More than 100 awards were given at the 80th annual GSPA Awards Ceremony on
Friday, May 2, recognizing outstanding scholastic journalism in broadcasting,
newspaper, literary magazine and yearbook.
Celebrate another school year of scholastic journalism at the 2008 GSPA Awards
Ceremony. The event will be held at Friday, May 2 at noon in Macon, Ga. Enjoy
lunch with fellow high school journalists from around the state, listen to words
of wisdom from noted columnist Charles Richardson of The Macon Telegraph,
and see who picks up awards at the annual ceremony. The deadline for
registration is Friday, April 18. Click here for a registration form.
2007-08 GSPA Critique Service and General Excellence Competition
Deadlines for entry into the 2007-08 GSPA Competitions is March 7, 2008.
Please click on the appropriate form for the contest you are entering.
GSPA membership for the year 2007-08 is required to enter any GSPA critique
service or competition. Not sure if your staff is member? Click here.
If your staff is not a member and would like to join,
please fill out a completed membership form and
send membership dues and $20 late fee with entries. Questions? Please call the
GSPA office at 706-542-5022 or e-mail jodennis@uga.edu.
GSPA Achievement Awards
GSPA is spotlighting achievement in several often unheralded areas with the
GSPA Achievement Awards: Adviser of the Year, Administrator of the Year,
Community Service, First-Year Adviser, Freedom of the Press, Perserverance,
Start-Up, and Turnaround.
New for 2008 is the "Freedom of the Press" Award, recognizing the producer(s)
of work that demonstrated solid reporting and/or insight, but was censored
from student publication.
Deadline for consideration of all GSPA Achievement Awards is March 28, 2008.
Click here for more information.
The Georgia Champion Journalist
The Georgia Champion Journalist is awarded each year to a senior student who
has demonstrated a wide array of journalistic skills and experience, achieved
success inside and outside the classroom, and plans to pursue a journalism
career in college. The state winner earns a $100 prize from GSPA, and moves on
to the national competition sponsored by the Journalism Education Association
where they will be considered among Champion Journalists from all 50 states
for more than $10,000 in cash prizes. Application deadline is Feb. 15. For more
information, click here.
Free Journalism Teacher Training
The Reynolds Institute is an intensive two-week newspaper journalism training
program for high school teachers. Instruction is based on the core tenets of
journalism and the skills needed to produce a top-notch scholastic publication,
on paper or online.
The Institute enables and energizes a corps of teachers to:
-Help students start a campus newspaper.
-Dramatically improving the quality of an existing newspaper.
-Enhance their teaching in areas that include journalism, English, social studies
and civics.
The Institute pays for air transportation, lodging, meals, cost of instruction, and
graduate or continuing education credit hours (at the discretion of the
university) for participants.
Leadership Unplugged: A CNN Experience is a 21st Century Leaders summer
program for a diverse group of 100 high school juniors and seniors that
focuses on media, current events, and expanding worldviews, with the help of
the worldwide leader in news, CNN.
The 2008 session will take place from June 22 - June 27, on the Georgia
Institute of Technology campus. Students currently enrolled as high school
sophomores and juniors are eligible. The application deadline is January
31, 2008.
Entries are now being accepted for the second annual First Amendment Essay
Contest, sponsored by the Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies and
the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Cash prizes totaling
$450 will be awarded to the top essays, and the contest is open to students who
are members of any GSPA member staff. The deadline is Dec. 14.
GSPA membership is required to participate in all GSPA events and critiques. Join
before the Oct. 31 early membership deadline and save $20. Click here for the
membership form.
GSPA Conference
The 2007 GSPA Convention will be held Thursday-Friday, Oct. 11-12 at the
University of Georgia. Broadcast, literary magazine, newspaper/newsmagazine
and yearbook sessions will be offered.
The 2007 GSPA Awards Ceremony will be held Friday, April 27 at the Tate
Center on the campus of The University of Georgia. The official ceremony begins
at noon, but several events are planned for the morning. Cost is $12 per person.
Pre-registration is required by April 6 and space is limited to 450 participants.
Click here for registration forms. Click here for more information.
2006-07 GSPA Yearbook and Literary Magazine Critique
The deadline for the GSPA yearbook (round one) and literary magazine (round two) General Excellence Critique is June 29, 2007. THIS IS THE FINAL DEADLINE
FOR LITERARY MAGAZINE ENTRIES. Yearbooks can also be submitted by the
round two Sept. 28 deadline. Click here for more information.
Please note: GSPA membership is required to enter all GSPA critique services.
Not sure if your staff is a member? Click to view the membership directory. If your staff is not a member and would like to join, please fill out a
completed membership form
and send membership dues and $20 late
fee with entries.
