Category Archives: Mentoring Monday

Mentoring Monday: JEA mentors enjoy camaraderie offered in mentor training at JEA/NSPA conventions

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

by Julie Dodd Mentoring Committee co-chair The JEA/NSPA conventions are when we provide training the new mentors and extended training for the experienced mentors. More than 25 mentors and Mentor Committee members attended the JEA/NSPA convention in San Francisco, April … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Sending news release to local media lets you promote the success of your students

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

by Georgia and Wayne Dunn JEA Mentors, Ohio We were some pretty proud mentors at the Ohio Scholastic Media Association convention when OSMA executive director Candace Perkins Bowen announced the awards. Seven of our present and former mentees entered their students … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Mary Beth Tinker plans ‘Tinker Tour’ as pep rally for First Amendment

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

by Don Corrigan Professor, Webster University AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division member Mary Beth Tinker was 13 years old in 1965 when she and her brother wore black armbands to school in Des Moines to protest the Vietnam War. Tinker and … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: 25th anniversary of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier ruling inspires efforts to promote student journalists’ First Amendment rights

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

[Editor’s note: The Journalism Education Association Board is voting on a motion to  support the AEJMC Resolution discussed in this post. The deadline for voting is April 16.] by Don Corrigan Professor, Webster University AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division member This … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Create your own music with GarageBand to avoid copyright violations

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

by Judy Robinson JEA Mentor Committee member A yearbook adviser asked her JEA mentor if the yearbook could include music as part of the yearbook’s online content. All published music is copyrighted, and using it is a copyright violation. It’s … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: 7 strategies to recruit students to join your student media program

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

The success of next year’s media program is based in large part on what you’re doing now to recruit the staff for next year. Here is advice from long-term adviser and JEA mentor Randy Swikle. by Randy Swikle JEA Mentor, … Continue reading →

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SmugMug’s free account for non-profits can mean fundraising opportunities for high school media staffs

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

by Julie E. Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Good news from our JEA colleague Aaron Manfull, who is chair of the JEA Digital Media Committee. Aaron announced in a JEA Digital Media blog post (and also on the JEA listserv) … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: KEMPA helps support JEA Mentor Program

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

by Linda Barrington JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair The Kettle Moraine Press Association hosts its annual Winter Advisers Seminar at a resort in scenic Lake Geneva, Wis.  We offer registration waivers for JEA mentees to encourage their attendance and welcome them … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: SIPA Convention energizes student journalists and advisers and demonstrates benefits of JEA Mentoring Program

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair JEA Mentoring Committee member Judy Robinson and I were part of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association Convention last weekend in Columbia, S.C. More than 400 students and teachers attended the three-day convention that … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Celebrating JEA Scholastic Journalism Week — Journalism students decorate 45 cookies to celebrate 45 words of First Amendment

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

by Sue Fuller JEA mentee I got the idea for the 45 cookies to recognize the 45 words of the First Amendment from the JEA listserv to do in conjunction with the JEA Scholastic Journalism Week. I baked the sugar … Continue reading →

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