Mark 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.
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.
Read MoreFrom sports photography and newsroom dynamics to ethical storytelling and more, GSPA’s Fall Conference on Oct. 24, 2024, offered a variety of presentations for student journalists and advisers from across Georgia hoping to acquire valuable information that could improve their publications.
Read MoreThe Georgia Scholastic Press Association is delighted to present the yearbook and literary magazine virtual awards on Friday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.
Read MoreStudents showcased their experiences at the Fall Conference on Oct. 24, 2024, through the On-the-Spot Social Media Contest.
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the First Edition Competition from the 2024 Fall Conference.
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the 2024 Fall Conference On-site Photography Contest.
Read MoreIf you are interested in an on-site critique with a media professional, please sign up advance. On-site critiques are offered to broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers, news websites and yearbooks. Critiques are 20 minutes per publication. No more than four students can participate and an adviser or school chaperone must be present.
Read MoreTen members serve in the 2024-25 class of GSPA Student Ambassadors.
Read MoreGet your cameras ready! GSPA will offer an on-the-spot photography contest during the Fall Conference on Oct. 24.
Read MoreCalling all social media enthusiasts! Students from all publication types will have the chance to compete in our on-the-spot social media contest during the Fall Conference on Oct. 24.
Read MoreFall Conference attendees representing newspapers, news magazines or news websites are invited to submit their best work from the beginning of this academic year for consideration in the First Edition Competition.
Read MoreStudents are invited to check off the Fall Conference checklist during the event for a chance to win a special prize.
Read MoreThe top GSPA award winners from last year’s contests are showcased in the latest edition of the Winners Circle, available for download here.
Read MoreTwo high school students recently co-authored a commentary advocating for greater First Amendment protections for scholastic journalists in Georgia. The piece by Sudarshan Prasanna, a senior editor of The Lakeview Post at Lakeview High School, and Ciara Whimbush, editor-in-chief of The Chant at North Cobb High School, was published earlier this month in the Georgia Recorder, an independent non-profit news organization.
Read MoreReserve your spot at the Fall Conference Thursday, Oct. 24 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 MoreTeachers and student staff members from all publication and production types who are interested in presenting at the 2024 Fall Conference are invited to submit their ideas for consideration. The event will take place Thursday, Oct. 24 at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center.
Read MoreNearly 70 middle and high school students from around the country explored Grady College majors firsthand during the Summer Media Academy in June.
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