JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention Nov. 21-24, 2019 | Washington Marriott Wardman Park dc.journalismconvention.org

1 EMILY BUTLER ATLEE HIGH SCHOOL MECHANICSVILLE,VA

CONTENTS REGISTRATION FEES

SEMINARS & SCHEDULING EARLY BIRD STANDARD Keynote Speaker ...... 5 JEA and NSPA members $99 per delegate $109 per delegate Tentative Schedule ...... 5 Featured Speakers ...... 6-8 Non-member students or advisers $119 per delegate $129 per delegate Pre-convention Workshops ...... 10-11 Non-member professionals $159 per delegate One Story ...... 11 JEA Outreach Academy ...... 11 Register online at dc.journalismconvention.org starting on Sept. 10. Thursday Media Experiences ...... 12 Register on or before Oct. 30 to receive early-bird discounts. Convention Shirts ...... 15 Adviser-only Activities ...... 18 Saturday Luncheon Receptions & Hospitality First-time Attendee Meeting KEY DEADLINES Continuing Education Units Certification Testing Sept. 1: CJE/MJE Certification Testing applications. (Page 18) Special Events ...... 21 Sept. 10: Convention registration begins. Break with a Pro Pizza & Proud Oct. 7: Scholarship applications due. (Page 21) Media Swap Shops Adobe & Precision Certification Oct. 22: Hotel reservations. (Page 24) Every student Newseum’s Last Call Oct. 23: JEA Contest registration/entry uploading closes. (Page 22-23) Evening Entertainment...... 22 Oct. 30: Early-bird discounts end for convention registration. Shirt pre-orders (Page 15). deserves to be

CONTESTS & CRITIQUES Nov 22: NSPA Best of Show deadline at 2 p.m. NSPA Best of Show Contest ...... 21 remembered. NSPA Special Consultations & On-site Critiques ...... 21 JEA Contests ...... 22-23 National Journalism Quiz Bowl ...... 22 GET INVOLVED POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY

HOTEL & CONVENTION REGISTRATION If you plan to attend the JEA/NSPA convention, consider getting involved by speaking, Scholarships ...... 21 judging JEA contests or Best of Show competitions, or critiquing yearbooks, newspapers, RESIDE IN THE ART OF videos or magazines. Convention Hotel ...... 24 Convention Rules ...... 25 Pick an area that interests you and contact us. Adviser members of JEA or NSPA receive complimentary registration if they participate in at least two of the following activities. S T O R Y T E L L I N G. Convention Registration Form ...... 27 SESSION SPEAKERS There may be times available for session speakers. If you are interested in presenting a session, fill out the form on the JEA website at www.jea.org/wp/volunteer, or email Connie CHECK, CHECK Fulkerson, at [email protected]. BECAUSE JOURNALISM MATTERS

JEA CONTEST JUDGING National Scholastic Press Association JEA contests take place Friday afternoon, and the judging occurs Friday evening. To sign up NOW MORE THAN EVER. Registration, Best of Show, critiques & to judge JEA contests, contact Nancy Smith, at [email protected]. consultations, NSPA memberships 2829 University Ave. SE, Suite 720 ON-SITE CRITIQUES Join us in D.C. Minneapolis, MN 55414 If you are an experienced adviser, you can help with on-site critiques. For W-9, email [email protected]. You’ll meet with the staff of the publication to provide constructive criticism of its work. Email [email protected] to help with critiques. to learn more. Journalism Education Association Media contests, Quiz Bowl, JEA memberships 105 Kedzie Hall 828 Mid-Campus Drive S. Manhattan, KS 66506 For W-9, email [email protected].

