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Feb. 25-28, 2010
Wyndham Phoenix
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88th Annual ACP/CMA
National College Media Convention
Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2009
Austin, Texas
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ACP/NSPA adds two new board members
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Contact: Logan Aimone, executive director, (612) 625-7359
National Scholastic Press Association Board of Directors adds two members
MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 28, 2009) — The Board of Directors of the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors. The two new directors join nine directors. The new members have [...]
ACP Awards Week Day 5: Newspaper Pacemaker Finalists
ACP is pleased to announce the last but certainly not least of the finalists for the 2009 “Roll-Out Week.”
The ACP Newspaper Pacemaker contest has awarded general excellence in collegiate newspapers for 82 years. This year’s contest yielded 228 entries from across the nation and were judged by the Poynter Institute.
Entries were judged based [...]
ACP Awards Week Day 4: Magazine Pacemaker Finalists
The Magazine Pacemaker awards honor general excellence in collegiate magazines and are divided into two categories: Feature and Literary magazines. This year, the Feature magazines were judged by Wired Magazine of San Francisco and the Literary magazines were judged by the American Poetry Journal.
Entries were judged based on the following criteria:
Content: Was there evidence [...]
ACP Awards Week Day 3: Story and Reporter of the Year
ACP announces the finalists for two more categories of the Individual Awards today: Story of the Year and Reporter of the Year.
The Story of the Year contest was co-sponsored by the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Deadline Club. Entries consisted of a single story in one of the following [...]
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2009-10 Calendar
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ACP/CMA National College Media Convention - Austin, Texas
Dec. 4, 2009
2008-09 Publication Critiques - Entry Deadline
Jan. 15, 2010
ACP Yearbook Pacemaker Awards - Entry Deadline
Feb. 15, 2010
ACP Online Pacemaker Awards - Entry Deadline
Feb. 11-14, 2010
ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention - Minneapolis
Feb. 25-28, 2010
ACP National College Journalism Convention - Phoenix
June 7, 2010
ACP Newspaper Pacemaker / Magazine Pacemaker / Individual Awards - Entry Deadline
July 2010
ACP Summer Workshops - Minneapolis
Aug. 1, 2010
ACP/SPLC College Press Freedom Award - Entry Deadline
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