SIPA Convention energizes student journalists and advisers and demonstrates benefits of JEA Mentoring Program
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Mentoring Monday JEA Mentoring Committee member Judy Robinson and I were part of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association Convention last weekend in Columbia, S.C. More than 400 students and teachers attended the three-day convention that included workshop sessions, contests, the SIPA Quiz Bowl, and awards banquet. In addition...
JEA mentor serves as moderator for JEA’s new National Journalism Quiz Bowl
The National Journalism Quiz Bowl was a new event at the JEA/NSPA convention in San Antonio, and JEA mentor Marilyn Chapman (South Carolina) played a key role as the quiz bowl moderator. The National Journalism Quiz Bowl was adapted from the SIPA Quiz Bowl, a popular event at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention. Chapman,...
School board member supports JEA mentor’s efforts to promote student press rights in Vance County, N.C.
Editor’s note: This editorial was published in The Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.) on May 5, 2010. The editorial follows up on the saga of JEA mentor Kay Phillips (NC) and her mentoring work at Southern Vance High School. The Mentoring Committee applaudes the efforts of Vance County school board member Ruth Hartness and the school...