Welcome back, advisers!

Arizona Interscholastic Press Association is an organization that has encouraged Arizona students to pursue journalism since 1949. We’ve all struggled with the ideas of what to do in our classrooms and how to make it all work. Are you the one and only journalism teacher on your campus? Are you looking for a mentor who gets it? If you’ve ever heard the call that America needs journalists, well guess what? America needs journalism teachers!

FREE Curriculum

It’s true, there’s a lot of curriculum out there right now, and determining what is high quality can be a full-time job. If you need help, The AIPA board recommends:

•  JEA Curriculum Library  offers lessons produced by journalism educators from across the nation free for anyone to use. New journalism lessons are added regularly. Curriculum published by School Newspapers Online is also free to any school journalism program. It focuses on journalism principles of writing, reporting and multimedia journalism.
• NSPA can assist you in taking your publication to the next level. Schedule a critique to work with a seasoned adviser!
• SPLC resources for teaching journalism include presentations, quizzes, webinars and the opportunity to schedule a Zoom session with a press law speaker.

AIPA Contests and Convention

We hope you submitted your students’ work for recognition in the AIPA general excellence contests. Each entry will be reviewed with the top entries receiving gold, silver and bronze honors during the AIPA Awards Ceremony at the High School Journalism Convention in the fall, at the Arizona State University main campus. Visit the convention link for more information about past conventions. Registration will open in early September at azaipa.org, so start the field trip process now. Interested in presenting a session or facilitating a roundtable? Propose and present it at the convention!

Join the Team!

Consider becoming a board member! Send us an email to let us know you are interested in attending a meeting so you can check it out.

Finally, help spread the news about AIPA! Forward this page to fellow journalism advisers in Arizona and invite them to join our organization, register for the convention and get their students involved with media programs. 

Have an amazing school year!

AIPA Board – [email protected]