2011 DJNF Annual Report

PRESSING AHEAD2011 Annual Report

On the cover:Top left, high school journalists talk with a police officer about violent crime at the Indianapolis Association of Black Journalists Multimedia Journalism Workshop for High School Students. IABJ Photo

Top right, Temple University editing interns catch their breath after the traditional “Rocky” climb up the Art Museum steps in Philadelphia on their last night in the city. Temple University Photo

Bottom right, newly installed board member Pamela Fisher, vice president for diversity at News Corporation, poses with Don Carter, board member emeritus and first executive director of the Fund. DJNF Photo

Bottom left, interns in the news editing residency at the University of Texas at Austin at work. Bradley Wilson Photo

2011 Annual Report

Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.

From the President 2From the Executive Director 32011 Financial Reports 4

Programs College Programs Multimedia Seminars for Professors 6Student Internships 7

High School ProgramsSummer High School Journalism Workshops 11National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year 17

Publications 19

Board of Directors and Officers 20

Guidelines 21

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promote careers in print and digital journalism.

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2 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.

The link between the health of the news business, especially newspapers, and the health of the Dow Jones News Fund

became starkly clearer in 2011, the sixth year of the newspaper industry’s cyclical and secular downturn.

The Pew Research Center’s most recent annual report on “The State of the News Media” concluded that the newspaper industry began 2012 “neither dying nor assured of a stable future.” The industry “rallied around a story…that year-by-year it is developing new digital products and new revenue streams,” Pew said. However, it stressed that print advertising declined for the sixth consecutive year in 2011 and the loss of that revenue was greater than the increase in digital advertising revenue by a ratio of 10 to 1, worse than in the 2010. “Even if the newspaper industry can find a sustainable model online, moreover, those ratios mean newsrooms will be much smaller than they were a decade ago.” The unsettling Pew report was followed by the American Society of News Editors’ survey of newsrooms at daily newspapers that found the

number of jobs fell by 2.4% to 40,600 in 2011; that is 13,500, or 33.3%, fewer editorial positions than existed in 2005, the year before print advertising began to plummet.

The most worrisome aspect of these developments is the impact on the effectiveness of the

nation’s newsrooms. More provincially, I am concerned about newspapers’ willingness and ability to continue to provide paid summer internships that are at the heart of the Dow Jones News Fund’s flagship college programs. These internships are designed to encourage students to consider careers in journalism and help ensure the next generation of professional reporters and editors.

As readers of these annual reports are aware, the News Fund has not escaped unscathed. In the summer of 2006, we offered 112 internships. In summer 2011 we were able to provide 85, the same number as the previous year—no small achievement in the current environment.

Over the past six tumultuous years, News Fund internship programs have held up better than overall newsroom employment. They have benefitted from the stable financial and professional support of Dow Jones and its parent, News Corporation,

and from the response of the Fund’s management. We have reduced our training fees, strengthened our workshops and pursued internships more aggressively than in the past, frequently targeting new commercial and nonprofit digital publishers. And there is more to be done.

Personally, I remain encouraged by the first-rate journalism still being produced at many financially-strapped papers and by the enthusiasm and confidence of young journalists just starting their careers. I also remain optimistic that new, innovative business models capable of supporting quality journalism, and indirectly the News Fund’s programs, will emerge from the current efforts of talented executives, editors and technologists across the country.

But in 2011, as newspapers continued to struggle, attaining this goal became more urgent. ttt

From the President

Richard J. Levine

The Reality of PresentChallenges

2011 Annual Report Pressing Ahead 3

Meet Aaron Manfull, a.k.a. the “big mooch,” which we’ll explain in detail later. Who is Mr. Manfull? He is the Dow

Jones News Fund’s 2011 High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, the latest in a line of 53 great teachers who have received the award that stretches back to 1960 and Dr. William Nolan of Harry Ellis High School in Richmond, Calif.

Mr. Manfull, who teaches at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Mo., is also among the nearly 500 high school teachers, college professors, high school and college students who, in 2011, benefited from Dow Jones News Fund grants at programs stretching from New York to California, and Florida to Minnesota.

Now, about the “big mooch.” As part of the duties of our Teacher of the Year, Mr. Manfull gave his acceptance speech at the annual fall conference of the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association in Minneapolis last November.

In his speech, he paid tribute to his “mooching” ability, saying “My best friend when I was teaching back in Iowa gave me a special movie when I left. I thought he was just trying to be funny—but looking at things now, he was dead-on. Let me illustrate this conclusion I’ve come to with a few things I like to call MoochPoints.”

And from MoochPoints evolved a project that Mr. Manfull created called The Next 26. The website, thenext26.com, contains 26 tips for advisers to share with their colleagues, among many other features. It’s no wonder that among Mr. Manfull’s many accomplishments he is serving as the chair of the JEA digital media committee.

In addition to the News Fund’s Teacher of the Year program, we also were proud to provide funding of $167,000 to 27 summer high school journalism workshops around the country. Our support has become even more critical to many of these programs as news organizations have cut back on “unnecessary” expenses, such as training programs for staff and funding of high school and college programs.

On the college front, the News Fund last year provided 85 internships to college students around the country. We were particularly delighted that

Patch.com, the hyperlocal websites that are a subsidiary of AOL Inc., joined our multimedia intern program for the first time, sending four interns for training at Western Kentucky University.

Western Kentucky also was the site of our multimedia training program for professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This, combined with a similar program at the University of Texas El Paso for professors at institutions with large Hispanic student populations, gave some 30 professors the opportunity to learn new digital skills and bring them back to their campuses for the students.

Among other developments in 2011, we were delighted to add to our board of directors Pam Fisher, the vice president of corporate diversity at our parent, News Corporation. Ms. Fisher brings a wealth of knowledge in areas to which the News Fund has been committed for more than half a century.

