Best of Colorado award certificates are in the mail
May 6, 2019
Congratulations to a record number of winners in our annual spring Best of Colorado individual awards. You can download this year's spreadsheet list, sorted by school and medium, here. Just FYI: you can also download ALL results from this competition, since it began in 2011, on this same page. Due...
Castle View senior named
2019 Greer Scholarship winner
March 7, 2019
Taylore Todd, copy editor of the Vieo and a key contributor to all four Castle View student media (print news, yearbook, online, and video broadcast), has been named the 2019 Dorothy Greer Scholarship winner by CSMA. Her portfolio will be advanced to the Journalism Education Association’s Nationa...
Kevin Taulman named CSMA Administrator of Year
September 18, 2018
Kevin Taulman has been named CSMA 2018 Administrator of the Year and will be honored during the state journalism conference, referred to as J-Day, on Sept. 27 on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins. Kevin began his educational career in 1994 after graduating from Purdue University,...
Jessica Hunziker named CSMA Adviser of the Year
September 18, 2018
Jessica Hunziker, MJE, media adviser at Castle View HS, has been named CSMA 2018 Adviser of the Year. She will receive her award at the state journalism conference, referred to as J-Day, on Sept. 27 in the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University. She will address the expected 1,500 attendees...
Record 1,423 entries in Best of Colorado
May 2, 2018
Go to this page to find the 2017-18 spreadsheet of winners in our spring individual contests. You can find links to winners from past years on that same page. The award certificates -- over 1,300 total -- went in the mail on Monday, April 30 and should be arriving in adviser mailboxes soon. Loo...
Free Speech, Free Press, Free People fall contest winners announced
January 9, 2018
The results are in… Reminding our communities about the importance of the First Amendment and the Five Freedoms it guarantees is always welcome. And the chance to win a $300 voucher for your school media program is also welcome. That's just what our ad hoc fall contest offered, and we are annou...
Top individual journalists honored
May 2, 2017
CSMA is proud to announce the winners of our top individual awards for student journalists. A portfolio of work from the current school year was required for each award, and judging was done by nationally recognized media advisers. Each first-place winner received a $250 prize, and each winner's school...
Colorado student media programs honored by NSPA at national convention
November 14, 2016
Broadcast Pacemaker Award The Nighthawk News - Rocky Heights MS Best of Show Junior High/Middle School Yearbook #2 - Eagle Eye View, Sierra MS #5 - The Crusader, Castle Rock MS Design of the Year - Yearbook #8 - Carson Bonino, Brighton HS Reflections #5 - Madeline Ashbeck, Rocky Heights MS Th...
Rampart student named first Broadcast Journalist of the Year
May 10, 2016
CSMA Broadcast Journalist of the Year 2016 1st Place - Patrick Arsenault / Rampart HS (see his portfolio here) Runner-up - Nick Sangalis / Regis Jesuit HS (see his portfolio here) An excerpt from the judge's comments on Patrick's work: "You obviously have a strong connection to athletics and to sports ...
