contest is open to all publication types. Fill out the 2021 GSPA Achievement Awards Entry Form. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m on March 5, 2021.
Read MoreStudent newsrooms across the country will celebrate Student Press Freedom Day on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. To help students craft op-ed pieces to publish on that day, the SPLC is offering a free training on Feb. 4.
Read MoreThere are a number of statewide, regional and national opportunities for learning and networking this semester.
Read MoreSubmit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites. Additionally, Achievement Awards are open to all publication types.
Read MoreCompleted 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!
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