And a special thanks to the Dow Jones Foundation, which has provided the bulk of our funding since our inception in 1958. For 2011, the Dow Jones Foundation increased our yearly grant by $40,000, to $390,000. Because of the foundation’s generosity, we were able to continue our multimedia training programs for college professors and provide more funding to our high school workshops. ttt

From the Executive Director

Rich Holden

DJNF ProgramsAssist LargeSpectrum ofJournalists


The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.Statements of Support, Revenue, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets - Cash Basis

for the Year ended December 31, 2011

SUPPORT AND OTHER REVENUE Contributions:

Dow Jones Foundation, Inc. 390,000 Intern Training Grants 49,800

Total Contributions 439,800 Other Revenue:

Book Royalties 4,477

Publication Sponsorships 6,050 Other 227

Total Other Revenue 10,754 Total Support and Other Revenue 450,554

FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES Program Services:

High School Teacher Programs 14,499 High School Student Programs 160,500

College Student Programs 252,742 Career Information Program 15,893 Total Program Services 443,634

Supporting Services: General Administrative Expenses 33,466

Total Functional Expenses 477,100Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets (26,546)

Unrestricted Net Assets - Beginning of Year 48,943

Unrestricted Net Assets - End of Year $ 22,397

Revenue Sources

Program Expenses

n Dow Jones Foundation

n Book Royalties

n Intern Training Grants

n Publication Sponsorships

n High School Teacher Programs

n College Student Programs

n High School Student Programs

n Career Information Program

n General Administrative Expenses


The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.Statements of Functional Expenses - Cash Basis

for the Year ended December 31, 2011

Program Services High School Teacher Programs: Teacher Awards Student Scholarships 2,500 Teacher Awards Operating Costs 11,999 Total High School Teacher Programs Expenses 14,499

High School Student Programs: Journalism Workshops 154,500 Workshops Writing Competition Scholarships 6,000 Total High School Student Programs Expenses 160,500

College Student Programs: Intern Scholarships 34,000 Editing Intern Training and Travel Costs 178,066 Business Reporting Training Center Costs 5,741 HBCU Training Program Costs 23,500 Intern Programs Operating Costs 11,435 Total College Student Programs Expenses 252,742

Career Information Programs: High Schools Newsletter Costs 15,893

Supporting Services General and Administrative Expenses Travel, Meetings and Conference Expenses 11,510 Audit Fee 6,925 Publication and Printing Costs 2,506 Consulting 634 Promotion and Sponsorship 2,914 Dues and Filing Fees 658 Postage 8,124 Miscellaneous 195 Total General and Administrative Expenses 33,466

Total Functional Expenses $ 477,100


College Programs

As News Media Landscape Shifts, DJNF Helps Educators Keep Pace

The Fund recognizes college educators need training to equip students for challenges and changes in the media, especially in the area of digital media skills. The Fund offered seminars at the University of Texas El

Paso and Western Kentucky University for a week. The results were several projects by the professors that challenged them to use social media, video and audio to enhance their reports.

Multimedia Academy at University of Texas El PasoProfessor Zita Arocha, directorStaff Doug Mitchell, Monica Ortiz Uribe, Kate Gannon and Lourdes Cueva Chacon

ParticipantsBruce Berman, New Mexico State UniversityAzenett Cornejo, University of Texas at BrownsvilleBeth Bringham Georges, California State at FullertonHeloiza G. Herscovitz, California State at Long BeachMacarena Hernandez, University of Houston-VictoriaSabiha Kahn, University of Texas El PasoLilliam Martinez-Bustos, Florida International UniversityChristine McKenna, Lehman College, City University of New YorkJames Smart, California State University, San BernadinoSusie Cantu, University of Texas at BrownsvilleGary Metzker, California State University at Long Beach

Projectshttp://borderzine.com/2011/05/segundo-barrio-a-%e2%80%98living-history%e2%80%99-lesson/http://borderzine.com/2011/05/a-campus-inside-a-barrio-wrapped-in-a-metroplexhttp://borderzine.com/2011/05/drought-record-in-el-paso/

Multimedia Academy at Western Kentucky University, Bowling GreenDr. Pam Johnson, directorStaffDavid Adams-Smith, Ron DeMarse, Clinton Lewis, Jerry Englehart, Chris Houchens, Linda Johnson and Kara Williams

ParticipantsDr. Letrell Crittenden, Lincoln UniversityBonnie Davis, Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySkye Dent, MFA, Fayetteville State UniversityKevin Dilley, Fayetteville State UniversityCoke Ellington, Alabama State UniversityDr. Yanela Gordon, Florida A&M UniversityDr. Vera Hawkins, Texas Southern UniversityDr. Herman Howard, Johnson C. Smith UniversityDr. Cathy Jackson, Norfolk State UniversityDr. Joy McDonald, Hampton UniversityDr. Ladonia Randle, Texas Southern UniversityAndrew Skerritt, Florida A&M UniversityDr. James Stephens, Tennessee State UniversityHarambee Taymullah, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Dhyana Ziegler, Florida A&M University

Projectshttp://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/distracted/http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/exerciseinjuries/http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/headsup/http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/immigration/http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/thetwofacesoffacebook/


Training for college students has long been the norm at the Fund, preparing interns to work effectively and competitively in

demanding newsrooms nationwide. Eighty-five interns worked as business reporters, sports, news or multimedia editors for more than 50 news organizations in summer 2011. They were trained at seven residency sites, including six Centers for Editing Excellence and one business reporting trianing program.

Interns at the University of Texas Austin, using live wire and local copy, published three broadsheet newspapers printed by the Austin American-Statesman, which also opened its newsroom. See their work here: http://bit.ly/L6mCoy

Dr. Pam Johnson led digital media interns to create projects in teams using social media like Twitter, Facebook and blogs to engage readers and widen discussion. Students were divided into teams to produce their projects, the commonly accepted mode of operation in many newsrooms. See their work here:http://dowjonesnewsfund.com/multimedia/lifeafterwku/ http://multimedia.dowjonesnewsfund.com/bgenergy/ http://multimedia.dowjonesnewsfund.com/techdemandhttp://multimedia.dowjonesnewsfund.com/neighborhoodwatch/

Business reporting interns learned how to read an SEC report, and how to write the all-important earnings story. They worked for assorted news organizations from newspapers to newswires to websites. Michelle La Roche, training editor for Dow Jones newswires, directed the instruction.

Sports copy editing interns learned the fine points of dynamic design for tabloids and broadsheets where the latest scores and clever headlines boost newsstand sales. Dr. Charlyne Berens directed.

News editing interns received strong doses of current events, online research techniques and good, old-fashioned stylebook memorization. The Temple University group had to identify photographs of historical figures, politicians and celebrities, completing blank maps of the regions of the world and editing stories for tone, style and substance. ttt

Signature InternshipPrograms Plant Flourishing Careers

Barnard Graduate Is 2011 Trayes Scholar

Maggie Astor, a reporter for the International Business Times in New York, was chosen as the 2011 Edward

Trayes Scholar. She was the eighth news editing intern chosen for the honor, which comes with a $1,000 scholarship provided by Terrence O’Toole of the O’Toole Family Foundation, Short Hills, N.J.The foundation committed to funding the scholarship for 10 years.

Ms. Astor, a summer intern at The New York Times, was chosen and trained by Dr. Edward Trayes at Temple University in Philadelphia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with concentrations in American and Comparative Politics from Barnard College, the women’s college of Columbia University.

On the New York Times Metro desk, she copy edited articles on New York City and the region including the scandal involving Congressman Anthony Weiner and New York’s passage of the gay marriage act.

