JEA: Journalism Education Association
JEA: Journalism Education Association
 

JEA Awards

Administrator of the Year
Aspiring Young Journalist Award
Carl Towley Award
Cornerstone Award
Diversity Award
First Amendment Press Freedom Award
Friend of Scholastic Journalism
Future Teachers Scholarships
Investigative Reporting Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Medal of Merit
Other JEA Awards
Rising Star Award
Ryan White Award
Teacher Inspiration Award
Journalist of the Year
Yearbook Adviser of the Year
 
Write-offs

 

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Medal of Merit

Medals of Merit are given to JEA members who have made significant contributions to scholastic journalism. JEA members are encouraged to nominate deserving individuals. Several awards may be presented each year.

CLICK HERE to nominate someone by the July 1 deadline.

2009
Michele M. Dunaway, MJE
Tom Gayda, MJE
Charla A. Harris
Janet B. Levin, MJE

2008
Janet Ewell
Casey Nichols
Rebecca Tate
C. Dow Tate

2007
Linda Drake
Sandra Jacoby
Kristi Rathbun
Kathy Schrier
Tracy A. Sena
Becky Sipos

2006
Susan Nellson Baird
Deb Buttleman Malcolm
Leslie Nicholas
Tom Winski
Kathleen Zwiebel

2005
Bob Bair
Steve Gardiner
Steve Matson
Randy Swikle
James Tidwell

2004
John Cutsinger
Robert Greenman
Gary Lundgren
Dave Massy
Walt Snover
Mike Taylor

2003
Cathie Parks
Alyce Stanwood
Norma Kneese
Jack Kennedy

2002
Bobby Hawthorne
Mark Murray
Ann Visser

2001
Michael Dunlap
Barbara Flanagan

2000
Kathy Daly
Tony Gomez
Ellen Kersey

1999
Jane Blystone
Arnetta Garcin
Mary Noble
Patti Shannon

1998
Diane Honda

1997
Kay Phillips

1996
Sylvia Daughtry
Carla Harris
Susan Komandosky
Andrea Newcomer-Henderson
Bradley Wilson

1995
Nick Ferentinos
Betty Morton
Marie Myers
Jim Shuman

1994
Sharon Gentry
Pat Graff
Susan Massy
Sarah Ortman
Darla Jones Tresner

1993
Judy Babb
Barbara Hines
Cheryl Pell
Lorraine Reuthe

1992
Kathy Craghead
Julie Dodd
Michael J Fox

1991
Mary Arnold
Carol Lange
Rob Melton

1990
Jim Jordan
Wayna Polk
Fern Valentine

1989
Mike Brown
V LaVerne Forest*
Linda Mook

1988
Gloria Olman
Steve O'Donoghue

1987
Jack Dvorak
Ed Galdrikian
Sister Rita Jeanne, FSPA*
Marilyn Weaver

1986
Howard Emerson
David Weisenburger
Nancy Hall

1985
Lunelle Flannery
Candy Perkins
Bruce Watterson
John Wheeler

1984
Opal Heatherly*
Jack Wilson

1983
Howard Spanogle

1982
Bill Fletchner
Andrea Cano
Pam Langley

1981
John Bowen
Barbara Mantooth*
Rod Vahl*

1980
Erin Alexander
Dorothy Hallaian
Susan Hathaway
Betty Stanley
Hilda Walker
Marjorie Wilson

1979
John Butler
Gary Daloyan
Lois Elda Larson
Dick Lloyd
Tom Rolnicki
Paula Schumacher
Mike Wiener

1978
Marge Bue
Carol Hallenbeck
Larry Lain
Linda S Puntney

1977
Wayne Field
Ron Hayes
Margaret Johnston
James Matthews

1976
Nancy Green
Sharon Hallberg
Ferne Hoeft
Ruth Slade

1975
Marj Donoghue
Sam Feldman
Homer Hall
Sharon Murphy

1974
Emily Disen
Neil Guyette
Richard Johns

1973
Fran Bock
Gil Chesterton
Dorothy McPhillips*
Bruce Minteer
Don Powell
Ray Schoenfield

1972
John Donnelly
Wallace Gray
Ella Hoffman
Willird Mohn
James Ray
Mary Youngdahl

1971
Dorothy Crain
Dorothy MacDonald
Roberta Mace
Minnie McGee
Charles Savedge*

1970
Mary A Bailey
Mary Benedict
Edna H Fisher
Jane Hall Gable
Marjorie Lazarus
Richard Petrie
Sophia Purcell
Alyce R Sheetz
Ted Tajima
Laurence Wendt
Jessie Wright

1969
Ernest Anderson
Christina Beeson
Harold Cantor*
Margaret Cash
Alice Gill
Newell Huckaby
Elizabeth Hurley
Kathleen Keilman
Viola Leh
Forrest Martin*
Roberta Fry Smith
Joanna Zander

1968
Regis Boyle
Sarah Campbell*
Eleanor Davis
Sarah Greer
Mays Boswell Hunter
Kathleen Jorgenson*
Kay Keefe*
Maxine Wiseman

1967
Katherine Cooper
Mattie G Crump
Helen Morganti
John A Munski
Lorraine Norman
GO Watso
Anne White
Virginia Woodring*

* deceased

 
 
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