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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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