Student Profile Series Wins Award

November 5, 2024 / All News

Jackson Academy’s Office of Marketing & Communication received a Lantern Award for its 2023-2024 Student Profile Video Series through the Southern Public Relations Federation. The student profile videos help tell the JA story and introduce prospective families to the types of students who choose JA for their education.

SPRF is a regional association of public relations professionals from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Florida panhandle. A Lantern Award indicates that the video series scored 90 or above on a 100-point scale. The entries are judged by accredited public relations professionals who reside outside the competition’s four-state region. Entrants must accompany their entry with a document outlining the research, planning, implementation, and evaluation they completed and show samples of the actual work. As part of the entry process, entrants receive judges’ comments to help them improve future work.

Congratulations to everyone who had a part in the JA Student Profile Series!

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