Spring National High School Journalism Convention
April 4-6, 2024  • Kansas City, Missouri

NSPA On-site Critiques

Noon-3:30 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday

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> On-site media critiques schedule

Media advisers and staff, with paid and confirmed critique appointments, should arrive at the Terrace, on the Sheraton Mezzanine Level, five minutes before your confirmed time to check-in.

Bring copies of recent print publications. Yearbook staffs should consider bringing 2024 proofs or a laptop to show the critique leader spreads from the soon-to-be-published yearbook.

Broadcast and website staffs should bring a laptop ready to show the critique leader your production.

Media staffs selected their critique times when registering. All sessions are full. Rescheduling is not possible at the convention.

Critiques are one of the most helpful — and most popular — features of the convention. Staff members and advisers sit down with an experienced adviser or professional journalist and review their student media. 

Critique sessions are 25 minutes and provide a one-on-one opportunity for students and advisers to ask questions. Each critique session is $30 per staff. Sessions are available for the following student media:

Broadcast
Literary Arts Magazine
Newspaper/Newsmagazine
Website
Yearbook

Critique sessions are offered at the following times during the convention:

Friday, April 5
noon
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3 p.m.

Saturday, April 6
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.

When registering for the convention, advisers may purchase and select from the available sessions. Special requests for times can not be accommodated.

Separate from the registration process, the adviser selects the students who will be attending the critique session, keeping in mind there are seven chairs at the table and others may have to stand. Do not register individual students for critiques — advisers register the student media staff.

The deadline for purchasing and reserving On-site Media Critiques is March 22. Critique times are limited and often fill-up before the deadline. The final schedule will be posted on the convention website on March 29.

All questions about the NSPA On-site Media Critiques should be directed to gary@studentpress.org.