The Journalism Education Association’s signature adviser-only conference will take place July 6-9 as a virtual event for 2020, but JEAai will continue to provide a blend of instruction, connection, inspiration and participation. A new component, aiDIY, gives attendees the opportunity to learn by doing. Designed as a do-it-yourself project for advisers to apply what they’ve…
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Seven student media advisers have been appointed to a Scholastic Journalism Week committee to plan and execute the organization’s signature SJW programming. PJ Cabrera, CJE, will lead the group as program coordinator. Cabrera teaches journalism at Judson High School in Converse, Texas, where he advises The Fuel student newspaper and The Rocket yearbook. In his…
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The Journalism Education Association’s board of directors voted 7-0 to join the National Media Literacy Education Alliance. To form the Alliance, a network of educational associations gathered for a discussion during a virtual meeting in March. The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), which has been a participant in several JEA programs, organized the…
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As the board of directors began a new three-year term May 1, President Sarah Nichols, MJE, appointed teacher/adviser members to lead the Journalism Education Association’s programs and committees as outlined in the organization’s bylaws (Article VII). Awards: Erinn Harris, MJE Harris advises student media at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria,…
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Roy Peter Clark delivered one of the keynote addresses at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, on Nov. 9, 2006. He used music to help teach his concepts of writing in his talk, “So You Want To Be a Nashville Writing Star: How To Find Your Writer’s Voice and the Music…
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