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About the Award
The Journalism Education Association’s Diversity Award honors a scholastic journalism teacher, student media adviser or scholastic journalism group demonstrating a commitment to cultural awareness and encouraging a multicultural approach with its student media staff, media production and/or community. The honoree must be in the forefront in promoting diversity in the scholastic media arena and must have taken steps to break down walls of misunderstanding and ignorance.
Entry Criteria
A narrative of up to 500 words should explain how the nominee has demonstrated and encouraged a multicultural approach with student media staff, media production and/or community. Retired journalism teachers and advisers, along with those currently teaching or advising may be nominated and JEA members may nominate themselves or their own programs. Organizations supportive of scholastic journalism also may be nominated. The nomination must be from a JEA member. Three letters of support from other individuals who know the nominee or group are required.
Award Recognition
This is a juried award. Entries are evaluated by a national panel of journalism educators consisting of members of the Multicultural Commission and/or individuals designated by the Multicultural Commission chair. The award program will include one winner. If the winner is a group, a representative of that group should receive the award. Honorable mentions may be given. The winner and honorable mentions, if any, will be recognized at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention awards luncheon. The winner’s travel and hotel will be paid to the spring convention where the winner will teach at least one session on Friday or Saturday during the convention.
Requirements:
Entry must be received by Oct. 15.
Entry must include:
• Application
• 500-word essay
• Three letters of support
Mail To:
Journalism Diversity Award
JEA Headquarters
Kansas State University
103 Kedzie Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Recipients
2010
Not awarded
2009
Don Bott, Stagg High School (Stockton, Calif)
Honorable Mention: Annandale (Va.) High SchoolAnnandale Antenna yearbook advised by Niki Holmes
2008
Dorothy Gilliam and the Prime Movers program of the School of Media and Public Affairs of George Washington University
2007
Blackhawk newspaper staff of Davenport (Iowa) Central High School
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