2 3 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: CHUCK TODD

Chuck Todd is moderator of “Meet The working at The Hotline or one of its affiliates, Press,” Sundays on NBC, and the host of Todd became one of Washington’s foremost “MTP Daily,” weekdays at 5 p.m. on MSNBC. experts on political campaigns of all levels. Todd is also NBC News’ political director and He served as editor-in-chief for six years. In serves as on-air political analyst for “Nightly December 2005, Todd was featured as one of News” with Lester Holt and “Today.” Washingtonian’s Best Of journalists. Meet Following the 2008 election, Todd co- In addition to his on‑air analysis, Todd is responsible for all aspects of the network’s authored the book “How Barack Obama political coverage. He is also the editor Won,” a definitive guide to the historic 2008 of “First Read,” NBC’s must-read guide to presidential election. The book uses the political news. election results and exit polls to give readers a state-by-state guide to just how states Northwestern Todd took over as NBC’s chief White House voted, why they went the way they did, and correspondent in December 2008 and has offers analysis as to where these states are since broadcast live reports from more than headed in future elections. Todd has also 25 countries on five different continents. written numerous political and media essays In January 2010, Todd helped launch “The that are frequently picked up by The Atlantic, Daily Rundown,” MSNBC’s Washington table- The New York Times and The Washington Medill in D.C. Post. setter for the upcoming campaign and policy issues the government is dealing with daily. Todd won several Emmy Awards for his Before joining NBC News, Todd was the reporting while at NBC News. editor-in-chief of the National Journal’s The Follow him on Twitter: @chucktodd. Thursday, Nov. 21 Thursday, Nov. 21 and Hotline, Washington’s premier daily briefing 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22 on American politics. In his 15 years of Join Medill for a special media tour Stop by the Medill booth in the workshop on “How Data Breaks News” exhibit hall to talk to current TENTATIVE SCHEDULE and learn about tools you can use to students, win swag and learn tell interactive stories without a lot of about our undergraduate program, Thursday, Nov. 21 Friday, Nov. 22 Saturday, Nov. 23 coding. Sign up through media tours on including our quarter-long program 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Media Tours 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Adviser Hospitality 7:30 a.m.-noon Adviser Hospitality 8 a.m.-3 p.m. JEA Board Meeting 8 a.m. JEA Membership Meeting 8 a.m. Breakout Sessions Begin the convention registration form. in D.C. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-convention Workshops 8 a.m. Several JEA Broadcast Contests 8-11 a.m. JEA Bookstore, 1-7 p.m. Convention Check-in, Begin; Quiz Bowl Qualifying Test Quiz Bowl Buzzer Rounds JEA Contest and NSPA Best of Show 8-10:30 a.m. JEA Contest Desk Open 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Convention Check-in Desks Open, Trade Show and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Convention Check-in, 9-11 a.m. On-site Critiques JEA Bookstore JEA Bookstore and Trade Show Noon-2:20 p.m. Adviser Awards Luncheon 6:30 p.m. First-time Attendee Orientation 9 a.m. Breakout Sessions Begin (Advisers Only) 3:30-6 p.m. NSPA Awards Ceremony, 9-11 a.m. Break with a Pro including Pacemakers and Best of Show 7:30-9 p.m. Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speaker Noon-3:30 p.m. On-site Critiques Midnight Convention Curfew 9-10:30 p.m. Adviser Welcome Reception 3:30-6 p.m. CJE/MJE Testing Midnight Convention Curfew 4-6 p.m. JEA Contests Sunday, Nov. 24 4 p.m. NSPA Best of Show Deadline 8:30-10:30 a.m. JEA Awards Ceremony, 6 p.m. JEA Contest Judging and Dinner including the JEA Contests 6-7 p.m. Pizza & Proud 7-11 p.m. Student Entertainment 8:30-10 p.m. Student Swap Shops 8:30-11 p.m. Adviser Reception/ SPLC Auction Midnight Convention Curfew

4 5 Session times are tentative. FEATURED SPEAKERS Consult the convention program & mobile app.

