Seminar on Thursday, Nov. 13
A 2008 Fall Pre-Convention Activity of the Journalism Education Association
A Journalism Education Association initiative to promote both diversity and membership growth, the Outreach Academy is a FREE, intensive pre-convention seminar for publications advisers who have five years or fewer advising experience and/or teach in schools traditionally under-represented in JEA membership, especially low-income, urban and rural schools. The program includes discussion of teaching journalism to highly diverse populations, effective instructional techniques, resources for teachers in and out of the classroom, and organizations ready to help advisers.
Limited to 30 participants, tuition is free, with breakfast and lunch provided. The Outreach Academy runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13. Participation in the program includes free teacher registration to the convention, Nov. 13-16, four days packed with informative and inspiring speakers, reporting, design, photography and broadcast workshops for students and teachers, student contests and awards presentations. Additionally, JEA will pay $100 in substitute pay to each participant’s school district.
Scholarships for registration are also available for students in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
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Javonna May, in her second year of advising newspaper at McKinney Boyd High School (McKinney, Texas), has been named an ad hoc member of the JEA Multicultural Commission. May is a former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter and has also worked as an online content developer for a Dallas-based non-profit organization.
May said, "JEA provides tremendous support to me as an adviser. It would be an honor to offer that kind of support to advisers and students across the
country. Coming from a military family has given me a chance to meet and live with people from various backgrounds. I understand the inherent challenges faced by traditionally underrepresented advisers and students. As a representative of JEA, one of my main goals would be researching cost-effective ways for programs in low-income, urban and rural areas to keep pace with technological advances in the industry. That research would also include realistic, effective instructional techniques and various resources for both advisers and students."
“Before the convention, I was discouraged, disheartened and experiencing a feeling of powerlessness in regard to my role as a journalism teacher in the Paterson School District. However, I’ve returned with renewed hope, energy and enthusiasm to encourage other teachers in the district to promote their journalism programs in the face of budget restraints. As I prepare curriculum revisions, I will be using the resources I gained from the Academy and the Journalism Education Association convention to substantiate the relevancy of a journalism program as a literacy tool.”
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The Journalism Education Association will honor Dorothy Gilliam and the Prime Movers program of the School of Media and Public Affairs of George Washington University with the Diversity Award on April 19 at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim.
JEA’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
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READ AN ESSAY from the spring 2007 Academy
By So Hee Tan
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"Multiculturalism
and diversity are not fads or catch words, nor are they politically
correct terms. They are what our country is all about and has always
sought to be."
Bob Greenman, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Author of The Adviser's Companion
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF THE JEA MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION
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Brings
together minority and nonminority high school journalism teachers,
college teachers and journalism professors from across the country
who have an interest in promoting diversity in scholastic and professional
staffs and media.
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Furthers
journalism education among minority students through a commitment
to teacher and adviser education.
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Fosters
minority attendance at conventions by increasing the number of registration-fee
waivers for minority students who live in the convention city.
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Encourages
minority advisers to attend national conventions through the JEA
Outreach program.
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Develops
curriculum materials that encourage awareness of diverse populations
in student media and multicultural approach to coverage. A curriculum
guide, Newswriting in the 1990s, has been published, and members
are now working on a stylebook outlining preferred ethnic and racial
references.
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Promotes
cultural awareness by staffing a multicultural booth at national
high school journalism convention.
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Networks
with other journalism teachers and advises through out the year
to encourage a multicultural approach to staff recruiting and media
production.
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