Find all the 2012 Best of Colorado winners

May 3, 2012

May 3, 2012 — All Best of Col­orado award cer­tifi­cates (nearly 1,500 this year!) went in the mail on May 1. You should have yours deliv­ered to your school address quite soon. Please check your cer­tifi­cates for accu­racy, miss­ing items, items from other schools (apolo­gies in advance),... Read more »

Students, publications honored at national convention

April 19, 2012

April 20, 2012 – Col­orado jour­nal­ism stu­dents and their pub­li­ca­tions earned a vari­ety of hon­ors dur­ing the April 12–15 JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Jour­nal­ism Con­ven­tion, in Seattle. NSPA National Pace­maker Award Eques year­book – Pon­derosa HS, Anas­ta­sia... Read more »

Start prepping your Best of Colorado entries

March 1, 2012

March 23 — Due to a large num­ber of dis­tricts with a late spring break this year, the dead­line has been extended to Tues­day, April 3, midnight. March 1 - All entries for our sec­ond spring indi­vid­ual award com­pe­ti­tion, the Best of Col­orado Awards, must be uploaded prior to April... Read more »

Winners named in Capitol Hill Press Conference writing, video contests

February 26, 2012

Feb. 26, 2012 - The cul­mi­nat­ing activ­ity of our annual Capi­tol Hill Press Con­fer­ence in an on-the-spot writ­ing con­test, with par­tic­i­pants usu­ally work­ing in teams of two for 90 min­utes to pro­duce a news story on the event. This year, due to one of the sched­uled speak­ers... Read more »

Shaffer, McNulty highlight Capitol Hill Friday

February 7, 2012

Feb. 7, 2012 — Reg­is­tra­tion is requested for our annual Capi­tol Hill Press Con­fer­ence by end of the day Feb. 8. Please down­load the reg­is­tra­tion PDF here, save it to your com­puter, fill it out and then email it back to jpkjournalism@gmail.com with the PDF attached. We are hon­ored... Read more »

SPJ essay contest explores an independent media

January 20, 2012

Jan. 20, 2012 — Leti­cia Stef­fen, from CSU-Pueblo and a friend of CHSPA, is coor­di­nat­ing the SPJ High School Essay Con­test for the Col­orado Pro SPJ chap­ter. The topic is “Why is it impor­tant that we have new media that is inde­pen­dent of the government?” You can down­load the... Read more »

Colorado heats up chilly Minneapolis

November 21, 2011

Min­neapo­lis / Nov. 21, 2011 —  Col­orado pub­li­ca­tions and indi­vid­ual stu­dents held their own in var­i­ous com­pe­ti­tions dur­ing the Nov. 17–20 JEA/NSPA National High School Jour­nal­ism Con­ven­tion in Minneapolis. Best of Show The Best of Show com­pe­ti­tion is open... Read more »

Arrrrr! Winners named in Pirates contest

April 21, 2011

Stu­dents and advis­ers from 14 schools gath­ered to tour the Den­ver Museum and Nature and Scienes’s lat­est exhibit, “Real Pirates,” on Sat­ur­day, March 12. Check out a slide show of pho­tos from the event at http://www.flickr.com/photos/60626494@N07/sets/72157626272981174/ Stu­dents... Read more »

Conifer reporters take first in news, while Englewood team wins video contest at Capitol Hill

April 21, 2011

Pro­fes­sional jour­nal­ists chose the fol­low­ing as the top arti­cle in the Capi­tol Hill Press Con­fer­ence news story contest: Cuts inevitable for edu­ca­tion Jes­sica Zook and Sam Katz­man, reporters for Conifer High “Lobo Legend” School dis­tricts across Col­orado will likely... Read more »

Englewood writer takes 1st place in Fright Night contest

October 29, 2010

Engle­wood High School stu­dent TC Scaggiari’s news-feature on the Elitch Gar­dens Fright Night Media Day earned first place in our quick turn­around writ­ing con­test on the event. Scaggiari’s adviser is Sheila Jones. Five schools attended the Oct. 2 media day, and reporters had the oppor­tu­nity... Read more »