Wyatt 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.
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Gary 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.
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Throughout 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.
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GSPA Ambassador Peter Atchley has created a resource to help scholastic media publications craft diversity statements.
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Scholastic Journalism Week will take place Feb. 24-28, 2025, with this year’s theme, “Power of the Press.”
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The 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.
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Southern 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.
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The 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.
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Willie 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.
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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 24, 2025.
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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.
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The 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.
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A 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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Each 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.
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From 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.
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The Georgia Scholastic Press Association is delighted to present the yearbook and literary magazine virtual awards on Friday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.
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Students showcased their experiences at the Fall Conference on Oct. 24, 2024, through the On-the-Spot Social Media Contest.
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Congratulations to the winners of the First Edition Competition from the 2024 Fall Conference.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Fall Conference On-site Photography Contest.
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If 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.
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