Columbia Scholastic Press Association

We're looking forward to welcoming students from around the country (and world) to the 101st Annual Spring Convention and Centennial celebration, taking place on the Columbia campus March 19-21, 2025. The event will offer 244 sessions with media professionals, scholastic journalism experts, and students. We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our speakers who share their knowledge with our audience of student journalists every year. Look out for more program highlights, like this. Scholastic Journalism Education and the Power of Critical Thinking (March 20, 11 a.m.) In this panel, NBC News Correspondent Rehema Ellis interviews educator, author, and former journalism adviser, Esther Wojcicki, and the 2024 and 2025 National High School Journalism Teachers of the Year, Logan Aimone of the University of Chicago Laboratory High School, and Julia Satterthwaite, of Monta Vista High School (Calif.), respectively, about the state of journalism education, the critical thinking and other life skills it provides, and their wish for the future. #cspasc25 #cspacentennial #studentjournalism Full session schedule, descriptions, and speakers here: https://lnkd.in/eFtrC4TM

CSPA 101st Annual Spring Convention and Centennial: Registration Is Open CSPA will celebrate its centennial at the 101st Annual Spring Convention. Join us for more than 250 sessions, along with special keynote panels and events. Grants available for students who qualify. We look forward to welcoming you to NYC! https://lnkd.in/gan-BcXn

If you aren't familiar with Jessikka Aro or her work, now is a good time to get up to speed on the work of this courageous person. She started to investigate the Russian trolls’ impact on real people in 2014 and became the target of a criminal filth campaign by them that is ongoing. Despite this, Aro continues to train journalists and general audiences to recognize and counter the Kremlin's information operations. Her first book,?Putin’s Trolls, was an international bestseller, and her new book,?Putin’s World War, was published this year. CSPA was honored to welcome her last spring to address our 2024 Spring Convention.

2024 U.S. Elections: the Trolls Are Out in Force In this interview with the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Jessikka Aro, award-winning Finnish journalist and misinformation expert, says that Russian election interference is "massive." https://lnkd.in/eDQ-699b

We're delighted to share a wonderful post on the CSPA Blog from students in Logan Aimone's program at the University of Chicago Laboratory School that details their experience as fully credentialed journalists at the 2024 DNC National Convention: A ‘Crash Course in Real-World Journalism’ at the 2024 DNC Six student journalists tackled the Democratic National Convention head-on, gaining interviews with major political figures—and some firsthand reporting experience. https://lnkd.in/eY6Hy9MZ

CSPA invites you to support the future of scholastic journalism and make a critical impact during Columbia Giving Day. CSPA has been entrusted with a generous grant from the Ethel and Harry Reckson Foundation, designated as the CSPA Greenman Grant for High School Journalism fund, honoring the incredible legacy of Robert and Carol Greenman, two devoted educators and champions of student journalism. We invite you to contribute, so that we may support more students. The fund provides scholarships to CSPA events and workshops for high school journalism students from all backgrounds so they may meet and interact with peers from around the country and receive expert instruction from CSPA to empower them and amplify their voices. Your donation to the CSPA Greenman Grant for High School Journalism fund on Giving Day directly supports the Greenmans’ legacy and helps ensure that our next generation of journalists have the opportunity to learn, lead, and thrive. https://lnkd.in/eB99wKuu

Basic Tips for Student Journalists Covering the 2024 Election Jeffery C. Mays, Metro Politics reporter for The New York Times, offers his advice for young reporters covering the election. Reminding and informing voters what issues are at stake, and what outcomes to expect if a particular candidate wins, is ultimately more valuable to voters than tracking poll numbers. https://lnkd.in/em2iMQwv

?Today! Members, get off to a great start this year. Bring your questions about how to execute a full deadline cycle to a live Q&A at 6:30 p.m. ET on September 24, 2024, with Jenny Dial Creech, adviser of the award-winning ReMarker newspaper at St. Mark's School of Texas. She'll share best practices, tips, and techniques to help get your students organized and ready to produce their best work yet. Members have access to the CSPA Quick Course featuring Creech, "From Pitch to Print: How to Organize and Execute a Newspaper Cycle," now live on the CSPA member content hub. The video demonstrates how to plan and organize a full deadline cycle for a newspaper and website. In the video, Creech covers: --Step-by-step breakdown of the deadline process; --Tips and techniques from Creech's professional career that work well in a classroom setting; --Interviews with St. Mark's news staff members, and the school's headmaster; and --Samples of useful documents, including pitch meeting notes, a production calendar, slotting sheets, and layout checklists We look forward to seeing you there! Instructions on how to attend were emailed to members. If you have any questions about membership or access to the event, please contact [email protected]. CSPA Quick Courses are available through a basic membership of $50. To learn more about CSPA membership, please visit our membership portal: https://lnkd.in/eMUgGWZX #scholasticjournalism #studentjournalists #studentmedia

Please join us in congratulating CSPA Associate Director Rebecca Castillo on her 30-year work anniversary! Rebecca is an alum of CSPA, Columbia College, and the Columbia Journalism School. In her 30 years working for CSPA, her dedication has never wavered nor her commitment to the students and advisers it serves. Under her leadership, CSPA programs have kept pace with journalism trends amid much social and technological change. In addition to her many talents, Rebecca is also brilliant, fearless, and a pleasure to work with and know. We are honored to work alongside her.

Hear what student journalists and their advisers are saying about CSPA programs! June 4 is the last day to sign up for in-person instruction at the CSPA Summer Journalism Workshop. Virtual class registration is still available. See our summer event site for more details about courses and instructors: https://lnkd.in/ezR3sFi2 #cspaprograms #studentjournalism #studentjournalists #studentmedia #precollege #precollegeprograms