Questions? Please call the GSPA office at 706-542-5022 or e-mail
jodennis@uga.edu.
Prior Review Study
For his master's thesis, GSPA Director Joe
Dennis conducted a national study of the perceptions, practices and effects of
prior review in the high school newspaper. Click here to read the entire thesis.
2006-07 GSPA Critique Service and General Excellence Contest Information
Deadlines for entry into the 2006-07 GSPA Competitions is March 1, 2006.
Please click on the appropriate form for the contest you are entering.
GSPA membership for the year 2006-07 is required to enter any GSPA critique
service or competition. Not sure if your staff is member? Click here. If your staff
is not a member and would like to join, please fill out a completed membership
form and send membership dues and $20 late fee with entries. Questions?
Please call the GSPA office at 706-542-5022 or e-mail jodennis@uga.edu.
GSPA Achievement Awards
For the second year, GSPA is spotlighting achievement in several often
unheralded areas with the GSPA Achievement Awards: Adviser of the Year,
Administrator of the Year, Community Service, First-Year Adviser,
Perserverance, Start-Up, and Turnaround. Deadline for consideration of all GSPA
Achievement Awards is March 15, 2007. Click here for more information.
The Georgia Champion Journalist
The Georgia Champion Journalist is awarded each year to a senior student who
has demonstrated a wide array of journalistic skills and experience, achieved
success inside and outside the classroom, and plans to pursue a journalism
career in college. The state winner earns a $100 prize from GSPA, and moves on
to the national competition sponsored by the Journalism Education Association
where they will be considered among Champion Journalists from all 50 states
for more than $10,000 in cash prizes. Application deadline is Feb. 15. For more
information, click here.
1st Amendment Essay Contest
Entries are now being accepted for the second annual First
Amendment Essay Contest, sponsored by the Cox Institute for
Newspaper Management Studies and the Grady College of
Journalism and Mass Communication. Cash prizes totaling $450 will
be awarded to the top essays, and the contest is open to students
who are members of any GSPA member staff. The deadline is Nov.
30. For more information, click here.
Georgetown University is sponsoring a Georgia High School Writing Contest
open to high school juniors in the state of Georgia. Participants must choose
one-to-three world issues to address in a three-to-five page essay. First place
prize is a $1,000 scholarship. The deadline to apply is Nov. 27, 2006. Click here
for more information.
2006 GSPA Fall Workshops
Get your staff into the real world of journalism with our 2006 regional
workshops. Each day-long workshop is held in a different part of the state with
the goal of giving your staff the tools they need for the rest of the school year.
Especially recommended for newspaper and yearbook staffs.
Regional workshops are currently scheduled for Valdosta (Aug. 26), Decatur
(Sept. 9), Athens (Sept. 21), Fayetteville (Oct. 14) and Columbus (Nov. 4). Click here for a registration form.
GSPA 2006-07 Membership Application
Join GSPA for the 2006-07 school year by Oct. 31, 2006 to
avoid late registration fees. Only publications/productions that are members are eligible for GSPA competitions, held in Spring 2007. Click here to download 2006-07 Membership Application.
2005-06 GSPA Yearbook and Literary Magazine Critique
The deadline for the GSPA yearbook (round one) and literary magazine (round
two) General Excellence Critique is June 1, 2006. THIS IS THE FINAL DEADLINE
FOR LITERARY MAGAZINE ENTRIES. Yearbooks can also be submitted by the
round two Sept. 29 deadline. Click here for the entry
application.
Please note: GSPA membership is required to enter all GSPA critique services.
Not sure if your staff is a member? Click here to view membership directory. If your staff is not a member and would like to join, please fill out a completed
membership form and send membership dues and $20 late fee with entries. Questions? Please call the GSPA office at 706-542
-5022 or e-mail jodennis@uga.edu.
2006 GSPA Awards
Winners
More than 400 high school students and advisers attended the 2006 GSPA
Awards Ceremony April 21 at The University of Georgia. Roughly 150 awards
were given out to the more than 1,300 entries in GSPA's individual and staff
competitions. Click here to view the winners as presented at the GSPA Awards
Ceremony.
2006 GSPA Awards
Ceremony
The 2006 GSPA Awards Ceremony will be held April 21 at the Tate Center on
the campus of The University of Georgia. The official ceremony begins at noon,
but several events are planned for the morning. Cost is $12 per person. Pre-
registration is required by April 5 and space is limited. Click here for
registration forms.
Apply to be a
GSPA Student Officer
GSPA Student officers for the 2005-06 school year will be chosen at the Spring
Awards Ceremony. Officers represent GSPA students in the planning of
organization events and contribute columns to the GSPA publication, "The
Bulletin." Click here for more information and an application form."
