CMA: About College Media Advisers

College Media Advisers, Inc. has been working since 1954 to help student media professionals improve their media operations. Joining CMA is the best way to develop professionally in media advising. Endorsed by state and regional professional and college media associations and schools and departments of mass communication, CMA communicates and works with professional media organizations and education associations on the local, state, and national levels.

If you serve collegiate newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, radio, television, or cable operations in any capacity, let us serve you.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

As the professional association dedicated to serving the needs of collegiate student media programs and their advisers, our mission is to:

educate and inform advisers about their roles in serving students and about the teaching, advising and production of collegiate media.
advance the quality of the student media our members advise.

To achieve this mission, we will:

offer conventions, workshops, conferences, seminars and similar learning experiences,
serve as the authoritative voice of the collegiate media and advisers,
provide and disseminate research and information for and about collegiate media and advising,
provide a learning environment that promotes excellence and ethical standards in all aspects of mass communication.

Center for Innovation in College Media is now sponsored by CMA. CLICK HERE to visit the Center's Web Site or click below for the latest headlines.

Innovation in College Media

Got MoJo?

College Media Review

GET YOU MOJO RISING: Mobile Journalism in the classroom and in media on campus.

Download the Current edition here in PDF format (5.2 MB)

Tales from FERPA crypt

Tell us your FERPA horror stories. The Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act was intended to protect educational records. However, as many know, some institutions have extended the definition of "educational" records to keep what should be public information behind a veil of secrecy. Kevin Schwartz at the University of North Carolin at Chapel Hill is collecting FERPA "horror story" anecdotes in an effort to make a case for reform of FERPA restrictions. CLICK HERE to send him your story.

Resource Library

Committee Chairs Contact Webmaster

Committee Zone seeks to boost CMA panels

As discussed at the Advisory Council Meeting in Kansas City, The CMA is providing more support and resources for the shared use of its committees.

All CMA committee chairs should contact the webmaster so a special committee email and access to the committee working resource area on the web site can be provided.

Contact Bill Neville at your earliest convenience.