Category: Awards

Renton High School’s Arrow newsmagazine to receive national Diversity Award

The Journalism Education Association will honor Renton (Wash.) High School’s Arrow newsmagazine, with its Diversity Award on April 14 at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle. J Camp, a high school journalism workshop sponsored by the Asian American Journalists Association, earned Honorable Mention. JEA’s Diversity Award honors a scholastic journalism teacher,…
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JEA names Indiana teacher Yearbook Adviser of the Year

Kim Green, MJE, yearbook adviser at Columbus (Ind.) North High School, learned in a surprise ceremony at her school Jan. 9 that she was the Journalism Education Association’s 2011 Yearbook Adviser of the Year. Kelly Furnas, JEA’s executive director, and H. L. Hall, JEA’s Yearbook Adviser of the Year Committee chair, presented a plaque to…
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Investigative feature on teen profiling earns top prize in annual Student Impact Award competition

After hearing numerous reports that local police were stopping teens without probable cause, reporters Benjamin Breuner and Michael Weinstein of the Redwood Bark student newspaper decided to investigate.  The reporters, students at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif, found that Marin County police arrest teenagers for misdemeanors at a rate far higher than adults and…
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Journalism Education Association names 2011 Future Teacher Scholarship winners

Three more educators-in-training joined the ranks of the Journalism Education Association’s Future Teacher Scholarship winners, bringing to 27 the number earning this award since it was first presented in 2000. Each of the students will receive $1,000 Nov. 20 at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Minneapolis. They are Sarah Bergsieker, senior…
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JEA names past president as recipient of top award

Throughout her 28 years of service at Pella (Iowa) Community High School, former JEA president Ann Visser, MJE, has been a dominant advocate for high-school journalism. From establishing two award-winning publications to embracing the modern-technology generation with a highly regarded website, Visser has made her mark on not only her students but also her community.…
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