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Here's what you'll need for the contests and convention: • The INFORMATION sheet explaining how to enter all contests and critiques. Having problems downloading these PDF files? Get a free copy of Adobe Reader by clicking here. Need further information? Contact OSMA executive director Candace Perkins Bowen at cbowen@kent.edu or 330-672-8297
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OHIO’S FIRST STATE CONVENTION Ohio’s three top-notch scholastic media organizations are now one statewide group, and, starting in 2008, that means ONE contest, ONE membership fee and ONE state convention with competition, critiques and learning sessions for everyone. Ohio Scholastic Media Association (OSMA) began when Journalism Association of Ohio Schools (JAOS), Great Lakes Interscholastic Press Association at Bowling Green (GLIPA) and Northeast Ohio Scholastic Press Association at Kent State (NOSPA) joined forces to provide support for student media in every part of the state and those in nearby states as well. If you belonged to one of those – and even if you didn’t – OSMA is now the place for you. LOTS OF COMPETITION, FEEDBACK That means bigger and better competition. You’ll find advanced contest registration information -- from individual categories to overall critique details – in downloadable form on this page. With 36 categories, there’s plenty of options for everyone – including yearbook and broadcast students. All entries will be returned during or shortly after the state convention April 4 & 5, 2008. Each critique will show your strengths and the areas where you could improve. There’s no better way to end the year than receiving awards for superior, excellent and honorable mention for your work from this year – and earning ratings all the way to Golden Flash for overall publications. This helps you get a head start on what you can improve to be even better next year! ONE LOW MEMBERSHIP FEE There’s only one membership charge per school. Yes, even if you have three or four student media outlets, OSMA’s introductory membership fee is only $75 per school for the year. That covers all contests, pre-entered and on-site, mailings, Web site information and support. STATE CONVENTION AND REGIONAL WORKSHOPS Plan now to attend the first-ever Ohio state convention, April 4 & 5, 2008, at Kent State University. Come Friday for competition, tours and specialized sessions plus the Awards Banquet for Advance Entry and Overall Publication results. Come Saturday for more than 50 sessions covering all aspects of media. Information about reduced rate accommodations in Kent will be available for those who want to stay overnight. Friday’s events open with registration at 1 p.m. and on-site Day-of Competition beginning at 2 p.m. With expanded categories and hands-on competition, as many as 12 of students per school can participate. While the competition is going on, other students can tour campus or participate in special sessions during the afternoon. Banquet keynoter is Jack Kennedy, Journalism Education Association president and former Dow Jones Newspaper Fund High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. Saturday’s sessions bring you classroom and newsroom pros, sharing tips and tricks to help you with every aspect of your student media. From writing and editing to layout and design, from advertising to posting on the Web, and from still photos to videography. If you need to know about to communicate better with your audience, we probably will have it on our program. Can’t come to Kent in April? Next fall you’ll have plenty of other opportunities to jump-start your programs. OSMA has five regions, and each will be planning a daylong fall or early winter workshop. Watch your mailboxes for postcards alerting you to details in August or September. State conventions in the future will probably be more centrally located, but Kent State’s new journalism building was a must-see for 2008. In fact, keep watching the Center for Scholastic Journalism Web site. You’ll find lots of useful and interesting information posted there in the coming months. WE NEED YOUR HELP, TOO OSMA now needs board members. A group of advisers and others from the three original organizations worked for two years to create the regional map, develop the bylaws and find the state and regional headquarters. (NOTE: We will need a site in southeastern Ohio. Know any colleges that might be interested? Contact cbowen@kent.edu if you have ideas.) The next step is the board. We want representatives from all five regions, from small and large schools, new advisers who just became involved and those who have been teaching for years! We need up to eight members from each of the five regions plus two at-large members, serving three-year terms with staggered ending dates. They need to be willing to judge, speak at workshops or conferences, attend either a regional or the annual meeting, which will be part of the spring convention. Check out the bylaws and let Candace know if you are interested. cbowen@kent.edu
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