Create Speaker Account

Thank you for your interest in presenting a session at the 2025 Fall JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention!

Members and other individuals interested in supporting the goals and programs of JEA, NSPA and scholastic journalism are invited to submit proposals for breakout sessions at the national convention. This invitation is extended to teachers/advisers, professional journalists and students in editorial leadership positions.

Session proposal deadline for Fall 2025: Sept. 10, 2025

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Please note, creating a speaker account on this site DOES NOT MEAN you are registered for the convention. This account is purely for session submissions and the convention mobile app. You will still need to register for the convention as usual when it opens on Aug. 27 (view convention dates and deadlines here). 

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SESSION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

- To submit a session proposal, you must first fill out the required details here to create a speaker account.

- Once you have created your speaker profile, please visit the "My Submissions" tab under the dropdown menu in the top, right-hand corner and select the "New Submission" button.

- Fill out the session submission form. Once submitted, you can view and edit the session through the "My Submissions" page.

Submitting with co-presenters? Please designate one person to submit the session proposal on behalf of your group. At the end of the form, there will be an option to search for your co-presenter by name or add their information manually if they haven't yet created an account. They will then receive an email invite to log-in and update their profile details. Alternatively, they can first fill out this form to create a speaker profile, which you can then search for by name.

IMPORTANT: Please ensure ALL co-presenters correctly fill out their "Scheduling availability" section, otherwise the planning team may schedule you for a time that doesn't work for everyone involved.

IMPORTANT: This is the email all your speaker/convention communication will go to, so please make note of which one you use.

Please add nhsjc2025fall@dryfta.net to your email contacts and/or ask your school's IT department to whitelist this domain. If this is not possible, we recommend using a non-school email to avoid firewall issues. 

Please provide the best phone number to reach you while onsite at the convention.

Please spell out fully in AP style.

If you live outside the United States, please list your country.

Students and advisers, please list your school's full name with no abbreviations. If you want to list your publication's name, please include the school name as well (i.e. Westside News, Westside High School).

If you work for multiple organizations, please select one. You can list any others in your bio.

Please list in AP downstyle (don't capitalize every word). 

Students, you may simply put "Student" or if you have a specific title with your publication, you can list that instead.

If you hold multiple positions, please select one that is associated with the organization you listed above. You can list any others in your bio.

This field is optional for those with current CJE or MJE certification. Please verify that your certification is good through the convention dates (Nov. 13-16, 2025).

100 words or fewer in sentence and AP style. Start with your name "Jane Smith advises..."

Convention trade show - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday

NSMC photography judging - Friday morning

NSMC broadcast anchor judging - Friday afternoon

Quiz Bowl Qualifier - 8-8:45 a.m. Friday

NSPA/Quill & Scroll Advisory Board meeting - 8-8:45 a.m. Friday

JEA membership meeting - 8-8:45 a.m. Friday

JEA state directors meeting - 9-9:45 a.m. Friday

Break with a Pro - 9-10:45 a.m. Friday

JEA CTE Committee meeting - 10-10:45 a.m. Friday

JEA mentors meeting - 2-2:45 p.m. Friday

Quiz Bowl Final - 8-10 a.m. Saturday

NSPA Best of Show judging - Saturday morning

Scholastic Press Rights Committee meeting - 8-8:45 a.m. Saturday

JEA Digital Media Committee meeting - 8-8:45 a.m. Saturday

JEA Certification Committee meeting - 9-9:45 a.m. Saturday

JEA DEI Committee meeting - 9-9:45 a.m. Saturday

Adobe certification testing - 9-11 a.m. Saturday

Scholastic Press Association directors roundtable - 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday

JEA Awards Committee meeting - 11-11:45 a.m. Saturday

Adviser recognition luncheon - Noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday

Taking into account your scheduling conflicts, please select all times you ARE available to speak.

PLEASE DON'T FORGET to take into account the convention events you want to attend. (Ex: If you are participating in the Quiz Bowl, please DO NOT select time slots that conflict with that event.)

We appreciate your flexibility in providing us with as much availability as possible so we can successfully schedule all sessions.