2013 DJNF Annual Report

Dow Jones News Fund

2013 Annual Report

On the Cover TOP:Left,internsintheUniversityofTexascopyeditingresidencytourtheAustinAmerican‐StatesmanwithDrewMarcks./DJNF Photo.Right,RichardHoldenaddressessummerinternsinaPatch.comtrainingseminaratWesternKentuckyUniversity./WKU Photo.BOTTOM:Left,LeoPostovoitofSanJoseStateUniversityphotographsanartinstallationinPhoenixaspartofthedigitalinternshiptrainingprogramattheWalterCronkiteSchoolofJournalismatArizonaStateUniversity./Kaard Bombe Photo.Right,2013NationalHighSchoolJournalismTeacheroftheYearJimStreiselofCarmel(Ind.)HighSchoolisflankedbyformerDJNFTeachersoftheYear– EllenAustin,2012;JohnBowen,1987;BrendaGorsuch,2004;AaronManfull,2011;CandacePerkinsBowen,1989;H.L.Hall,1982;LindaBallew,2005;CarolLange,1991;andValeriePentonKibler,2010./ Bradley Wilson Photo.

2013 Dow Jones News Fund Annual Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESIDENT’SREPORT 3

FINANCIALREPORT 4

PROGRAMSATAGLANCE 6

COLLEGEPROGRAMS 7

InternshipsforJuniors,SeniorsandGraduateStudents

MultimediaTrainingforEducators

TEACHERPROGRAMS 15

NationalHighSchoolJournalismTeacherAwards

HIGHSCHOOLPROGRAMS 19

SummerJournalismWorkshops

SummerWorkshopCompetitions

PUBLICATIONS 22

BOARDOFDIRECTORSANDOFFICERS 23

GUIDELINES 24

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DOW JONES NEWS FUND 2013 ANNUAL REPORT

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From the President/Richard J. Levine

2013:MissionCritical

The mission of the Dow Jones News Fund since its founding in 1958 has been to encourage talented high school and college students to pursue careers in journalism. Judged by several important measures, the News Fund continued to accomplish its mission in 2013.

Perhaps the most essential element in the News Fund’s pursuit of its mission is the prestigious summer internship program that enables college students to obtain paid, professional newsroom experience. In summer 2013, the Dow Jones News Fund trained and sent 120 undergraduates and recent graduates to work as business

reporters, digital journalists, news and sports copy editors at 47 media organizations across the country, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Denver Post, the Detroit News, Dow Jones Newswires, Thomson Reuters, AccuWeather and Patch.com. The 2013 total was up 36, or 43%, from the previous summer, and was the largest since the 131 internships offered in 2000, well before the sharp contraction in the news industry.

Much of the expansion was due to a decision by Patch, the digital network of local news sites, to have the News Fund train 40 interns. Yet even as the fund’s staff and directors celebrated this development, they recognized there was no certainty it represented a permanent expansion. Indeed, early in 2014, AOL Inc. sold a majority interest in Patch to Hale Global, and the new owners decided that Patch would continue to work with the Fund albeit on a much reduced scale.

The experience with Patch underscores the reality that the Fund has constantly had to reshape its programs to fit the changing needs of newsrooms rapidly transitioning to “digital first” while forging new relationships with legacy news organizations and emerging media.

To prepare the interns for their jobs last summer, the Fund supported eight residential training sites at leading journalism schools. Among them was a new digital program at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix. In addition, the Fund again provided training programs in digital journalism for professors at historically black colleges and universities and at institutions with large Hispanic enrollments at Western Kentucky University and the University of Texas at El Paso as part of its on-going efforts to increase the diversity of the nation’s newsrooms. And it helped support 26 summer high school journalism workshops that served 450 students in 19 states.

None of this would have been possible without the work of the News Fund’s small but dedicated staff in Princeton, New Jersey; the financial support of News Corporation, Dow Jones & Company and the Dow Jones Foundation; and the guidance of the Fund’s board of directors, which in early 2013 elected long-time director Robin Sawyer as secretary. My sincere thanks to all for their contributions.

THE DOW JONES NEWS FUND, INC. STATEMENT OF SUPPORT, REVENUE, EXPENsES, AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

– CASH BASIS FOR THE YEARs ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 and 2012

2013 2012 Support Other Revenue $780,900 390,000

Contributions 106,000 63,200 Book Royalties 193 1.548 Publication Advertising 8,900 4,923 Other 20 2,000

Total Support and Other Revenue 896,013 461,671 Functional Expenses

Program Services: High School Teacher Programs 11,854 18,241 High School Student Programs 133,000 129,000 College Students Programs 352,062 256,158 Career Information 14,007 15,017 Total Program Services 510,923 418,416

Supporting Services:

General and Administrative Expenses 46,126 31,004

Total Functional Expenses 557,049 449,420 Increase in Unrestricted Net Assets 338,964 12,251 Unrestricted Net Assets – Beginning of Year 34,648 22,397 Unrestricted Net Assets – End of Year 373,612 34,648


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THE DOW JONES NEWS FUND, INC. STATEMENTs OF functional expenses – CASH BASIS

FOR THE YEARs ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 and 2012

2013 2012 Program Services

High School Teacher Programs: Teacher Awards Students Scholarships 2,000 2,500 Teacher Awards Operating Costs 9,854 15,741

Total High School Teacher Program Expenses 11,854 18,241

High School Student Programs: Journalism Workshops 125,000 124,000 Writing Competition Scholarships 8,000 5,000 Total High School Student Programs Expenses 133,000 129,000

College Students Programs: Editing Intern Scholarships 45,000 28,500 Editing Intern Training and Travel Costs 217,148 178,409 Business Reporting Training Center Costs 14,963 5,224 Faculty Training Programs Operating Costs 50,516 24,000 Intern Programs Operating Costs 24,435 20,025 Total College Student Programs Expenses 352,062 256,158

Career Information Program:

High School Newsletter Costs 14,007 15,017 Supporting Services

General and Administrative Expenses: Travel, Meetings and Conference Expenses 24,183 6,115 Audit Fee 7,100 5,450 Publication and Printing Costs 2,676 2,627 Promotion and Sponsorship 2,068 2,505 Dues and Filing Fees 300 1,076 Postage 9,397 10,997 Miscellaneous 402 2,234 Total General and Administrative Expenses 46,126 31,004

Total Functional Expenses 557,049 449,420

PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

National High School Journalism Teacher Awards Program One National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Four Distinguished Advisers and Three Special Recognition Advisers

Scholarships - $2,500 (issued to students of 2012 winners; 2013 winners collect scholarships during the 2014 academic year) College Internship Programs Eight residencies trained 120 interns who worked at 53 different news organizations

Business Reporting – 24 interns trained at New York University Digital Editing – 10 interns trained at Arizona State University 40 Patch.com interns attended training at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green Sports Editing – 10 interns trained at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln News Editing – 36 interns trained at Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University of Missouri, University of Texas, Austin

Scholarships - $28,500

Summer High School Journalism Workshops 26 workshops in 19 states, 450 students, 143 co-sponsors including journalists’ groups, news media, foundations, corporations and individuals

Summer Workshops Competition Winners 2 photographers, 2 multimedia journalists, 4 reporters

Scholarships - $5,000 (issued to 2012 competition winners; 2013 winners receive their scholarships in 2014.)

Multimedia Training for Educators Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green – 12 professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities University of Texas at El Paso – 12 professors from Hispanic-serving universities

Publications Adviser Update – 6,000 copies distributed quarterly to high school journalism teachers and advisers, media professionals, college educators and scholastic media groups

Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, DJNewsfund.wordpress.com, LinkedIn, Email blasts


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COLLEGE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS

Photo by Kaard Bombe

Marcel Louis‐Jacques inspects his camera at the Cronkite School at Arizona State University.

Digital Interns explore new ground

Patch.com took the unprecedented step of sending 40 digital interns – 20 in two back-to-back training sessions – to Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Dr. Pam Johnson directed a team of instructors and hosted Patch editors and trainers. Students worked for the hyper-local news sites around the country. Dr. Johnson’s sabbatical at Arizona State University in 2012 led to an invitation to the Cronkite School at ASU for a digital media residency for 14 students employed by other digital companies in 2013. Rachel Levy Columbia University Arizona Republic Zenovia Campbell Temple University Arizona Republic Leo Postovoit San Jose State University The Denver Post McKenzie Keller Arizona State University International Center for Journalists Erin Shaw University of South Carolina The Palm Beach Post

Jovelle Tamayo Rutgers University The Times-Herald Record Kristen Hwang Arizona State University The Huntsville Times Marcel Louis-Jacques Arizona State University Alabama Media Group Emily Inverso Kent State University The Indianapolis Star

Zara Stone Columbia Graduate School of Journalism The Wall Street Journal Sara Tooker University of Alabama The Wall Street Journal Marissa Scott Arizona State University Accuweather Fara Illich Arizona State University Alabama Media Group Colleen McEnamey University of North Carolina The Wall Street Journal

Rich Holden conducts a session on numbers with Patch.com interns at Western Kentucky University.

Patch.com interns attended sessions at WKU which started June 2 and June 9. The interns and their universities are listed.

