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PRESSING AHEAD
2011 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
Table
of
Contents
2011 Annual Report
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
From the President From the Executive Director
2011 Financial Reports
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Programs
College Programs
Multimedia Seminars for Professors
Student Internships
High School Programs
Summer High School Journalism Workshops
National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year
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Publications
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Board of Directors and Officers
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Guidelines
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The Dow Jones News Fund is a nonprofit foundation established in 1958 and
supported by the Dow Jones Foundation and media companies. Its purpose is to
promote careers in print and digital journalism.
The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 300 Princeton NJ 08543-0300
609.452.2820 FAX: 609.520.5804
Website: https://www.newsfund.org Email: [email protected]
© 2012 Copyright Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
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.
From the
President
Richard J. Levine
The Reality of
Present
Challenges
T
he 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
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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,
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
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 firstrate 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
Executive Director
Rich Holden
DJNF Programs
Assist Large
Spectrum of
Journalists
M
eet 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.
2011 Annual Report
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 deadon. Let me illustrate this
conclusion I’ve come to
with a few things I like to
call MoochPoints.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 $390,000. Because of the foundation’s generosity,
we were able to continue our multimedia training
programs for college professors and provide more
funding to our high school workshops. ttt
On the college front, the News Fund last year
provided 85 internships to college students around
the country. We were particularly delighted that
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The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
Statements of Support, Revenue, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets - Cash Basis
for the Year ended December 31, 2011
Revenue Sources
SUPPORT AND OTHER REVENUE
Contributions:
Dow Jones Foundation, Inc.
Intern Training Grants
Total Contributions
Other Revenue:
Book Royalties
Publication Sponsorships
Other
Total Other Revenue
Total Support and Other Revenue
FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES
Program Services:
High School Teacher Programs
High School Student Programs
College Student Programs
Career Information Program
Total Program Services
Supporting Services:
General Administrative Expenses
Total Functional Expenses
Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets
390,000
49,800
439,800
4,477
6,050
227
10,754
450,554
14,499
160,500
252,742
15,893
443,634
33,466
477,100
(26,546)
48,943
Unrestricted Net Assets - Beginning of Year
Unrestricted Net Assets - End of Year
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$
22,397
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
n
Dow Jones Foundation
n
Book Royalties
n
Intern Training Grants
n
Publication Sponsorships
Program Expenses
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
Teacher Awards Operating Costs
Total High School Teacher Programs Expenses
High School Student Programs:
Journalism Workshops
Workshops Writing Competition Scholarships
Total High School Student Programs Expenses
Career Information Programs:
High Schools Newsletter Costs
2011 Annual Report
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34,000
178,066
5,741
23,500
11,435
252,742
15,893
Supporting Services
General and Administrative Expenses
Travel, Meetings and Conference Expenses
Audit Fee
Publication and Printing Costs
Consulting
Promotion and Sponsorship
Dues and Filing Fees
Postage
Miscellaneous
Total General and Administrative Expenses
Total Functional Expenses
11,999
14,499
154,500
6,000
160,500
College Student Programs:
Intern Scholarships
Editing Intern Training and Travel Costs
Business Reporting Training Center Costs
HBCU Training Program Costs
Intern Programs Operating Costs
Total College Student Programs Expenses
2,500
$
11,510
6,925
2,506
634
2,914
658
8,124
195
33,466
477,100
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College Programs
As News Media Landscape Shifts,
DJNF Helps Educators Keep Pace
T
he 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 Paso
Professor Zita Arocha, director
Staff
Doug Mitchell, Monica Ortiz Uribe, Kate Gannon and Lourdes Cueva Chacon
Participants
Bruce Berman, New Mexico State University
Azenett Cornejo, University of Texas at Brownsville
Beth Bringham Georges, California State at Fullerton
Heloiza G. Herscovitz, California State at Long Beach
Macarena Hernandez, University of Houston-Victoria