Kevin Blackistone, 2:30 p.m. Joie Chen, 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Jahi Chikwendiu, 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Jen Deerinwater, 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Karla Flores, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Lazaro Gamio & Harry Stevens Saturday, Nov. 23 Chen is director of D.C. programs for After teaching mathematics and freelancing at A citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Flores is a bilingual reporter for both 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Blackistone is a professor at the Merrill Northwestern University’s Medill School of his hometown Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, Oklahoma, bisexual, two-spirit, multiply- Telemundo44 and NBC4. Gamio is deputy managing editor for visuals College of Journalism at the University of Journalism, her alma mater. Chickwendiu joined The Washington Post disabled journalist and organizer, Deerinwater She has been working in broadcast news with and Stevens is a visual journalist at Axios. Maryland. She’s been honored with multiple national photography staff in 2001. covers the myriad of issues her communities Telemundo Washington, D.C., since 2015. Gamio leads a team that creates charts, maps, He is a longtime national sports columnist at Emmys and other awards for her reports Assignments have included 9/11 Marines, AIDS face with an intersectional lens. She graduated from George Mason University interactive graphics and editorial illustrations. The Washington Post, a panelist on ESPN’s at CBS News and at CNN, where she also and poverty in Kenya, children in Uganda She’s a contributor at Truthout, the with a bachelor’s degree in communications Before Axios, he was an assignment editor “Around the Horn,” a contributor to National anchored for a decade. and D.C. public schools, Iraqi refugees and founder and executive director of Crushing with a concentration in journalism. She in graphics at The Washington Post. He got Public Radio and co-author of “A Gift for Ron,” More recently, Chen was anchor and senior the Texas-Mexico border. His work has Colonialism and is Freedomways Reporting focuses on covering immigration and local his start at his hometown paper, the Miami a memoir by former NFL star Everson Walls. correspondent of Al Jazeera America’s been recognized by groups such as White Project fellow. The Advocate named her one community stories in Metro DC. Herald. flagship current affairs program, “America House News Photographers Association and of their Oklahoma representatives for the Stevens uses data and graphics to report on Tonight.” Overseas Press Club. 2019 Champions of Pride. the news. Before Axios, he worked at the Hindustan Times, in New Delhi, India.

Dorothy B. Gilliam, 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Mark Hyman, 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Kate Julian, 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Glenn Kessler, 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Dana Priest, 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22 Allison Shelley, 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22 The first black woman reporter at The A professor of sports business at George Julian is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where Kessler has been editor and chief writer of A Washington Post reporter and the Knight An independent documentary photographer Washington Post, Gilliam remained a Washington University, journalist and lawyer, she assigns and edits magazine articles. She The Washington Post’s Fact Checker column Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the and multimedia journalist based in trailblazer for a diversified newsroom and Hyman has written extensively about youth is also the author of the magazine’s December since 2011. University of Maryland, Priest won the 2008 Washington, D.C., Shelley is acting director of mentor to young reporters of color. sports. 2018 cover story, “The Sex Recession,” one of In a journalism career spanning more than Pulitzer Prize for public service, the 2006 the Women Photojournalists of Washington She became a Post editor and columnist, was His books about the troubled state of sports The Atlantic’s most-read pieces of 2018. three decades, Kessler has covered foreign Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on CIA secret and adjunct faculty at Northwestern’s Medill prisons and a 2019 George Foster Peabody School of Journalism and at the Corcoran host for her show on BET and appeared in for children include “Concussions and Our Previously, Julian was deputy editor of The policy, economic policy, the White House, Award for the “PBS Frontline” documentary, College of Art and Design at George civil-rights documentaries. Kids,” “The Most Expensive Game in Town” Washington Post’s Sunday Outlook section Congress, politics, airline safety and Wall “The Facebook Dilemma.” Washington University. She developed Post efforts to recognize and “Until It Hurts.” and managing editor of The New Yorker. Street. excellence and develop skills in D.C.-area Hyman’s latest project, a documentary film, She is the author of two best-selling books, Previously, she worked as director of middle and high schools. “The Great China Baseball Hunt,” chronicles “Top Secret America” and “The Mission.” photography for Education Week newspaper and as a staff photographer for The “Trailblazer,” her memoir, was published in the search for the first Major League Baseball Washington Times. 2019. player from mainland China.

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6 7 JOURNALISM CINEMA & TELEVISION ARTS Session times are tentative. MEDIA ANALYTICS FEATURED SPEAKERS Consult the convention program & mobile app. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATION DESIGN SPORT MANAGEMENT

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Mary Beth Tinker, noon Friday, Nov. 22 Armando Trull Matt Wuerker, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1 p.m. in English and 2:30 p.m. in Spanish, Staff cartoonist for Politico, Wuerker provides Saturday, Nov. 23 Data-driven Supreme Court ruling Tinker v. Des Moines, editorial cartoons, illustrations and caricatures which established the constitutional free Trull, an Emmy award-winning radio, television for both print and online platforms. speech rights of public school students. and multimedia bilingual journalist, has credits In 2010 he was awarded the Herblock Prize at As one of the plaintiffs, Mary Beth Tinker at NPR, CBS, Univision, Telemundo, HuffPost the Library of Congress and won the National travels the country on a Tinker Tour to and other news organizations. Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. He promote youth rights, student journalism and He specializes in issues related to the elderly, received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in editorial Storytelling civic engagement. LGBTQ, immigrant and race relations. cartooning. She is a registered nurse with master’s Trull has traveled throughout the U.S. and His work is widely received in dailies and degrees in nursing and public health. Latin America as part of this coverage. magazines such as Newsweek, The Nation He will offer the same session twice, once in and The Smithsonian. English and once in Spanish.

