Conference
The 2026 N.C. College Media Conference will be held at Elon University on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Registration will open Dec. 1, 2025
Cost is only $30 per person and includes lunch.
Who should register? Editors, reporters, photographers, advisers, general managers and staff members of any newspaper, yearbook, magazine or online publication at any North Carolina college or university.
Accommodation Requests: Please notify NCCMA by Feb. 13.
Deadline to Register: Registration will close Feb. 20. This event has a registration capacity of 200.
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Fill out the following interactive PDF and email to Monica Hill at mihill@email.unc.edu. Online registration, however, is available and preferred. Use this form only if absolutely necessary.
Propose a Project
Conference attendees are eligible to propose a student media project of any kind and compete for a $250 stipend from NCCMA. Project proposals must be for work to be published in or shared through a student media outlet. Applications are to be submitted by 10 a.m. on the day of the conference. The interactive application form may be accessed below:
About the Conference
The North Carolina College Media Association formed in December 2007 and offered its initial one-day conference on Saturday, April 5, 2008, in the School of Media and Journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. That conference marked the launch of the association, based in the N.C. Scholastic Media Association offices. Sessions at that first conference focused on fall 2008 election coverage. Since then, conferences have been held on the campuses of N.C. State University, Elon University, Appalachian State University, Winston-Salem State University, N.C. A&T State University, Greensboro College, East Carolina University, William Peace University and UNC Charlotte.