• Marynowski named Photographer of Year May 8, 2013 at 3:00 pm

  • Why not renew your CHSPA membership this spring? New membership form available for download September 28, 2012 at 9:02 am

Register online for SAW 2013, with more options tailored to your needs

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May 17, 2013
Filed under Featured News, Summer Adviser Workshop

May 17, 2013 / The CHSPA Summer Adviser Workshop returns July 22-26, at a new location - Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora - and with more options than ever. We have added an entire day of broadcast video training, for instance, plus some valuable time discussing best practices for getting online. These... Read more »

CHSPA Photographer of the Year chosen

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May 15, 2013
Filed under Contests, Featured News

May 15, 2013 - Ian Marynowski, Smoky Hill HS, was chosen 2013 CHSPA Photographer of the Year in the first year of this competition. Up to two photographers from each CHSPA member student medium could enter a 7-12 image portfolio of their work from the 2012-13 school year. Second place goes to Payton... Read more »

Slate of candidates announced for 2013–15 officer elections

Slate of candidates announced for 2013–15 officer elections


May 15, 2013
Filed under Featured News

May 15, 2013 - Officer elections for CHSPA will take place this week, using SurveyMonkey. The election will close at 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 20. All current members may cast a ballot, and will receive them through their main email address. You may also access the online voting form by clicking here.  CHSPA... Read more »

Best of Colorado winners announced

Best of Colorado winners announced


May 7, 2013
Filed under Contests, Featured News, Uncategorized

After a record number of entries, over 1,600 individual award certificates were mailed on May 2 to 94 advisers. You can check out the entire list of winners by downloading the winners' spreadsheet. BOC results overall Look for samples of winners and judge comments later this month. As an experiment... Read more »

The contest site is ready for you

The contest site is ready for you


March 22, 2013
Filed under Contests, Featured News

All members should have received an email on March 22 with step-by-step directions. Didn't happen? Download the Word document here: 2013 Contestant Instructions - Best of Colorado For information on how to prepare your entries, lists of categories, and more tips and news on our spring individual... Read more »

Get your best photo work together and enter

Get your best photo work together and enter


February 14, 2013
Filed under Contests, Featured News

CHSPA Photographer of the Year What is this? This is the first year for a new competition that honors our best photojournalists by selecting the best portfolio of work from this school year.  This contest differs from Best of Colorado individual photo contests, such as news photo/yearbook, or... Read more »

Competition to recognize cutting edge coverage

Competition to recognize cutting edge coverage


February 14, 2013
Filed under Contests, Featured News

CHSPA Convergent Coverage Story of the Year What is this? This is the first year for a cutting edge competition that honors the best we can offer in covering our school communities using multiple media. Coverage topics may focus on one event or on one major issue.  For example, coverage of prom... Read more »

Advisers deserve a chance to recharge

Advisers deserve a chance to recharge


January 24, 2013
Filed under Conferences, Featured News

Advisers deserve a break, and it can never hurt to recharge our approach to advising. So please join us Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Sheraton Downtown Denver, right on the 16th Street Mall. Get reinvigorated about teaching writing from Bobby Hawthorne, and get some hands-on photography help from Mike McLean...... Read more »

Top reviews chosen from Van Gogh Media Preview contest

Top reviews chosen from Van Gogh Media Preview contest


November 30, 2012
Filed under Contests, Featured News, Press Events

One outcome of our latest partnership with the Denver Art Museum was an ad hoc writing contest, with students who attended the Oct. 18 Van Gogh Media Preview at the DAM entering either a review or a news story. Kristin Bonk, the curatorial assistant for painting and sculpture reviewed the stories... Read more »

Sports journalism seminar returns

Sports journalism seminar returns


November 20, 2012
Filed under Conferences, Featured News, Press Events, Workshops

DENVER — The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, as part of its organizing of “Championship Saturday VIII,” the Class 4A and 5A Colorado High School football championships, will again sponsor a seminar in sports journalism and photojournalism in conjunction with the Colorado chapter of the American... Read more »