Welcome Anna Parel to the GSPA staff! Anna is a first-year graduate student at the University of Georgia, obtaining a master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with an emphasis in Advertising. She recently achieved her bachelor’s degree from The University of Mississippi in Integrated Marketing Communications.
Read MoreGSPA invites advisers and student staff members from all publication and production types who are interested in presenting at the 2023 Fall Conference Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center to submit their ideas for consideration by Sept. 15, 2023.
Read MoreFour different one-week camps were offered: broadcast journalism, entertainment and media studies, multimedia journalism, and public relations and advertising. More than 60 students from 12 states across the country including California, Colorado and Texas attended.
Read MoreThe top GSPA award winners from the 2022-23 school year are showcased in the latest edition of The Winners’ Circle, available for download here. This document has been updated as of May 26, 2023, to include some individual category winners from the 2022 Yearbook contest.
Read MoreApplications for the Student Press Law Center’s 2023 New Voices Student Leaders Institute are now open! The Institute will run from July 11-20. Participation in the Institute is free, but students will commit to serve as student leaders in the New Voices movement during the 2023-2024 advocacy year.
Read MoreMark your calendars for the next Fall Conference Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center. The event will feature several rounds of concurrent sessions covering a variety of topics of importance to scholastic journalists and advisers.
Read MoreGSPA is now accepting General Excellence and Individual Award contest entries for yearbooks and literary magazines published in the 2022-23 academic year.
There are three special Individual Award categories this year: Health, Environmental and Social Justice Reporting.
Read MoreEnergetic and engaged students interested in expanding their leadership skills, bringing a new vision and shaping GSPA are invited to apply to be part of the GSPA Student Ambassadors program. Applications are due Aug. 31, 2023.
Read MoreNow is the best time to renew your membership for the 2023-24 academic year in order to take advantage of the discounted early bird rate of $40 through Aug. 31. The membership fee for a second adviser from the same school is only $10. Register here.
Read MoreDo you feel passionate about telling true stories that make the news? Are you interested in careers in the film, television, radio, online, mobile and other new media industries? Or, do you want to learn how to become a creative problem solve, writer, decision-maker and persuasive communicator? Gain hands-on experience in these areas during the Summer Media Academy in June at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Read MoreTwo-hundred-fifty high school journalists and teachers from around the state learned how “guidance, grit and good advice” can propel them forward in their education and careers during the GSPA Spring Awards ceremony on March 27, 2023, at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreGSPA honored several Achievement Award winners during the Spring Award ceremony on March 27, 2023. They included recognitions for Turnaround, First-Year Adviser, Enterprising and Adviser of the Year.
Read MoreMarc 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.
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