Sabiha Kahn, University of Texas El Paso
Lilliam Martinez-Bustos, Florida International University
Christine McKenna, Lehman College, City University of New York
James Smart, California State University, San Bernadino
Susie Cantu, University of Texas at Brownsville
Gary Metzker, California State University at Long Beach
Multimedia Academy at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
Dr. Pam Johnson, director
Staff
David Adams-Smith, Ron DeMarse, Clinton Lewis, Jerry Englehart,
Chris Houchens, Linda Johnson and Kara Williams
Participants
Dr. Letrell Crittenden, Lincoln University
Bonnie Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University
Skye Dent, MFA, Fayetteville State University
Kevin Dilley, Fayetteville State University
Coke Ellington, Alabama State University
Dr. Yanela Gordon, Florida A&M University
Dr. Vera Hawkins, Texas Southern University
Dr. Herman Howard, Johnson C. Smith University
Dr. Cathy Jackson, Norfolk State University
Dr. Joy McDonald, Hampton University
Dr. Ladonia Randle, Texas Southern University
Andrew Skerritt, Florida A&M University
Dr. James Stephens, Tennessee State University
Harambee Taymullah, Prairie View A&M University
Dr. Dhyana Ziegler, Florida A&M University
Projects
http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/distracted/
http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/exerciseinjuries/
http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/headsup/
http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/immigration/
http://faculty.dowjonesnewsfund.com/thetwofacesoffacebook/
Projects
http://borderzine.com/2011/05/segundo-barrio-a-%e2%80%98livinghistory%e2%80%99-lesson/
http://borderzine.com/2011/05/a-campus-inside-a-barrio-wrapped-in-a-metroplex
http://borderzine.com/2011/05/drought-record-in-el-paso/
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Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
Signature Internship
Programs Plant
Flourishing Careers
T
raining 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 AmericanStatesman, 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/
techdemand
http://multimedia.dowjonesnewsfund.com/
neighborhoodwatch/
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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 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.
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Pressing Ahead
Barnard Graduate Is
2011 Trayes Scholar
M
aggie 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.
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Business Reporting Internship Program
Dow Jones & Company, New York
Michelle La Roche, director
Sara Sjølin
New York University
MarketWatch.com
Richard Autry
Bowling Green State University
The Wall Street Journal, New York
Wesley R. Lowery
Ohio University
The Wall Street Journal
Saabira Chaudhuri
New York University alumna
The Wall Street Journal, New York
Mae Fairfield
Muhlenberg College
Advertising Specialty Institute,
Trevose, Pa.
Austin E. Kurth
University of Texas at Austin
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.
David P. Ferry
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate School of Journalism
The Wall Street Journal
Georgia Wells
Stanford University
MarketWatch.com
Johanna Harmony Somers
Missouri School of Journalism
Naples (Fla.) Daily News
Justin Hilley
University of Kansas
The Denver Post
Lisa Marie Stryjewski
Rice University
Barron’s
Nathalie Tadena
Northwestern University
Dow Jones Newswires
Dawn Lim
New York University
MarketWatch.com
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Ashley Reid
North Carolina A&T State
University
Advertising Specialty Institute,
Trevose, Pa.
Shalini Ramachandran
Emory University
The Wall Street Journal, Atlanta
Business reporting interns gather in front of Dow Jones & Company
offices on Avenue of the Americas in New York City Chaz Repak Photo
News Editing Internship Programs
Centers for Editing Excellence
Jack Nicas
Boston University
The Wall Street Journal, Chicago
Missouri School of Journalism
Brian Brooks, director
Alexandra Wexler
Stanford University
The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong
Amy Carolyn Barnette
University of Memphis
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Tania Chen
Northwestern University
Dow Jones Newswires
Andrew Curtis Jenkins
Missouri School of Journalism
The Kansas City Star
Sisi Wei
Northwestern University
Dow Jones Newswires
Dana Anne Meredith
University of Kansas
The Kansas City Star
Aatekah Mir
Daniel Pearl Fellow and senior sub-editor
Express Tribune, Lahore, Pakistan
The Wall Street Journal, New York
Erin Ivie
University of Utah
Bay Area News Group-East Bay
Jessica Marie Stephens
Missouri School of Journalism
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
Kristina Vragovic
Indiana University
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Gabriella LaVerghetta
University of Maryland
Media General Inc.
Kenneth Michael Contrata
University of Arizona
The Denver Post
Pooja Kansal
Indiana University
Los Angeles Times
Justin Tyler Sanak
University of Central Florida
Cape Cod Times
Leslie Ann Hansen
University of Texas at Austin
Beaumont Enterprise
Renee Ruth Selanders
University of Oklahoma
Indianapolis Star
Laurie Stern
Penn State University
The Journal News/Gannett Co.