Alexander Alusheff Bowling Green State University

Emily Marie Atteberry Texas Christian University Akasha Brandt Point Park University

Mary Kate Brogan Elon University Jessica Burger Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Danielle Jee-Hea Chung Northwestern University

Gina Curreri Boston University

Whitney Cyr Keene State College

Natalie Daher University of Pittsburgh

Brian de los Santos California Polytechnic Staet University Zachary DeRitis Coastal Carolina University Anush Elbakyan Suffolk University

Charles Gorney Knox College

Jared Grafman University of Missouri

Daniel Gunderman Monmouth University

Laura Haas Georgia State University

Katherine Hafner Univerisity of California, Los Angeles

David Hansen Lewis University

Laura Herrera University of Missouri

Stephanie Ivankovich Grand View University

Carly Keyes The University of Michigan

Alexander Koma Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Andrew Robinson Lenoir Columbia University

Kyle Lundberg Point Loma Nazarene University

Hannah Lutz

Loyola University

Erika Maldonado San Francisco State University

Megan Malloy New York University

Megan Merrigan University of Connecticut

Anastasia Millicker Rutgers University Brita Moore Luther College

Ali Mudano Iona College

Euna Park University of California, Berkeley Kirsten Petersen University of Maryland, College Park

Julianne Pitcher Michigan State University

Rebecca Porath Binghamton University Brittini Ray University of Georgia

Megan Riesz Boston University

Natalie Rivera California State University, Northridge

Sonia Su Boston University

Joseph Sumbi California State University, East Bay

Elizabeth Young The Ohio State University


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Temple University trainees enjoy their last night out at the Art Museum of Philadelphia, a residency tradition.

News copy editing interns attended training at Temple University in Philadelphia, the University of Texas, Austin, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri.

The Temple Residency was directed by Dr. Edward Trayes. Alex Wolinsky University of California, Berkeley Washington Post

Andrea Ordonez Hofstra University Newsday

Deborah Strange University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The New York TImes Editing Center

Emily Morman Wayne State University The New York Times

Ian Carlino Syracuse University The New York Times Editing Center

Lindsey O'Donnell College of the Holy Cross Cape Cod Times

Maria Pia Negro University of Maryland The New York Times

Rebecca Clemons University of Kentucky The New York Times

Samantha Dean University of Florida Dow Jones Newswires

Ian Carlino 2013 Trayes Scholar

Syracuse graduate Ian Carlino was named the 10th Edward Trayes Scholar after his successful internships at the New York Times Editing Center, Gainesville, Fla.

He is an editorial assistant for Thrillist.com, which he described as a lifestyle guide for younger urban males. He works on the content management system that gives the section its structure.

The scholarship is named for the Temple residency director and given by the O’Toole Family Foundation, Short Hills, N.J., which is run by Paula and Terence O’Toole, a 2004 editing alumnus.

The Penn State residency was directed by Professor John Dillon. Crystal Jones Pennsylvania State University The Journal News

Ellen Louise Fishel University of Maryland The Charleston Gazette

Ismail Amir-Tariq Vera Virginia Commonwealth University Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Kevin Dollear University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tampa Bay Times

Kimberly Wilson University of Connecticut Cox Media Group

Kyle Warnke University of Central Florida Richmond Times-Dispatch

Penn State interns share a meal

Mallorie Sullivan Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism The Viriginan-Pilot

Paige Minemyer The Pennsylvania State University The Roanoke Times

The University of Missouri training center was directed by Associate Dean Brian Brooks.

Alyssa Szynal University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign St. Paul Pioneer Press

Anthony Puricelli University of Missouri The Kansas City Star

James Ayello University of Missouri Indianapolis Star

Christina Downs Howard University Detroit News

Emma McElhaney University of Kansas The Kansas City Star

Kayli Farris University of Arkansas Grand Forks Herald

Rachel Brutsch Brigham Young University-Idaho St. Paul Pioneer Press

Taylor Kuether University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Minneapolis Star Tribune

Margaret Walter and Brian Brooks with interns in front of Missouri’s columns


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Interns and instructors surround Griff Singer

Dr. Berens and interns on the field at Nebraska’s stadium

Griff Singer directed the residency at the University of Texas at Austin.

Carrie Blazina Kent State The Denver Post

Rachel Stella Lewis University The Tribune, San Luis Obispo

Ashley Davis Baylor University Beaumont Enterprise

Emily Siner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Los Angeles Times

Brooks Johnson University of Montana Idaho Falls Post Register

Laurence Leveille Syracuse University Oregonian Publishing

Natalie Webster University of Texas at Arlington Alabama Media Group

Danae Lenz University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Dallas Morning News

Samantha Clark San Jose State University San Francisco Chronicle

Dr. Charlyne Berens led the sports editing residency at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Zachary Tegler University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New York Times

Lance Davis Auburn University Cox Media Group

Daniel Agabiti University of Connecticut The Hartford Courant Company

Mark Sanchez University of Maryland New York Post

Megan Ryan University of Minnesota The Journal News

Nick Merchant Gonzaga University San Francisco Chronicle

Christian Garner James Madison University Omaha World-Herald

McKenna Brown University of Oregon The Denver Post

Blake Pon University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Business reporters gather on stairs at NYU.

