We are waiting for one last judge to complete their task. We will share results when we have them all.
Save the date for the 2013 fall conference
The fall conference is October 24 at the Union. Update your calendars so you don’t miss this event.
Now is the time to enroll your students
The Iowa Summer Journalism Workshops have opened enrollment for Summer 2013. There are nine separate workshops and plenty of scholarships available. This year’s workshops include: Editors-in-Chief Photojournalism Adventure Journalism Advanced News Writers Social Media Domination Yearbook Complete 5-Day Journalism Workout (ideal for staffs with high turnover or inexperienced students) Advanced Graphic Design (warning: this fills [...]
Spring contests updates – Deadline March 11
We have tweaked many of the spring contests some the changes became necessary this morning so please the update. 2013 Online/Website Contest - this contest features new categories and is submitted online. 2013 Spring Newspaper Contest - this contest has new classes and categories. 2013 HawkEye Photographer of the Year 2013 Video Broadcast contest 2013 IHSPA Scholars - [...]
IHSPA Scholars
IHSPA Scholar is an academic honor for the state’s top journalism students. It rewards them with a certificate, a pin to wear at graduation, and a special announcement sent to their high school administration and local media. Requirements: • Minimum 3 semesters of journalism in high school. The final semester of senior year can count [...]
Spring contest updated
We posted the Spring contest rules this weekend. Please check back for details on the online contest, the others are all updated.. It is time for the 2013 IHSPA spring contests honoring students who work on school publications – newspapers, news magazine, online sites and broadcasts. IHSPA honors student work in our member publications. [...]
Jostens 2013 Whole Book results
School City Award Abraham Lincoln HS Council Bluffs IA Neubert Atlantic HS Atlantic IA Award of Distinguished Merit Audubon HS Audubon IA Award of Achievement Benton HS Van Horne IA Award of Distinguished Merit Bettendorf HS Bettendorf IA Award of Merit Central DeWitt HS DeWitt IA Award of Achievement Chariton HS Chariton IA Award of [...]
Winter Thaw is Saturday
Here is hoping you are attending: Winter Thaw IHSPA Adviser retreat Abraham Lincoln High School – Council Bluffs Saturday February 16 Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Matt Rasgorshek, Broadcast/Media adviser at Westside Community Schools in Omaha 10:30 a.m. Bill Dunn, editor of the Grand Island, Nebraska, Independent 11:45 a.m. Lunch 12:45 p.m. Linda Drake who [...]
Winter Thaw details
Mark your calendars for the Winter Thaw adviser retreat. It will be Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs Saturday February 16, 2013. We have an excellent program planned including presentations from: Matt Rasgorshek, Broadcast/Media adviser at Westside Community Schools in Omaha Linda Drake who has advised theyearbook for 32 years and the newspaper for [...]
Iowa High School Journalist of the Year contest
Students whose advisers belong to the Journalism Education Association may enter. The winner of the Iowa contest qualifies for the Journalism Education Associations’s national JOY contest. Within the last month the JEA committee revised the contest criteria making it more friendly to yearbook, broadcast and online students. The new criteria is posted at this link:http://jea.org/home/awards-honors/journalist-of-the-year/ JEA sponsors [...]
