2021 Virtual Summer Camp

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2021 Virtual Summer Camp

For 2021, we’ve partnered with the University of Georgia Summer Academy program to offer virtual weeklong camps in three subject areas: Advertising and Public Relations, Entertainment and Media Studies, and Journalism. Instructors will lead engaging activities in an online environment and participants will hear from guest speakers. They’ll also work on specialized projects over the course of each week. See more details at https://www.ugagspa.org/camp. Limited need-based financial aid is available.

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Donnelly selected as 2021 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year

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Donnelly selected as 2021 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year

Owen Donnelly, co-editor-in-chief and writing coach for ODYSSEY Media Group at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia, has been named the 2021 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year by the Georgia Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state.

Natalie Ripps, co-editor-in-chief of Clarke Central’s iliad literary art magazine, was the runner-up in the competition.

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Scholastic media press freedom survey→

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Scholastic media press freedom survey

GSPA is partnering with the First Amendment Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law to learn more about your experiences as high school journalists and advisers to high school media publications. Our goal is to better understand the issues that high school journalists are, and are not, allowed to cover in their student media. Participate in the brief survey here.

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#StudentPressFreedomDay is Feb. 26→

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#StudentPressFreedomDay is Feb. 26

The Student Press Law Center invites scholastic media staffs to celebrate #StudentPressFreedom on Friday, Feb. 26. The theme this year is Journalism Against the Odds “in acknowledgment of the phenomenal news coverage student journalists produced despite being faced with these incredible challenges.” Check out different ways to take action at studentpressfreedom.org/take-action.

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College journalists produce hourlong news special about UGA desegregation→

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College journalists produce hourlong news special about UGA desegregation

Students from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication discuss the desegregation of the University of Georgia by Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes in 1961, and look at its impact today. This documentary features rare archival news coverage from the WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection and UGA Public Affairs, University of Georgia Libraries, as well as current interviews with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Mary Frances Early and Hamilton Holmes, Jr., among others.

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Nominate for Achievement Awards→

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Nominate for Achievement Awards

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. This contest is open to all publication types. Fill out the 2021 GSPA Achievement Awards Entry Form. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m on March 5, 2021.

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