Journalist of the Year Resources
Alabama | |
State Director | Erin Coggins, MJE
Alabama
Work Sparkman High School 2616 Jeff Road Harvest AL 35749
Work Phone: 256-837-0331
Home Phone: 256-895-6490
Work Email: ecoggins@mcssk12.org
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Jan. 7 |
Website | Alabama Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email portfolio |
Alaska | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form. Contact for questions |
Arizona | |
State Director | Christine Brandell
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 | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 1 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | Mary Stapp
District of Columbia
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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. 12 |
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 | Jan. 23 |
Website | Georgia Scholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | |
Submitting Entries | Email portfolio to state director. |
Illinois | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Illinois Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Indiana | |
State Director | Ryan Gunterman, MJE
Indiana
Home 185 S. Stonechase Crossing Road Bloomington IN 47403
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Jan. 5 |
Website | Indiana High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Iowa | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Iowa High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | Online form |
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 | March 6 at 4 p.m. CST |
Website | JEA Louisiana |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Michigan | |
State Director | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 18 |
Website | Michigan Interscholastic Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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. 22 |
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 | Christina Manolis, MJE
Missouri
Home Oakville High School 5557 Milburn Rd. St. Louis MO 63129
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 10 |
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 | |
Submitting Entries | Online form and email state director |
Nevada | |
State Director | Eric Johnston, CJE
Nevada
School Green Valley High School 460 N Arroyo Grande Blvd Henderson NV 89014
Home Phone: 702-686-1792
Personal Email: johnsem1@nv.ccsd.net
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Email portfolio URL to state director. |
New Hampshire | |
State Director | Timothy Cain, CJE
New Hampshire
Work Pinkerton Academy 5 Pinkerton Street Derry NH 03038
Cell Phone: 603-548-7537
Work Email: tcain@pinkertonacademy.org
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 | |
Submission Deadline | March 1 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form. Contact for questions |
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 | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | Online form. Contact for questions |
Ohio | |
State Director | Julieanne McClain, MJE
Ohio
School Rutherford B Hayes High School 289 Euclid Ave Delaware OH 43015
Cell Phone: 419-733-2718
Personal Email: mcclaiju@delawarecityschools.net
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. 21 |
Website | Oregon Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
Pennsylvania | |
State Director | Cyndi Crothers-Hyatt, CJE
Pennsylvania
Home 1188 Old Lancaster Road Berwyn PA 19312
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Pennsylvania School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to state director. |
Rhode Island | |
State Director | Elizabeth Kenworthy
Rhode Island
School North Kingstown High School 150 Fairway Drive North Kingstown RI 02852
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form. Contact for questions |
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. 25 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form. |
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. 15 |
Website | Tennessee High School Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Send to Tennessee High School Press Association |
Texas | |
State Director | Emily Pyeatt Arnold, CJE
Texas
Work Aledo High School 1000 Bailey Ranch Road Aledo TX 76008
Cell Phone: 817-897-1922
Work Email: statedirector@taje.org
Personal Email: emily.pyeattarnold@gmail.com
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Texas Association of Journalism Educators |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | Online form |
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 | March 1 |
Website | Washington Journalism Education Association |
Submitting Entries | Email to WJEA Executive Director Kathy Schrier |
West Virginia | |
State Director | Morgan Bricker
West Virginia
School Weir High School 100 Red Rider Rd Weirton WV 26047
Work Phone: 304-748-7600 ext. 2321
Work Email: morgan.bricker@k12.wv.us
Website: Contact
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Submission Deadline | Feb. 25 |
Website | |
Submitting Entries | Online form |
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 | |
Submission Deadline | Feb. 15 |
Website | Wyoming High School Student Press Association |
Submitting Entries | Online form. |
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 |