JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention
April 15-18, 2010
Oregon Convention Center
Portland
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2009 NSPA Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists
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Contact Kathy Huting, contest and critique coordinator, kathy@studentpress.org
2009 NSPA Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists Announced
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The 2009 NSPA Yearbook Pacemaker yielded a total of 425 entries, which represents an increase from the 2008 contest and a record total in recent years. A team of four judges with extensive yearbook and professional journalism experience [...]
It’s the Law: Rejecting Ads
By Mike Hiestand
A quick quiz: You are the editor of your public school’s student newspaper and receive the following three unsolicited ads, along with the proper payment for publication in your paper’s next issue. Which, if any, can you legally refuse to publish?
1. “It is time for every white man and white woman to regain [...]
Thomas E. Rolnicki: 1949-2009
(Now updated with funeral/memorial information and obituary link: see below.)
Thomas E. Rolnicki, former executive director of the National Scholastic Press Association, died Dec. 20. He was 60.
Rolnicki was NSPA’s executive director from 1980 until 2006. In his capacity as director, he wrote and edited several publications for NSPA and its college branch, the Associated Collegiate [...]
NSPA Board of Directors adds two 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 [...]
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June 15, 2010
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July 15, 2010
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July 15-17, 2010
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