Each year, NCSMA elects six students to its student board to plan the summer Institute.

NCSMA Advisers Association provides a space for advisers to create a network of other student media teachers in the state.

In 2012, the N.C. Scholastic Media Advisers Association compiled a guide for teachers and administrators interested in offering an honors journalism course at their school.

In 2012, NCSMA was instrumental in bringing the Hazelwood Symposium to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

Former student journalists use the skills they learned through their experience at NCSMA in their current jobs.