SPEAKER BIOS H. L. HALL, MJE, advised the newspaper and yearbook at Kirkwood (Mo.) H.S. for 26 years. Both received Pacemaker and Gold Crown Awards. Personal honors include DJNF Journalism Teacher of the Year, JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year, JEA Carl Towley Award, CSPA Gold Key and adjunct professor at Kent State University, he teaches an online class in media management. 9 a.m. Friday, Sapphire DH; noon Saturday, Indigo GH; 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sapphire Ballroom GRACE HALVORSON is the co-president of the Gay Straight Alliance at La Costa Canyon H.S. in Carlsbad, Calif. Under her leadership, the school’s GSA has helped transform the campus culture to be more inclusive of all students. 10 a.m. Saturday, Cobalt 502B ERINN HARRIS, CJE, has been advising yearbook for eight years, and she is in her Jefferson H.S. for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. She also advises tjTODAY newspaper, tjTODAY Online and TJTV. JEA named Harris a 2010 Rising Star, and she has been a yerd for the past 18 years. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aqua 300A; 1 a.m. Saturday, Aqua 300A NANCY HASTINGS, MJE advised the yearbook and newspaper at Munster H.S. in Indiana for 38 years. Both publications earned Pacemakers, Crowns, Hoosier Stars and Best of Shows. Honors include NSPA’s Pioneer, CSPA’s Gold Key, JEA’s Yearbook Adviser of the Year and JEA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She serves as JEA’s Indiana state director. 11 a.m. Saturday, Aqua Salon D JANICE HATFIELD, CJE, a member of the Pennsylvania School Press Association board and a JEA mentor, advised a school newspaper a decade and a Pacemaker literary magazine for 15 years. She retired in 2004. 11 a.m. Friday, Aqua Salons EF LACEY HATFIELD started a newspaper program at Jordan H.S. in Watts, Calif., and started the student yearbook program at Dorsey H.S. in Los Angeles. She is the president of Southern California JEA and is helping new advisers in Los Angeles. 11 a.m. Saturday, Aqua 310 B; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sapphire 402
BOBBY HAWTHORNE is a writer, writing instructor and author of “The Radical Write,” now in its third edition, and “Longhorn Football: An Illustrated History.” He also wrote the text for a landscape photo book, “Home Field” (2010, UT Press). He has received JEA’s Carl Towley Award and CSPA’s Charles R. O’Malley Award for Excellence in Teaching. 9 and 10 a.m. Friday, Sapphire Ballroom; 9 and 10 a.m. Saturday, Indigo BF CARRIE HENDRIX has been advising the Westwind yearbook for the past 11 years and the Ranger Review newspaper for the past four years at Lewis-Palmer H.S. in Monument, Colo. Her students’ publications have earned state and national awards, have been highlighted in the Herff Jones “Ideas That Fly” and won a 2011 CSPA Silver Crown. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aqua Salon D GABY HERBST, CJE, has advised awardwinning staffs at both South Gate (Calif.) H.S. and Beverly Hills (Calif.) H.S. (current) in Los Angeles County. She advises newspaper, yearbook and online media at Beverly. 9 a.m. Saturday, Aqua Salon A; 10 a.m. Saturday, Aqua Salon D JENNIFER HIGGINS, CJE, has been a newspaper adviser since 2004 and advises the Eagle’s View newspaper and website at Liberty (Mo.) North H.S. Her publications have won local, state and national awards. 9 and 10 a.m. Friday, Sapphire 411A VIVIANA HINOJOSA is the senior editor for The Feather Online (thefeather.com), at Fresno Christian H.S. In her three years on staff she has been a writer and an editor. The Feather Online won 2012 and 2013 NSPA Online Pacemakers, a 2013 Best of Show, 2011 and 2013 CSPA Gold Crowns, and a 2012 Silver Crown. Another Crown award was expected at press time. Noon Saturday, Aqua Salon D MIKE HODGES is the president and COO at Union-Tribune San Diego, spearheading the transformation to a fully integrated media organization and charged with the direction and strategy for SignOnSanDiego. com and all interactive initiatives. Previously, Hodges was vice president of salesinteractive for Freedom Communications, the publisher of the Orange County Register, overseeing all interactive revenue initiatives for Freedom’s nationwide daily newspapers and broadcast television stations. 11 a.m. Friday, Aqua Salon C
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DIANE HONDA, MJE, advises the yearbook and online news/social medias at Bullard H.S., Fresno, Calif. She has been in Fresno for 20 years and previous to that, Sherman Oaks CES in LAUSD for 14 years. She has been awarded the JEA Medal of Merit, the NSPA Pioneer award and the Cal-JEC Lifetime Achievement Award. 10 a.m. Saturday, Aqua 310B SUSAN HOUSEMAN, MJE, was a TV journalist before becoming a teacher. She co-advises The Spoke newspaper and teaches broadcast journalism at Conestoga H.S. in Berwyn, Pa. Her TV students produce a live, daily newscast. A DJNF Special Recognition Adviser, Houseman has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism. She is JEA’s Pennsylvania state director and the vice president of the Pennsylvania School Press Association. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aqua Salon C TOM HUTCHINSON is an Internet veteran, having worked in the industry for more than 11 years as a software trainer, project manager, and product manager. He co-owns School Newspapers Online. 9 a.m. Saturday, Aqua 300A MICHAEL HYUN is the editor-in-chief of the Walnut (Calif.) H.S. Cayuse yearbook. He was an editor for the feature and sports sections of The Hoofprint newspaper during his sophomore and junior years, respectively. He was appointed design editor-in-chief for the yearbook his senior year. Noon Saturday, Aqua 310A PATRICK R. JOHNSON, CJE, advises the award-winning Tom Tom newspaper at Antioch Community H.S. Previously, he was an instructor in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University, where he taught digital journalism and visual communication. Johnson is the director of the Kettle Moraine Press Association’s Summer Journalism Workshop. 9 a.m. Friday, Aqua Salon B; 11 a.m. Friday, Sapphire 411B RON JOHNSON directs Indiana University Student Media and advises the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, Inside magazine and Arbutus yearbook. A frequent conference speaker, Johnson is incoming competition director for the Society for News Design, after editing six editions of “The Best of Newspaper Design.” He taught at Kansas State University for 19 years, 15 of them advising the Kansas State Collegian. 1 p.m. Thursday, Aqua Salon D; noon Friday; Sapphire DH; 11 a.m. Saturday, Indigo BF
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