You can download the Student Behavior Contract and make sure each student attending convention signs one. You must have completed forms for every student attending at check-in on April 25.
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Our convention registrations have exceeded our banquet capacity of 1,100 and so we are now only accepting provisional/waiting list registrations. There is no further online registration. Please call executive director Wayne Garcia at 813-468-1925 to inquire about getting on the waiting list.
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A reminder that we award $500 scholarships to Florida high school publications advisers who are FSPA members to further their education, typically over the summer. What could you do with that cash?
- Tuition for one of Poynter’s in-person seminars, where you can learn all the new tricks of the new media technologies — plus a few old, classic skills revisited.
- Pay for your travel costs out to one of the Reynolds HSJ Institute gatherings.
- JEA’s Adviser Institute, which will be held in Las Vegas.
- And so much more…
To apply for either the Julie E. Dodd Scholarship or the Webb-Stapler scholarship, please visit our Awards & Scholarship page.
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If you’re a college or high school student interested in television or radio news this workshop is for you. The Florida Associated Press Broadcast Board is sponsoring a three hour seminar that will focus on teaching you how to get your first job in news on Saturday, April 27th from 9am to noon. The workshop will be held in the same hotel as our FSPA 2013 state convention, the Wyndham Orlando Resort, and will not conflict with our closing day events.
The workshop will start with a networking breakfast at 8:30am. At 9am the workshop officially begins with professionals from television and radio news sharing their stories about breaking into the world of journalism. After that, workshop staff will go over important details on creating a resume reel and writing for broadcast news correctly. Individual resumes, both video and paper critiques will also be taking place simultaneously in an adjacent room. Workshop keynote speaker Miles Doran, associate producer for CBS Evening News, will talk about how he made the jump from being a University of Florida broadcast journalism graduate to network news. The day will end with an awards ceremony for all those who participate in the Associated Press College Contest.
The workshop is free of charge for any college or high school student. So if you’re a high school broadcast journalist already signed up for our state convention, this additional workshop will be worth your time.
To sign up for the workshop email the following form to Rosemarie Mileto before April 19:
2013highschoolregform.
For more information email Rosemarie Mileto at rmileto@ap.org.
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Daniel Reimold, Ph.D., an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Tampa, recently wrote about the monumental Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier court case and its’ effect on student media.
The 1988 case, which ruled in favor of student media censorship, was giant step back for student press and speech rights, Reimold says in a column for the Poynter Institute:
Roughly five years later, the Supreme Court ruled in the school’s favor. The landmark January 1988 decision in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier was a giant step back for student press and speech rights. Unlike an earlier Supreme Court ruling that established the so-called Tinker Standard, the Hazelwood decision declared students do shed some of their Constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.
Currently, close to 30 years after the Spectrum first filed its controversial stories and 25 years after the Supreme Court ruled on the case, Hazelwood’s reach has expanded far beyond journalism, secondary schools, school-sponsored speech, and print publications.
Reimold later outlined, with the help of Student Press Law Center Executive Director Frank LoMonte, eight ways the ruling has changed student journalism.
Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/W5KhRe.
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From the ASNE:
2013 Reynolds High School Journalism InstituteThe Reynolds High School Journalism Institute offers selected teachers and school publications advisers two weeks of training from journalism experts, as well as lodging, meals and transportation at no-cost. Applications must be postmarked by March 1. The Institute allows journalism educators to:
- Delve deep into reporting, editing, multimedia, layout and design, journalism ethics, First Amendment rights, student press law, and news literacy.
- Receive instructive materials, an extensive media library, membership to scholastic journalism organizations and continuing education credit.
- Return to their classroom with the knowledge and skills to invigorate their school journalism program and produce top-notch online and print news publications.
Applicants may choose from the dates below. For more information and to apply, visit: http://hsj.org/reynolds
- Arizona State University, Phoenix, June 16-28
- University of Texas, Austin, June 16-28
- Kent State University, Ohio, July 7-19
- University of Nevada, Reno, July 14-26
- University of Missouri, Columbia, July 14-26
More than 2,000 teachers and advisers have attended the Institute since it began. Many alumni say it is the best professional training they’ve ever had:http://hsj.org/testimonialsFunding from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation makes this opportunity possible. If you have more questions, please contact:Le Anne WisemanDirector, Youth Journalism InitiativeAmerican Society of News Editors209 Reynolds Journalism InstituteColumbia, MO 65211573-884-2689Twitter: @youthjournalism
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Disney Media Day is tomorrow, and for a second year in a row FSPA student members from 50 different schools will pack up their staffs and travel from all over the state of Florida to Walt Disney World. These students will partake in a day full of journalism, learning and of course, a healthy dose of Disney magic.
“The set-up for this year’s FSPA Student Press Event- hosted by Disney Youth Programs is slightly different from last year’s event,” said Jessica Baker, Disney Destinations public relations representative.
“We believe the event this year will allow students to explore many of the opportunities available in the world of journalism, in the immersive and exciting setting of the Walt Disney World theme parks,” she said.
FSPA President Joe Humphrey said student participants will sharpen their photo skills
“Be prepared to be good observers and good working journalists. Be ready to do what you do every day,” Humphrey said.
Humphrey said student participants should also bring their own equipment. Students should prepare to participate in photo, written and video assignments.
Photo participants will upload a series of up to five photos from their morning photo session and the afternoon events, with an eye on eye-catching, journalistic images. Leadership participants will write a story covering the day. Their task will be documenting the day and including feedback from participants. Each school will also be able to work on a max-2:30 minute broadcast feature segment about the event.
