Seeking to Educate High School Student Media Staffs in Tennessee.
2024 Fall Workshops
- Monday, Sept. 16 - Fall Workshop in Nashville (Lipscomb University)
- Friday, Sept. 27 - Fall Workshop in Memphis (University of Memphis)
- Friday, Oct. 4 - Fall Workshop in Knoxville (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
- Friday, Oct. 25 - Fall Workshop in Chattanooga (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
To register, go to the "Fall Workshops" page.
Awards Day honors top student-media work from 2023
Congratulations to all of the finalists of THSPA's 2024 Student Media Awards! The list of students and staffs - and links to their stories, videos, newscasts, photos, etc. - may be found on our Contests page. Several of you at our recent Awards Day mentioned you enjoyed viewing some of the commercials, PSAs and other media; now all of you can see them and share them with your students.
We had more than 725 entries this year in our 56 categories. The overall winning staffs were:
- Best Overall Newspaper/Newsmagazine: West Side Story, Morristown-Hamblen High School West
- Best Overall Yearbook: Lion's Roar, Christ Presbyterian Academy
- Best Overall Literary Magazine: Hallmarks, Harpeth Hall
- Mark Madison Best Television Station: CPA Media Studio, Christ Presbyterian Academy
- Best Overall Website: The Tatler, St. Mary’s Episcopal School
Our "superlative" awards were:
Administrator of the Year: Dr. Katie Hill, Page High School
H.L. Hall Outstanding Student Journalist
First Place: Margot Ross, University School of Nashville
Second Place: Amelia Alexopoulos, Harpeth Hall
Third Place: Julia Amick, Collierville High School
We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Workshops; details will be announced soon.