Tragically, DJNF lost two students who died shortly after their internships ended.

Quin Loendorf, a sports copy editing intern at The Denver Post, died in a car accident Aug. 26 in Montana. The University of Montana senior left a lasting impression on the newspaper’s staff.

Deborah Pearsall, an editing intern at the St. Petersburg Times and a senior at Lehigh University, suffered two pulmonary embolisms and died in January 2012. She was remembered for her inquisitiveness, superior skills and collaborative spirit.


Business Reporting Internship ProgramDow Jones & Company, New York Michelle La Roche, director

Richard AutryBowling Green State UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, New York

Saabira ChaudhuriNew York University alumnaThe Wall Street Journal, New York

Austin E. KurthUniversity of Texas at AustinCape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.

David P. FerryUniversity of California, BerkeleyGraduate School of JournalismThe Wall Street Journal

Georgia WellsStanford UniversityMarketWatch.com

Johanna Harmony SomersMissouri School of JournalismNaples (Fla.) Daily News

Justin HilleyUniversity of KansasThe Denver Post

Lisa Marie StryjewskiRice UniversityBarron’s

Nathalie TadenaNorthwestern UniversityDow Jones Newswires

Dawn LimNew York UniversityMarketWatch.com

Sara SjølinNew York UniversityMarketWatch.com

Wesley R. LoweryOhio UniversityThe Wall Street Journal

Mae FairfieldMuhlenberg CollegeAdvertising Specialty Institute, Trevose, Pa.

Ashley ReidNorth Carolina A&T State University Advertising Specialty Institute, Trevose, Pa.

Shalini RamachandranEmory UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, Atlanta

Jack NicasBoston UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, Chicago

Alexandra WexlerStanford UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong

Tania ChenNorthwestern UniversityDow Jones Newswires

Sisi WeiNorthwestern UniversityDow Jones Newswires

Aatekah MirDaniel Pearl Fellow and senior sub-editor Express Tribune, Lahore, PakistanThe Wall Street Journal, New York

News Editing Internship ProgramsCenters for Editing Excellence

Missouri School of JournalismBrian Brooks, director

Amy Carolyn BarnetteUniversity of MemphisSt. Paul Pioneer Press

Andrew Curtis JenkinsMissouri School of Journalism The Kansas City Star

Dana Anne MeredithUniversity of Kansas The Kansas City Star

Erin IvieUniversity of UtahBay Area News Group-East Bay

Jessica Marie StephensMissouri School of Journalism St. Paul Pioneer Press

Business reporting interns gather in front of Dow Jones & Company offices on Avenue of the Americas in New York City Chaz Repak Photo


Kristina VragovicIndiana UniversityMinneapolis Star-Tribune

Pooja KansalIndiana UniversityLos Angeles Times

Renee Ruth SelandersUniversity of Oklahoma Indianapolis Star

Shaina Ruth CavazosMissouri School of JournalismThe Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill.

Stephen Michael KrauseWayne State UniversityDetroit News

Penn State UniversityJohn Dillon, director

Arielle RettingPenn State UniversityThe Viriginan-Pilot

Caitlin Anne SellersPenn State UniversityThe Roanoke Times

Chelsy Lynn TraczUniversity of Central FloridaThe Palm Beach Post

Deborah Anne PearsallLehigh UniversitySt. Petersburg Times

Edgar RamirezPenn State UniversityPittsburgh Post-Gazette

Erin FischesserMiami UniversityCharleston (W. Va.) Gazette

Gabriella LaVerghettaUniversity of MarylandMedia General Inc.

Justin Tyler SanakUniversity of Central FloridaCape Cod Times

Laurie SternPenn State UniversityThe Journal News/Gannett Co.

Sarah Elizabeth RankinUniversity of North CarolinaMedia General Inc.

Zachary Thomas AldrichUniversity of MissouriNaples Daily News

School of Journalism, The University of Texas at AustinGriff Singer, director

Kelly BeltonLouisiana TechThe El Paso Times

Geoffrey DeCanioThe University of Texas at AustinCenter for Investigative Reporting (CaliforniaWatch)

Carol Grace FanUniversity of California, Los AngelesSan Francisco Chronicle

Celia Anne DarroughUniversity of OregonThe Record, San Joaquin Local

Chris LuskUniversity of OklahlomaThe Dallas Morning News

Katie GoodwinUniversity of Nevada RenoSan Francisco Chronicle

Kenneth Michael ContrataUniversity of ArizonaThe Denver Post

Leslie Ann HansenUniversity of Texas at AustinBeaumont Enterprise

Margaux Marie HenquinetMissouri School of JournalismThe Tribune, San Luis Obispo

Nicole M. HillUniversity of OklahomaAustin American-Statesman

Nora Marie SimonUniversity of OregonOregonian Publishing

Temple UniversityDr. Edward Trayes, director

Caitlin Elizabeth O’ConnerUniversity of FloridaThe Wall Street Journal

Caryn A. WilsonFlorida A&M UniversityThe New York Times

Christine Elise DiGangiDePauw UniversityNew York Times Regional Editing Center

Emilee LindnerSt. Bonaventure UniversityDow Jones Newswires

Jonah Clark ComstockColumbia University Graduate School of JournalismNewsday

Jordan R. GambleUniversity of Notre DameThe New York Times


Maggie AstorBarnard CollegeThe New York Times

Samuel A. WeigleyDePauw UniversityThe Wall Street Journal

Wesley R. DuPlantierUniversity of MissouriDow Jones/ WSJ.com

Kirk GreenwoodLehigh UniversityThe Hartford Courant

Sports Editing ProgramUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnDr. Charlyne Berens, director

Alex IniguezUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPittsburgh Post Gazette

Davis HarperUniversity of North CarolinaThe Palm Beach Post

Jennifer Margaret RomeoVirginia Polytechnic UniversityTimes Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y.

Jessica Christine GillespieUniversity of Central FloridaThe Journal News/Gannett Co.

Joel PettersonUniversity of KansasThe New York Times

Matthew DraperCUNY Graduate School of JournalismNew York Post

Matthew Joseph PentzOhio UniversityHartford Courant

Quin LoendorfUniversity of MontanaThe Denver Post

Ryan WinnIndiana UniversityChicago Tribune

Multimedia Editing ProgramWestern Kentucky UniversityDr. Pam Johnson, director

Michelle DendyUniversity of Central FloridaThe Palm Beach Post

Grace MullerPenn State UniversityAccuWeather, State College, Pa.

William SmithUniversity of West FloridaThe Denver Post

Stefania FerroUniversity of FloridaIndianapolis Star Andrew FaustHigh Point UniversityScripps Networks

Mary KenkelUniversity of St. Thomasfrontdoor.com

Shane HallUniversity of Texas AustinCape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.

