Mentee’s broadcast staff discovers asking good questions is only the first step
by Sheila Jones, JEA Mentor, Colorado Student reporters learn several important lessons when they enter a journalism classroom. One of the first is how to ask good questions. This definitely proved true for my JEA mentee Hannah Shapiro’s eight-person crew of broadcast journalists at Eagle Valley High School during Election Week 2016. That’s when they...
Mentoring Monday: JEA mentee included in SPLC Report story on ‘Advisers Under Pressure’
Editor’s note: JEA mentee Melissa Dixon was one of the advisers featured in an article titled “Advisers Under Pressure,” in the Spring 2011 issue of the SPLC Report, published by the Student Press Law Center. The story dealt with the challenge media advisers and their staffs experience in trying to report on the events of...
Mentor Forum provides a full day of activities and discussion — from podcasting to role playing
[Editor’s note: Peggy continues her discussion of the Mentor Forum, held at the JEA/NSPA convention in Washington, D.C.] by Peggy Gregory JEA Mentoring Committee Konnie Krislock led an informative session — Helping the New Adviser Through Censorship. Konnie’s session was originally scheduled as a small group choice, but the team realized everyone present would want...
JEA mentor shares censorship battle
by Julie Dodd from my iPhone Konnie Krislock shared the story of the censorship battle at the private school where she is working part-time as newspaper adviser. Her final comment was: “Build your network.” Konnie was able to mobilize professional joumalists, her students and their parents, the SPLC, and more. The following discussion included that...