The Journalism Education Association has chosen Mary Kay Downes, of Centreville, Va., as a 2012 Medal of Merit Award winner. This award is presented to JEA members who have made significant contributions to scholastic journalism. In her long career, Downes has earned many of scholastic journalism’s top honors, including a Gold Key from Columbia Scholastic…
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The Journalism Education Association has chosen Vince DeMiero, of Mountlake Terrace, Wash., as a 2012 Medal of Merit Award winner. This award is presented to JEA members who have made significant contributions to scholastic journalism. DeMiero’s students have won numerous honors, at all levels, but his nomination letters highlighted Vince’s leadership contributions. He has just…
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The Journalism Education Association has announced the 2012 winners of its annual individual fall awards. The recipients will be honored at the Fall JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in San Antonio, Nov. 15-18. Robert Greenman, a retired publications adviser and author from New York, won the Carl Towley Award – considered JEA’s highest honor…
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The Journalism Education Association has chosen Robert Greenman, of New York City, as the 2012 Carl Towley Award winner. This is JEA’s highest honor and is presented to a JEA member whose work is unusually beneficial and of superior value to the national JEA and to scholastic journalism. After retiring from teaching and advising print…
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The Journalism Education Association has chosen Dr. Susan A. Enfield, superintendent of schools for Highline Public Schools in Burien, Wash., as its 2012 Administrator of the Year. This award goes to an administrator who has shown a dedication to journalism education. Enfield’s previous administrative positions include work in the Portland Public Schools, the Evergreen Public…
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