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Daigle named 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Daigle named 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
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Furnas receives JEA’s highest honor, Carl Towley Award
The Journalism Education Association has named Kelly Furnas, MJE, of Gibsonville, North Carolina, its 2024 Carl Towley Award recipient.
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92 Superior rankings awarded, 537 students recognized in Fall 2024 NSMC
537 students recognized in Fall 2024 NSMC and browse JEA's photos
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Learn how to use JEA’s new membership system
Sept. 11 JEA launched a new website and membership system. Before members will be able to access members-only content at JEA.org you will need to activate your new membership account.
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Scholastic Journalism Week scheduled for February 2025
The Journalism Education Association has scheduled Scholastic Journalism Week for Feb. 24-28, 2025. This year’s theme is “Power of the Press.” In the summer of 1787, delegates in Philadelphia wrote, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the…
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Harris wins 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award
Charla Harris of Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana, Texas, is JEA’s 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award recipient. This award recognizes a teacher who, through the teaching and/or advising of journalism, inspired others to pursue journalism teaching as a career and who has made a positive difference in the teaching community. Harris will…
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JEA names 8 Lifetime Achievement Award winners
The Journalism Education Association has named eight individuals Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for their significant contributions throughout their scholastic journalism careers. They will be honored at the Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle. The recipients are: Erinn Harris, MJE, Alexandria, Virginia Linda Jones, Chicago Greg Keller, Lincoln, Nebraska (posthumously) Mary Larson, Palatine,…
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Orange Glen yearbook staff wins 2025 Diversity Award
The 2025 Diversity Award winner is The Torch Yearbook staff at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, California. Alondra Perez Lachino, Elizabeth Gudino and Amy Ledezma Gonzales, along with adviser Jessica Young, MJE, have built a culture of creativity, compassion and inclusion for The Torch staff and for the OGHS family. Walsworth Yearbooks representative Carlos…
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Daigle named 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year

Furnas receives JEA’s highest honor, Carl Towley Award

92 Superior rankings awarded, 537 students recognized in Fall 2024 NSMC

Learn how to use JEA’s new membership system

Scholastic Journalism Week scheduled for February 2025

Harris wins 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award

JEA names 8 Lifetime Achievement Award winners

Orange Glen yearbook staff wins 2025 Diversity Award
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Feb. 1-27 — State Journalist of the Year deadlines (varies by state)
Feb. 11 — Hotel block opens to registered National High School Journalism Convention attendees
Feb. 19 — SPJ/JEA High School Essay Contest deadline
Feb. 24 — National Student Media Contests registration opens
Feb. 24-28 — Scholastic Journalism Week
Feb. 24 - March 3 — JEA board of directors election
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JEA’s curriculum offers hundreds of lessons in areas including writing, multimedia, design, and law and ethics. Each lesson includes standards, learning objectives, materials and assessment guides.
Law & Ethics
AI, Fair Use and the First Amendment
Writers are on strike in Hats against AI companies, and students will consider what’s at stake.
Leadership & Team Building
Re-examining the Student Media Staff Manual
Staff manuals provide student journalists with resources and guidance. Now is the perfect time to evaluate and review your guidelines.
Web
Podcasts are Just Like Writing a Beat
Students will listen to a podcast and analyze the elements contained within to understand how the audio format is closely related to writing.
News Literacy
Bringing Help to News Deserts: Lesson Plan
In a news desert that doesn’t have trained journalists seeking truth and expert opinions about education in its community, students can help fill that void.
Newsgathering
Election Coverage
This lesson on election coverage moves students through critical-thinking and decision-making processes, then prompts them to cover stories communities need.
Web
Using Data to Cover a Beat
Students read a blog post on using data to find stories, then apply the principles to their own beat coverage and generate story ideas.
Digital media library
JEA’s digital media library educates high school advisers and students on relevant topics and training, including websites, podcasts, broadcast, social media and more.
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Awards, contests and scholarships
JEA awards and contests offer members and their students a platform to showcase excellence and receive the recognition they deserve.
Press rights library
JEA Scholastic Press Rights Committee works to empower and educate students and advisers concerning legal and ethical issues. The committee provides lesson plans, commentary and support.
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Communication: Journalism Education Today provides educational perspectives to JEA members on a wide variety of topics, such as teaching and advising issues, scholastic media strategy, pedagogical updates, current journalism research, and other professional and technological concerns.

JEA’s 2024 centennial proved to be a unique and significant opportunity for the association to articulate its remarkable trajectory — unparalleled in scholastic media education.

Since 1924, JEA has been leading the way in scholastic journalism and media education. With your support, we plan to continue these efforts for decades to come.