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CSPA Announces 2025 Gold Circle Award Winners

Gold Circle Awards recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff. There were 5,625 entries and 1,125 winners this year.

CSPA Awards Programs: Recognizing Excellence

CSPA offers two major awards programs to honor excellence in student publications: the Crown Awards and the Gold Circle Awards.

CSPA events allow students to strengthen their skills and explore interests in other areas, while they meet other student journalists on the Columbia campus. 

In this video, Summer Journalism Workshop students discuss the importance of journalism and storytelling, and how CSPA helped them hone their craft.