Achievement Award Winners celebrated
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Announcing the 2021 Administrator of the Year, Community Service Award and the Freedom of the Press Award winner.
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2021 Spring Awards Ceremony
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The Spring Awards recognizes Broadcasts, Newspapers, Newsmagazines and News Websites. General Excellence and Individual Award contest winners are announced. Recipients of awards administered throughout the year are also honored, including the Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year and Junior Champion Journalist of the Year, First Amendment Essay finalists and Achievement Award winners. Congratulations to all of the winners and honorees!
Read MoreNew Voices: Freedom of the Press for High School Journalists
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The First Amendment Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law will host a virtual presentation about student press freedoms on Tuesday, April 27 at 4 p.m. via Zoom.
Read MoreStudent Advisory Board Spotlight: Photojournalism by Jennifer Xia
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Northview High School’s Jennifer Xia serves as editor-in-chief of The Messenger newsmagazine. In addition to directing her staff, Xia acts as a photojournalist. Check out some of her recent work:
Read MoreShare how you've innovated this year
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GSPA is curating a series of mini lessons focused on the theme of innovation in lieu of a traditional spring workshop. We invite members to submit videos (10 minutes or LESS), Powerpoint/Keynote/Google Slide presentations, Insta Stories or other types of content that teach about a best practice.
Please sign up here and plan to email the content to gspa@uga.edu by April 26.
Read More2021 Virtual Summer Camp
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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.
Read MoreUPDATE: GSPA to celebrate the best in scholastic journalism April 21
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GSPA will celebrate the best in scholastic journalism across the state during a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 4 p.m. The presentation will be in the form of a YouTube video and will be shared on social media and on GSPA’s website.
Read MoreCongratulations, 2021 GSPA First Amendment Essay Winners!
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Announcing the winners of the 2021 First Amendment Essay contest: Naisha Roy, TyKerius Monford and Anna Schmidt! Congratulations to these winners in first, second and third place, respectively. Great work!
Read MoreDonnelly selected as 2021 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year
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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.
Read MoreScholastic media press freedom survey→
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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.
Read More#StudentPressFreedomDay is Feb. 26→
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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.
Read MoreCollege journalists produce hourlong news special about UGA desegregation→
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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.
Read MoreWhat student journalists should know: COVID-19 yearbook reporting
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Recent work by the Student Press Law Center reveals potential challenges for student journalists covering the COVID-19 pandemic, including censorship.
Read MoreNominate for Achievement Awards→
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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.
Read MoreSPLC to celebrate Student Press Freedom Day this February
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Student newsrooms across the country will celebrate Student Press Freedom Day on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. To help students craft op-ed pieces to publish on that day, the SPLC is offering a free training on Feb. 4.
Read MoreSpring scholastic media conventions and other learning opportunities
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There are a number of statewide, regional and national opportunities for learning and networking this semester.
Read More2021 Spring Contests now open
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Submit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites. Additionally, Achievement Awards are open to all publication types.
Read MoreGeorgia Champion & Jr. Champion Contests: Deadline Feb. 5, 2021
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Completed entries for both the Georgia Champion Journalist and the Junior Champion Journalist contests are due Feb. 5 by 11:59 p.m. There is no fee to enter. For a list of requirements and how to enter, please visit www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions.
Read MoreEnter the 2021 First Amendment Essay Competition
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Virtual lesson idea: Encourage your staff to enter the First Amendment Essay competition. The contest is open to students of all publication types (GSPA members) through Jan. 31. There is no entry fee, and the top winners and their publications score monetary awards.
Read MoreFree mentoring series hosted by Oregon to launch in January
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The University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and Journalistic Learning Initiative will host free workshop sessions for high school journalism publications in the spring.
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