Journalist of the Year Resources
Alabama | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Jan. 8 |
Website | Alabama Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Alaska | |
State Director | Paul Apfelbeck
Alaska
Work Galena Interior Learning Academy 847 Challenger Rd PO Box 359 Galena, AK 99741
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Arizona | |
State Director | Christine Brandell Melendez
Arizona
Work Paradise Valley High School 3950 E Bell Road Phoenix, AZ 85032
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Arizona Interscholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Arkansas | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | March 1 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
California | |
State Director | Mitch Ziegler
California
Work Redondo Union High School One Sea Hawk Way Rendondo Beach CA 90277
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | California Journalist of the Year State Application |
Submitting Entries | Submit applications online at above link. |
Colorado | |
State Director | Justin Daigle, CJE
Colorado
Work Brighton High School 270 S. 8th Ave. Brighton, CO 80601
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Colorado Student Media Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Connecticut | |
State Director | David Fortier
Connecticut
Work Rocky Hill High School 50 Chapin Ave. Rocky Hill, CT 06067
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Delaware | |
State Director | Dennis Leizear, CJE
Delaware
Work Padua Academy 905 N. Broom St. Wilmington, DE 19806
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 14 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to Dennis Leizear Cell phone: 302-562-3140 |
District of Columbia | |
State Director | Clare Berke
District of Columbia
Work Benjamin Banneker Academic High School 800 Euclid St. NW Washington, DC 20001
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Florida | |
State Director | Renee Burke, MJE
Florida
Work Orange County Public Schools 445 W. Amelia St. Orlando, FL 32801
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 7 |
Website | Florida Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Submit on website. |
Georgia | |
State Director | David Ragsdale, CJE
Georgia
School Clarke Central High School 350 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 5 |
Website | Georgia Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email URL to Diane Murray at murrayd@uga.edu |
Hawaii | |
State Director | Cynthia “Cindy” Reves, CJE
Hawaii
Home President William McKinley High School 1039 S. King St. Honolulu, HI 96814
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries |
Email to state director with intent to apply by Jan. 15. |
Idaho | |
State Director | Angela Zuroeveste
Idaho
Work Rocky Mountain High School 5450 N. Linder Road Meridian ID 83646
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 16 |
Website | Idaho Journalist of the Year State Application |
Submitting Entries | Submit at online application (above). |
Illinois | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Illinois Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | Submit on website. |
Indiana | |
State Director | Ryan Gunterman, MJE
Indiana
Home 185 S. Stonechase Crossing Road Bloomington IN 47403
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 1 |
Website | Indiana High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Iowa | |
State Director | Leslie Shipp, MJE
Iowa
Work Johnston High School 6501 N.W. 62nd Ave. PO Box 10 Johnston, IA 50131
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Iowa High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Submit on website. |
Kansas | |
State Director | Susan Massy
Kansas
Work Shawnee Mission Northwest H.S. 12701 W. 67th St. Shawnee, KS 66216
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Jan. 31 |
Website | Kansas Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Submit on website. |
Kentucky | |
State Director | Larry Steinmetz, CJE
Kentucky
Home Bullitt East High School 11450 Highway 44 E Mount Washington, KY 40047
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Louisiana | |
State Director | Albert Dupont
Louisiana
Work Loyola University School of Mass Communication 6363 St. Charles Ave. Box 201 New Orleans, LA 70118
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 14 |
Website | Louisiana application form |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director |
Maine | |
State Director | Marcie Young
Maine
Work Presque Isle High School 16 Griffin St. Presque Isle, ME 04769
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Maryland | |
State Director | David Lopilato
Maryland
Work Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School 4301 East West Hwy Bethesda MD 20814-4420
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 1 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Massachusetts | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Massachusetts form |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Michigan | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 14 |
Website | Michigan Interscholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Submit on website. |
Minnesota | |
State Director | Kathryn Campbell, CJE
Minnesota
Home St. Paul Academy and Summit School 1712 Randolph Ave. Saint Paul, MN 55105
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 20 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Mississippi | |
State Director | R.J. Morgan, MJE
Mississippi
Work The University of Mississippi 102 Farley Hall PO Box 1848 University, MS 38677
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Missouri | |
State Director | Erin Sucher-O’Grady, CJE
Missouri
Work Clayton High School 1 Mark Twain Circle Clayton, MO 63105
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 5 |
Website | Missouri Interscholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Montana | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 28 |
