United States Student Press Association
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The United States Student Press Association (USSPA) was a national organization of campus newspapers and editors active in the 1960s. It formed a national news agency called College Press Service
(CPS). USSPA was developed as a program of the National Student Association
(NSA). USSPA later became independent, then suffered financial setbacks in the early 1970s, and disbanded. The College Press Service was spun off and became a progressive alternative news collective in Denver, Colorado. It, too, later folded, selling its name to a commercial enterprise, and distributing the funds to progressive groups in Denver.
In 1967 Marshall Bloom
was elected general secretary and quickly appointed his friend Ray Mungo
as international news director. Later that year Bloom was fired from his position for his "radical politics and pot-head acid-freak lifestyle". Soon after his separation from USSPA Bloom founded with Mungo the Liberation News Service
.
Roger Ebert
served as president of the USSPA in 1963-64.
Early 70s luminaries included Barry Holtzclaw, Linda Hanley, Amanda Spake, Nick DeMartino
David Brown (aka BleedMeister), Gus Hellthaler (aka Joe Schmoe)
College Press Service
College Press Service is a commercial news agency supplying stories to student newspapers.It began as the news agency of the United States Student Press Association . When USSPA...
(CPS). USSPA was developed as a program of the National Student Association
National Student Association
The United States National Student Association, a confederation of American college and university student governments, was founded in 1947 at a conference at the University of Wisconsin. It established its first headquarters in Madison, not far from the U. of Wisconsin campus...
(NSA). USSPA later became independent, then suffered financial setbacks in the early 1970s, and disbanded. The College Press Service was spun off and became a progressive alternative news collective in Denver, Colorado. It, too, later folded, selling its name to a commercial enterprise, and distributing the funds to progressive groups in Denver.
In 1967 Marshall Bloom
Marshall Bloom
Marshall Bloom is best known as the co-founder of the Liberation News Service with Ray Mungo in 1967.-Early life and university studies:...
was elected general secretary and quickly appointed his friend Ray Mungo
Ray Mungo
Raymond Mungo is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books. He writes about business, economics, and financial matters as well as cultural issues...
as international news director. Later that year Bloom was fired from his position for his "radical politics and pot-head acid-freak lifestyle". Soon after his separation from USSPA Bloom founded with Mungo the Liberation News Service
Liberation News Service
Liberation News Service was a New Left, Underground press news service which published news bulletins from 1967 to 1981.-History:The Liberation News Service was co-founded in the summer of 1967 by Ray Mungo and Marshall Bloom after the two of them were separated from the United States Student...
.
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
served as president of the USSPA in 1963-64.
Early 70s luminaries included Barry Holtzclaw, Linda Hanley, Amanda Spake, Nick DeMartino
David Brown (aka BleedMeister), Gus Hellthaler (aka Joe Schmoe)