A private university in North Carolina, Elon University and its School of Communications – fueled by the school’s more than 80 full-time faculty and staff – deliver a student-centered academic experience and access to high-impact experiential learning opportunities, educating students to become data-driven storytellers. Anton Delgado ’20, a journalism and international Through six undergraduate majors, including a & global studies double major, was named the Best News Reporter in the South and the Best Feature one-of-a-kind Media Analytics program, the Writer in the South in the 69th annual Green Eyeshade school’s 1,300 students learn how to assess Awards, a competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. This summer, Delgado served traditional and new media metrics to inform as a Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow covering how the decisions from the newsroom to the boardroom. federal government has handled natural disasters.

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Leadership: Building a Successful tools to understand story structure that literary devices to tighten and strengthen your off- site on assignment withJed Palmer, CJE, Some laptops will be available for participants; Staff Culture | $40 | NEW is driven by strong characters, emotion, writing. adviser of the Eagle Eye View yearbook and however, if you bring your own laptop please JEA OUTREACH 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 75. compelling visuals and natural sound. You the Summit newspaper, Parker, Colorado, and have Adobe InDesign CS6 or later installed. will walk away with original content that you Michael Simons, MJE, of Corning-Painted Two students may share one laptop. ACADEMY Your publication is up and running. Now it’s can immediately take back to your school’s Broadcast and Video Boot Camp | $40 Post High School, Corning, New York. time to refine your leadership skills and put newsroom. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Limit 40. into practice the best methods for growing Following the photo shoot, the instructors will Beyond the Book: Creating a Legacy for All 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Limit 20. staffers, mediating conflict, and creating a SRL reaches thousands of teachers and In this hands-on workshop, beginning critique students’ work and offer editing tips Students | NEW | FREE Apply at jea.org/wp/outreach-academy students every year through its original youth and intermediate students will learn the and techniques. culture of excellence. 1-4 p.m. Limit 55. by Oct. 21. journalism program, which connects young fundamentals of creating an effective news Participants must bring a digital camera, In this workshop led by Annie Gorenstein people to public media stations and mentors package from the ground up. Come to this workshop to learn that being Outreach Academy is a Journalism Falkenberg, CJE, adviser at Longmont and they are encouraged to bring a laptop Education Association initiative to across the country. This includes videography, sound recording, computer with the photo-editing program an effective leader is about more than (Colorado) High School and Carrie Faust, developing media content, writing articles or promote diversity in the journalism MJE, adviser at Smoky Hill High School, editing and story structure. Working in small (Photoshop, Lightroom) they will use. teaching profession. teams, participants will spend the morning producing yearbooks. It is about creating an Aurora, Colorado, participants will explore Team Storytelling | $40 An off-site permission form is required for experience that will live on in the hearts and The academy is a free, intensive seminar leadership styles and strategies, feedback developing their videography skills and each student attending this workshop. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 70. planning a story, and the afternoon shooting minds of others. for publication advisers who need protocols, motivating staffers, and managing help teaching and advising students workflow. You will leave this class with the Great storytelling combines good writing, and editing that story. We will work to understand the importance good photos and good design. Behind it all is Redesign Seminar | $40 of your leadership position and how to use in journalism while dealing with issues tools you need to create communication The instructor will be 2014 Broadcast Adviser surrounding diversity. pathways, an understanding of who you are good planning. of the Year Michael Hernandez, of Mira Costa 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 40. student-centered strategies to improve as a leader and how that interacts with others’ In this team-based reporting experience, High School, Manhattan Beach, California. campus culture. The program is hands-on and focuses During this intensive, hands-on, one-day on practical information advisers need. styles, and strategies to grow your staff with taught by Emily Smith, CJE, of Pittsburg Participants must bring their own video design seminar, newspaper, newsmagazine Sponsored by Lifetouch and with JC Pohl, positive and productive feedback. (Kansas) High School and J.D. Garber, CJE, of Teen Truth’s co-founder and former Disney It includes discussions on teaching cameras, tripods, microphones and laptops and yearbook students will actually redesign journalism to diverse populations, Salina (Kansas) Central High School, students with editing software. Please test and become elements of their publications. producer as host, this workshop promises to will work in groups of three to create real be a game-changing event as we work to take diversifying school coverage, engaging Art Direction & Conceptual Thinking | $40 familiar with your equipment before attending Led by Pete LeBlanc, CJE, Antelope your staff and school community and story packages. the session, as the presenters may not be your message and your legacy … beyond the 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 60. (California) High School, students will study book. understanding the resources and The workshop begins with instruction on familiar with your specific hardware/software. advanced packaging techniques, including organizations ready to help advisers. Love those amazing cover images for the New planning packages with readers in