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of the Dow Jones News Fund,
said, “We value this enhanced
partnership where CSPA
will draw upon its extensive
connections with some of the
best scholastic journalism
teachers in the nation. We
believe the association with
Columbia University and CSPA
adds to the prestige of the
honor.”
“We welcome this historic
opportunity to continue this
preeminent national recognition
program for talented faculty
advisers to high school student
media,” said Ed Sullivan,
executive director of CSPA. “It
will be available to advisers,
whether their publications are
members of the CSPA or not.”
Panelists from DJNF and
CSPA, other scholastic
journalism organizations,
college-level media and
professional journalists will
evaluate applications and
make recommendations based
on teachers’ responses to
questions about curriculum,
diversity, journalistic ethics, First
Amendment rights, service to
scholastic journalism and the
quality of student media they
advise.
The honorees will be recognized
at CSPA’s fall convention and the
Teacher of the Year will present
sessions and be featured at a
luncheon during the spring
convention. The teacher’s media
program will receive a laptop
computer and the chance
to teach peers during the
college journalism educators’
convention.
Additional benefits include
free webinars from the Poynter
Institute for Media Studies,
subscriptions to The Wall Street
Journal and $3,000 in college
scholarships for students of the
five top-ranking teachers.
Guidelines and application
forms are available on the CSPA
website. Deadline to apply is
July 21, 2017.
Pictured above are previous DJNF Teachers of the Year at the 2016 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School
Journalism Convention in Indianapolis (L-R): John Bowen, Mitch Eden, Jim McGonnell, Dow Tate, Lori Keekley,
Karl Grubaugh, Valerie Kibler, Candace Bowen, Jim Streisel, Robin Sawyer, Aaron Manfull and Ellen Austin.
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