Colorado Student Media Association

CSMA

Colorado Student Media Association

CSMA

Colorado Student Media Association

CSMA

Fairview senior wins 2020 Greer Scholarship

Fairview senior wins
2020 Greer Scholarship

March 10, 2020

Jivan West, senior at Fairview HS, was named as the Dorothy Greer Scholarship winner for 2020. He will receive a $3,000 college scholarship to support his next steps. Jivan has amassed a wide range...

Register online this week for Capitol Hill Press Conference

Register online this week for Capitol Hill Press Conference

February 25, 2020

The CHPC, which began in 1982 and brings up to a 100 student journalists and their advisers to the state capitol to hear from and question government officials, is back on Monday, March 2. Due to heavy...

HB20-1062 passed unanimously

HB20-1062 passed unanimously

February 7, 2020

The third reading of the bill was passed by the entire House on Feb. 13. The vote was 59-0, with six excused. That sends the bill on to the Senate for the next step in the process. Our senate sponsor is...

Texas professional nonprofit site offers useful model for student media

Texas professional nonprofit site offers useful model for student media

January 31, 2020

“The for-profit newspaper business model is broken,” said Texas Tribune editor Evan Smith, “and it won’t come back.” Smith presented the Margolin Distinguished Lecture on Jan. 23 in the Cable...

Six schools earn vouchers recognizing ONE DAY coverage

Six schools earn vouchers recognizing ONE DAY coverage

January 28, 2020

Erie HS's Tiger Media earned the top award in this annual coverage competition, which brings a $200 voucher to be used for any CSMA event in 2020. This includes J-Day, as well as Summer Adviser Workshop...

Stay informed about state, national student media initiatives

Stay informed about state, national student media initiatives

January 17, 2020

Great first step! The Colorado House Education Committee approved our amendment to the student freedom of expression bill unanimously, 13-0, on Feb. 6. This bill is sponsored by Rep. Barbara McLachlan,...

‘An extraordinarily gifted storyteller’: Former Des Moines Register writer Ken Fuson dies at 63

January 6, 2020

Ken Fuson would have written this better. He would have found a hook, a way to summarize the depth and breadth of his life’s adventures in a single, poignant sentence that would grab a reader...

Candidates for 2019-21 CSMA executive board positions announced

Candidates for 2019-21 CSMA executive board positions announced

October 14, 2019

The executive board that takes office as of the Dec. 7 board meeting will lead CSMA for two years, which will include a transition to a new executive director in the summer of 2020. The candidates on...

Top educators for 2019 honored at J-Day

Top educators for 2019
honored at J-Day

October 10, 2019

Top adviser sets the pace for state’s video programs Patrick Moring, CJE, media adviser at Rampart HS, has been named CSMA 2019 Adviser of the Year. Over the course of his teaching career, he has...

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