College Media Mega Workshop

July 10-12, 2025 | Minneapolis

REGISTER HERE!

Join us
July 10-12, 2025,
for our hands-on
collegiate workshop.

Workshop registration

Early bird pricing is $240 until June 15 and is $270 after. The registration deadline to secure campus housing has passed. If you need campus housing, you must contact Laura Widmer, laura@studentpress.org, for assistance. Please put campus housing in the subject line.

Expert faculty

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Accommodations on campus

The registration deadline to secure campus housing has passed. If you need campus housing, you must contact Laura Widmer, laura@studentpress.org, for assistance. Please put campus housing in the subject line.

$65 per night
Private bedroom, community bath.

$50 per night
Shared bedroom, community bath.

Parking

$11 daily in East Bank Oak Street Ramp

Reserve your residence hall room/s first through workshop registration. ACP will send you information prior to the workshop.

Workshop photos by Bradley Wilson 

Get the training you need for what’s ahead

Make plans now for ACP’s annual summer workshop, the College Media Mega Workshop, July 10-12, 2025, at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus.

This workshop has trained hundreds of collegiate journalists and advisers, and it’s prepared them for their challenges going into the academic year.

Our 2025 workshop offers specific tracks to prepare you for the year ahead.

Leadership • Advisers • Reporting • Advanced reporting • Sports journalism
• Photojournalism  • Basic design • Advanced design • Advanced digital storytelling • Business/advertising • Magazine and yearbook • Broadcasting

Mega Workshop pro tips and schedule outline

Here are some tips to help you plan for Mega Workshop:

  • The workshop registration desk will open at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 10.
  • The workshop will open with a keynote at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 10, and sessions will begin immediately following. Each track will set its own schedule for the workshop between the opening and the closing.
  • The workshop will wrap up with a closing keynote that will end by 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 12.
  • If you’re traveling in, you probably want to make your travel days Wednesday, July 9, and Sunday, July 13, although catching an early morning flight in on July 10 and leaving late on July 12 is doable, depending on connections.
  • You can book dorm rooms from the night of July 9 through the night of July 12. The choices are available on the registration site.
  • If you have it in your budget, plan to go to the Twins game on Friday, July 11 – you can find information when you register. 
  • If driving in, don’t forget to register for parking!

Why this workshop?

  • Experienced advisers and professionals teach the training tracks you need — in a constructive, supportive environment.
  • Training tracks are built with you in mind. We’ll meet you where your skills are.
  • Registration and accommodations are easy on your budget. 
  • Critiques help you with practical, constructive advice.
  • Ideas inspire you and your staff.
  • Working across platforms, we’ll offer the programming — and the insight — that you’ll need to succeed next year. 

Workshop fun

Join us at the July 11 Twins game at Target Field! The Twins will face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates. After the game, Nelly will be performing. Game tickets (which include concert tickets) can be purchased during registration.