By Louisa Avery, MJE, JEA awards chair “With a goal of making his classroom (and journalism classrooms across the country) a place where equity, diversity, access, inclusion and belonging are inseparable from institutional excellence, Sergio Yanes, of Colorado, is a rightful recipient of JEA’s Diversity Award,” said Scholastic Journalism Week Coordinator PJ Cabrera, MJE. …
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By Louisa Avery, MJE, JEA awards chair The Journalism Education Association has awarded Diala Chaney of Oxford (Mississippi) High School the Future Administrator Scholarship. This $1,500 scholarship is for current advisers who intend to earn a secondary administrator’s license and seek a position in administration. Chaney has advised student media at Oxford High School since…
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JEA is excited to announce its first major endowment donation of $35,000 made by Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE, John Bowen, MJE, and Tom Eveslage. JEA launched its new endowment program in December. Donors can choose for their contributions to go toward either a restricted endowment or an unrestricted endowment. With a restricted endowment, inaugural donors…
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Review 2024 election information here. 2024-26 term slate of candidates Scholastic Press Rights Director candidates include: Andrea Negri, MJE, Bellaire (Texas) High School Director-at-large candidates include: Shari Chumley, CJE, Tupelo (Mississippi) High School Sandra Coyer, MJE, Puyallup (Washington) High School Christi Opiela, Hallettsville (Texas) High School Jessica Young, MJE, Orange Glen High School, Escondido, California Candidate…
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By Sarah Nichols, MJE, JEA Centennial committee chair As we ring in a new year, the Journalism Education Association is thrilled to kick off its centennial celebration. For the past 100 years JEA has been supporting free and responsible scholastic journalism. And as we welcome 2024, we know our work in scholastic media education matters…
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