Updated: July 30, 2010
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Advisers Institute
Caroline Rhude, Los Angeles, Calif., and Megan Fromm, Rockville, Md., interview a young 4-H'er at the Riley County Fair in Manhattan, Kan. Rhude and Fromm were practicing multimedia skills as part of the Advisers Institute, Sequence III, July 23-27. Photo by Amy DeVault.
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New bookstore now online
Designed to help JEA members and others find all their journalism education resources in one place, the JEA Bookstore is back online. Advisers and educators preparing for the fall semester will find some of the finest in educational materials here.
JEA members get a discount. To get the member code, log in to the member's only area and make note of the member's only code. |
CLICK HERE to read the minutes from the most recent
Board of Directors meeting.
JEA seeking candidates for Board election
Based on new rules adopted by the Board in Portland, the 2011 election will be the first with three-year terms and a limit of two consecutive terms for any one elected position.
Current elected officials have until Oct. 1 to notify the Nominations Committee (Chair Lori Eastman) if they would like to run for re-election or to run for some other position. Other candidates should visit with Eastman as soon as possible to get their name on the ballot. The election will be online in the spring of 2011.
The incoming president will make appointments/renew appointments after taking office (on July 1, 2011). |
Kelly Furnas named new executive director
Kelly Furnas, editorial adviser at Virginia Tech University has accepted the position of JEA executive director, instructor/associate director of Student Publications at Kansas State and adviser to the Royal Purple yearbook. He should begin in the position Aug. 1.
Kelly is a graduate of Kansas State University where he served as editor of the Collegian. At Virginia Tech he as been the editorial adviser to the newspaper, yearbook and all media. He led his students through the coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings three years ago.
Linda Puntney said, "When he was on campus for the final interview he was asked why he wanted the position. He said it was not a matter of coming home as some suggested. It was more about the job including everything he wanted to do — advising, working with high-school journalism and connecting with students in the classroom."
And she said this was the perfect job for him because it encompasses all the things he’s passionate about.
Better mentoring fosters better teachers
“For more than a decade, clear and consistent research has shown that the quality of teachers is the most powerful school-related determinant of student success,” said Dara Barlin, the associate policy director of the New Teacher Center, in an article in Education Week.
No wonder the Journalism Education Association’s Mentoring Program works to develop quality teachers who affect student success. MORE
Members make recommendations for magazine
Last month, JEA members completed a survey to provide input into JEA's magazine: Communication: Journalism Education Today after a Board motion at the spring convention. Recommendations gleaned from the responses included:
- Increase coverage of more typical topics such as yearbook coverage and reporting, emphasizing techniques for classroom use.
- Include an article on technology in every issue, particularly technology with direct applicability to the scholastic media environment.
- With any more advanced coverage, including research articles, include tips on using the information in the classroom. Continue to emphasize clips from “new faces” in the classroom — something that has been the focus of C:JET for 10 years.
- Maintain the wrap for JEA information ramping up online coverage of JEA activities and plugging the online coverage in the wrap. Emphasize that the purpose of the wrap is to get JEA activities out in front and focus on more than listings of awards with Board members and national office staff making regular contributions to the wrap.
CLICK HERE for complete details and more information than you'd ever want to read.
California student named national journalist of the year
JEA named Ina Herlihy of California as the national high school journalist year. Watch this website for more information. Herlihy will receive a $5,000 scholarship. Recipients of the $2,000 scholarship include Tim Shedor of Kansas, Seth D. Zweifler of Pennsylvania, Mary Susman of Nebraska, Megan Hager of Alabama, Chase Wade of Texas and Laura Herrera of Florida. CLICK HERE to see list of state award recipients.
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Students from McKinney High School helped Oglesbee celebrate her recognition as Yearbook Adviser of the Year.
CLICK HERE to read more about Lori Oglesbee including excerpts from her acceptance speech. |
WATCH HERE to view the Sunday Awards presentation
LIVE at April 18 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
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Covering the Unimaginable
In 2000, JEA published a 72-page special edition of Communication: Journalism Education Today on "Covering the Unimaginable," featuring examples of coverage on everything from bomb threats to school suicides and how to cover such tragedies. The print edition sold out quickly. A few years later, JEA published excerpts from the special edition online, including the lead articles on coverage, developing a plan, writing policies, establishing a rapport with various agencies and the role of the student journalist. Now, 10 years after the original edition, JEA has made the material available online in PDF format. CLICK HERE to view the PDF version. |
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