Professor Will Sutton of Grambling State University directed the business reporting residency at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Special thanks to News Corp for underwriting three interns.

Sarah Kuranda Boston University Cape Cod Times

Saranya Kapur New York University Barron’s

Matthew Patane University of Missouri The Denver Post

Amanda Gonzalez CUNY Graduate School of Journalism The Food Institute

Riva Gold Stanford University The Wall Street Journal

Khadeeja Safdar Columbia Journalism School The Wall Street Journal

Melissa Caceres Florida International University New York Post

Andrea Beasley Grambling State University New York Post

Nicolas Medina Mora Yale University Thomson Reuters

William Harless University of California, Berkeley The Wall Street Journal

Shiqi (Angela) Chen University of California, San Diego The Wall Street Journal

Sonia Talati Columbia Journalism School The Wall Street Journal

Nicolas Kostov City University London The Wall Street Journal

Xiaoqing Pi University of California, Berkeley The Wall Street Journal

Sarah Ann Jacob New York University The Wall Street Journal

Jamie Lee New York University The Wall Street Journal

Samantha Phillips Elizabethtown College Advertising Specialty Institute

Grace Thompson Rowan University Advertising Specialty Institute

Andrew Aylward University of Virginia The Wall Street Journal

Theron Mohamed Columbia Journalism School The Wall Street Journal

Maria LaMagna Northwestern University MarketWatch.com


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Multimedia Programs for College Professors

UTEP Photo

Professor Zita Arocha addresses the 2013 class of college professors at the Multimedia Academy in El Paso

University of Texas at El Paso

A key goal of the workshop was to teach the instructors to use video, audio and web equipment and editing software to produce multimedia stories so they could in turn teach their students these same skills. College students were brought in to work along with the professors.

Four multimedia trainers, Lourdes Cueva Chacon, Doug Mitchell, Monica Ortiz Uribe and Kate Gannon, with expertise in video, audio and web delivery, designed the training. The results are linked here.

http://borderzine.com/2013/06/vacas-sin-fronteras-livestock-crossing-fuels-economy/ http://borderzine.com/2013/06/bowie-bakery-–-42-years-of-traditional-pan-dulce/ http://borderzine.com/2013/06/family-carries-charreria-tradition-through-generations/ http://borderzine.com/2013/06/lucy’s-good-coffee-and-la-malinche-it’s-all-in-the-familia/

Teresa Ponte Florida International University, Miami Lisa Button University of Arizona, Tucson Laura Castaneda San Diego City College Kym Fox Texas State University, San Marcos Tracy Everbach University of North Texas, Denton Jennifer Fleming California State University Long Beach Maggy Zanger University of Arizona, Tucson Jack Glasscock Illinois State University, Normal John Schmeltzer University of Oklahoma, Norman Melita Garza Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Steve Elliot Arizona State University, Tempe

Teresa Hernandez Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant

Western Kentucky University

Dr. Pam Johnson directed the multimedia program for faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities for the fourth consecutive year. Emphasis was placed on creating topical projects in the one-week workshop and promoting the Fund internship programs to their students. Four teams of three explored cycling for health, geriatric exercise programs, gay adoption and examining career choices. Review the websites, blogposts and videos at http://www.dowjonesnewsfund.com/djnff2013.html

Huntly Collins LaSalle University, Philadelphia Bill Sharp Southern University, New Orleans

Joice Dunn Grambling (La.) State University Cheryl Smith Paul Quinn College, Dallas

Charles Gidney Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Will Sutton Grambling (La.) State University

Ann Kimbrough Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Tonyaa Weathersbee University of Florida, Gainesville

Reggie Miles Howard University, Washington, D.C. Edward Welch Grambling (La.) State University

Wanda Peters Grambling(La.) State University Reggie Owens Louisiana Tech University, Ruston


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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM TEACHER AWARDS PROGRAM

Be a Journalism Rock Star

Jim Streisel, 2013 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, Master Journalism Educator, HiLite adviser and communications teacher Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind.

You know, I wasn’t always going to be a journalism teacher. In high school, I wasn’t a member of my school’s newspaper or yearbook staff. Instead, I participated on the speech team. I was in the show choir. I performed in musicals. I was a class officer.

Bottom line, I loved to perform. I loved the feeling I got from being on stage in front of an audience. I loved the energy. I loved the satisfaction I felt from working on something and seeing it come to fruition.

Fast-forward about 25 years…

This is me today. A mild-mannered journalism teacher for the past 19 years at the same school in the conservative Midwest. I’ve been working with the HiLite staff and its subsequent offshoots for most of those 19 years, and I expect that journey to continue at least into the foreseeable future, unless, of course, I win the lottery, in which case, there will be a job opening soon.