Margaux Marie Henquinet
Missouri School of Journalism
The Tribune, San Luis Obispo
Shaina Ruth Cavazos
Missouri School of Journalism
The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill.
Sarah Elizabeth Rankin
University of North Carolina
Media General Inc.
Nicole M. Hill
University of Oklahoma
Austin American-Statesman
Stephen Michael Krause
Wayne State University
Detroit News
Zachary Thomas Aldrich
University of Missouri
Naples Daily News
Nora Marie Simon
University of Oregon
Oregonian Publishing
Penn State University
John Dillon, director
School of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin
Griff Singer, director
Temple University
Dr. Edward Trayes, director
Arielle Retting
Penn State University
The Viriginan-Pilot
Kelly Belton
Louisiana Tech
The El Paso Times
Caitlin Elizabeth O’Conner
University of Florida
The Wall Street Journal
Caitlin Anne Sellers
Penn State University
The Roanoke Times
Geoffrey DeCanio
The University of Texas at Austin
Center for Investigative Reporting (CaliforniaWatch)
Caryn A. Wilson
Florida A&M University
The New York Times
Chelsy Lynn Tracz
University of Central Florida
The Palm Beach Post
Carol Grace Fan
University of California, Los Angeles
San Francisco Chronicle
Christine Elise DiGangi
DePauw University
New York Times Regional Editing Center
Deborah Anne Pearsall
Lehigh University
St. Petersburg Times
Celia Anne Darrough
University of Oregon
The Record, San Joaquin Local
Emilee Lindner
St. Bonaventure University
Dow Jones Newswires
Edgar Ramirez
Penn State University
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Chris Lusk
University of Oklahloma
The Dallas Morning News
Jonah Clark Comstock
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Newsday
Erin Fischesser
Miami University
Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette
Katie Goodwin
University of Nevada Reno
San Francisco Chronicle
Jordan R. Gamble
University of Notre Dame
The New York Times
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Maggie Astor
Barnard College
The New York Times
Quin Loendorf
University of Montana
The Denver Post
Samuel A. Weigley
DePauw University
The Wall Street Journal
Ryan Winn
Indiana University
Chicago Tribune
Wesley R. DuPlantier
University of Missouri
Dow Jones/ WSJ.com
Multimedia Editing Program
Western Kentucky University
Dr. Pam Johnson, director
Kirk Greenwood
Lehigh University
The Hartford Courant
Michelle Dendy
University of Central Florida
The Palm Beach Post
Sports Editing Program
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Charlyne Berens, director
Grace Muller
Penn State University
AccuWeather, State College, Pa.
Alex Iniguez
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
William Smith
University of West Florida
The Denver Post
Davis Harper
University of North Carolina
The Palm Beach Post
Stefania Ferro
University of Florida
Indianapolis Star
La Toya Tooles
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Center for Investigative Reporting, (CaliforniaWatch.org)
Jennifer Margaret Romeo
Virginia Polytechnic University
Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y.
Andrew Faust
High Point University
Scripps Networks
Alyssa Brumback
Ball State University
Patch.com, Chicago metro area
Jessica Christine Gillespie
University of Central Florida
The Journal News/Gannett Co.
Mary Kenkel
University of St. Thomas
frontdoor.com
Andrew Krietz
Michigan State University
Patch.com, Boston area
Joel Petterson
University of Kansas
The New York Times
Shane Hall
University of Texas Austin
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.
David Uberti
Northwestern University
Patch.com, Detroit area
Matthew Draper
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
New York Post
Jarod Phillips
Texas State University
International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.
Jannon Barrow
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of
Journalism
Patch.com, Berkeley area
Matthew Joseph Pentz
Ohio University
Hartford Courant
Derrick Haynes
Howard University
WSJ.com
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Andrew Krietz, assigned to Patch.com, waits to get a shot
at Western Kentucky University’s multimedia residency.
Clinton Lewis Photo
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
High School Programs
Summer Journalism
Workshops Tackle
Challenging Themes
S
ummer 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
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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;
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Top, Missouri
Ashley Stevenson,
workshop website
University of Arizona,
commemorates the
Primavera Online High
10th anniversary of
School; Beatrice Esteban, September 11. Below,
the University of
Bay Area Multicultural
Miami workshop
Media Academy, James
examined social
Logan High School, Union media’s impact,
City, Calif., Roberto
especially on youth.
