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Prompts for spring 2026 NSMC online contests available now
Let your students shine in the spring 2026 JEA National Student Media Contests. The contests offer high school students a platform to showcase journalism excellence, earn recognition and receive feedback on their work. NSMC registration and online contest prompts are now available.
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Austin wins Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award
Ellen Austin, MJE, of Rockford, Illinois, is the 2026 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award winner. The 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.
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Habiger, LeBlanc receive Lifetime Achievement Award
For their significant contributions throughout their scholastic journalism careers, Kathy Habiger, MJE, of Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas, and Pete LeBlanc of Antelope (California) High School are JEA’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
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Bricker named First Amendment Leadership Award recipient
Morgan Bricker, MJE, adviser at Weir High School in Weirton, West Virginia, is this year’s winner of the Candace and John Bowen Adviser First Amendment Leadership Award. This annual award recognizes a JEA member whose work has actively supported, defended and fought for student journalists and their advisers on the local, state or national level.
Prompts for spring 2026 NSMC online contests available now
Listserv moves to JEA Forum
Austin wins Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award
Habiger, LeBlanc receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Bricker named First Amendment Leadership Award recipient
Groome named 2026 Diversity Award winner
Faust named 2025 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
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