675 Nebraska High School Journalists and Teachers Meet at UNL for Annual Convention
Launch the media gallery 1 playerSome 675 students and teachers from 45 Nebraska high schools and a middle school attended the Nebraska High School Press Association fall convention Oct. 16 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus to learn journalism and media skills from professionals, college educators and high school advisers.
The convention, co-sponsored with UNL’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications, offers a variety of learning opportunities for students in broadcasting, newspaper (online and print), yearbook and sports communications.
Throughout the day, students could attend 32 sessions on a variety of media-related topics – from using public records in reporting to sports photography.
“The event is a big day for scholastic journalism in the state and gathers together schools big and small from all over Nebraska,” said Michelle Carr Hassler, NHSPA executive director and associate professor of practice of journalism at UNL. “The College of Journalism and Mass Communications and the NHSPA are proud to continue the tradition of offering this exceptional educational experience for the state’s aspiring journalists and communicators.”
The event kicked off with a keynote speech by Matthew Hansen, editor of the Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first statewide nonprofit news source.
The NHSPA is open to all high school instructors of journalism and/or advisers of student publications in the state of Nebraska. For additional information, including how to join, see the NHSPA website: http://www.nhspaonline.org