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.
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2011 High School Journalism Workshops
ALABAMA
Multicultural Journalism Workshop
University of Alabama
Director: Meredith Cummings
Tuscaloosa
Dates: June 17 - 26
http://aspa1.ua.edu/mjw/
Participants: 17
Co-Sponsors:
Mobile Press-Register
Alabama Press Association
Mercedes
CCBP
College of Communication/Endowment
The Tuscaloosa News
ARIZONA
Journliasm Diversity Workshop for Arizona High
School Students
University of Arizona
Director: Lisa Button
Tucson
Dates: June 3 - 12
http://bit.ly/LIjxBi
Participants: 14
Co-Sponsors:
Wick Communicaitons
UA Student Affairs
Concerned Media Professionals
Hopi Education Endowment Fund
AEJMC High School Workshop
Gifts from workshop parents
CALIFORNIA
East Palo Alto Summer Journalism Institute
Director: Paul Kandell
Boys and Girls Club of East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto
Dates: June 20 - July 28
Website: http://epasummerj.org/
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Participants: 13
Co-Sponsors:
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
EPA Today
Midpeninsula Media Center
Yellow Chair Foundation
Mosaic High School Journalism Workshop – San Jose
San Jose State University
Director: Joe Rodriguez
San Jose
Dates: June 12 – 24
http://www.mercurynews.com/mosaic
Participants: 16
Co-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
Diego
Point Loma Nazarene University
Director: Leonel Sanchez
San Diego
Dates: June 19 - 29
www.ccnma.org/
Participants: 18
Co-Sponsors:
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego Society of Professional Journalists
San Diego Union Tribune Library
Latino Journalists of California-CCNMA
FLORIDA
Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop
University of Miami/School of Communication
Director: Rafael Lima
Coral Gables
Dates: July 10 - 30
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
http://thestatus.org/
Participants: 21
Co-Sponsors:
Peace Sullivan and Ansin Family Foundation
University of Miami/School of Communication
IDAHO
University of Idaho
School of Journalism and Mass Media
Director: Rebecca Tallent
Moscow
Dates: June 17 - 26
www.uidaho.edu/class/jamm
Participants: 12
Co-Sponsors:
University of Idaho College of Letters, Arts & Social
Sciences
Hagadone Communications of Coeur d’Alene
Newspaper Association of Idaho
Native American Journalists Association
ILLINOIS
Back at You: Teen Reflections
Columbia College Chicago
Director: Brenda Butler
Columbia College of Chicago
Chicago
Dates: July 6 – Aug. 4
http://www.columbialinks.org/page/summer-2011
Participants: 18
Co-Sponsors:
McCormick Foundation
Columbia College
Illinois Press Foundation/Eastern Illinois University
High School Journalism Workshop
Eastern Illinois University
Director: Sally Renaud
Charleston
Dates: June 19 - July 2
http://ipfworkshop.wordpress.com/
Participants: 18
Co-Sponsors:
McCormick Foundation
Illinois Press Foundation
EIU Student Publications
Canon USA
INDIANA
IABJ High School Multimedia Workshop @Butler
University
Director: DeShong Perry
Co-director: Leisa Richardson
Indianapolis
Dates: June 19 – 26
http://iabj.org/?p=92
Participants: 20
Co-Sponsors:
Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism, Butler
Univeresity
IABJ members
FOX 59 (Fox)
WRTV (ABC)
WISH-TV (CBS)
WTHR-TV (NBC)
Indianapolis Business Journal
Indianapolis Recorder
Indianapolis Star
KENTUCKY
Xposure
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
Director: Robert R. Adams
Bowling Green
Dates: June 6 - 16
http://wkuxposure.wordpress.com/
Participants: 13
Co-Sponsors:
WKU PIE grant
Courier-Journal
Landmark Newspapers
Daily News, Bowling Green
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Evansville Courier
School of Journalism
WKU student publications
2011 Annual Report
MASSACHUSETTS
New England HS Journalism
Collaborative
Regis College/UMass Boston
Director(s): Maureen Iaricci and
Carole Remick
Weston
Dates: June 23 – 30
http://bit.ly/M32qrR
Participants: 19
Co-Sponsors:
Private donors
MICHIGAN
Journalism Institute for Media