But there’s a side of me – a creative side – that never really left ever since those performance days of yesteryear. Some of you know this side of me, some of you…well…

We play all over the Indianapolis area from bars and night clubs to American Legion posts to restaurants and festivals. Along the way, we’ve met some pretty interesting people.

And for me, I guess my love of performing never left. Playing music is an outlet for me, a creative path. It’s a hobby. Some people collect stamps – my dad, for example. Some people build model airplanes. I do this.

But today’s presentation isn’t really about me. It’s about us here in the journalism education community…and I’m here today to talk to you about being a journalism rock star. And what’s more, I’m here to tell you how you can be a journalism rock star, too.

Step 1: Know your material. Any good musician spends hours, days, weeks, years practicing his craft. A great musician realizes that that learning never stops, and rather than being satisfied with what he’s already created, he agonizes over where he needs to improve.

Journalism rock stars need to know their craft as well. It’s important for journalism educators to be well-versed, not only in the field of journalism, but also in journalism curriculum, in state and national standards, in data gathering, in best practices. And while these areas don’t necessarily make you a better teacher, they are the catch phrases of our industry, and we need to be experts in what we do.

Step 2. Do it for the music But despite what legislators would have us believe, knowledge of that curriculum isn’t enough. It’s a starting point, to be sure, much like learning chord progressions on a guitar is a starting point. But just like knowledge of chords

Jim Streisel speaks to his audience at the 2013 National High School Journalism Convention/Bradley Wilson photo

isn’t necessarily music, knowledge of journalism standards isn’t necessarily teaching. That’s why we need to do it for the music. In other words, once we know what to teach, we need to know why we teach it.

My oldest son is 13 years old and he plays the saxophone. When he started playing three years ago, he wasn’t very good. He knew about three notes, and half of those were squeaky, off-key or non-existent. But he practiced. He learned through his band class how to read music. He started playing better. Two years ago, he moved to first chair where he has remained. Last year, he joined the jazz band. He got even better. Just this year, he has started to perform improvisational solos during his jazz band concerts.

Like my son’s band teacher, we need to understand what we’re trying to accomplish with our students. The Oct. 7 issue of TIME Magazine featured an article that discussed the supposed shortcomings of education today. Namely, author Jon Meacham said that rather than just ask students what they know, it’s better to ask what they know how to do.

For me, the even better questions are these: Do our graduates know how to ask the right questions? Do they know where to go to find those answers? Do they know how to apply those answers to their daily lives?

Step 3: Act the part It’s not enough any more for rock stars to just make great music. You’ve got to stand out in today’s music scene. You’ve got to make your voice shine above all the others.

Like musical rock stars, it’s important for journalism rock stars to do the same. Today’s educational environment is tough, to the say the least. It’s not enough anymore for teachers simply to be great in the classroom. Luckily, we have lots of opportunities to show our professionalism. If you haven’t already been recognized as a CJE or MJE, the time to do that is now. Additionally, take advantage of the many committees we have through the NSPA or the JEA or the ones available through your local and state organizations, and get involved. Be a leader in your school.

And once you’ve done that, share that information. Harry Wong, in his book The First Days of School, instructs teachers to post their credentials in a prominent spot in their classroom.

Step 4: Enjoy the performance Truth is, in the scheme of things, your time with students is very limited. Just like a musician spends hours behind the scenes working on his craft, perfecting it, working out the nuances, good teachers spend hours behind the scenes


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working on their craft, planning lessons, grading papers, going to meetings. I only get to see my students once every other day for an hour and a half each time. That’s my performance.

Step 5: Find your voice Like those new musicians, new journalism teachers are just trying to keep their heads above water. This job can be overwhelming. Thankfully, though, we have our own set of journalism rock stars to follow. Here’s a sampling of a few I admire. Each of these people has a unique voice in the field. They’ve spent their careers developing that voice and then sharing it with others. Add those voices together, and you have an amazing community of rock stars.

But these rock stars all started somewhere. They learned through trial and error, they relied on their own set of veteran journalism rock stars to help them move forward. They created their own sound. And then they gave back.

Step 6: Reinvent yourself Certain musicians have been able to change with the times and stay relevant. Journalism teachers need to do the same. I’ve been doing this gig for 19 years, and I’ve changed quite a bit over that time. Not only do I look a lot different, I also teach a lot different. But change doesn’t happen overnight; it’s a slow, often grueling process. And year to year, unless you do something drastic (like, say, lose your hair), you may not notice that change.

But we have to continue to change to stay relevant. The Beatles were great at this – experimenting with all sorts of different instruments and sounds to help share their music and push it forward. But at their core, the Beatles never lost what they knew – their basic ability to write songs with meaning and to stay true to that core value.

Step 7: Party This step shouldn’t be too difficult for many of you but it bears mention here.