GSPA
Achievement Awards
GSPA is introducing seven new achievement awards in 2006: Adviser of the
Year, Administrator of the Year, Community Service, First-Year Adviser, Perserverance, Start-Up, and Turnaround. Deadline for consideration of all GSPA Achievement Awards is
March 22, 2006. Click on the GSPA Achievement Award Entry Form for
more information.
2005-06 GSPA General Excellence Contest Information
Deadlines for entry into the 2005-06 GSPA Competitions is March
1, 2006. Please click on the appropriate form for the contest you are
entering.
Please note, GSPA membership for the year 2005-06 is required to
enter any GSPA competition. Not sure if your staff is member? Click
here. If your staff is not a member and
would like to join, please fill out a completed membership form and send membership dues and $20 late fee
with entries. Questions? Please call the GSPA office at 706-542-5022 or e-mail jodennis@uga.edu.
The Georgia Champion Journalist
The Georgia Champion Journalist is awarded each year to a senior
student who has demonstrated a wide array of journalistic skills and
experience, achieved success inside and outside the classroom, and
plans to pursue a journalism career in college. The state winner
earns a $100 prize from GSPA, and moves on to the national
competition sponsored by the Journalism Education Association
where they will be considered among Champion Journalists from all
50 states for more than $10,000 in cash prizes. Application deadline
is Feb. 15. For more information, click here.
2nd Annual Thrashers Journalism Night
Spend a day with professional journalists and an evening watching
action on the ice at the second annual Atlanta Thrashers Journalism
Night. Pre-game activities for March 10 include a behind-the-scenes
tour of Philips Arena followed by a meeting with professional
journalists. At night watch the Atlanta Thrashers take on the Ottawa
Senators. Click here for more information and an application form.
1st Amendment Essay Contest
Entries are now being accepted for the second annual First
Amendment Essay Contest, sponsored by the Cox Institute for
Newspaper Management Studies and the Grady College of
Journalism and Mass Communication. Cash prizes totaling $450 will
be awarded to the top essays, and the contest is open to students
who are members of any GSPA member staff. The deadline is Nov.
30. For more information, click here.
Philips Arena presents "The Art of Entertainment," a unique
opportunity for high school students interested in entertainment
journalism to cover a world-famous event at Atlanta's premier
entertainment facility. Selected students will gain press credentials
for the event and will be able to cover an aspect of one of five events
from Champions on Ice to the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey
Circus. The application deadline is Nov. 15. For a flier of the
program, click here. For more information, call Mary
Williams at 404-878-3279.
The Winner's Circle 2005
GSPA's top entries in 2005 have been published in the new edition
of "The Winner's Circle." Click here to view the book or e-mail Joe
Dennis at jodennis@uga.edu about ordering a copy of the book.
Press Pass Program
For the second consecutive year, GSPA is teaming up with Atlanta
Spirit LLC to present the Press Pass Program. All student newspaper
and broadcast journalists are eligible to apply to take part in the
program, which allows students to report on an aspect of an Atlanta
Hawks or Atlanta Thrashers game. Chosen participants will be
included in all media activities of the day, including press row seats,
pregame meals and postgame press conferences, and have their
work published. Application deadline is Nov. 7.
For a copy of the Press Pass Flyer, please click here to download.
GSPA "Real World" Workshops
Get your staff into the real world of journalism with our
2005 traveling workshops. Each day-long workshop is held in a
different part of the state with the goal of giving your
staff the tools they need for the rest of the school year.
Click here for a registration form.
GSPA 2005-06 Membership Application
Join GSPA for the 2005-06 school year by Oct. 31, 2005 to
avoid late registration fees. Membership is required to
participate in the fall GSPA workshops and the spring
competition. All publications who join by Oct. 31 will
receive a copy of The Winner's Circle, a publication
featuring all the first place entries in the 2004 GSPA
General Excellence competition. Click here to download 2005-06 Membership Application.
More than 450 high school students and advisors attended
the 2005 GSPA Spring Awards Ceremony April 29 at the
University of Georgia. There were some 120 winners out of the
more than 1,000 entries in 40 different contests. Click here
to view the winners as presented at the Spring Awards
Ceremony. Click here to view 2005 GSPA Awards Winners.
Apply to be a 2005-06 GSPA Student Officer
GSPA Student officers for the 2005-06 school year will be chosen at the Spring Awards Ceremony. Officers represent GSPA students in the planning of organization events and contribute columns to the GSPA publication, "The Bulletin." Click here for more information and an application form.
Got News? Tell us about it!
Do you have news about your publication/staff/adviser to share? Send an e-mail to gspa@uga.edu so we can spread the word.
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