Energetic and engaged students interested in expanding their leadership skills, bringing their vision and shaping GSPA are invited to apply to be part of the GSPA Student Ambassadors program. Applications are due Aug. 31, 2025.
Read MoreFor their strong leadership and the active role they play in the Georgia Scholastic Press Association, seven scholastic media advisers have been chosen to serve on the organization’s 2025 Advisory Council.
Read MoreNearly 330 high school journalists and teachers from around the state learned about the finding their own voices during the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s Spring Awards ceremony March 24, 2025, at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreCiara Whimbush from The Chant at North Cobb High School was recognized as the first place winner in the Behavioral Health Journalism Excellence Competition during GSPA’s Spring Awards March 24.
Read MoreAdviser of the Year recognizes a journalism adviser who goes beyond the “call of duty” in supporting their staff.
Read MoreGSPA honored outstanding individuals and student publications during the Spring Awards ceremony on March 24, 2025.
Read MoreGSPA and its members from across the state celebrated the best in scholastic journalism at the 2025 Spring Workshop and Awards March 24 at the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreWyatt Meyer, editor-in-chief for ODYSSEY Media Group at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia, has been named the 2025 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year by the Georgia Scholastic Press Association. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state.
Read MoreGary Green, the executive director of the Student Press Law Center, will give the 2025 Future of the First Amendment Lecture on Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the JSAC Roscoe Williams Ballroom on Augusta University’s Summerville Campus.
Read MoreThroughout the year, GSPA is proud to feature work from our GSPA Student Ambassadors.
Tisha Kaur is a senior at South Forsyth High School, serving as the Science and Technology Editor for The Bird Feed. Read her featured story about Pragathi Kasani-Akula, a young inventor whose new breast cancer detection method earned recognition from the White House.
Read MoreGSPA Ambassador Peter Atchley has created a resource to help scholastic media publications craft diversity statements.
Read MoreScholastic Journalism Week will take place Feb. 24-28, 2025, with this year’s theme, “Power of the Press.”
Read MoreThe Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference offers high school juniors an all-expense-paid opportunity to gain valuable journalism experience in Washington, D.C. this summer.
Read MoreSouthern Interscholastic Press Association’s 2025 Convention, “Southern Storytelling,” will be held in Columbia, South Carolina, March 7-9. It takes place at the Marriott Columbia and the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Visit https://schopressonline.org/sipa-convention/ for registration and more details.
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.
Read MoreWillie Daniely III, a reporter at WRAL in Raleigh, North Carolina, will give the keynote address at the GSPA Spring Awards on March 24, 2025, at the UGA Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Read MoreGSPA 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 24, 2025.
Read MoreMark your calendars! Registration opens Jan. 15 for the 2025 Summer Media Academy in June. Choose from weeklong programs in Advertising and Public Relations, Broadcast News, Entertainment and Media Studies and Multimedia Journalism.
Read MoreThe 2024-25 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 www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions.
Read MoreA new competition for the 2024-25 academic year is designed to recognize middle school and/or high school journalists in Georgia who excel in reporting on behavioral health issues. The deadline to enter is Feb. 1, 2025.
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