Jarod PhillipsTexas State UniversityInternational Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.

Derrick HaynesHoward UniversityWSJ.com

La Toya ToolesColumbia University Graduate School of JournalismCenter for Investigative Reporting, (CaliforniaWatch.org)

Alyssa BrumbackBall State UniversityPatch.com, Chicago metro area

Andrew KrietzMichigan State UniversityPatch.com, Boston area

David UbertiNorthwestern UniversityPatch.com, Detroit area

Jannon BarrowUniversity of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism Patch.com, Berkeley area

Andrew Krietz, assigned to Patch.com, waits to get a shot at Western Kentucky University’s multimedia residency. Clinton Lewis Photo


Summer Journalism Workshops Tackle Challenging Themes

Top, Missouri workshop website commemorates the 10th anniversary of September 11. Below, the University of Miami workshop examined social media’s impact, especially on youth.

High School Programs

Summer high school workshops have brought students from diverse backgrounds to college campuses to learn the skills of writers,

reporters and editors since 1968. In 2011, 455 students attended 27 workshops around the country.

Workshop participants, guided by college professors, media advisers and professional journalists, investigated sophisticated topics. Introduce emerging technologies as a subject, add social media, apps and mobile devices as reporting tools and the result is different kinds of media and messages.

One of the benefits of the program is the chance to compete nationally for $1,000 scholarships. Eight students were cited for their work in 2011. They will receive their checks in 2012.

The Peace Sullivan/James Ansin workshop at the University of Miami produced a report called The Status as well as the newspaper the Miami Montage. It dealt with good, bad and ugly aspects of social media.

Cosette Perez, a student at Miami Lakes Educational Center and Kayla Lokeinsky of Cooper City High School, won scholarships for their reports. Cosette created a multimedia package on gory images on the web and produced a video call “Bloody Voyeurism.” Kayla reported on a website

that sells fake resumes and credentials to job seekers.When a tornado ripped through Alabama, workshop director Meredith Cummings was among the homeless. She led a workshop devoted to covering the recovery. Ymani Wince of McCluer High School in Florissant, Mo., won for her reporting on the importance of trees to those rebuilding after the storm. Anthony Cave of Miami, who created the workshop website and online presence, won a multimedia scholarship.

Other scholarship winners are: Sophie Ho, Mountain View (Calif.) High School, The Mosaic High School Urban Journalism Workshop, San Jose; Corina Gallardo, The Chronicle, Journalism Diversity Workshop for Arizona High School Students, University High School, Tucson; Brianna Hernandez, University of Texas at El Paso, Canutillo High School, El Paso; and Brian Nguyen, The Mosaic High School Urban Journalism Workshop, a freshman at the University of California Davis.

Scholarship winners from the 2010 workshop competitions received $1,000 checks in 2011. They are: Miranda Sanchez, Oklahoma Institute for Journalism Diversity, W.E. Boswell High School, Forth Worth, Texas; Jaime Real, Mosaic High School Urban Journalism Workshop, Eastside College Prep High School, East Palo Alto, Calif.; Genaro Cruz Martinez, University of Texas at El Paso, Preparatoria Chamizal, Juarez, Mexico;

Ashley Stevenson, University of Arizona, Primavera Online High School; Beatrice Esteban, Bay Area Multicultural Media Academy, James Logan High School, Union City, Calif., Roberto Portal, University of Miami, Miami Killian Senior High School; Alan Sadler, University of Missouri, Suncoast Community High School, Rivero Beach, Fla., and Jonathan Stoltenberg, University of Miami, Felix Varela High School.

2011 High School Journalism Workshops

ALABAMAMulticultural Journalism WorkshopUniversity of AlabamaDirector: Meredith CummingsTuscaloosaDates: June 17 - 26http://aspa1.ua.edu/mjw/Participants: 17Co-Sponsors:Mobile Press-RegisterAlabama Press AssociationMercedesCCBPCollege of Communication/EndowmentThe Tuscaloosa News

ARIZONAJournliasm Diversity Workshop for Arizona High School StudentsUniversity of ArizonaDirector: Lisa ButtonTucsonDates: June 3 - 12http://bit.ly/LIjxBiParticipants: 14Co-Sponsors:Wick CommunicaitonsUA Student AffairsConcerned Media ProfessionalsHopi Education Endowment FundAEJMC High School WorkshopGifts from workshop parents

CALIFORNIAEast Palo Alto Summer Journalism InstituteDirector: Paul KandellBoys and Girls Club of East Palo AltoEast Palo AltoDates: June 20 - July 28Website: http://epasummerj.org/

Participants: 13Co-Sponsors:Boys and Girls Club of the PeninsulaEPA TodayMidpeninsula Media CenterYellow Chair Foundation

Mosaic High School Journalism Workshop – San JoseSan Jose State UniversityDirector: Joe RodriguezSan JoseDates: June 12 – 24http://www.mercurynews.com/mosaicParticipants: 16Co-Sponsors:Castellano Family Foundation San Jose Mercury News San Jose State University journalism department Monterey Herald Latino Journalists of California-CCNMA Miscellaneous small donations

Multicultural Journalism Workshop – CCNMA/San DiegoPoint Loma Nazarene University Director: Leonel SanchezSan Diego Dates: June 19 - 29www.ccnma.org/Participants: 18Co-Sponsors:Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego Society of Professional JournalistsSan Diego Union Tribune LibraryLatino Journalists of California-CCNMA

FLORIDAPeace Sullivan/James Ansin High School WorkshopUniversity of Miami/School of CommunicationDirector: Rafael LimaCoral GablesDates: July 10 - 30

http://thestatus.org/Participants: 21Co-Sponsors:Peace Sullivan and Ansin Family FoundationUniversity of Miami/School of Communication

IDAHOUniversity of IdahoSchool of Journalism and Mass MediaDirector: Rebecca TallentMoscowDates: June 17 - 26www.uidaho.edu/class/jammParticipants: 12Co-Sponsors: University of Idaho College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences Hagadone Communications of Coeur d’Alene Newspaper Association of Idaho Native American Journalists Association

ILLINOISBack at You: Teen ReflectionsColumbia College ChicagoDirector: Brenda ButlerColumbia College of ChicagoChicagoDates: July 6 – Aug. 4http://www.columbialinks.org/page/summer-2011Participants: 18Co-Sponsors:McCormick FoundationColumbia College

Illinois Press Foundation/Eastern Illinois University High School Journalism WorkshopEastern Illinois UniversityDirector: Sally RenaudCharlestonDates: June 19 - July 2http://ipfworkshop.wordpress.com/ Participants: 18Co-Sponsors:



