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Organizations
1. Mississippi Scholastic Press Association, established 1947
2. Southern Interscholastic Press Association, of which many schools are members
3. Columbia Scholastic Press Association, of which many schools are members
4. Quill & Scroll Honor Society, of which many schools hold charters
5. National Scholastic Press Association, of which many schools are members
6. Journalism Education Association, in which all Mississippi advisers are offered free membership
7. Student Press Law Center, which provides inimitable legal aid to high school and collegiate journalists

Programming
8. MSPA fall statewide convention at the University of Southern Mississippi
9. MSPA spring statewide convention at the University of Mississippi
10. Overby Adviser Institute each summer at Ole Miss

Honors
11. Pamela E. Hamilton Memorial Key Address at each MSPA statewide convention
12. Joanne Sellers Newspaper Adviser of the Year Award
13. Caroline Fair Yearbook Adviser of the Year Award
14. Nancy Dupont Broadcast Adviser of the Year Award
15. Beth Fitts MSPA Scholarship to the University of Mississippi
16. Turner Catledge MSPA Scholarship to Mississippi State University
17. MSPA Scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi
18. Orley Hood Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism
19. All-Mississippi portfolio recognition
20. Mississippi High School Journalist of the Year

Notable Media Outlets
21. The Clarion Ledger
22. Mississippi Today
23. Mississippi Free Press
24. Mississippi Public Broadcasting
25. Mississippi Business Journal
26. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
27. Biloxi Sun Herald
28. Meridian Star
29. Columbus Commercial Dispatch
30. Hattiesburg American
31. Vicksburg Post
32. WLBT-TV Jackson
33. WLOX-TV Biloxi
34. 3WTVA-TV Tupelo
35. WCBI-TV Columbus

Notable Collegiate Journalism Programs
36. University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media
37. University of Southern Mississippi School of Media and Communication
38. Mississippi State University Department of Communication

Notable Collegiate Student Media Outlets
39. The Reflector, Mississippi State University
40. Daily Mississippian, The University of Mississippi
41. Student Printz, The University of Southern Mississippi
42. Newswatch, The University of Mississippi
43. Hail State Productions, Mississippi State University
44. Rebel Radio, The University of Mississippi
45. The Ole Miss Yearbook, The University of Mississippi

Notable Scholastic Journalism Programs
46. Mustang TV, Center Hill High School
47. The Student Press, George County High School
48. Voyage, Gulfport High School
49. The Sentry, Jackson Preparatory High School
50. Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory High School
51. Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory Middle School
52. Commodore Media Group, Lafayette High School
53. Patriot Vision, Lewisburg High School
54. Pawprint, Madison Central High School
55. The Uproar, Madison Central High School
56. JNN, Madison Central High School
57. Southern Voices, Mississippi School for Math and Science
58. The Vision, Mississippi School for Math and Science
59. The Pleiades, Murrah High School
60. Landmark, Northwest Rankin High School
61. The Warrior, Oak Grove High School
62. The Charger, Oxford High School
63. Evoke, Oxford High School
64. The Revelation, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
65. Bruin News Now, St. Joseph Catholic School
66. The Hi-Times, Tupelo High School
67. The Album, Tupelo High School
68. WTHS, Tupelo High School

Heroes of Scholastic Journalism
69. Gerald Forbes, first Journalism Dept. Chair at the University of Mississippi, who founded MSPA and served as its first director from 1947-1957
70. Samuel Talbert, second Journalism Dept. Chair at the University of Mississippi, MSPA director from 1957-1971
71. S. Gale Denley, MSPA director from 1971-1977 and for whom the Student Media Center at the University of Mississippi is named.
72. Robin Street, MSPA’s longest-serving director, 1989-2004
73. Beth Fitts, MSPA most accomplished director, 2004-2013, and Dow Jones National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year in 2003
74. Joanne Sellers, newspaper adviser at George County High School from 1986-2004 and for whom MSPA’s Newspaper Adviser of the Year award is named.
75. Sherry McKenzie, journalism adviser at Tupelo High School who served on MSPA’s first advisory board from 2005-2012
76. Leona O’Neal, journalism adviser at George County High School who served on MSPA’s first advisory board from 2005-2012
77. Lou Callum, journalism adviser at Madison Central High School who served on MSPA’s first advisory board from 2005-2012
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78. Terry Cassreino, journalism adviser at St. Joseph Catholic School from 2012-present who earned the state’s first national individual honor from JEA when he was named Broadcast Adviser of the Year in 2023.
79. Katrina Berry-Ivy, broadcast adviser at Tupelo High School from 2019-present who was named the state’s first JEA Rising Star in 2023
. Certified Journalism Educators
80. Shari Chumley, journalism adviser at Tupelo High School
81. Terry Cassreino, journalism adviser at St. Joseph Catholic School
82. Ginny Shikle, former journalism adviser at Tupelo High School and Center Hill High School

Master Journalism Educators
83. R.J. Morgan, former journalism adviser at Starkville High School, 2007-2013, and current MSPA director

Famous Mississippi Journalists
84. Ida B. Wells-Barnett
85. Hodding Carter
86. Rick Cleveland
87. Jesse Holland
88. Bill Minor
89. Jerry Mitchell
90. Willie Morris
91. Charles Overby
92. Shepard Smith
93. Curtis Wilkie
94. Oprah Winfrey

Famous Mississippi Writers
95. William Faulkner
96. John Grisham
97. Angie Thomas
98. Margaret Walker
99. Jesmyn Ward
100. Eudora Welty