Contests

contestsSubmitting videos for evaluation and critiques can be a very good way for the staff to grow. Critiques offer another point of view on the quality of the show. Students will receive feedback from professionals with a rubric to guide future work.

Here is a list of the possible places where the broadcast program can get feedback.

Southern Interscholastic Press Association Broadcast Evaluation

(for programs in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas)
http://sipa.sc.edu/evaluations.html

Here is a list of individual contests for broadcast.

Student Television Network Contests

https://www.studenttelevision.com/contests.htm

Journalism Education Association Write-Off Contests

http://jea.org/home/awards-honors/write-off-contests/

National Scholastic Press Association Story of the Year Contest

http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/contests.html#broadcast

White House Student Film Festival

http://www.whitehouse.gov/filmfestival

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A guide for high school advisers and students of broadcast journalism.