Serving Arizona's journalism students and advisers
NEW! AIPA/ASU Summer Workshop 2011 was held on July 8-9 at the Cronkite School of Journalism. Television news anchor Catherine Anaya was the special keynote speaker on Friday, and sports writer Craig Morgan spoke to participants on Saturday. Besides the major sessions on InDesign, PhotoShop, WordPress, Writing and Multimedia, several breakout sessions were held each day.
Click here to see the website created by participants during the workshop.
Photos from the AIPA Summer Workshop 2011.
NEW! Arizona students win Gold Keys
The following students won Gold Keys in the International Writing and Photo Contest for 2011.
- Brophy College Preparatory - Eric Villanueva, News Story
- Brophy College Preparatory - Ben Jackson, Photography, Sports
- Thunderbird High School - Katie Binkley, Editorial; Miranda Motsinger, Editorial
- Salpointe Catholic High School - Sean Logan, Photography Sports
- Salpointe Catholic High School - Zoe Urcadez, Editorial Cartoon
GOLD KEYS and the opportunity to apply for college journalism scholarships were awarded to 279 writers and photographers in the American Society of News Editors and Quill and Scroll 2011 International Writing, Photography Contest.
A total of 3,248 entries were received for the 2011 contest in all 12 categories for a total of 220 entries selected as national winners and 277 individual student winners in all 12 categories.-Quill and Scroll website
Courage in Student Journalism Awards Announced: Two Arizona student journalists who prevailed over the high school's censorship of a news article and finally published their story 10 months later were selected to receive the Courage in Journalism Award. Read the complete article.
New! Membership fees next school year will be $50 for school-wide registration, which includes all student media: newspaper, yearbook, broadcast, news magazine, literary magazine, radio and film. Talk with the advisers at your school and plan to join AIPA and enjoy all the benefits of membership. Want to join AIPA? Download the 2010-11 form here.
Mission Statement
- Opposing the censorship of student expression in any form.
- Increasing networking among advisers throughout the state.
- Helping journalism teachers and advisers in the development of instructional materials.
- Recognizing and rewarding outstanding journalism advisers and students.
- Encouraging journalism teachers and advisers to increase their professional awareness through their membership in AIPA.
- Sponsoring student journalism contests, awards and recognition.
- Providing annual scholastic journalism conventions and workshops.
- Providing scholarships for summer workshops and other journalism studies.
- Informing the membership of the many opportunities for minority journalism students provided by state universities and community colleges.
- Encouraging AIPA members to support Scholastic Journalism Week.
- Expanding AIPA's liaison work with the state media, yearbook companies and other professional organizations.