“We’d really like students to think about the story they are trying to tell. Whether it be via photo, video or print, it’s important to inspire and captivate their audience,” Baker said.
All entries will be uploaded through the FSPA Spring 2013 Digital Contest Database, and they will be due along with other categories on March 1, one week after media day. A committee of judges that include Disney representatives, travel journalist, professional journalist, college journalism students will review entries in three categories.
Winners will be announced no later than April 25.
“Quality and creativity are also key elements to any compelling story and with Walt Disney World as the story’s backdrop; we hope to see these elements reflected in the students’ work,” Baker said.
See below for an itinerary of Disney Media Day and the official Twitter hashtag for the event:
Disney Media Day
#DisneyFSPA
@FSPA
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February 22, 2013
8:30 a.m. Guests arrive at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and meet Event Guides at Main Entrance.
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration at Premiere Theater.
9:45 a.m. Transportation to Epcot for YES programs.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. YES Programs start: Disney Leadership Strategies and Fundamentals of Photo Storytelling.
11:45 a.m. Transportation to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Group convenes for lunch.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Group convenes in Premiere Theater for Guest Presentations.
2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Group dismissed at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to spend remainder of the day in Disney.
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The nomination period for election to the offices of president and vice president of FSPA for 2013-2015 is now open. Any member adviser interested in running should submit the following information by March 15 via email to the FSPA Office at wgarcia@jou.ufl.edu:
- The following information: Name, Office Sought, # of years as FSPA member adviser, publication(s) advised, school name and location (city)
- A Statement of Candidacy outlining your qualifications, platform and plans for FSPA, not to exceed 700 words, in MS Word format
- A photograph of the candidate, head-and-shoulders crop, 72 dpi and no wider than 100 pixels
- A copy of your resume or CV in MS Word format
All materials will be posted on the FSPA website on an Elections 2013 page starting on March 16 through the balloting at the General Business Meeting of the FSPA on April 26, 2013.
Nominations made prior to April 26 will be presented to the general membership as having been nominated by the Nominating Committee. Nominations from the floor at convention will also be considered, per our bylaws:
SECTION 2. ELECTION AND TERMS.
A. The nominating committee shall submit nominations for the offices of president and vice president at the business meeting of the state convention. Nominations may be made from the floor. If more than one candidate is nominated for the position, the vote shall be by secret ballot. The candidate receiving a majority of votes cast at the state convention shall be elected.
B. The president and vice president shall be elected for two year terms at the state convention held in each odd numbered year. Their term of office shall begin at the close of the state convention and continue until their successors in office are elected and qualified.
The duties of the two offices are also detailed in our bylaws:
SECTION 3. DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
A.PRESIDENT. The president shall appoint committees and be an ex-officio member of all committees, preside at meetings of the board of directors, and supervise the planning of district workshops and the state convention. He or she shall provide leadership in undertaking all programs designed to achieve FSPA’s objectives.
B. VICE PRESIDENT. The vice president shall serve in the absence of the president. In addition, the vice president shall serve as chairman of the adviser education committee, and as chairman of the state convention.
Please contact Executive Director Wayne Garcia via email or by phone at 813-468-1925 should you have any questions.
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Welcome back to school, and we now begin our push toward the state convention in Orlando on April 25-27.
Download the convention invitation for details and deadlines.
The short version:
Registration deadline: March 15
Late registration ends: April 1
Hotel room booking deadline: March 15
Prices: They stay the same as in 2012. $75 per participant from publications that attended a Fall District Workshop; $100 per participant from publications that did not attend a Fall District Workshop. Registering late? Add $25 per participant to either of those.
Advisers? Just $25 to register.
Hotel rooms: $119 per night, max. of 4 students per room at the Wyndham Orlando Resort.
Book rooms directly with the hotel (our .pdf booking form will be available here soon).
Registration goes live online Jan. 15.
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Now that February is here, high school seniors probably don’t want to look at another application. Even though all your college applications have been submitted as those acceptance letters start to arrive so does the time for scholarship applications.
If you’re planning on majoring in journalism the first place you should look is your school of choice’s college of journalism website. Chances are your school has designated scholarships for journalism, photojournalism and telecommunications students.
Here is a list of general journalism scholarships:
1. The National Press Club Scholarship for Journalism Diversity
Amount: The scholarship consists of a $2,000 one-year scholarship, which can be renewed for up to three years at $2,500 per year.
Qualifications: open to high school seniors, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better, who are preparing to enter college to become journalists who will bring diversity to U.S. journalism.
Due: postmarked by March 1.
More information: http://bit.ly/WwFlTz
2. National Association of Hispanic Journalists Scholarships
NAHJ members can submit applications to be considered for eight different print, broadcast, online and visual journalism scholarships.
Amount: $1,000-$5,000
Qualifications: Must be an NAHJ member.
Due: April 5.
More information: http://bit.ly/WTkne9
3. DeWayne Wickham Founder’s High School Scholarship
Amount: $2,500
Qualifications: Must be a National Association of Black Journalist member. Open to high school seniors planning on attending an accredited four-year college or university to major in journalism or a communications related discipline. Minimum G.P.A. of 2.5.
Due: Feb. 28.
More information: http://bit.ly/11srim0
As you can see deadlines are soon. So don’t waste time. Finance your journalism degree and graduate debt free.
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