CHSPA Photographer of the Year chosen
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May 15, 2013
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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 »
Best of Colorado winners announced
May 7, 2013
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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 »
Get your best photo work together and enter
February 14, 2013
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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
February 14, 2013
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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 »
J-Day 12 sets new attendance record
November 8, 2012
Filed under Conferences, Contests, Featured News, J-Day Best of Show, State J-Day
It was our 11th year on the campus of CSU, and the total of 1,403 students and 99 advisers set a new record for our annual state conference, fondly known as J-Day. Hop over to our Best of Show page to check out the 2012 honorees in this always exciting competition. And check out the entire list... Read more »
Capitol Hill provides unique opportunity to meet newsmakers
May 25, 2012
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Capitol Hill began in 1982, a collaboration between Governor Richard Lamm's press secretary (Sue O'Brien) and Fran Henry, from CHSPA. It takes place in the Old Supreme Court Chambers in the State Capitol, normally in the month of February. Each CHSPA member school medium may send two reporters to... Read more »
Find all the 2012 Best of Colorado winners
May 3, 2012
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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), etc. You can confirm... Read more »
Students, publications honored at national convention
April 19, 2012
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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 Harrison, adviser NSPA Best... Read more »
Start prepping your Best of Colorado entries
March 1, 2012
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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 1, 2012. This is an... Read more »
Winners named in Capitol Hill Press Conference writing, video contests
February 26, 2012
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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 being unable to attend due... Read more »