Marc Ginsberg, adviser of BluePrints and WJAG-TV at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, Georgia, has been selected as GSPA’s 2023 Adviser of the Year. The award recognizes a journalism teacher who goes beyond the “call of duty” in supporting his or her staff.
Read MoreGSPA and its members from across the state celebrated the best in scholastic journalism at the 2023 Spring Workshop and Awards March 27 at the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Watch the video presentation!
Read MoreDisha Kumar, co-editor-in-chief for The Messenger newsmagazine at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Georgia, has been named the 2023 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state. Melanie Frick, co-editor-in-chief for Cedar Shoals High School’s BluePrints Magazine, was the runner-up in the competition.
Read MoreThe Journalism Education Association will host its Advisers Institute July 10-13, 2023 in Washington, D.C. For more details and to register, visit http://jea.org/wp/home/news-events/advisers-institute/.
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the 2023 First Amendment Essay contest. These students will be recognized during the Spring Workshop and Awards on March 27, and they’ll receive monetary prizes along with their publications.
Read MoreGSPA invites advisers and student staff members from all publication and production types who are interested in presenting at the Spring Workshop Monday, March 27 to submit their ideas for consideration.
Read MoreThroughout the year, GSPA is proud to feature work from our GSPA Student Ambassadors.
Wesley Harrison is a Marietta High School senior, serving as a member of The Pitchfork news website and Blue Devil News broadcast station. Watch one of his broadcast pieces below about The West Side Elementary Career Fair.
Read MoreThe Journalism Education Association (JEA) is hosting Scholastic Journalism Week 2023, Feb. 20 - 24. The week is entirely online and will provide educational lessons daily.
Read MoreRegistration for the Spring Workshop and Awards is now available at this link: 2023 Spring Workshop and Awards through 3 p.m. March 20. Attendance is free for advisers who have paid membership fees and $30 per student or other guest. The fee includes a mini conference followed by a catered banquet-style meal.
Read MoreSydney Shadrix will deliver the keynote address to high school journalists and teachers at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s Spring Workshop and Awards on March 27, 2023, at the University of Georgia Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreThe JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention is a semiannual gathering of high school journalists and advisers sponsored by the Journalism Education Association and its partner, the National Scholastic Press Association. The Spring convention will be held April 20-22 in San Francisco.
Read MoreGSPA Achievement 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. The deadline for entries is Feb. 15, 2023. There are no entry fees for Achievement Awards.
Read MoreThe 2022-23 Spring General Excellence Competition and Individual Awards contest are now open! Submit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites. Additionally, Achievement Awards are open to all publication types. For details and entry forms, go to https://www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions. The deadline for all entries is Feb. 15, 2023. Please note this is a firm deadline because the Spring Workshop and Awards is Monday, March 27.
Read MoreThis past summer, the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) hosted the New Voices Student Leaders Institute, a free online course for students to advance their leadership and organizing abilities. Read interviews with the two Georgia representatives.
Read MoreGSPA is now accepting entries for the 2023 First Amendment Essay Competition. As an essential part of our democracy, the press, and education, the First Amendment remains a crucial area of study and review. The contest is free to enter, and it makes for a great end-of-the-semester class assignment. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2023.
Read MoreEach year, GSPA recognizes the top student journalist in the state with the Georgia Champion Journalist Award. The winner receives a cash prize and represents the state in the Journalism Education Association's National Journalist of the Year competition. The deadline for both the Champion Journalist and Junior Champion Journalist Awards is Jan. 22, 2023.
Read MorePlan your trip to Columbia with this guidebook that includes FAQs, on-site competition information and basic convention facts. Bobby Hawthorne will be the convention keynote speaker.
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the Literary Magazine and Yearbook contests! Entries were published in the 2021-22 academic year.
Read MoreThe Tennessee High School Press Association, T.H.S.P.A, is holding a Fall Workshop on November 11th in celebration of its 75th anniversary. The workshop will be held in Chattanooga the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Read MoreGeorgia Humanities has a project titled, Know Your News, which provides middle and high school students with the opportunity to become better journalists by teaching them how to comprehend the press and its function in our democracy. Know Your News also provides helpful tips on topics such as media literacy, which is what we’ll be looking at today.
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