Posted Oct. 8, 2025 Daniel Amborn of Edina HS named Journalism Educator of the Year Executive director Laura Widmer and associate director Gary Lundgren made a surprise visit to the pubs room at Edina High School to announce that Daniel Amborn is the 2025 Minnesota Journalism Educator of the Year. “As a veteran student media…

The fall convention is a time to celebrate the opportunities that our great state offers to student journalists and their advisers. Connect. Learn. Explore. Celebrate! JEM All State, MHSPA Gold Medallion, and Best of Show awards will be announced. Costs: $23 per person registration fee (earlybird) // $28 after Sept. 25. $15 Best of Show…

In a May 20 announcement from the Minnesota High School Press Association, 150 students from seven schools have been selected for the MN North Star Honor Roll: 48 North Star Editors, 44 North Star Journalists, and 58 Distinguished Journalists. This is the first year after a several-year hiatus that MHSPA has published an honor roll.…

DEADLINE: JUNE 20, 2025, 5 p.m. CT TO ENTER: Visit the NSPA membership portal under the Contests tab or use the links at the following links: > Submit Broadcast Entries > Submit Literary Arts Magazine Entries > Submit Newspaper/Newsmagazine Entries > Submit Online Entries  > Submit Photojournalism Entries > Submit Social Media Entries > Submit…

The results are in! Sports reporters and photographers who attended Journalism Day at the Wild on Apr. 15 filed stories and submitted their best photos. Congratulations to our winners: SPORTS REPORTING: ARTICLE First Place: Yoni Zacks, The Blake School Second Place: Sophia Blew, Minnehaha Acdemy Honorable Mention: Dylan Lennick, Minnehaha Academy SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY: IMAGE First Place: Kendal Picka, Orono High School Second…

A group of student journalists from across Minnesota toured The Guthrie, talked with columnist and arts critic Sheila Regan, and wrote reviews of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The honorees are: WINNER – Anavie Bernick, Minnehaha Academy The judge said, “The lead engages the reader with alliterative word play, and then weaves that alliteration throughout the review. Sentence…

Journalists around the state submitted a number of inspiring portfolios in this year’s Journalist of the Year scholarship competition.  Congratulations to our 2025 Minnesota Journalist of the Year, Yoni Zacks, Editor-in-Chief of The Spectrum (Anna Reid adviser) at the Blake School. This year’s judge said, “As Yoni said, ‘I have been involved in journalism since…

Open to high school students in Minnesota who have served with distinction on the staff of an NSPA/MHSPA-member broadcast, literary arts magazine, newspaper/newsmagazine, specialty magazine, website or yearbook by the end of the current school year.  Students must be in good academic standing. There isn’t a grade-point requirement. Students must maintain the high ethical standards…

We are excited to bring back our spring Journalism Day at the Minnesota Wild! We have been working with our connections with the Minnesota Wild to bring our journalists a fun and engaging event coming up on April 15: Minnesota vs. Ducks. The purpose of the event is to provide our students with exposure to…

Minnesota High School Press Association and Journalism Educators of Minnesota sponsor Journalism Day at Guthrie Theater, an annual event that connects students to professionals working in and reviewing the arts. This year, 20 students and advisers will join us on Wednesday, Feb. 19  to tour the facility, talk with journalist Shiela Regan, local arts writer…