Website | Montana Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Nebraska | |
State Director | Marsha Kalkowski, MJE
Nebraska
Work Marian High School 7400 Military Ave. Omaha, NE 68134-3398
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Nebraska High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Nevada | |
State Director | Matthew LaPorte
Nevada
Work Southwest Career and Technical Academy 7050 W. Shelbourne Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89113
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 2 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email portfolio URL to state director. |
New Hampshire | |
State Director | Adam Theriault
New Hampshire
Work Souhegan High School 412 Boston Post Rd Amherst, NH 03031
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
New Jersey | |
State Director | Greg Gagliardi, CJE
New Jersey
Work Cherry Hill High School East 1750 Kresson Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 7 |
Website | Garden State Scholastic Press Association (see Kilgore Scholarship) |
Submitting Entries | Email Parbitell@njpa.org |
New Mexico | |
State Director | Nina Quintana CJE
New Mexico
Work Bernalillo High School 148 Spartan Alley Bernalillo NM 87004
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 28 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Rebeca Zimmermann, 8109 Oso Feliz Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122 |
New York | |
State Director | Katina Paron MJE
New York
Home NYC High School Journalism Collaborative at Baruch College 582 20th St Brooklyn NY 11218
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Contest link |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
North Carolina | |
State Director | Marva Hutchinson
North Carolina
Work Providence Senior High School 1800 Pineville-Matthews Road Charlotte, NC 28270
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | North Carolina Scholastic Media Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to NCSMA. (See website for specifics.) |
North Dakota | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Ohio | |
State Director | Maggie Cogar, CJE
Ohio
Work Ashland University 401 College Ave. 138 Center for the Arts Ashland, OH 44805
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | March 1 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Oklahoma | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Oregon | |
State Director | Brian Eriksen, CJE
Oregon
Work South Salem High School 1910 Church St SE Salem, OR 97302
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Oregon Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | See OJEA website for more information. |
Pennsylvania | |
State Director | Cyndi Crothers-Hyatt, CJE
Pennsylvania
Work Conestoga High School 200 Irish Road Berwyn PA 19312
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 28 |
Website | Pennsylvania School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Rhode Island | |
State Director | No results. |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 28 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
South Carolina | |
State Director | Leslie Dennis
South Carolina
Work S.C. Scholastic Press Assn. and SIPA 800 Sumter St. School of Journalism and Mass Communications Columbia, SC 29208
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | South Carolina Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to Leslie Dennis. |
South Dakota | |
State Director | Marina Hendricks, CJE
South Dakota
Home South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism Box 2235 Yeager Hall 224 Brookings, SD 57007
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Tennessee | |
State Director | Heather Nagel, CJE
Tennessee
Work Christ Presbyterian Academy 2323 Old Hickory Blvd. Nashville, TN 37215
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Jan. 17 |
Website | Tennessee High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Send to Tennessee High School Press Association |
Texas | |
State Director | Leah Waters, CJE
Texas
Work Heritage High School 14040 Eldorado Pkwy. Frisco, TX 75035
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | http://www.taje.org/joy/ |
Submitting Entries | Submit on website. |
Utah | |
State Director | Morgan Olsen
Utah
Work Rockwell Charter High School 3435 E. Stonebridge Lane Eagle Mountain, UT 84005
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Vermont | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Virginia | |
State Director | Erinn Harris, MJE
Virginia
Work Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 6560 Braddock Road Alexandria, VA 22312
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Virginia Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Washington | |
State Director | Anne Hayman, MJE
Washington
Home Arlington High School 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. Arlington, WA 98223
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Washington Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to WJEA Executive Director Kathy Schrier |
West Virginia | |
State Director | Jessica N. Bramer, CJE
West Virginia
Work John Marshall High School 1300 Wheeling Ave. Glen Dale, WV 26038
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Wisconsin | |
State Director | Matthew Smith, CJE
Wisconsin
Work Fond du Lac High School 801 Campus Dr. Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Wyoming | |
State Director | Dawn Knudsvig
Wyoming
Work Arvada-Clearmont High School 1601 Meade Ave. P.O. Box 125 Clearmont WY 82835
Website: Contact
Erika Quick
Wyoming
Work Cody High School 1225 10th St Cody, WY 82414
Work Phone: 307-587-4251
Work Email: erikaquick@park6.org
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Wyoming High School Student Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
International | |
Global Engagement Director | Kelly Furnas, MJE
Global Engagement Director
Work Elon University 2855 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email to kfurnas@elon.edu Cell phone: 540-200-8665 |