Set your calendars for this year's Fall Press Day!

Fall Press Day 2010

Wednesday, October 20th

It's time to start getting ready for Publications Olympics!  Please be looking at your mail for a hard copy of the entry form and poster to start arriving at schools by the end of the week.

The deadline for PubOly is March 3rd.  Please mark that deadline down on your calendar and begin working with your students on getting your entries compiled.

The forms can also be downloaded online here:

Publications Olympics Poster

Publications Olympics Entry Form

Please refer to these updated forms for all rules and materials needed to apply to the competition.  We look forward to seeing those entries!

Preparations are under way for the annual Publications Olympics!  Look for instructions, registration forms, and a poster to put up to be arriving at your school later this week.  Also check back to the website for digital copies of all the materials.

The deadline for submission is March 2nd.  We look forward to all the great entries!

New this year: A single issue webpage category!  We added that category this year to include all of the wonderful online publications.  Please contact us if you have any questions about the new category.

Fall Press Day has come and gone with much success!  We had over 900 attendees, advisers, speakers, vendors, and volunteers attend the event from all over Oregon.  Thanks to all who helped make it such a great event!

Next year's Fall Press Day will be Wednesday, Oct. 20th 2010.

COMING SOON: Publication Olympics!

Please note that the following is only a ROUGH DRAFT of the final schedule.  Please verify at the event with the printed schedule for all sessions as they are subject to change.

Click here for the schedule.

Early bird registration for Fall Press Day 2009 on Tuesday Oct. 13th is approaching!  Make sure to register your school by Sept. 30th to get the early bird pricing of $14 a student.  Sept. 30th is also the cut off deadline for all those wanting to participate in the Write-Off Competition.  So get those registrations and entries in!

For those needing entry and registration forms, scroll down to the previous announcement or go to our forms page.

Preparations are gearing up for this year's Fall Press Day on Tuesday, Oct. 13th!  We're excited to come back for another year of exploring journalism and media with Oregon's high school student journalists.

If you are unfamiliar with Fall Press Day and would like to learn more, please click here.

Advisers should be aware that NWSP's newsletter, ImPRESSions is being sent out this week and should be reaching schools very soon.  (You can read or download a digital ImPRESSions here.)  In it is all the information and forms you will need to sign your students up for Fall Press Day.  Note that the early bird registration date has been moved back a couple days to 9/30 in order to better accomodate busy schedules.

Forms are also available for download:

Fall Press Day Registration Form

Write Off Registration Form

We are also busy looking for speakers for this event.  If you are an adviser, teacher, journliasm, or media professional and would like the opportunity to influence young minds, we need you! 

Speakers can email nwsp@oregonstate.edu to get their questions answered or fill out the online speaker registration form:

Speaker Registration Form

We hope to see you all there!

We're glad to announce our two key note presenters for this year's Fall Press Day!  Our morning keynote will be Bryan Sims, the CEO of Brass|Media Inc.  which is an organization educating young adults about money.  "Our goal at brass is simple: To provide direct, intelligent, entertaining content to young adults about the money side of life™."  With a quarterly magazine, video blogs, and interactive website, Sims has led Brass|Media Inc. to be at the forefront of using media to present educational and entertaining content. 

Our afternoon keynote presenter will be Frank Lomonte, the Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center.  The Student Press Law Center seeks to educate high school and college journalists about the rights, responsiblities, and laws surrounding current media.  Lamonte will be traveling from Arlington, VA to join us.

We look forward to both our keynote presenters!