journalism workshop – CSPA Summer Journalism Workshop

And they’re back! 71st CSPA opens at Cal Poly

The 2022 edition of the CSPA High School Journalism Workshop marks a return to in-person learning A class of 20 students returned to the campus of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo after two summers away for the start of the CSPA summer journalism workshop on July 16. Coming from as far away as Humboldt County,Continue reading “And they’re back! 71st CSPA opens at Cal Poly”

Chris Carlson named to CSPA Hall of Fame

Chris Carlson, an award-winning photojournalist for the Associated Press, has been inducted into the California Scholastic Press Association’s Hall of Fame.

CSPA grads, now authors

A selection of books by SSA and CSPA grads (high school, year of workshop in parentheses): Agarwal, Priya (Chadwick High, 1986 workshop), “Passage from India: Post-1965 Indian Immigrants and Their Children,” pub. by Yuvati Co., 1991. Bruns, Bill (San Dieguito, 1960), “Winning Is Everything and Other American Myths” (co-author), MacMillan, 1976. Also: “Teaching Children Tennis the VicContinue reading “CSPA grads, now authors”

CSPA continues six-decade partnership with Cal Poly

The story of the California Scholastic Press Association journalism workshop was shared on the Cal Poly website. Said Cal Poly journalism professor Bill Loving: “This program shows why journalism will always be a vital part of society.” To read the complete story, visit Cal Poly’s website.

Celebrate 60 years of CSPA

Did you stay in Heron Hall? Lassen Hall? Walk to the theatre with Ralph? Lose to Larry in softball? Spend 13 days eating Poly burgers? Cover the Glenn Ellis O’Conner trial? If you attended the CSPA (or SSA/IPA) Workshop or volunteered as an instructor, you’re part of the family, part of six decades’ worth of memoriesContinue reading “Celebrate 60 years of CSPA”