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NSPA Board of Directors adds two members
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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 [...]

NSPA Awards Week Day 4: Newspaper and Broadcast Pacemaker Finalists
NSPA is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2009 Newspaper Pacemaker and Broadcast Pacemaker contests. The Newspaper Pacemaker contest is co-sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation and this year’s contest was judged by a group of Seattle area professional journalists. The contest yielded a total of 339 entries and categories included: Newspapers [...]

NSPA Awards Week Day 3: Story of the Year/Broadcast Story of the Year
NSPA announces the finalists in two more categories of the Individual Awards: Story of the Year and Broadcast Story of the Year. The Story of the Year contest is co-sponsored by the American Society of News Editors. Multimedia Package was offered as a new category this year, and other categories included: News, Feature, Editorial, Sports [...]

NSPA Awards Week Day 2: Cartooning, Design of the Year
NSPA congratulates the finalists in two more categories of the 2009 Individual Awards. The Design of the Year awards are co-sponsored by Adobe Systems and were accepted through online submission for the first time this year. Categories included Illustration, Infographic, Newspaper Page One, Newspaper Page/Spread, Yearbook Page/Spread and Magazine Page/Spread. The contest yielded a total [...]

Five named NSPA Pioneers
Five people committed to improving scholastic journalism have been selected to receive the NSPA Pioneer Award, NSPA’s top honor to individuals. It recognizes substantial contributions to scholastic journalism outside regular job requirements as well as service to NSPA and its programs. The 2009 recipients are: Mike Hiestand, legal consultant for the Student Press Law Center, has [...]

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• NSPA Journalism Honor Roll
• NSPA Wikoff Scholarship
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2009-10 Calendar

Nov. 12-15, 2009
JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention - Washington, D.C.

Dec. 4, 2009
2008-09 Publication Critiques - Entry Deadline

Jan. 15, 2010
NSPA Yearbook / Magazine / Online Pacemaker Awards - Entry Deadline

Feb. 15, 2010
NSPA Journalism Honor Roll / Wikoff Scholarship - Entry Deadline

April 15-18, 2010
JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention - Portland

June 15, 2010
NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker / Broadcast Pacemaker / Individual Awards - Entry Deadline

July 15, 2010
NSPA Best of the High School Press - Submission Deadline

July 2010
NSPA Summer Journalism Workshops - University of Minnesota

Aug. 1, 2010
NSPA/SPLC Courage in Student Journalism Award - Entry Deadline

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