Charger Challenge

2025 — Draper, UT/US

Async Newscaster/Podcaster

Abbreviation APOD
Format Speech
Entry Fee $4.00
Overall Entry Limit 40
Entry Limit Per School 4
Entry Teams of between 1 and 3 competitors

Event Description:

Newscaster (AKA Podcaster) allows students to practice for future careers in new media reporting by delivering the evening news, which may be real or fictitious. Taking a break from headline news for weather, sports, and even a commercial or two is permitted. Speeches may be in teams or "maverick," and should range between 5 and 10 minutes.

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Locations
Corner Canyon High School
Contacts
Jonathan Spencer Tamara Townsend
General Info
Invitation Homepage Email Archive Events & Divisions Institutions In Attendance
Events
Congress (Saturday) Congress-Novice (Saturday)
Big Question (Saturday) Lincoln Douglas (Saturday) Policy (Saturday) Public Forum (Saturday) Spar (Saturday)
Async After Dinner Speech Async Combined Extemp Async Declamation Async Dramatic Interp Async Humorous Interp Async Informative Async Lip Sync Async Musical Theater Async Newscaster/Podcaster Async Oratory Async Poetry Async Pro Con Challenge Async Sketch Comedy Async Story Telling DUO (Friday) Domestic Extemp (Friday) Dramatic Interp (Friday) Editorial (Friday) Humorous Interp (Friday) Impromptu (Friday) Impromptu-Novice (Friday) Improv (Friday) Informative (Friday) Informative-Novice (Friday) International Extemp (Friday) Oratory (Friday) Oratory-Novice (Friday) POI-Program Oral Interpretation (Friday) Prose (Friday) Shark Tank (Friday)
World Schools (Friday)
Circuits
BQ – Big Questions CO – Colorado High School Speech & Debate ID – Idaho NatCir – National Circuit (US HS) UT – Utah WSDC – Worlds Schools WY – Wyoming

Dates & Deadlines

 MDT
Tournament Dates Dec 4 to Dec 6 2025
Registration Opens Fri Aug 1 at 12:00 AM
Registration Closes Thu Dec 4 at 5:00 PM
Fees Freeze After Thu Dec 4 at 5:00 PM
Judge Information Due Thu Dec 4 at 5:00 PM
Drop online until Thu Dec 4 at 5:00 PM
Change fees apply after Thu Dec 4 at 5:00 PM

These deadlines are set in Tabroom for technical purposes. Always consult the invitation or tournament notices for official policies about deadlines and procedures.