2019 SIPA TOP Competitions

March 10, 2019

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TOP (Team on-site production) competitions took place during a three-hour period on Saturday, March 2, at the 2019 convention. All teams had to produce their packages during the three-hour time period based on a prompt given to them Friday night and from materials gathered at the SIPA convention. Click...

2018 SCSPA Fall Conference Awards

October 18, 2018

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Best in State Literary Magazine Psyche, Richland Northeast HS Best in State Yearbook Legend, Wando HS Most Improved Literary Magazine Calliope, South Aiken HS Most Improved Yearbook The Equestrian, South Pointe HS Literary Magazine Evaluations Honor – The Final Draft, James Island Cha...

2018 SIPA TOP Competitions

May 17, 2018

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TOP (Team on-site production) competitions took place during a three-hour period on Saturday, March 3, at the 2018 convention. All teams had to produce their packages during the three-hour time period based on a prompt and from materials gathered at the SIPA convention. Click on the links to view the...

2018 SCSPA Spring Awards

April 23, 2018

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Best in Broadcast "The Buzz TV," Fort Mill HS Best Newspaper The Cavalier, Richland Northeast HS Best in Online Media The Wave Breaker, Summerville HS 2018 Reid H. Montgomery Adviser of the Year Stella McCombs, "Real TV," Stratford HS 2018 SCSPA Scholarship Winner Kinsley Thurst...

2017 SCSPA Fall Conference Awards

October 2, 2017

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2017 Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star Amanda Hajji, Cat's Paw yearbook, Lexington HS Best in State Literary Magazine Voices, Nation Ford HS Best in State Yearbook Reflections, Mauldin HS Most Improved Literary Magazine The Outlet, Wando HS Most Improved Yearbook Highlander, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School Litera...

2017 SCSPA Spring Awards

April 24, 2017

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Best in Broadcast RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS Best Newspaper Tribal Tribune, Wando HS Best in Online Media SPINwired, South Pointe HS 2017 Reid H. Montgomery Adviser of the Year Cindy Koon, South Pointe HS newspaper and online adviser 2017 SCSPA Scholarship Winner Trey...

2016 SCSPA Fall Conference Awards

October 3, 2016

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2016 Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star Shawntell Pace, Tribe Talk, Wando HS Best in State Literary Magazine Voices, Nation Ford HS Best in State Yearbook Reflections, Mauldin HS Most Improved Literary Magazine Voices, Nation Ford HS Most Improved Yearbook Panorama, Chapman HS Literary Magazine Evaluations Hono...

2016 SCSPA Spring Awards

April 25, 2016

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Best in Broadcast https://youtu.be/SRgLTpEDgxQ Wave TV, Summerville HS Best Newspaper Tribal Tribune, Wando HS Best in Online Media SPINwired, South Pointe HS 2016 Reid H. Montgomery Adviser of the Year Claudine Hughes, Visions literary magazine adviser, Northwestern HS 2016 SC...

2016 SIPA Writing Contest Winners

March 6, 2016

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Broadcast Academic Script First Place - Ann Bailey, Wave TV, Summerville HS Second Place - Taylor Diamond-Seagriff, Wave TV, Summerville HS News Script First Place - Betsy Bullock, Wave TV, Summerville HS Second Place - Cole Lowery, Wave TV, Summerville HS Third Place - Kry...

SIPA can be the start on a path

Kevin Mobley, SIPA Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, ODYSSEY newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Athens, Georgia)

December 10, 2015

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As this year, 2015, comes to a close, we are reminded that current social, political and environmental climates we inhabit make right now both an exciting and frightening time to be a journalist. Just as Twitter, WordPress, Google, YouTube and the entire sphere of social media have revolutionized...