Southern Interscholastic Press Association

Founded in 1923, the Southern Interscholastic Press Association is a nonprofit organization committed to helping students, advisers and administrators at public and private schools across the South create and cultivate unique, high-quality student media programs and rigorous hands-on learning experiences for all student storytellers.

To achieve our mission statement, we set forth six core values to guide our programs, initiatives and opportunities.
1: Building and fostering relationships among both students and advisers across the region, creating a scholastic media family that inspires camaraderie, creativity and collaboration
2: Supporting First Amendment rights throughout the Southeast region
3: Ensuring scholastic media programs in majority-Black and Latinx and Title I schools within our region have equitable access to SIPA educational opportunities
4: Encouraging students to engage in the critical consumption of media
5: Guiding students in improving the production of meaningful, ethical and accurate storytelling.
6: Encouraging dialogue and student storytelling that explores topics and issues unique to the SIPA region.

Testimonials

You can find stories about current and former SIPA participants online - https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/scholastic_organizations/sipa/spotlight/index.php