“This is the best teacher training I have ever attended, and I am a critical judge! I will use almost everything I learned, and I learned so much.”
Suzanne Boxdorfer
Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, Calif
For more information on the JEA Advisers Institute, CLICK HERE.
Deadline: July 1, 2008
NEW!
CLICK HERE to read over the minutes
from the JEA Board and General Membership meetings.
JEA President Jack Kennedy, Alejandro Benito and JEA Executive Director Linda Puntney. Photo by Jocelyn Brown
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
$5,000 scholarship
Alejandro Benito, Cypress Falls High School,
Houston, Texas (Lisa Van Etta, adviser)
RUNNERS-UP
$2,000 scholarship
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Patrick J. Breen, Omaha Central High School, Omaha, Neb. (LaTrina Parker, adviser)
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Sarah E. Meier, Wichita High School East, Wichita, Kan. (Sharon K. Martin, adviser)
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Caitlyn Van Orden, East Coweta High School, Sharpsburg, Ga. (Amy Riley, adviser)
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Kaitlin S. Sanders, New South High School, Newton, Mass. (Brian Baron, adviser)
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Catharine Sydow, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Tamela Watkins, adviser)
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Eva Dou, Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Jeff Nardone, adviser)
Rachel Plumley
Scott Johnson Middle School (McKinney, Texas)
Rachel started a newspaper at her elementary school when she was in the fifth grade. She has been a writer, designer and photographer for yearbook and newspaper at Scott Johnson Middle School, and is a photography intern at McKinney North High School. She has also served as videographer and video editor for the school DVD yearbook. She has worked as a freelance photographer. She plans to continue her journalism studies throughout high school, and dreams of attending Kansas State University. She would love to work for Sports Illustrated or a major magazine.
2008 Aspiring Young Journalist Runners-up
Lauren Florence
Young Junior High (Arlington, Texas)
Lauren is the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper Talefeathers. She said she loves reporting, but also finds the positions of content producer, technical writer or editor exciting.
Michael Boulter
Westland Middle School (Bethesda, Md.)
Michael has been involved in journalism for four years. A career test showed that he would be good at a job in journalism. He likes working with other journalists.
Annual JEA calendar updated
JEA has updated its annual calendar of events. CLICK HERE to find all the JEA deadlines, links to all the JEA resources, everything from convention insights to awards deadlines.
John Bowen and the Scholastic Press Rights Commission continue to add information about combating censorship, students’ rights and free expression to the commission’s site. CLICK HERE for more information. |