Diversity Dow Jones High School
Workshop
Wayne State University
Director: Alicia Monique Nails
Detroit
Dates: June 20 - 25
http://comm.wayne.edu/jim.php
Participants: 18
Co-Sponsors:
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
Wayne State University/Institute for Media Diversity
AAJA JCamp
Michigan State University
Director: Neal Justin
East Lansing
Dates: August 5 - 10
http://jcamplive.aaja.org/
Participants: 40
Co-Sponsors:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Michigan State University
CNN
Compuware
Pressing Ahead
Dow Jones Foundation
Bloomberg
Gannett
News Corporation
Hyundai
Individual donors
Associated Press
Travel Tech
Lansing State Journal
MINNESOTA
Threesixty Journalism Intermediate Journalism
Camp
University of St. Thomas
Director: Lynda McDonnell
Threesixty Journalism
St. Paul
Dates: June 13 - 25
www.threesixtyjournalism.org/
Participants: 15
Co-Sponsors:
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Individual donors
Star Tribune
Minnesota Public Radio
MISSISSIPPI
Southern Mississippi High School Journalism
Workshop
University of Southern Mississippi
Director: Dr. Kim LeDuff
Dr. Christopher Campbell, co-director
Hattiesburg
Dates: June 12 - 17
http://www.usm.edu/highschooljournalismworkshop/
Participants: 17
Co-Sponsors:
Mississippi Press Association
Hattiesburg American
Clarion-Ledger
Sun-Herald
MISSOURI
Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop
University of Missouri
Director: Anna Romero
School of Journalism
Columbia
Dates: July 9 - 17
http://2011urbanpioneer.columbiamissourian.com/
Participants: 19
Co-Sponsors:
Associated Press
Missouri School of Journalism
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Missouri Press Foundation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas City Star
Radio & TV News Faculty, Missouri School of
Journalism
Oklahoma State University
WCBS 880, New York
Russ Mitchell, CBS News Anchor
Missouri Journalism Library
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KOMU-TV8
Victoria (Texas) Advocate
Center on Religion & the Professions
The Columbia Missourian
Columbia Daily Tribune
MU Financial Aid and Admissions offices
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Washington Post
Society of Professional Journalists - MU Chapter
National Association of Hispanic Journalists - MU
Chapter
NEW JERSEY
Princeton University Summer Journalism Program
Director: Rich Tucker
Princeton
http://www.princeton.edu/sjp/the-princeton-summer-jour2/2011-PUSJP-Final.pdf
Dates: July 29 - Aug. 8
Participants: 21
Co-Sponsors:
Mai Family Foundation
Flannery-Reilly Family
Peter Seldin
Princeton University
NEW YORK
Robert Greene Urban Journalism Workshop
Director: Zachary Dowdy
SUNY - Stony Brook
Stony Brook
Dates: July 24 - 30
http://www.greenegazette.com/
Participants: 16
Co-Sponsors:
Newsday
SUNY- Stony Brook
J.P. Morgan Chase
New York Community Bank
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism
University of Oklahoma
Director: Ramon Chavez
Norman
Dates: June 6 - 17
http://reddirtjournal.ou.edu
Participants: 22
Co-Sponsors:
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation
The Norman Transcript
The Oklahoman
PENNSYLVANIA
Temple University
Director: Maida Odom
Philadelphia
Dates: July 11 – Aug. 5
http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/murl/files/2011/09/
TUHSPress2011-compressed.pdf
Participants: 15
Co-Sponsors:
Philadelphia Youth Network Work/Ready Program
Temple University
School District of Philadelphia
Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
NABJ High School Journalism Lab
2011 Philadelphia Convention
Director: Irving Washington
Dates: Aug. 3 - 6
http://highschool.nabjconvention.org/2011/08/the-2011nabj-high-school-workshop/
Participants: 15
Co-Sponsors:
News Corporation
YouSA Urban Journalism workshop
San Antonio College
Director: Irene Abrego
Department of Journalism
San Antonio
Dates: June 12 - 23
http://www.theranger.org/you-s-a-2011
Participants: 8
Co-Sponsors:
Texas State University
San Antonio College
San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio Press Inc.