It’s so important to celebrate what you do with your students and with your teaching community. Celebrate everything. While we don’t do this job for awards, we all know how difficult they are to earn. Enjoy them. Celebrate milestones: The first deadline. The last deadline. An awesome interview. Or just give some deserving kid a pat on the back and a heartfelt congratulations for a job well-done.

Step 8: Do it for the fans

You’re here for the fans. Your students.

Your students won’t remember the specifics of your class. But they’ll remember the experience. They’ll remember the camaraderie. They’ll remember feeling like they were part of something worthwhile.

They’ll remember you and the way you treated them day in and day out.

On that note, on Nov. 3, I was reminded of my own advice, when one of my journalism rock star friends, Grosse Point South adviser Jeff Nardone, was taken from our ranks far too soon. One of his former students published a touching tribute to his former teacher.

And that’s why I’ve got a Bonus Tip for you today. It’s a tip that I hope you’ll take with you after you leave here. It’s a tip that Jeff Nardone definitely understood. Just like those bands I spoke of, you may not remember these individual tips. But hopefully, you’ll remember this…

Bonus tip: Believe in yourself

…Believe in yourself. You are amazing at what you do. You, all of you, are artists. Each of you is honing your craft. Each of you is contributing to the larger journalistic community. You do important work. You do valuable work.

This job isn’t easy. But it has the potential to be amazing. You’ve got the opportunity. You’ve got back stage passes to the most awesome job on the planet. So go. Spread your music. I want to hear it played loud and clear until my ears bleed. So go. Go be a rock star. I believe in you. You should, too.

Jim Streisel’s talk is online at . hilite.org/streiseljim

Four Distinguished Advisers and Three Special Recognition Advisers Honored in 2013

The Distinguished Advisers were Jason Wallestad, Benilde-St. Margaret's School, St. Louis Park, Minn.; Jonathan Rogers, City High School, Iowa City, Iowa; Charla Harris, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, Texas, and Matthew Schott, Francis Howell Central High School, Cottleville, Mo. The Special Recognition Advisers were Michele Dunaway, Francis Howell High School, St. Charles, Mo.; Derek Smith, Renton High School, Renton, Wash., and Ana Rosenthal, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas.

Students of 2012 Teachers Award Winners Received College Scholarships in 2013

Maryssa Sklaroff, at right, received a $1,000 scholarship as a student of 2012 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Ellen Austin of Palo Alto Senior High School. She went to Northwestern University.

These students of 2012 Distinguished Advisers received $500 scholarships. Lindsey Walker, Carmel (Ind.) High School, student of Jim Streisel who attends Northwestern University and Joshua Wallace, Chantilly (Va.) High School, a student of Bretton Zinger, who attends the University of Virginia.

Back row: Matthew Schott, Jim Streisel and Jonathan Rogers. Front row: Derek Smith, Charla Harris and Ana Rosenthal/Bradley Wilson Photo


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High School Journalism Workshops

Summer workshops have been an essential part of Dow Jones News Fund programming since 1968. Students from urban high schools and small communities who may not have had the chance to practice publishing try a possible new career path. For others with scholastic media experience it is a time to shine, to learn, and even, to lead.

The students accepted for the Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism Workshop at the University of Oklahoma and staff made a courageous choice to go ahead with the workshop even though a devastating tornado ripped through the area. They covered the aftermath and the importance of weather forecasting services in the Red Dirt Journal.

Each workshop must have a publishing component, either in print, online and including video and audio. Workshops are listed by state with directors. Co-sponsors provided additional funding to stretch DJNF grants. More than 350 high school students participated.

ALABAMA Multicultural Journalism Workshop University of Alabama Meredith Cummings, director Tuscaloosa AL http://aspa1.ua.edu/mjw/ www.twitter.com/AlaSPA

ARIZONA Arizona State University Cronkite School Summer Journalism Institute Anita Luera, director Phoenix AZ Cronkite HS Journalism Institute University of Arizona Ms. Elena Stauffer, director Thomas Stauffer, workshop co-director School of Journalism Tucson, AZ The Chronicle

CALIFORNIA MOSAIC California Chicano News Media Association San Jose Mr. Joseph Rodriguez, director San Jose Mercury News San Jose, CA The Mosaic http://mosaic2013.wordpress.com

Newsroom by the Bay Media Alliance Oakland Paul Kandell and Beatrice Motamedi, co-directors CONNECTICUT Connecticut Health Investigative Team Reporting Workshop C-HIT Investigative Summer Reporting Workshop Lisa Chedekel and Lynne DeLucia, co-directors Quinnipiac University and the University of Connecticut www.c-hit.org DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JCamp 2013 Asian American Journalists Association Clea Benson, Neal Justin and Lorene Yue, Camp Directors San Francisco CA http://jcamplive.aaja.org FLORIDA FAMU Multimedia High School Workshop Florida A&M University Dorothy Bland, director Tallahassee FL http://tacklingbullying.wordpress.com NABJ J-SHOP Orlando 2013 Convention Russell LaCour, director http://highschool.nabjconvention.org/

