{"id":170,"date":"2023-09-08T13:55:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:32:57","slug":"message-from-the-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/?page_id=170","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" style=\"width:241px;height:362px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2509011_BH_152_Becky_Robinson-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2509011, September headshots day 1, shot 09-09-25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanks for visiting the Alabama Scholastic Press Association!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here in the College of Communication &amp; Information Sciences, we believe in equipping our students and future students with the tools they need to succeed in their chosen fields (which we hope is Journalism &amp; Creative Media). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Director of Scholastic Media at The University of Alabama, my goal is to serve as a valuable resource for the high school and elementary school media staffs and students across the state of Alabama. I can&#8217;t wait to work with our excellent state-wide programs, and I&#8217;m honored to help welcome you to ASPA and answer any questions you may have along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roll Tide!<br>Becky Robinson<br><a href=\"mailto:rdrobinson1@ua.edu\">rdrobinson1@ua.edu<\/a> | 205-348-2772<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for visiting the Alabama Scholastic Press Association! Here in the College of Communication &amp; Information Sciences, we believe in equipping our students and future students with the tools they need to succeed in their chosen fields (which we hope is Journalism &amp; Creative Media). As the Director of Scholastic Media at The University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspa.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}