The Louisiana Scholastic Press Association (LSPA) reaches out to high schools through an annual conference in the fall of the school year, providing for an exchange of ideas, workshops, and team building which lasts through the year. In addition, LSPA sponsors a yearbook, newspaper, and broadcast competition in which high schools vie for trophies and recognition – the highest being that of All-Louisiana. LSPA also provides high school advisors with the latest information from the Student Press Law Center, Journalism Education Association, and The Poynter Institute.
LSPA is housed at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Its membership is open to any Louisiana High School teacher who acts as an advisor to a high school newspaper, yearbook, television, radio, or web entity.
Important Dates!
LSPA 2010 Conference registration deadline: October 11, 2010
LSPA 2010 Conference: October 21, 2010
Call for Submissions- Yearbooks (produced in 2009-2010): January 2011
Call for Submissions- Newspaper, Television, Radio, Web (produced in 2010-2011): May 2011
LSPA Membership
Membership is open to any teacher who acts as an advisor to student-run media at any of Louisiana’s 406 high schools. Membership fees are $20 for schools with one medium, $25 for two, and $30 for three. Contact LSPA@lsu.edu for more information on how to become a member of LSPA.
About the Conference
The LSPA conference will be held on October 21, 2010 at Louisiana State University’s Baton Rouge campus. The half-day event will include workshops for members and access to the Manship School’s resources in order to encourage and improve student media at the high school level. Possible workshops at this year’s conference include: Photoshop, Taking better photos, Shooting video, Video editing, Writing for Broadcast, Writing for Print, How to Interview, Getting Ready for College, Applying for Scholarships, and Tour of Student Media. Awards will also be distributed for outstanding student work in newspaper, yearbook, television, radio or website.
Associate Dean Kurpius hands out awards at an LSPA conference
Registration for the Conference is due by October 11, 2010. Conference registration fees are $20 per student and adviser of member schools and $25 per student and adviser for non-member schools. Click here to download the Conference registration form.
Helpful Links
http://studentpress.journ.umn.edu/
Program Director Yvonne Cappe
Manship School of Mass Communication
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, La. 70803-7202
LSPA@lsu.edu
