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Alert: Newspaper and Yearbook Contests

amulshine — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:45:25 +0000

Deadline for entries – July 1. It’s time to reap rewards for this year’s hard work. Your staff members have written, designed and photographed some great content this year. The Summer Newspaper and Yearbook contests allow them to compete for awards in many categories. Simply follow the directions on forms available under the Contests tab [...]

Columbia Gold Key awarded Friday

amulshine — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:52:50 +0000

Three members of the GSSPA Board are now Columbia Gold Key recipients following Friday’s awards ceremony at Columbia University. Andi Mulshine of Communications High School in central New Jersey received the Gold Key Friday and was joined by past recipients John Tagliareni and Bonnie Blackman. Gold Key honorees each receive a gold key at Columbia [...]

Kilgore and Stevens scholarships – deadline Feb. 15

tmchale — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:02:15 +0000

Attention high school journalists – the deadline for the Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship and the Bob Stevens Memorial Scholarship is February 15. This year’s scholarship forms are now posted on our Scholarships Page. Begin making plans and building your portfolio now. You can get all of the information you need to compete for these two [...]

Spring Advisers Conference on May 3

tmchale — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:10:56 +0000

Make plans to attend our spring conference for advisers at Rutgers University. Don’t miss this chance to take workshops presenting information and best practices from student media advisers from around the state. Click here for a registration form. Please fill it out and mail it in by April 25th.

West Essex High wins Write-Off at Press Day

amulshine — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:59:33 +0000

First Prize in this year’s Fall Press Day Write-Off contest was awarded to Samantha Gilbert of West Essex High School in North Caldwell. The Write-Off is the featured writing competition at Fall Press Day, which was held this year on Dec. 17 at Rutgers University’s Busch Campus Center. Participants were assigned to cover the newspaper [...]

Fall Press Day hosts 750 young journalists

amulshine — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:54:05 +0000

Fall Press Day at Rutgers University was held on Dec. 17 and featured Martin Gottlieb, editor of The Record, who spoke to newspaper staff members, and Kathleen D. Zwiebel, a national teacher of the year who has advised three nationally award-winning publications, who delivered the yearbook keynote speech. This video was written and narrated by [...]

Scholarship deadline fast approaching

tmchale — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:00:17 +0000

The GSSPA helps sponsor two scholarships — the Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship and the Bob Stevens Memorial Scholarship. The deadline for both is February 15. The $5,000 Bernard Kilgore Scholarship is for seniors who plan to major in journalism. The winner also becomes the New Jersey Student Journalist of the Year, and is entered into the JEA National Student Journalist of [...]

Moving Your Media Online

tmchale — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:39:33 +0000

Developing an online presence is crucial for today’s journalist, and the GSSPA is here to help. We can host your online school newspaper if you are a GSSPA member and use WordPress. We can even offer you a custom theme designed for school newspapers that has a slideshow of top stories, a featured content section, [...]