SUMMER 2013
Adviser Update
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ROUNDUP Continued from page 4A ASNE
Because technology and times have changed, as of Sept. 15, 2013, the American Society of News Editors will no longer host school news publications. ASNE’s my.hsj.org has been a free web-hosting service for school news organizations for 12 years. “We encourage you to continue your online news publication and we are here to help during this transition,” read an ASNE press release. ASNE will continue to offer resources for students and teachers at hsj.org and will still have a weekly contest for students to be recognized for great journalistic writing, photos and videos. For more information, visit hsj.org.
CSPA
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has a new website. Created for CSPA by the Columbia University Web Services group, the new website uses responsive design to provide mobile-friendly features. Now the site will reformat automatically to be displayed correctly on a desktop computer, a tablet or a smartphone. The site also features fresh navigation and a new design. All of the content from the CSPA’s prior website has been reformatted for the new site including forms and schedules for CSPA events and contest deadlines. Audio and video content is now supported much more effectively than in the past. The site is also easier for CSPA staff to update and maintain. The URL remains the same: http:// cspa.columbia.edu.
Indiana First Amendment Symposium LEFT: SJOY — Rachel McCarve, IHSPA Executive Board member, presents plaque to Micheala Sosby, Chesterton HS, IHSPA Student Journalist of the Year. Sosby received a $1,500 Hoosier State Press Association scholarship and $500 IHSPA scholarship.
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executive director, at lbarring@wi.rr.com.
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Tims said these appointments assure continuity during the leadership transition.
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Winners have been selected in two new Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists competitions for bloggers and for middle and junior high school students. • Leah Budson of Newton North HS, Newtonville, Mass., won first place in the inaugural Blogging Competition for her entry, “An Online World.” • Second-place winners (tied) were Kate Pellgrini of Castro Valley HS, Castro Valley, Calif., and Jordan Dawkins of Valley Christian HS, San Jose, Calif. • Alex Stearns-Bernhart of Henry W. Grady HS, Atlanta; Julia Poe of Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.;
and Jenna Wilson, Cherry Hill HS East, Cherry Hill, N.J., tied for third place. Quill and Scroll launched the Blogging Competition to address a growing content format used by scholastic journalists. View the winning entries at http:// tinyurl.com/bubpjr4. To serve a seemingly larger pool of pre-high school journalists, Quill and Scroll offered a Writing and Photography Contest this year for middle and junior high school students. The winners are: • Feature writing - Diego Gallegos of Mesa Vista MS, Ojo Caliente, N.M.; • News, feature and sports photography – Brianna Capello, David Crockett MS, Richmond, Texas. Visit the Quill and Scroll website at quillandscroll.org for more information.
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The National Scholastic Press Association has initiated a search for a new executive director, and hopes to identify one this summer. NSPA and its executive director, Logan Aimone, mutually agreed to part ways, announced NSPA Board President Albert Tims in June. Tims said that both in his role at NSPA, and previously as a high school adviser in Wenatchee, Wash., Aimone has made important and lasting contributions to scholastic journalism. In particular, Tims said, Aimone has been a strong leader in the area of First Amendment rights for high school and college journalists. Aimone was a Dow Jones News Fund
Special Recognition Adviser in 2002 and a Distinguished Adviser in 2005 when he taught at Wenatchee (Wash.) HS. NSPA’s Board of Directors has appointed three board members to serve as volunteer liaisons to key partner organizations during the transition. Ann Visser, a journalism teacher at Pella Community Schools in Iowa, will be liaison to the Journalism Education Association. Visser is a past president of JEA. Laura Widmer, a past president of College Media Association, will be liaison to that organization. Widmer is general manager of the Iowa State Daily. Tim Dorway, principal of Chanhassen (Minn.) HS, will be liaison to members of the Minnesota High School Press Association. Dorway is a former high school journalism teacher and adviser.
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Spring: Judges evaluated 16 applications for scholarships to graduating seniors from Kettle Moraine Press Association publications. Four winners will each receive money toward their first year at college. The winners are all from Illinois: Stephanie Drucker, Niles North HS; Megan Jones, Wheeling HS; Emily Jo Pahl, Grayslake North HS; and Rachel Tripp, Belvidere North HS. Congratulations! Fall: Fall Journalism Conference will be Friday, Oct. 11, at UW-Whitewater. More than 1,000 students and advisers attend this yearly event where they can choose from dozens of presentations at each of three time slots. Publication critiques and awards are handed out first thing in the morning. Sandy Jacoby is the longtime director of this event. KEMPA also holds its annual meeting at the luncheon where board members will be elected for next year. Contact: Linda Barrington, KEMPA
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ABOVE: 2013 Indiana High School journalist of the Year finalists: Grace Runkel, Floyd Central; Hannah Alani, Bloomington HS South; Abby Elston, Crown Point; Brandon Vickrey, Portage; Anna Boone, Floyd Central; Glenda Ritz, Indiana superintendent of public instruction; Collin Czilli, Portage HS; Micheala Sosby, Chesterton HS; Eric Mesarch, Portage; Samantha Strong, Lawrence Central; and Sam Beishuizen, Crown Point.