mind, and An off-site permission form is required for modular design, typography, marriage York Times Magazine, Wired, Rolling Stone then the students will go off-site to gather This program is committed to helping each student attending this workshop. of elements, negative space and photo all advisers, especially advisers of color and Time? This hands-on workshop will help stories. Students will return to the convention packaging. you to become a strong art director. site to finish their packages. ONE STORY who are underrepresented in nine-12 Online/Social Media Boot Camp | $40 Students need to bring some of their favorite education, who work in challenging You’ll develop skills with visual metaphor, Schools should register students in teams magazines. Students also are required circumstances, including (1) have five 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 40. wordsmithing and conceptual thinking. You’ll of three, preferably a writer, designer and to bring the most current version of their years or fewer advising experience learn tools for brainstorming, collaborating, photographer, though certainly the students Are you overwhelmed with the thought of publication and to have a laptop computer and (2) teach in schools traditionally innovating and creating a marriage of words, can each practice all these skills. At least one managing a website, a social media presence, with a working version of InDesign. underrepresented in JEA membership, illustration and photography across platforms student needs InDesign skills, as the students multimedia posts, and even live coverage especially low-income, urban and rural — everything you need to inspire award- will design their packages. online? Photoshop Workflow | $25 schools. winning storytelling. Students will need to bring any equipment This workshop, led by Chris Waugaman, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Limit 40. In addition to the instruction received This workshop is led by Sara Quinn, a past they might need (cameras, laptops and card MJE, of Prince George (Virginia) High School, at the workshop, participants who are president of the Society of News Design, now readers). Students can create content for Taught by Mark Murray, Santa Fe, New will cover online storytelling using Twitter, Mexico, participants will learn to use Adobe accepted to the Outreach Academy and on the faculty at the University of Minnesota, print, broadcast or web, and the workshop Snapchat, Instagram and the many third- attend the Thursday workshop earn the and award-winning designer Amy DeVault, is recommended for experienced student Photoshop. This workshop will emphasize a party social media platforms in addition to basic workflow for preparing photographs for following benefits — MJE, Wichita (Kansas) State University. journalists. incorporating video and audio content into publication. • Up to $100 in substitute pay to the your WordPress site. Your online team will William Brangham, “PBS NewsHour” An off-site permission form is required for participant’s school for the Thursday each student attending this workshop. leave with a plan to execute online storytelling Some laptops will be available; however, Video Storytelling Workshop with “PBS participants may bring their own laptops with Journalism can highlight people with bright workshop. with best practices in social media, multimedia ideas to solve global issues. Solutions NewsHour” Student Reporting Labs Adobe Photoshop CS6 or later installed. Two • One-day parking reimbursement for posts, and live coverage. journalism focuses on individuals’ NEW | $40 Writers’ Workshop | $40 students may share one laptop. the Thursday workshop. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 30. Participants may want to have login and responses to broad problems —and how 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 70. password data available to use from their own This session is open to both students and those problems can be fixed. • One year’s membership to JEA. Jump start your video storytelling skills with If you’re looking for ways to sharpen and site. All participants must bring either a laptop advisers. • Waived registration fee to this This past year, “PBS NewsHour” reporter “PBS NewsHour” Student Reporting Labs. brighten your writing so others will clamor to or tablet device. convention, courtesy of JEA and NSPA. From essential camera and audio basics to read it, this interactive workshop is for you. William Brangham produced a series of lighting, interviewing and editing, join director Advanced InDesign | $25 packages on solutions for environmental • Waived registration fee to the 2020 Elis Estrada and producers Victor Fernandez, This seminar, led by Shari Adwers, MJE, of Digital Photography Workshop | $40 1-5 p.m. Limit 40. challenges in Antarctica, as well as on the JEA Advisers Institute, in New Orleans. Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, Briget Ganske, Marie Cusick and Rawan 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Limit 70. Take your design skills to the next level with world’s dwindling bee population. Elbaba from SRL’s national youth journalism Virginia, will entertain and inspire as we Designed for photographers who have at this seminar that will show you how to use We encourage journalism staffs to use the program for a hands-on workshop to learn analyze excellent writing and apply the pros’ least one year’s experience shooting for their the power of InDesign to streamline your links and lessons posted at the convention best practices for video that will get you well techniques to your work. publications, this intensive workshop will publication production. site to analyze solutions journalism and on your way to producing high-quality digital Whether you need to write a catchy headline cover composition, lighting, cropping and Bradley Wilson, MJE, Midwestern State to find ways it might be useful to their and broadcast news packages. or a 2,000-word feature, you’ll learn to camera technique. University, Wichita Falls, Texas, will cover community. Resources are available at Working in groups, you will be given practical improve every aspect of your writing as we discuss leads, voice, narrative style and Participants will receive instruction and go libraries, styles and other InDesign tricks. dc.journalismconvention.org.