ILLINOIS Columbia Links Going Global: Around Chicago in 18 Days Brenda Butler, director Journalism Department Columbia College Chicago http://www.columbialinks.org/ http://twitter.com/columbialinks Illinois Press Foundation/Eastern Illinois University Joe Gisondi, director Charleston http://ipfworkshop.wordpress.com/

KENTUCKY Western Kentucky University Xposure Chuck Clark, director Robert Adams, workshop co-director Adams-Whitaker Student Publications Center Bowling Green http://wkuxposure.wordpress.com/ MASSACHUSETTS Remick's High School Journalism Collaborative Milton Valencia and Maureen Iaricci, directors Regis College and the Boston Globe Weston http://www.nehsjc.org/quarterly

MINNESOTA ThreeSixty Journalism Intermediate Journalism Camp University of St. Thomas Lynda McDonnell, director Threesixty Journalism St. Paul http://www.threesixtyjournalism.org MISSOURI University of Missouri Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop Professor Anna Romero, director Columbia http://2013urbanpioneer.columbiamissourian.com/

NEW JERSEY Princeton University Summer Journalism Program Rich Tucker, director Princeton University Princeton, www.princeton.edu/sjp/ Write On Sports Byron Yake, executive director South Orange Three locations in Northern New Jersey http://www.writeonsports.org

NEW YORK Robert W. Greene Institute Professor Zachary Dowdy, director SUNY - Stony Brook Stony Brook http://www.greenegazette.com/ NYU Urban Journalism Workshop New York University Katti Gray, director Contact: Kate Panuska Arthur Carter Journalism Institute http://urbanjournalismworkshop.org/ OKLAHOMA University of Oklahoma Mr. Ray Chavez, director Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication Norman www.ou.edu/gaylord/home/main/outreach/oidj.html

PENNSYLVANIA Temple U. Summer High School Journalism Workshop Ms. Maida Odom, director Department of Journalism. Philadelphia http://tuhspress.wordpress.com/ TEXAS Urban Journalism Workshop at San Antonio College Ms. Irene Abrego, workshop director Journalism San Antonio You S.A. Texas Christian University High School Journalism Workshop Daxton Stewart, director Schieffer School of Journalism Fort Worth http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu/593.htm

University of Texas at El Paso Journalism in July Dr. Zita Arocha, director Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies El Paso http://borderzine.com/2013/07/

WISCONSIN Marquette University Sheena Carey, director Diederich College of Communications Milwaukee


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Workshops Competition Highlights Award-Winning Summer Journalism

Each year the Fund honors students nominated by their summer workshop directors for outstanding writing, photography or multimedia contributions. Winners receive $1,000 college scholarships in the year following their selection. Eight 2012 winners received scholarships in 2013.

Seven winners named for their work in 2013 will receive scholarships in 2014. Three reporters, two photographers and two multimedia journalists won the 2013 Summer Workshops Competition.

Three of the seven winners were from the Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism (OIDJ) workshop at the University of Oklahoma. Directors Sue Hinton and Ray Chavez considered canceling the workshop after the May 20 tornado hit Moore, Okla. Students who had already been selected and faculty, some of whom experienced personal losses, wanted to press on.

The winning writers were Milton Guevera, Journalism Diversity Workshop for Arizona High School Students at the University of Arizona, City High School; Aaron Ladd, NABJ J-Shop, Orlando, Fla., Parkview High School, Stone Mountain, Ga., and Huong Truong, OIDJ, graduate of Southmoore High School, freshman at the University of Oklahoma.

The photographers were Daisy Creager, OIDJ, Bartlesville (Okla.) High School, and Ashlee Fenn, University of Arizona, Safford (Ariz.) High School.

The multimedia winners were Caitlyn Minton, OIDJ, Kingfisher High School, and Kalin Tate, University of Alabama Multicultural Journalism Workshop, Shaw High School, Columbus, Ga.

Nicholas Ghibaudy was a 2012 SWC winner who attended the Peace Ansin/James Sullivan Summer Workshop at the University of Miami. His winning story was “The Heartbreaking Escape,” published in the Miami Montage. Nico sent his graduation picture in August 2013 with a letter that said, “Winning the Dow Jones News Fund scholarship is a huge blessing and I feel tremendous gratitude each time I read the congratulatory letter.” He enrolled in the University of South Florida as a junior with an associate’s degree from Broward College.

