Submit to the 2024 Yearbook and Literary Magazine contests
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GSPA is now accepting General Excellence and Individual Award contest entries for yearbooks and literary magazines published in the 2023-24 academic year.
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Carolina Journalism Institute returns→
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The Carolina Journalism Institute at the University of South Carolina returns for a four-day program for high school students to participate in Multimedia Storytelling, Multimedia Sports Storytelling or a Yearbook Intensive. It will be held June 16-20.
Read More2024 Achievement Award Winners Celebrated
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GSPA honored several Achievement Award winners during the Spring Award ceremony on March 25, 2024. They included recognitions for Start-up, Enterprising and Adviser of the Year.
Read MoreJournalism offers important life experiences, says SPLC director Gary Green
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High school journalists and teachers from around the state learned how "journalism is the best way to experience the world” during the GSPA Spring Awards ceremony on March 25, 2024, at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreMarietta High School's Andrea Lyons named GSPA's 2024 Adviser of the Year
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Andrea Lyons, adviser for The Pitchfork and Persephone in Marietta, Georgia, has been selected as GSPA’s 2024 Adviser of the Year. The award recognizes a journalism teacher who goes beyond the “call of duty” in supporting his or her staff.
Read More2024 Spring Contest Winners Announced
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Recipients of awards administered throughout the year were recognized, and the Spring General Excellence and Individual Awards results in Broadcasts, Newspapers, Newsmagazines and News Websites were announced.
Read More2024 First Amendment Essay winners named
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 First Amendment Essay contest! They are Ruby Calkin, First Place, Cedar Shoals High School; Delia McElhannon, Second Place, Cedar Shoals High School; and Amber Ryan, Third Place, Marietta High School. They each will receive monetary prizes along with their publications. They’ll also be recognized at GSPA’s Spring Awards.
Read MoreClarke Central High School's Harwell is the 2024 Georgia Journalist of the Year
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Molly Harwell, editor-in-chief for ODYSSEY Media Group at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia, has been named the 2024 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state. Wesley Harrison, digital editor-in-chief for The Pitchfork and an executive producer for the Blue Devil News at Marietta High School, is the runner-up in the competition.
Read MoreAchievement Award nominations extended through Feb. 29
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The GSPA Achievement Awards recognize "behind-the-scenes" work of staffs or individuals. All publication types are eligible! Please submit an entry form for each entry. There is no fee to enter Achievement Award categories. The deadline for entries has been extended through Feb. 29, 2024. Submit Achievement Award Entry form here.
Read MoreRegional scholastic journalism conference planned at USC in March→
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Registration is open for the 2024 Southern Interscholastic Press Association’s Convention March 1-3 at the Marriott Columbia and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. The convention will mark SIPA’s 100th year.
Among presenters will be anchorman Steve Crocker from First at 9 and WBRC FOX6 News at 10 at WBRC FOX6 News in Birmingham, Alabama.
Read MoreInterested in presenting at the Spring Workshop?
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GSPA invites advisers and student staff members from all publication and production types who are interested in presenting at the Spring Workshop on March 25 to submit their ideas for consideration by Feb. 24.
Read MoreCommendation for JEA's 100th
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The celebration of JEA's 100th anniversary has garnered recognition, including a commendation from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
Read MoreCanceled: Summer Advisers Workshop
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Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism and the Georgia Scholastic Press Association will host a High School Journalism Advisers Workshop June 6-7 at the Center for Collaborative Journalism on Mercer's Macon campus. The workshop itself will be free to attend and will include sessions on topics such as introduction to audio, introduction to photo and video, writing and editing, and crafting story ideas.
Read MoreSummer Media Academy registration is now available
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Spend a week at the University of Georgia immersed in one of the following subject areas: Advertising and Public Relations, June 10-14; Broadcast Journalism, June 10-14; Multimedia Journalism, June 17-21; and Entertainment and Media Studies, June 17-21. Registration is now available on the UGA Summer Academy’s website. Participants are accepted on a rolling basis. There is a max of 20 participants for each camp week.
Read MoreSPLC’s Executive Director Gary Green to give keynote at GSPA awards
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Gary Green, Student Press Law Center executive director, will deliver the keynote address to high school journalists and teachers at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s Spring Workshop and Awards Monday, March 25, 2024, at the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreSPLC to celebrate sixth annual Student Press Freedom Day
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Student newsrooms across the country will celebrate the sixth annual Student Press Freedom Day on Feb. 22, 2024. To spread awareness about the day, the SPLC encourages students to post on their personal and publication social media accounts using #StudentPressFreedom.
Read MoreRegister now for the 2024 Spring Workshop and Awards
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GSPA and its members from across the state will celebrate the best in scholastic journalism at the 2024 Spring Workshop and Awards. The event will be held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education on Monday, March 25.
Read MoreTime to submit entries for spring contests
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The 2023-24 Spring General Excellence Competition and Individual Awards contest are now open! Submit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites. For details and entry forms, go to www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions. The deadline for all entries is Feb. 15. Please note this is a firm deadline because the Spring Workshop and Awards is Monday, March 25.
Read MoreWhat do you think about this First Amendment topic?
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GSPA is now accepting entries for the 2024 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 could be a great end-of-the-semester class activity! Deadline: Jan. 31, 2024.
Read MoreEnter the GA Journalist of the Year contests
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Each year, GSPA recognizes the top senior and junior student journalists in the state with the Georgia Champion and Junior Journalist of the Year Awards. The winners and runners-up receive cash prizes, and the overall senior winner represents the state in the Journalism Education Association's National Journalist of the Year competition. Deadline: Jan. 21, 2024.
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