{"id":15,"date":"2015-08-22T19:21:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nspa.studentpress.local.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:21:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About ACP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"124\" src=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/site.post_.banners.about_.acp_.061120-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/site.post_.banners.about_.acp_.061120-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/site.post_.banners.about_.acp_.061120-1-300x62.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are we?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Associated Collegiate Press, with more than 570 members, is a national community of collegiate journalists and collegiate-journalism advisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does ACP do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ACP advances journalism and media as a vital cultural force by connecting advisers, students and professionals through national events and competitions and by creating and curating content that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>enhances professional development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>defines global standards and ethical practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>inspires journalism and media students and the public.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>establishes criteria for journalism education that meet the needs of the profession.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>makes powerful tools and resources available and accessible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>celebrates and enhances the value of journalism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Membership benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acp.member365.com\/public\/login\/membership\/3501b2770514dcf03db63b2483704e237eda6154\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join ACP<\/a><\/strong> today to access exclusive <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>membership benefits<\/strong><\/a> and show your support of student media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ACP&#8217;s mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associated Collegiate Press<\/strong> provides journalism education services to students, teachers, media advisers and others throughout the United States and in other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A division of National Scholastic Press Association, founded in 1921, ACP is based and incorporated in Minnesota as a non-profit educational association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSPA has three divisions:<br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Collegiate Press<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Scholastic Press Association<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillandscroll.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quill and Scroll<\/a><br><\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mnpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Minnesota High School Press Association<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ACP division offers memberships for college, university and professional and technical school student media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSPA division offers memberships for high school, junior high and middle school student media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Quill and Scroll division encourages, supports and recognizes individual student initiative and achievement in scholastic journalism through a variety of contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MHSPA division offers memberships to Minnesota high school, junior high and middle school student media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all divisions, memberships are open to all student media at public and private schools at an annual membership fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each division provides journalism education training programs, publishes journalism education materials, provides media critique and recognition programs for members, provides information on developments in journalism and student media and provides a forum for members to communicate with others and share their work. Through these activities, the associations promote the standards and ethics of good journalism as accepted and practiced by print, broadcast and electronic media in the United States. They also endorse and advocate free expression rights for student media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All divisions cooperate with other student media associations and other non-student groups and businesses that share its mission to educate and recognize the work of student journalists, to improve the quality of student media and to foster careers in media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact us<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associated Collegiate Press<\/strong><br>2829 University Ave. SE, Suite 720<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414<br>612-200-9254<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact ACP by email, at <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:info@studentpress.org\" target=\"_blank\">info@studentpress.org,<\/a><\/strong> <br>and connect with ACP on social media:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/acpress\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ACP page<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acpress\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@ACPress<\/strong><\/a>  on Twitter<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/collegiatepress\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@collegiatepress<\/strong><\/a>  on Instagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/2025-Form-W-9.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/2025-Form-W-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>View our W-9 form<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ACP Staff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ACP staff members are here to serve you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laura Widmer,<\/strong> director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gary Lundgren,<\/strong> associate director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lori Keekley,<\/strong> associate director for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/quillandscroll.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quill and Scroll<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karli Keith,<\/strong> convention and membership manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon Erickson,<\/strong> sponsor &amp; exhibitor relations manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marta Hill, <\/strong>communications and data specialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/acp-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Staff contact information &amp; biographies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ACP Board of Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/board\/\">ACP&#8217;s board of directors<\/a><\/strong> has 15 members, and its president and president-elect represent both collegiate and scholastic journalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board, which also governs <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/\">National Scholastic Press Association<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillandscroll.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quill and Scroll<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/studentpressblogs.org\/mhspa\/\">the Minnesota High School Press Association,<\/a><\/strong> includes representation from <a href=\"https:\/\/hsjmc.umn.edu\/\"><strong>the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsorship opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ACP provides exhibitors, sponsors and advertisers with opportunities to serve, support and communicate with its members through <a href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/events\/\"><strong>ACP events,<\/strong><\/a> including conventions and workshops, and virtual outreach, including <a href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/pacemaker-master-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>the Pacemaker Master Class series and Town Hall webinars.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/sponsorship-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\">MORE INFO ON SPONSORSHIPS<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:info@studentpress.org\" target=\"_blank\">CONTACT ACP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are we? 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