PUBLICATIONS

Adviser Update, edited by George Taylor and

designed by Kathy Zwiebel, both former Teachers of the Year, provides free essential information for high school journalism teachers and advisers while offering solid examples of good journalistic practice at no cost to high school teachers. The publication is fortunate to have several recurring sponsors including the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Journalism Education Association, Quill and Scroll, SchoolJournalism.org, the Pennsylvania State University, the Newseum and Mercer University. Back issues of the newspaper are posted on the Fund’s website as PDFs.

The Wall Street Journal provided free subscriptions to the paper for the 2013-2014 school year to 25 Teachers including the 2013 Teacher of the Year, Distinguished Advisers and Special Recognition Advisers. The other recipients are listed.

Cadence Turner, Curtis High School, Staten Island

Brian Thielemier, South High School, Pueblo, Colo.

J.C. Malone, High School for Contemporary Arts,

Bronx, N.Y.

Mona Griffin, Shaw High School, Columbus, Ga.

Anne Weisgerber, Summit (N.J.) Senior High School

Mark Eaton, T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria,

Va.

Rich Yacco, James Logan High School, Union City,

Calif.

Justin Hirsch, Technology High School Newark, N.J.

Jennifer Shadle, Campus High School, Wichita, Kan.

Diane Hicks, Valley High School West,

Des Moines, Iowa

Kellie Wagner, Journalism & Media Academy,

Hartford, Conn.

Desiree Carter, Dunwoody (Ga.) High School

Nkomo Morris, Brooklyn (N.Y.) Community Arts &

Media High School

Erica Swift, Lincoln High School, Philadelphia

Sheryl Kirby, George Washington High School,

Philadelphia

Denise Powell, South Philadelphia High School

Christopher Alvarez, Academy at Palumbo,

Philadelphia


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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Richard J. Levine Former Vice President, News Dow Jones & Company Treasurer Paul Schmidt Vice President and General Manager, Financial Markets Dow Jones & Company Secretary Robin Sawyer 2000 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year First Flight High School, Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Executive Director Richard S. Holden Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. Directors Don E. Carter Member Emeritus Former Executive Director Thomas E. Engleman Former Executive Director Executive Editor, Teen Voices of Democracy

Pamela Fisher Vice President, Corporate Diversity News Corporation Mark Jackson Corporation Counsel Dow Jones & Company Diana Mitsu Klos Media Consultant Neal Lipschutz Senior Vice President and Managing Editor Dow Jones Newswires Laurence G. O'Donnell Retired Managing Editor The Wall Street Journal Dr. Reginald Owens F. Jay Taylor Chair of Journalism Louisiana Tech University Dr. Russell G. Todd G.B. Dealey Chair, Journalism Department University of Texas at Austin Staff Richard S. Holden, Executive Director Linda Shockley, Deputy Director Diane Cohn, Director of Finance

Deadlines for Proposals and Program Nominations Teacher Awards Program Description: To recognize high school Journalism teachers who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching journalism and/or advising a high school newspaper, newsmagazine or news website Eligible: Any high school journalism teacher or adviser with at least three years of teaching experience. Nominations may come from principals, newspaper editors, other teachers, alumni, press associations or the teachers themselves Awards: $1,000 college scholarship for a student of the Teacher of the Year; $500 college scholarships for a student of each of the four Distinguished Advisers Deadline: July 1

DJNF High School Journalism Workshops Description: To encourage high school students to consider careers in journalism by providing an opportunity to work with professional journalists and instructors on reporting, writing and editing a student newspaper, magazine or news website Eligible: Colleges, schools, nonprofit organizations Grant: $2,500 up to $8,000 Deadline: October 1

Centers for Editing Excellence Description: To provide pre-internship intensive training for college juniors, seniors and graduate students, selected through DJNF’s News Editing Intern Program, who will work professionally as copy editing interns for news media Eligible: Colleges or nonprofit organizations Grant: Maximum of $20,000 for 10 students Deadline: October 1

News Editing Internship Program Description: To encourage students to consider copy editing as a career in news and multimedia journalism by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grants Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship: $1,000

Deadline: November 1

Digital Internship Program Description: To encourage students to consider multimedia editing as a career in journalism by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grants Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship $1,000 Deadline: November 1

Business Reporting Internship Program Description: To encourage college juniors, seniors and graduate students to seek business reporting internships by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grants. Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship$1,000 Deadline: November 1

Sports Editing Program Description: To encourage students to consider sports copy editing as a career by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grants Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship: $1,000 Deadline: November 1 The News Fund is a national foundation supported by Dow Jones & Co., Dow Jones Foundation and others within the news industry. Our emphasis is on education for students and educators as part of our mission to promote careers in journalism. DJNF operates several high school and college-level grant programs. Those who would like to submit unsolicited proposals should go to the Grant Proposal page at https://www.newsfund.org to read more and download a form. For more detailed descriptions, visit the Programs section. Grant applications, guidelines and instructions also appear in the Forms section.


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2013 DJNF Annual Report

Documents

Transcript of 2013 DJNF Annual Report