Upcoming NSPA Events
JEA/NSPA Spring National
High School Journalism Convention
April 12-15, 2012
Sheraton Seattle/Washington State Convention Center
Convention news feed
Pre-order convention T-shirts from WJEA
Saturday night student party at the EMP — order tickets from WJEA
New at NSPA
2011 Brasler Prize winners: Bryan Hess and Sarah Schaeffer
Bryan Hess and Sarah Schaeffer of the Penn Points newspaper, Penn Manor High School, Millersville, Pa., were chosen as winners of NSPA’s $1,000 Brasler Prize for 2011. Hess and Schaeffer’s story, “Life has a different meaning for juveniles tried as adults,” was selected by Wayne Brasler, for whom the contest is named, from the five [...]
Two new additions to NSPA board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Aug. 24, 2011 Contact: Logan Aimone, executive director, (612) 625-7359 MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 9, 2011) — The Board of Directors of the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) announces two new members whose terms begin Oct. 1. They are Peter Bobkowski of the University of Kansas and Seth C. Lewis of the University [...]
NSPA Awards Week Day 3: Newspaper and Broadcast Pacemaker
NSPA is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2011 Newspaper Pacemaker and Broadcast Pacemaker contests. The Newspaper Pacemaker contest is co-sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation. The contest yielded a total of 325 entries and categories included: Newspapers eight or fewer pages, Newspapers 9-16 pages, Newspapers 17+ pages, Newsmagazines and Jr. High/Middle [...]
NSPA Awards Week Day 2: Story, Broadcast Story and Design of the Year
NSPA congratulates the finalists in three more categories of the 2011 Individual Awards. New for 2011: For the first time, NSPA is honoring up to 10 entries in each of the Individual Awards. The top five entries in each category will be announced as finalists now, be announced as first through fifth place winners later [...]
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- NSPA Membership & Critique
PDF | Join or renew online - NSPA Website Critique Form
- NSPA Journalism Honor Roll
- NSPA Wikoff Scholarship
- JEA/NSPA Seattle - Spring 2012
- JEA/NSPA San Antonio - Fall 2012
2011-12 Calendar
Nov. 17-20, 2011
JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention - Minneapolis
Dec. 2, 2011
2010-11 Publication Critiques - Entry Deadline
Jan. 17, 2012
NSPA Yearbook / Magazine / Online Pacemaker Awards - Entry Deadline
Feb. 29, 2012
NSPA Journalism Honor Roll / Wikoff Scholarship - Entry Deadline
April 12-15, 2012
JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention - Seattle
June 15, 2012
NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker / Broadcast Pacemaker / Individual Awards - Entry Deadline
July 16, 2012
NSPA Best of the High School Press - Submission Deadline
July 2012
NSPA Summer Journalism Workshops - University of Minnesota
Aug. 1, 2012
NSPA/SPLC Courage in Student Journalism Award - Entry Deadline
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