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students and the draw of New York City as
a tourist and media mecca.
CJET – Communication: Journalism
Education Today, ably edited by Dr.
Bradley Wilson of Midwestern State
University, serves 2,700 members of
the Journalism Education Association,
which was established in 1924. CJET is
beautifully designed and curated with
vital coverage, contemporary perspectives
and informative features. Kelly Glasscock is
JEA’s executive director.
National Scholastic Press Association
– It partners with JEA on the national
fall and spring high school journalism
conventions each year. This is a
membership organization for middle
school, junior high school and high
school student media as well as college,
university and professional and technical
school media (through the Associated
Collegiate Press). Laura Widmer leads the
organization based at the University of
Minnesota.
Student Press Law Center – Among
the most vital resources available to
high school and college journalists,
the SPLC is out front on press rights
and censorship, school transparency
and online expression. In addition to
providing pro bono assistance to those
facing legal obstacles, SPLC’s online
updates and its Report magazine closely
examine newsworthy issues. Review
its key projects: Active Voice and New
Voices USA. Human rights attorney
Hadar Harris recently became executive
director following Frank LoMonte’s move
to the Brechner Center for Freedom
of Information at the University of
Florida College of Journalism and
Communications. Diana Mitsu Klos,
DJNF board secretary, is director of
engagement.
Quill and Scroll – The international
honor society for high school journalists,
founded in 1926, boasts nearly a half
million members and more than 14,000
chapters. The specifics of how a school
applies for a charter are simply spelled out.
Quill and Scroll is venerated for elevating
school journalism to a higher level and for
its contests, critiques and scholarships. Jeff
Browne, who became executive director
last September, follows the founder
George Gallup and most recent leaders
Richard Johns and Dr. Vanessa Shelton.
News Literacy Project – The News
Literacy Project has grown exponentially
as it works with educators and journalists
to teach middle and high school students
how to become “smart, active consumers
of news and information and engaged
informed citizens.” Its checkology ® Virtual
Classroom helps students swat away
conspiracy theories and use the tools
they need to discern truth from lies. The
platform’s basic version is free. Alan C.
Miller, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former
DJNF intern, is president and CEO.
These are just a few national organizations
dedicated to serving journalism teachers
and scholastic journalists. The advice to
act locally, think globally, applies to youth
media as more student journalists are
writing across international borders just
as we’ve seen professionals do. So many
media advisers are taking initiative to fill
needs they see in their own communities
and regions. I hope you will be proactive
in creating media solutions.
Many hands have shaped Adviser Update’s
growth and transformation from executive
directors Don Carter and Paul Swensson
to their successors Thomas Engleman and
Richard Holden. In addition, Elaine Walls
Reed, formerly of Kutztown University,
edited the newsletter before recommending
George Taylor, a 1985 national high school
journalism teacher of the year, for the job.
The designers included David Rowe, and
as she often comes to the rescue, Kathy
Zwiebel, 1998 Dow Jones News Fund’s
Journalism Teacher of the Year. Kudos to
Heather Taylor whose innovation made the
digital version truly interactive.
Notable back issues for me will continue to
be the high school students’ coverage of
the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and a
look at how Manhattan high school students
mastered the extraordinary task of reporting
on Sept. 11, 2001.
While Adviser Update will no longer publish,
its archive will be accessible online. Going
forward the news section of our website,
dowjonesnewsfund.org, will showcase
important features for the scholastic media
community.
LINDA SHOCKLEY
Linda Shockley is the managing
director of the Dow Jones News
Fund. She joined the Fund as
assistant to the director in
1988 and was named deputy
director in 1992. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in journalism
from the University of Bridgeport
in Connecticut. Before joining
Dow Jones, she worked as a
reporter, editor, bureau chief and
city editor for Gannett-owned
newspapers in Westchester
County, New York. Reach her at
(609) 520-5929.