McCormick Foundation Illinois Press Foundation EIU Student Publications

INDIANAIABJ High School Multimedia Workshop @Butler UniversityDirector: DeShong PerryCo-director: Leisa RichardsonIndianapolis Dates: June 19 – 26http://iabj.org/?p=92 Participants: 20Co-Sponsors:Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism, Butler Univeresity IABJ members FOX 59 (Fox) WRTV (ABC) WISH-TV (CBS) WTHR-TV (NBC)Indianapolis Business JournalIndianapolis Recorder Indianapolis Star

KENTUCKYXposure Western Kentucky University, Bowling GreenDirector: Robert R. AdamsBowling GreenDates: June 6 - 16http://wkuxposure.wordpress.com/Participants: 13Co-Sponsors: WKU PIE grant Courier-JournalLandmark Newspapers Daily News, Bowling Green St. Louis Post-Dispatch Evansville Courier School of Journalism WKU student publications

Canon USA

MASSACHUSETTSNew England HS Journalism CollaborativeRegis College/UMass BostonDirector(s): Maureen Iaricci and Carole RemickWestonDates: June 23 – 30 http://bit.ly/M32qrR Participants: 19Co-Sponsors:Private donors

MICHIGANJournalism Institute for Media Diversity Dow Jones High School Workshop Wayne State UniversityDirector: Alicia Monique NailsDetroit Dates: June 20 - 25http://comm.wayne.edu/jim.phpParticipants: 18 Co-Sponsors:Detroit Free PressDetroit NewsWayne State University/Institute for Media Diversity

AAJA JCampMichigan State UniversityDirector: Neal JustinEast LansingDates: August 5 - 10http://jcamplive.aaja.org/Participants: 40Co-Sponsors:Annie E. Casey FoundationMichigan State UniversityCNNCompuware

Dow Jones FoundationBloombergGannettNews CorporationHyundaiIndividual donorsAssociated PressTravel Tech Lansing State Journal

MINNESOTAThreesixty Journalism Intermediate Journalism CampUniversity of St. ThomasDirector: Lynda McDonnellThreesixty JournalismSt. PaulDates: June 13 - 25www.threesixtyjournalism.org/ Participants: 15Co-Sponsors: University of St. Thomas St. Paul Pioneer Press


Individual donors Star TribuneMinnesota Public Radio

MISSISSIPPISouthern Mississippi High School Journalism WorkshopUniversity of Southern MississippiDirector: Dr. Kim LeDuffDr. Christopher Campbell, co-directorHattiesburg Dates: June 12 - 17http://www.usm.edu/highschooljournalismworkshop/ Participants: 17Co-Sponsors: Mississippi Press Association Hattiesburg American Clarion-Ledger Sun-Herald

MISSOURIMissouri Urban Journalism WorkshopUniversity of MissouriDirector: Anna RomeroSchool of JournalismColumbia Dates: July 9 - 17http://2011urbanpioneer.columbiamissourian.com/ Participants: 19Co-Sponsors:Associated PressMissouri School of JournalismDonald W. Reynolds Journalism InstituteMissouri Press FoundationSt. Louis Post-DispatchKansas City StarRadio & TV News Faculty, Missouri School of JournalismOklahoma State UniversityWCBS 880, New YorkRuss Mitchell, CBS News AnchorMissouri Journalism Library

KOMU-TV8Victoria (Texas) AdvocateCenter on Religion & the ProfessionsThe Columbia MissourianColumbia Daily TribuneMU Financial Aid and Admissions officesPhiladelphia InquirerThe Washington PostSociety of Professional Journalists - MU ChapterNational Association of Hispanic Journalists - MU Chapter

NEW JERSEYPrinceton University Summer Journalism ProgramDirector: Rich TuckerPrincetonhttp://www.princeton.edu/sjp/the-princeton-summer-jour-2/2011-PUSJP-Final.pdfDates: July 29 - Aug. 8 Participants: 21Co-Sponsors: Mai Family FoundationFlannery-Reilly Family

Peter Seldin Princeton University

NEW YORKRobert Greene Urban Journalism WorkshopDirector: Zachary DowdySUNY - Stony BrookStony Brook Dates: July 24 - 30http://www.greenegazette.com/ Participants: 16Co-Sponsors:NewsdaySUNY- Stony BrookJ.P. Morgan ChaseNew York Community Bank OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in JournalismUniversity of OklahomaDirector: Ramon ChavezNormanDates: June 6 - 17

http://reddirtjournal.ou.eduParticipants: 22Co-Sponsors: Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation The Norman Transcript The Oklahoman

PENNSYLVANIATemple UniversityDirector: Maida OdomPhiladelphiaDates: July 11 – Aug. 5http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/murl/files/2011/09/TUHSPress2011-compressed.pdfParticipants: 15Co-Sponsors: Philadelphia Youth Network Work/Ready Program Temple University School District of Philadelphia


Philadelphia Daily NewsMaida Odom National Association of Black Journalists

NABJ High School Journalism Lab2011 Philadelphia ConventionDirector: Irving WashingtonDates: Aug. 3 - 6http://highschool.nabjconvention.org/2011/08/the-2011-nabj-high-school-workshop/Participants: 15Co-Sponsors:News Corporation

TEXASJournalism in July 2011University of Texas El PasoDirector: Zita M ArochaEl PasoDates: July 10 - 19http://borderzine.com/2011/07/ Participants: 14Co-Sponsors: Hervey Foundation El Paso Community Foundation BorderzineEl Paso Electric Company University of Texas El Paso

Texas Christian UniversityHigh School Journalism WorkshopSchool of JournalismDirector: Daxton StewartFort Worth Dates: June 13 - 23http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu/593.htm Participants: 14Co-Sponsors: Texas Christian University Fort Worth Star-Telegram TCU Office of Inclusiveness

YouSA Urban Journalism workshopSan Antonio CollegeDirector: Irene AbregoDepartment of JournalismSan AntonioDates: June 12 - 23http://www.theranger.org/you-s-a-2011 Participants: 8Co-Sponsors: Texas State University San Antonio College San Antonio Express-News San Antonio Press Inc.

VIRGINIAVirginia Urban JournalismVirginia Commonwealth UniversityDirector: Mary Ann OwensSchool of Mass CommunicationsRichmond Dates: July 11 - 22www.has.vcu.edu/mac/ Participants: 12Co-Sponsors:Media General Landmark Communication Virginia Press Association

WISCONSINMarquette Urban Journalism WorkshopMarquette UniversityDirector: Sheena CareyMilwaukeeDates: June 19 - July 1www.marquette.edu/comm/ujw/index.html Participants: 20Co-Sponsors: Journal Communications Department of Public Instruction

Diversity Workshop Founder Introduced Hundreds to Media

Carole Remick promised something terrific for the 25th anniversary of the summer high school journalism workshop in

Boston in 2012. The ever-enthusiastic founder, who kept the program going by force of will, died Oct. 18, 2011, at 78.

