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CSPA to sponsor
National
High School
Journalism
Teacher of the
Year program
By Heather Taylor
T
he Dow Jones News
Fund and the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association
are pleased to announce
CSPA will administer and sponsor
the National High School
Journalism Teacher of the Year
Program. The News Fund will
become a co-sponsor.
The Dow Jones News Fund
established the program in 1960
to select one outstanding high
school media teacher or adviser
each year as Teacher of the Year.
Today, the award recognizes a
high school educator who teaches
innovative media techniques,
mentors students to produce
award-winning journalism and
encourages students to consider
media careers. In addition to
the Teacher of the Year, DJNF
also names eight high school
journalism teachers and media
advisers who go beyond the call of
duty as Distinguished Advisers and
Special Recognition Advisers.
Fifty-eight teachers have been
honored with the highest
distinction while more than 250
others have been selected as
Distinguished Advisers and Special
Recognition Advisers. Click here
for a complete list.
CSPA has been a valued co-sponsor
of the program for decades,
featuring the Teacher of the Year
at an advisers luncheon during
its spring convention, providing
accommodations, promoting the
program and inviting honorees to
present sessions.
Linda Shockley, managing director