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Law of the Student Press: Medill School of Journalism, Media, NPR Supreme Court and Newseum Integrated Marketing Communications, 10-11 a.m. Limit 25. Northwestern University 8:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Limit 50. NPR is host to a wide-range of news, cultural, Tour the US Supreme Court with SPLC Senior 9 am. Limit 25. political and scientific programs. Visit the SM Legal Counsel Mike Hiestand, who is a Enjoy one of the best views of the nation’s national headquarters of the nation’s premier member of the Bar of the Supreme Court. capitol and learn how reporters find news radio network and recording studios. After viewing exhibits and receiving a through interviewing, unearthing secrets and A one-hour, guided tour will take you through 30-minute briefing from Court staff between using data. NPR’s headquarters to get a glimpse of daily 9:15 -11 a.m., the group will walk to the nearby This presentation will show you how to use life inside NPR. You’ll learn about NPR’s Newseum. From 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Hiestand the extensive datasets available to reporters history, operations and your role in the public- will brief you on your rights as student to break news through text and visuals. radio community. You will also see NPR’s Simply smart online design. journalists and take on your most vexing We’ll go over some of the easy-to-use apps newsroom, Tiny Desk, live production studios questions. and tools that allow reporters to produce and more. interactive stories using data without lots of Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting coding. Medill School adjunct lecturer and The National Press Club 9-10 a.m. Limit 30. NPR data editor Sean McMinn and Medill 10-11 a.m. Limit 20. professor Ellen Shearer will walk you through For more than 100 years, celebrities, heads Located in the Carnegie Endowment for key tools and answer your questions. International Peace building in Dupont Circle, of state, presidents and prime ministers have the Pulitzer Center has become a leading The session will be in the building that houses spoken to the world from the great ballroom. source for quality international reporting in Medill’s D.C. campus and the Washington Post You will visit the world’s premier forum for major U.S. and European media outlets. Visit newsroom. newsmakers and its state-of-the-art broadcast their offices, view samples of their projects studios that capture the famous Press Club and hear about their innovative media model Voice of America luncheons that are televised on CSPAN. from staff. 9:30-10:15 a.m. Limit 20. Politico The Voice of America Studio Tour is a behind- National Museum of African American the-scenes look at live broadcasting on radio, 11 a.m. Limit 25. History and Culture television and Internet in several of our 46 With headquarters in Rosslyn, Va., Politico is a 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Limit 50. languages. leading source for fact-based journalism. Tour The museum bills itself as a place where all Tours are guided with audio and video the office and hear from editors and reporters Americans can learn about the richness and features. VOA’s headquarters is home to a as they discuss the different beats they diversity of the African American experience, series of historic murals commissioned by the cover and what it is like to report the news at what it means to their lives, and how it helped U.S. government to depict the Social Security Politico. shape this nation. The tour includes admission Act and other New Deal programs enacted in to the museum as well as a luncheon response to the Great Depression. Washington Post Printing Plant featuring a panel of Washington journalists 1-3 p.m. Limit 44. discussing the importance of diversity and National Geographic Be there when the four-story presses rumble inclusion in news coverage. Students will 10-10:45 a.m. Limit 25. and roar to life in one of the world’s largest participate in a newswriting competition of the printing plants. You’ll wear earplugs and event, with prizes provided by Elon University Exhibitions at the National Geographic Museum showcase bold people and safety glasses as you see 90,000 newspapers (N.C.). print in less than an hour. transformative ideas in the fields of University of Maryland Philip Merrill College exploration, scientific research, storytelling, The Washington Post is the nation’s seventh of Journalism and education. largest newspaper measured by circulation. See how they respond to the news by printing 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Limit 55. With a wide range of changing exhibitions, the National Geographic Museum is a special editions. Visit one of the nation’s premier journalism perfect destination for all ages. Visitors get schools and tour the state-of-the-art facilities, to know the work of National Geographic Library of Congress including a broadcast studio and bureau. conservationists, photographers and scientists 1-3 p.m. Limit 44. A special Terps bus will pick you up and take through engaging, dynamic exhibitions During your hour-long tour you will learn you to the campus. featuring everything from iconic photography about the building’s symbolic art and COMING SPRING 2020 UMD’s Merrill College offers unmatched and world-famous artifacts to interactive architecture and view the grandeur of the access to internships in one of the nation’s top learning stations and behind-the-scenes Main Reading Room. stories. yrbklove.com/layoutpro media markets. Students learn from the pros Professionally trained docents tell the story working in today’s multimedia newsrooms. of the library — America’s oldest cultural institution — by talking about its history, its collections (including the Gutenberg Bible), and the services provided to Congress and the nation.

