With the virtual Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention, there wasn’t the traditional student award ceremony. JEA Journalist of the Year Coordinator Joe Humphrey, MJE, created this 30-minute video to celebrate the spring award winners. The video announces the 2021 JEA Journalist of the Year. The video recognizes JEA’s Aspiring Young Journalist Award, Student…
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With the virtual Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention, there wasn’t the traditional advisers award ceremony. JEA Awards Chair Erinn Harris, MJE, created this 20-minute video to celebrate the spring award winners. The video includes a speech from H.L.Hall National High School Yearbook Adviser of the Year Mitch Ziegler, CJE. New and renewing Certified…
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By Joe Humphrey, MJE, Journalist of the Year Coordinator The Journalism Education Association names Christopher Denkovich as its 2021 Aspiring Young Journalist. Denkovich is editor-in-chief of the Bulldog Barker newspaper at Freedom Area Middle School in Freedom, Pennsylvania. JEA also recognizes two runners-up: Nahshon Cooper of John Hopkins Middle School in St. Petersburg, Florida, and…
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By Sarah Verpooten, MJE March is Women’s History Month. Despite the overwhelming majority of girls in high school journalism programs nationwide, the professional journalism world has yet to reach gender parity. According to a 2019 study by the Women’s Media Center, only 41.7% percent of professional journalists identify as female. As high school journalism educators,…
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JEA’s semiannual report contains updates from staff, board members, committee chairs, state directors and liaisons. Kelly Glasscock, CJEExecutive Director, Journalism Education Association105 Kedzie Hall828 Mid-Campus Dr. S.Manhattan, KS 66506-1500Contact Membership: Voting membership stands at 2,375, which is a drop from a comparable time last spring. The year-long cycle marks a year since the start of the…
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