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‘Blogging and Building Community’ webinar scheduled for March 19, 3 to 4 p.m. (EDT)

by Julie Dodd Join Kay Windsor for her webinar on “Blogging and Building Community.” The webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 3 to 4 p.m. (EDT). The webinar is rescheduled from the previous date (March 7). An ice storm in North Carolina knocked out the electricity at Kay’s home. We’re hoping for more...

‘Blogging and Building Community’ – rescheduled from Friday, March 7, due to ice storm

by Julie Dodd Join Kay Windsor for her webinar on “Blogging and Building Community.” The webinar will be held on Friday, March 7, 3 to 4 p.m. (EST). You can register for the webinar by clicking on this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. You’ll also...

Oregonian and ASCD provide shoutout to JEA Mentoring Program

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee The JEA Mentoring program received a shoutout both from The Oregon and from ASCD’s SmartBrief, with a story about the success of a high school media program thanks, in part, to a JEA mentor. “Print journalism alive and well at Banks High School, where newspaper program is growing” is...

Linda Barrington receives Carl Towley Award; promotes value of JEA Mentoring Program

Linda Barrington received the Carl Towley Award at the JEA/NSPA convention in Boston. The award is JEA’s highest honor and is presented to a JEA member whose work is “unusually beneficial and of superior value to the national JEA and to scholastic journalism,” as the JEA website explains. Linda has contributed to scholastic journalism in...

Tinker Tour puts a face on landmark Supreme Court decision regarding student First Amendment rights

by Linda Barrington JEA Mentor Committee co-chair JEA Wisconsin mentor High school students met Mary Beth Tinker, one of the three people who filed the lawsuit resulting in the Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Supreme Court decision, affirming students’ First Amendment right to express their opinions in school. These student journalists hadn’t yet been born...

Leadership for students and teachers promoted by high school media programs

by Jess Young Newspaper and yearbook adviser Orange Glen High School, Escondido, Calif. “Graduated” JEA mentee A good teacher never takes the mouse. That was the mantra instilled in my by my high school journalism teacher, Gwen Bartlett. At the time, it was an annoying little chant that she called into our newspaper room, from...