CSPA is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs.
Use the Fall Conference as a training session for your staff to springboard ideas for academic year.
Attend sessions (over 80 offered) that will:
Improve your reporting and writing skills;
Give you ideas for better design;
Motivate your staff to work as a team;
Transition your content to web;
Help you become creative in your coverage and content.
Advisers are welcome to attend sessions with students; in addition, some sessions will be organized for advisers only.
View confirmed sessions on the program so far, click here. More sessions added daily.
Register now to take advantage of early bird discounts!
Sessions will cover all aspects of student publishing. Advisers are welcome to attend sessions with students; in addition, some sessions will be organized for advisers only.
Registration and other information, including travel directions, are available here.
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced the results for
its 2009 Crown Awards program for scholastic (middle, junior and senior
high school) and collegiate publications at Columbia University in New
York City.
This year 1,795 magazines, newspapers, yearbooks and online publications of the current CSPA members were eligible to enter the Crown Awards. Judging for printed publications took place at Columbia University from December 13-15, 2008 by the Board of Crown Judges. Publications were judged on writing/editing, design, content, concept, photography, art and graphics. Online news media were judged at Columbia in February 2009.
Nine magazines, 20 newspapers, four online newspapers, and 13 yearbooks received Gold Crown Awards while 62 other publications received the second highest CSPA award, known as the Silver Crown. Gold Crowns have been presented annually since 1982, and Silver Crowns have been given since 1984.
Edmund J. Sullivan announced the winners while C. Bruce Watterson presented plaques to those winners attending the event. Sullivan is executive director of professional prizes at the Graduate School of Journalism and executive director of the CSPA. Watterson, educator and consultant, (Rome, GA) is chair of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association’s (CSPAA) Committee on Judging Standards and Practices. Remaining awards will be mailed to winners beginning March 30th.
For the listing of Scholastic Crown winners, click here. For the listing of Collegiate Crown winners, click here.
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