Press Rights Commission seeks applicants for new Student Partners group

This small group of high school students will have an opportunity to serve in a variety of capacities, including meeting both online and at JEA/NSPA national conventions, answering press rights questions at a booth in the convention exhibit hall, planning new student programs to increase First Amendment awareness, building a network of students via Facebook and Twitter, planning and/or hosting press rights events at local and state conventions … and more.

Student Partners will be asked to serve two-year terms and encouraged to attend a national convention each year.

Students in grades 9-11 who are part of a high-school media staff and whose advisers are current JEA members are eligible to apply. The application asks candidates to provide information about their experience in scholastic journalism and why they want to be involved. The application is available online.

Deadline: Jan. 30, 2010.

Students selected as Partners will be notified in early February. Student Partners will meet online in February and in person at the Portland convention.