TEXAS
Journalism in July 2011
University of Texas El Paso
Director: Zita M Arocha
El Paso
Dates: July 10 - 19
http://borderzine.com/2011/07/
Participants: 14
Co-Sponsors:
Hervey Foundation
El Paso Community Foundation
Borderzine
El Paso Electric Company
University of Texas El Paso
VIRGINIA
Virginia Urban Journalism
Virginia Commonwealth University
Director: Mary Ann Owens
School of Mass Communications
Richmond
Dates: July 11 - 22
www.has.vcu.edu/mac/
Participants: 12
Co-Sponsors:
Media General
Landmark Communication
Virginia Press Association
Texas Christian University
High School Journalism Workshop
School of Journalism
Director: Daxton Stewart
Fort Worth
Dates: June 13 - 23
http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu/593.htm
Participants: 14
Co-Sponsors:
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU Office of Inclusiveness
WISCONSIN
Marquette Urban Journalism Workshop
Marquette University
Director: Sheena Carey
Milwaukee
Dates: June 19 - July 1
www.marquette.edu/comm/ujw/index.html
Participants: 20
Co-Sponsors:
Journal Communications
Department of Public Instruction
Philadelphia Daily News
Maida Odom
National Association of Black Journalists
2011 Annual Report
Pressing Ahead
Diversity Workshop Founder
Introduced Hundreds to Media
arole 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.
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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
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because of the
25th anniversary cake
people I met and
because of Carole.”
and
15
National Teacher Awards
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.
Innovative Mooch Spends
Year Representing
Scholastic Journalism
S
ince 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.
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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 21
years 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 effectively
balancing work and family. My MoochPoints from
her alone could keep us here through Tuesday.
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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’t
the 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
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 my
daily 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 take
one now with him. I actually had to call Linda and
tell her the message didn’t come through clearly
to get her to repeat that she wanted me to actually
teach with Jack. I said yes. He was very polite and
said 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.
2011 Annual Report
Gary believed
in me from the
start, and I’ve
appreciated that
confidence ever
since.
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.
And I would
be remiss if I
didn’t mention
those whom
I’ve learned the
most from – the
students
whom 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 have
shaped me into who I am. I love learning. I’m
Pressing Ahead
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
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2011 Honored Teachers
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
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our 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.
Special Recognition Advisers
Ryan McCallum of Buffalo (Minn.) High School
Scott 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.
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
Exposure, Opportunities
Punctuate Special Year
V
alerie 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.
Valerie Kibler and David Proctor at awards banquet
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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.
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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 School
Amelia Webber, attending Shelton State Community
College - Adviser Susan Newell, Northridge High
School, Tuscaloosa, Ala. ttt
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Dow Jones News Fund
Board of Directors
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Richard J. Levine/President
Former Vice President, News
Dow Jones & Company
Ken Herts/Treasurer
Vice President and General Manager,
Financial Markets
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Barbara Martinez/Secretary
Chief External Officer
Uncommon Schools
Richard S. Holden/Executive Director
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Don E. Carter
Member Emeritus
Former Executive Director
Thomas E. Engleman
Former Executive Director
Executive Editor, Teen Voices of
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Martinez, Richard J. Levine, Gregory Giangrande, Laurence G. O’Donnell, Ken
Herts and Pamela Fisher after the fall 2011 meeting in Princeton.
Les Hinton**
Chief Executive Officer
Dow Jones & Company
Diana Mitsu Klos
Senior Projects Director
American Society of News Editors
Neal Lipschutz
Senior Vice President and Managing
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Pamela Fisher*
Vice President, Corporate Diversity
News Corporation
Laurence G. O'Donnell
Retired Managing Editor
The Wall Street Journal
Gregory Giangrande
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Dow Jones & Company
Dr. Reginald Owens
F. Jay Taylor Chair of Journalism
Louisiana Tech University
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Robin Gibson Sawyer
2000 National High School Journalism
Teacher of the Year
First Flight High School, Kill Devil
Hills, N.C.
Dr. Russell G. Todd
G.B. Dealey Chair, Journalism
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University of Texas at Austin
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Linda Shockley/Deputy Director
Diane Cohn/Director of Finance
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**Resigned 2011
Deadlines for Proposals
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National High School Journalism Teacher
Awards Program
Description: To recognize high school
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outstanding contribution to teaching
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newspaper, newsmagazine or news website
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2011 Annual Report
Centers for Editing Excellence
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intensive training for college juniors,
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