Registration and hotel reservation process
Registration process
Online registration takes place through our Cvent portal.
Please have your JEA or NSPA member number handy to access the member discount.
If you qualify for discounted or complimentary registration, you must make the selection at the beginning (page 2) of the registration process.
Please have the email address of each attendee on hand as this is a registration software requirement.
Refer to the convention website for full descriptions of workshops and other Extras.
We advise to have your group selections made prior to starting the registration process. You will be timed out after 80 minutes of non activity.
The online registration system includes these convention extras which have additional costs:
- Preconvention workshops
- Break with a Pro
- On-site media critiques
- Adobe certification tests
- Adviser recognition luncheon tickets
- National Journalism Quiz Bowl
- NSPA Best of Show
- Convention merchandise
- Thursday media tours
The online registration system does not include reservations or sign ups for:
- Hotel rooms (room block opens in February, a link will be sent once you have completed registration)
- Student scholarships (applications due Feb. 23
- JEA National Student Media Contests (learn more and register on JEA website)
- JEA CJE or MJE certification testing
- JEA Outreach Academy
- First-time convention grants (applications due Jan. 30)
Please limit group registrations to no more than 28. If you have more than 28, please create a second registration. The primary registrant must be an adviser or an adult attending. The email address of the primary registrant cannot be repeated from the first registration. You can use a personal email address or your media email.
You can modify your registration via the link in your registration confirmation email.
Adviser members can volunteer their time to receive discounted or complimentary registration. We continue to evaluate the convention program and adapt our convention planning with the changing volunteering needs, programming updates and overall economy and event costs.
Confirm your volunteer commitment and register by Feb. 27, the early bird deadline, to receive the registration discount. In the case of multiple advisers from one school, only two registrations will be discounted without special permission from JEA and NSPA.