Membership Information
November 4, 2019
For more than 60 years, AIPA has been serving Arizona’s student journalists and their advisers. All advisers and publications are encouraged to join AIPA and to involve their journalists in the many exciting events and contests available to them from this valuable organization. Annual membership runs...
Adviser’s Day Workshop
August 19, 2019
Take a deep breath - you've got this! Whether you were "volun-told" for your advising job, or you're a master who has been doing this for more years than you can count, making connections and finding new directions with a group that understands your world is a step in the right direction. Join us to le...
The Fall Convention at ASU
August 19, 2019
Registration is open for the Fall Convention at Arizona State University in Tempe. The convention is held in the Memorial Union on the second floor. Early Bird Prices until September 26! Please check-in at the Turquoise Room between 8:30 - 9:15 as the opening Welcome "assembly" begins at 9:30. The...
Previous Fall Convention Video Highlights
November 21, 2017
See our convention in action! Check out this short reel! Fall Convention 2017
Could you use a little help?
August 19, 2017
AIPA Mentoring Teachers in their first or second year of advising: AIPA currently sponsors two JEA mentors, specifically trained by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) to mentor new teachers. Mentoring support is free for two years, and it is non-evaluative with no assignments. The only requ...
Use Remind to connect with staff
Kris Urban, Adviser, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe
January 10, 2016
Although I’m not one of those advisers who worries about trading cell phone numbers with my journalism students, I can still see the many benefits of using Remind. Remind, formerly Remind101, is a method of communicating with your students via text message without sharing cell phone numbers. It’s...
AZCentral sports awards provide opportunities for teen journalists
August 18, 2015
The Arizona Republic and azcentral sports will honor student-athletes during the upcoming school season. We’ll also pay tribute to the unsung heroes in our communities, reward the ultimate game-day experiences and celebrate with a year-end awards gala. Awards The Arizona Sports Awards will reco...
Use Trello to start the year organized
Kris Urban, Adviser, Corona del Sol Sunrise
August 5, 2015
I started using Trello about a year ago, and now I can't imagine advising a publication without it. Trello can explain itself better than I can: "Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, a...
SPLC: Protections inconsistent for student journalists
Dani Kass, SPLC
December 17, 2014
Anonymous sources often play a crucial role in the hardest-hitting journalism. But in stories where they are used, student reporters must first consider ethics, laws and institutional policies.