By Lindsay Porter, CJE The Journalism Education Association has approved a five-year contract with Kansas State University to begin July 1, 2024. The board of directors unanimously approved the agreement for JEA to continue its partnership with K-State and the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication as its headquarters host. The board vote took…
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The Journalism Education Association has announced a job posting to hire a member engagement strategist to start September 2024. Planning for the new position started more than a year ago. Executive Director Veronica Purvis met with staff as well as association leaders for multiple strategic planning sessions to design the position. The engagement strategist will…
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By Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE Bob Bair, 73, a longtime JEA leader, mentor to advisers and inspiration for journalism students at Blair (Nebraska) High School for 41 years, lost his courageous battle with multiple myeloma, Thursday, June 20. Bair was a support and friend “to so many of us in the journalism trenches,” said Marsha…
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The Journalism Education Association and the Society of Professional Journalists announce three scholarship winners in the 2024 SPJ/JEA High School Essay Contest. More than 115 students participated in the nationwide contest, which was judged by 8 journalism educators from around the country. Established in 1998, the contest is a project of JEA and SPJ. The…
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By Lindsay Porter, CJE The Journalism Education Association approved two new proposals for the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention, signing contracts for Minneapolis for spring 2026 and San Francisco for spring 2028. Both motions passed 7-0 in online votes conducted by the board of directors this winter. The contracts also were approved by the…
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