Mrs. Remick rejuvenated the program in 1988 at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and eventually moved it to Regis College where it was known as the New England High School Journalism Collaborative.

She was a staunch advocate for media diversity, equal opportunity for students of color, for immigrant children and for the economically disadvantaged.

The workshop was a joint project of several New England media and individual journalists, many of them workshop alumni.

Milton Valencia, a Globe reporter, NEHSJC board member and 1996 workshop alumnus, said, “The program served its purpose and I am where I am today because of the people I met and because of Carole.”

Portrait of Carole Remick and 25th anniversary cake


Since 1960, the Fund has selected an exceptional high school media teacher to represent the profession at conferences and to

receive special accolades and additional resources.

The 2011 Teacher of the Year was Aaron Manfull of Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Mo. He advises the award-winning newsmagazine North Star, FHNtoday.com, yearbook, broadcast and the Quill and Scroll Honor Society chapter. He is the digital media committee chair for the Journalism Education Association and webmaster of JEADigitalMedia.org.

Here’s an excerpt and a link to the presentation at the National High School Journalism convention in November 2011. Weblink: http://slidesha.re/s5Tip4

I do have a point today. This isn’t going to just all be about me – if you know me you know that is about the last thing I want to come up and talk

about, but in order to tie it all together, I need to start back at the beginning.

Now, I’m not going to be able to give a shoutout to everyone who has helped me along the way. There are too many of you. Just know that if you and I have crossed paths, like a good pickpocket, I’ve taken something from you, and I’m more appreciative than you know.

As I was preparing for today, I learned something about myself. I’m just a big mooch. Seriously. For years people have joked about my mooching ability. My best friend when I was teaching back in Iowa gave me a special movie when I left. I thought he was just trying to be funny — but looking at things now, he was dead-on. Let me illustrate this conclusion

I’ve come to with a few things I like to call MoochPoints.

I was a mooch way back in high school. I guess I had a leg up on others growing up in Iowa going through scholastic journalism. In high school, names like Dick Johns, Gary Lindsay, Jack Kennedy, Ann Visser, Vanessa Shelton and Merle Dielman were household names … literally.

My mother, to whom I credit the incredible foundation that was laid for me, was (and still is)a great journalism adviser from Washington, Iowa. She advised yearbook and newspaper for 21years and was the person who made me understand what a great job and life this could be. From her I’ve mooched everything from how to write good interview questions to tips on effectivelybalancing work and family. My MoochPoints from her alone could keep us here through Tuesday.

I actually come from a family of journalists. My sister was a professional covering everything from Hawkeye football for the Des Moines Register to the Texans for the Houston Chronicle. She is in her third year of advising high school journalism down in Houston. She’s an amazing writer, and I’ve taken numerous stories she’s written and used them in my classroom to teach students what a good story should look like.

My dad, while not a journalist or journalism adviser, plays an equally important role in the media ecosystem — he reads the newspaper — and heaven knows we all need as many readers as we can get. While my dad may not be in the actual news business, per se, I’ve watched him closely through the years. I’ve seen how hard he works at his job to be good at it and how he helps those around him. I could never be the businessman he is, I didn’t get that gene, but I take what makes him successful and apply it to my life daily.

When I got married, it was only natural I gravitated to someone in the journalism field as well. Kate, my wife, my coadviser, my best friend – the list could go on – is herself a graphic designer and marketing specialist. If you’re going to do this job and have a family, you need someone who is a willing, supportive partner. I can’t imagine a better one than Kate. She’s the one who has really pushed me to take that solid foundation I had and take it to the next level. She is someone who is committed not only to see me succeed, but my students as well.

I would not be here today without the support or the lessons I’ve taken from these four. They aren’tthe only ones I’ve borrowed liberally from though.I’ve been fortunate to be able to work with Beth Phillips for the last few years. As assistant adviser

National Teacher Awards

Innovative Mooch Spends Year Representing Scholastic Journalism

at North, she’s helped the program expand and gives the staffs another option to bounce ideas off. From Beth, I mostly Mooch her time, and she’s mydaily sounding board as I constantly work to tweak things in the room to make it run better.

My principal is even here today. Yah, she’s that principal. She’s the real deal. One who cares about students and her staff. Dr. Darlene Jones. I don’t even want to know how many IOUs I’ve given to her since Day One on the job. What I can tell you, though, is that we all dream of the type of principal we want to work with. She is truly that principal, and someone I consider to be a great friend.

Dr. Jones wasn’t the only one who gave me a shot when she hired me, I remember checking my answering machine in 2005. There was a message from Linda Puntney asking me if I’d come teach the Advisers Institute in Manhattan, Kan., with Jack Kennedy. I would have been thrilled to take a class from Jack back then – heck, I’d be thrilled to takeone now with him. I actually had to call Linda and tell her the message didn’t come through clearlyto get her to repeat that she wanted me to actually teach with Jack. I said yes. He was very polite andsaid I was a big help that week – I remember it a bit differently – I just remember mooching the hell out of everything he was saying.

I student-taught in Iowa with Gary Lindsay. I mooched a lot there, too. While Gary taught me many lessons, the one I carry with me daily follows his personal philosophy: “This too shall pass.”He never got too worked up. He didn’t seem to show stress in the room and knew that ups and downs were part of the game and staying even was the way to go if you were in it for the long haul.It’s one of the MoochPoints I’m most thankful for.

Gary believed in me from the start, and I’ve appreciated that confidence ever since.

And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention those whom I’ve learned the most from – the studentswhom I’ve crossed paths with the last 14 years – a few of whom are able to be here today.

They’ve taught me you can find a job that’s easy to get up for each day. I watch them all the time to see how they lead, to see how they teach and to see how they work with one another, and I mooch a little bit of what I see them doing to make myself and the program better. Those lessons have also helped me be a better father to my two kids. Kane and Michaela are in Iowa today mooching off their other grandparents – yes, mooching is a learned behavior.

It’s all these experiences and people that I’ve encountered over the last 20 years that haveshaped me into who I am. I love learning. I’m

constantly dissecting the whys and trying to figure out the hows. I think it’s this constant mooching that has helped make me an effective teacher in the classroom most days.

While students are my focus, I have worked to add to that in recent years to try to pay forward some of that mooching tab I racked up. It’s been my mission with JEADigitalMedia.org and it’s why I believe so heavily in the idea behind ThinkSJI and what we’ve been working on. I won’t get into it all here, you can find out more about it at ThinkSJI.org, but the idea is to try to get local advisers to connect with one another to lend

a hand or ask for one. I was fortunate. I wasn’t too proud to mooch or ask a million questions of those around me. I knew where to go for help and had a solid background of knowledge to build on.

If you’re an adviser working to keep your head above water, you need to know there is a great network of advisers out there willing to help, and you just need to ask. Odds are, you will find a willing partner who is more than happy to lend a hand. If you can’t, find me and I’ll connect you.

If you’re a veteran adviser, you should be proactive in seeking out those around you

and lending a hand. Send an email, offer to drop by the school to introduce yourself, send a handout or lesson, ask if there’s anything they need – then follow through with help. Your action – or inaction – will have an effect on those programs close to you, and we are all safer and stronger if those around us are safe and strong. ttt



2011 Honored Teachers

Four Distinguished Advisers, honored along with the Teacher of the Year, received free subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, a

co-sponsor, which includes 30 copies of the full-color newspaper for students, a free Teacher Guide, unlimited access to the Classroom Edition website and a daily Journal. The selection panel also cited four Special Recognition Advisers for their good work.

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies also gave top teachers and their students access to webinars through its NewsU training project.

Distinguished Advisers Susan Colyer of Southside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.Erin Coggins of Sparkman High School, Harvest, Ala.Chris Waugaman of Prince George (Va.) High School Stan Zoller of Rolling Meadows (Ill.) High School

Special Recognition Advisers Ryan McCallum of Buffalo (Minn.) High SchoolScott Menscher of Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.Doreen Picozzi of Lincoln (R.I.) High School Starr Sackstein of the World Journalism Preparatory School, Flushing, N.Y.

2011 Teacher Honorees pose for a group photo after the awards presentation at the national High School Journalism convention in Minneapolis. Seated are Distinguished Adviser Erin Coggins, Aaron Manfull, Teacher of the Year, and Distinguished Advisers Stan Zoller and Chris Waugaman. Standing are: Robin Gibson Sawyer, DJNF Board Member and 2000 Teacher of the Year; Special Recognition Advisers Doreen Picozzi, Ryan McCallum and Starr Sackstein with Linda Shockley, DJNF Deputy Director. Distinguished Adviser Susan Colyer was not able to attend.Special Recognition Adviser Scott Menscher was honored at the CSPA conference in fall 2011.Photo by Randy Swikle

Exposure, Opportunities Punctuate Special Year

Valerie Penton Kibler, the 2010 Teacher of the Year from Harrisonbrug, Va., spoke at several conferences in 2011.

She told advisers at the spring convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association she had been fortunate to have passionate, self-directed students and a supportive principal.

At the Ideas Summit of the American Society of News Editors in San Diego she got reacquainted with Al Neuharth, former chairman of The Freedom Forum, whom she met at one of his Free Spirit conferences years ago.

She chatted with Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook after a panel moderated by Raju Narisetti, then of the Washington Post. Narisetti, in turn, linked her with a speaker for her scholarship writing competition. The winning student, David Proctor, received a $1,000 scholarship to George Mason University.

Students of 2010 Distinguished Advisers received $500 scholarships in competitions at their schools.They are Kelsey Reid, attending the University of Chicago and Robert Seltzer, attending Middlebury (Vt.) College - Adviser Lori Keekley, St. Louis Park (Minn.) High SchoolAmelia Webber, attending Shelton State Community College - Adviser Susan Newell, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa, Ala. ttt

Valerie Kibler and David Proctor at awards banquet DJNF Photo


In its third year of providing free subscriptions, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition awarded 21 to high school teachers around the

country. The papers were offered through an essay contest conducted by the Dow Jones News Fund.

The Classroom Edition, a co-sponsor of the National High School Journalism Teacher Awards program, also provided subscriptions to the 2011 Teacher of the Year and eight other honored teachers.

The essay winners were:Brian Thielemier, South High School, Pueblo, Colo.Joel Olson, St. Francis (Minn.) High School Mike Riley, Cody (Wyo.) High School Victoria Koontz, Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, N.J. Laura Negri, Alief Kerr High School, HoustonLories Nye-Slockbower, John F. Kennedy High School, Paterson, N.J. Steve Hanf, R.J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, N.C. Carole Babineaux, Liberty High School, Frisco, TexasTravis Armknecht, Confluence Preparatory Academy, St. Louis, Mo.Susie Mercer, Henry W. Grady High School, AtlantaCynthia Hingle, North Central High School, Kershaw, S.C.Elizabeth Dunn, Hightstown (N.J.) High SchoolTara Campos, Technology High School, Newark, N.J.Rebecca Moore, South Ridge School, Culver, Minn.Kathleen Schuckel, Indianapolis Metropolitan High School

Cathy Podalak, Wyoming Valley West High School, Plymouth, Pa. Diane Hicks, Valley High School, West Des Moines, IowaValerie Douglas, James F. Byrnes High School, Duncan, S.C.Martha Brooks-Richards, Sarah T. Reed High School, New Orleans Natasha Olugajo, Lincoln International High School, MinneapolisAndi Mulshine, Communications High School, Wall, N.J.

Excerpted essaysMy students will tell you that I always tell them, “To be a good journalistic writer you must read good journalistic writing.” I believe that to be especially true today.

- Carole BabineauxLiberty High School, Frisco, Texas

With the help of a teacher’s guide, I am confident I could use The Wall Street Journal to increase reading comprehension, improve writing skills, and enhance students’ understanding of the world around them. With The Journal’s help, my students will be better journalists.

- Lories Nye-SlockbowerJohn F. Kennedy High School, Paterson, N.J.

An informal poll of 45 journalism students found that none of their families subscribe to a newspaper or news magazine. Our school has no library for them to read media regularly either, and we don’t have enough computers for them to read news content online consistently.

- Kathleen Schuckel,Indianapolis Metropolitan High School

Teachers Receive Free Subscriptions to WSJ Classroom Edition

A leader for years to comeBY LINDA SHOCKLEY News Fund deputy directorThe Dow Jones News Fund

named Aaron Manfull of Francis Howell North HS, St. Charles, Mo., the 2011 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. He advises the award-winning newsmagazine North Star, FHNtoday.com, yearbook, broadcast and the Quill and Scroll Honor Society chapter. He is the digital media committee chair for the Journalism Education Association and webmaster for JEADigitalMedia.org.Richard S. Holden, executive

director of the News Fund, said, “Aaron is a dynamic, hardwork-ing yet self-effacing teacher. He’s a leader in scholastic journalism today and for the years ahead.”

Manfull credited his success as a journalism teacher and adviser to his mother, literally. Donna Manfull was his newspaper and yearbook adviser at Washington (Iowa) HS. “She is the foundation of how I

run things and what I do because of what I learned from her,” he said.

Those early experiences formed a pivotal network and relationships. In fact, a list of his early instructors reads like a Who’s Who of Iowa scholastic journalism. Merle Dieleman, Jack Kennedy and Gary Lindsay, for whom he student taught, were just a few he named. Kennedy, past president of

JEA and a 1993 DJNF Teacher of the Year, forwarded a letter that said, “A few years ago when I was asked about who would take up the leadership of scholastic jour-nalism when the ‘baby boomers’ moved along, I was at a loss. But Aaron is at the forefront of an impressive group of advisers who are making a difference right now, and promise to provide leadership

for many years to come.”As his platform, Manfull will focus on helping other teachers keep their programs functioning, thriving and, hopefully, arresting the decline in journalism pro-grams in the country today. While similar programs might compete, media advisers need to support one another, he said.DJNF asked nominees to

outline a pressing issue fac-ing scholastic journalism and explain how they would address it as Teacher of the Year. Manfull wrote, “I think the most pressing issue facing scholastic journalism today is the decline of journalism programs throughout the country … I realize there are a lot of other pressing issues out there related to everything from the First

Amendment to AP tests, but if we don’t stop the bleeding of program loss, the rest of these problems won’t matter. Since taking this up with [Think]SJI last summer, I have been actively working to do my part to help where I can.”

He has reached out individu-ally to dozens of St. Louis-area advisers to lend a hand and many

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Francis Howell North HS’s journalism program has seen quite the trans-

formation since Aaron Manfull first took over in 2001. At the time there

were nearly 100 students in the program that had a newspaper and year-

book. Since that time, the program has added broadcasting and a web-

site and enrollment has grown to more than 250 students going through

it each year. Beth Phillips was hired as an assistant adviser to help with

the increased enrollment and the school district agreed to offer an Honors

Journalism Course that began in 2011.

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Thirty years after they shared a classroom

as high school newspaper adviser and student

editor in chief, H.L. Hall and Wendy Wallace

meet again, but this time in a virtual classroom.

Hall and Wallace will teach “Becoming a

More Effective Adviser: Journalism Values and

Craft,” a Poynter News University e-learning

course. The online course takes place at www.

newsu.org this July 25 to Aug. 12, with partici-

pants from across the country participating as

their schedules permit and from wherever they

happen to be.

“What could be more convenient?” Wallace

said. “Learn from home or even poolside. Just

be ready to explore the essentials of journal-

ism and advising that will prepare you and your

publication for success in the fall.”

Cost for the course is $179. Participants

can also pay $239 for the course and three

CEUs through the College of Continuing Studies

at Kent State University.

Application deadline is June 17.

For information and to apply: www.newsu.

org/journalism-advisers-july2011.

Hall and Wallace: Together …. again

Wendy Wal-

lace teaches

media entrepre-

neurship and

runs the High

School Journal-

ism Program

at the Poynter

Institute, a jour-

nalism school in

St. Petersburg,

Fla. She will

teach an online course for high school

journalism advisers this summer with

her high school journalism teacher,

H.L. Hall. Photo by Kenny Irby,

the Poynter Institute

H.L. Hall is a

former National

High School

Journalism

Teacher of the

Year and was

the longtime

journalism

teacher, year-

book and news-

paper adviser at

Kirkwood (Mo.)

HS. Wallace teaches at The Poynter

Institute for Media Studies, a journal-

ism school in St. Petersburg, Fla.,

known around the world for its training

in journalism craft and values. Wallace

was editor of the Kirkwood Call when

she was a senior at Kirkwood High.

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Programs

alabama

multicultural Journalism workshop

University of Alabama

Director: Meredith Cummings

University of Alabama

Phifer Hall/Journalism Dept.

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Phone: (205) 348-2772

Email: [email protected]

Dates: June 17 - 26

Deadline: April 1

http://aspa1.ua.edu/mjw/

arIZona

university of arizona

University of Arizona

Director: Lisa Button

P.O. Box 210158B

845 N. Park Ave.

Tucson, AZ 85721

Phone: (520) 626-9219


Dates: June 3 - 12

Deadline: May 3

http://journalism.arizona.edu/news/

hsworkshop2010.php

calIFornIa

east Palo alto summer

Journalism Institute

Director: Paul Kandell

Boys and Girls Club of East Palo Alto

2031 Pulgas Avenue

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2025


Dates: June 20 to July 28

Deadline: April 1 (or until filled)

http://epasummerj.org/

mosaic High school Journalism

workshop – ccnma/san Jose

San Jose State University

Director: Joe Rodriguez

750 Ridder Park Drive

San Jose, CA 95190

Phone: (408) 920-5767


Dates: June 12 – 24

Deadline: April 11

http://www.ccnma.org/

multicultural Journalism

workshop – ccnma/san diego

Point Loma Nazarene University

Director: Leonel Sanchez

San Diego, CA 92020

Phone: (619) 593-4951

Email: lsanchezcommunications @

gmail.com

Dates: June 19 - 29

Deadline: April 9

http://www.ccnma.org/

FlorIda

Peace sullivan/James ansin High

school workshop

University of Miami

Director: Rafael Lima

School of Communication

P.O. Box 248127

Coral Gables, FL 33124-2030

Phone: (305) 284-2265


Dates: July 10 - 30

Deadline: May 1

http://www.com.miami.edu

Famu summer

multimedia workshop

Florida A& M University

Director: Diane Hall

School of Journalism and Graphic

Communication

510 Orr Drive

Tallahassee, FL 32307

Phone: (850) 599-3357


Dates: June 12 - 18

Deadline: May 6

http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?sjgc

IdaHouniversity of Idaho

School of Journalism and Mass Media

Director: Rebecca Tallent

Moscow, ID 83844

Phone: (208) 885-8872


Dates: June 17 - 26

Deadline: June 4

http://www.uidaho.edu/class/jamm

Housing, meals and transportation are

provided for teachers who may attend

and receive graduate/ continuing edu-

cation credit for $271 per credit hour.

IllInoIs

back at you: teen reflections

Columbia College Chicago

Director: Brenda Butler

Columbia College of Chicago

33 East Congress Parkway

Chicago, IL 60605

Phone: (312) 369-8993


See WORKSHOPS on page 2B

editor’s note: We recognize that what we provide here is not a complete

listing of the summer journalism and media programs available for teachers

and students. We have attempted to contact all known summer programs

and encouraged representatives to send us information for this listing. The

following list is as complete as we could make it as of deadline time. Thanks

to those who contributed information and photographs for this package.

When a workshop lists a website, we encourage readers to visit that site

for specific details and updated information. A workshop list, also appears

on the News Fund’s website at https://www.newsfund.org.george taylor

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