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SATURDAY ADVISER LUNCHEON | $40 CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS Test results will be sent about eight weeks Noon-2:20 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Attendance certificates signed by both after the convention, and applicants will Registration deadline: Oct. 30 organizations’ directors are available in the be notified about selection as soon as all JEA will honor fall award and certification adviser tote bags, JEA Bookstore and at application procedures are complete. Those recipients, and NSPA will honor Pioneer dc.journalismconvention.org at no charge. who pass the test in Washington, D.C., will be Award winners. Sponsored by Herff Jones. Check with your school district to see if these honored on April 18, 2020, at the Nashville certificates will be recognized for CEU credits. convention. FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES These certificates are for advisers only and do MJE APPLICANTS | $85 First-Time Attendee Meeting not have an affiliation with a university. 6:30 p.m. Thursday Applicants for Master Journalism Educator must have earned CJE status; verify five years ADVISER RECEPTIONS of journalism teaching or advising experience; CERTIFICATION TESTING submit a letter of endorsement from a Welcome Reception Application deadline: Sept. 1 supervisor; show evidence of participation 9-10:30 p.m. Thursday Testing: 3:30-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 in scholastic journalism professional growth Friday’s Reception jea.org/wp/certification activities at local, state, regional or national 8:30-11 p.m. All applicants must be current JEA members. levels; pass the MJE exam; and submit a pre- Dessert reception Fees cover a portion of administration, approved project, paper or teaching unit. judging, mailing, cost of pins and certificates. CJE award certificates and pins or MJE ADVISER HOSPITALITY plaques and pins for those who have 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday & CJE APPLICANTS | $60 completed requirements since the spring 7:30 a.m.-noon Saturday CJE applicants must complete an application, convention will be presented during the provide evidence of a valid state teaching Saturday Adviser Luncheon. certificate and provide evidence of journalistic Questions? 785-532-5532, [email protected]. training from one of three options. Go to jea.org/wp/certification for full instructions.

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NSPA BEST OF SHOW | $20 NSPA SPECIAL CONSULTATIONS NSPA ON-SITE MEDIA CRITIQUES | $30 Open to members of NSPA, the Best of Show $55 | NEW Staff members and advisers will sit down competition honors the best student media Special Consultations, a new convention with an experienced adviser or professional represented at the convention. Best of Show offering by NSPA, provides an in-depth, journalist and review their student media. is a competition in which entries compete 50-minute consulting session tailored to the Critique sessions are 25 minutes and provide against each other and are ranked with the specific needs of an adviser and staff. a one-on-one opportunity for students and first-place winner in each category taking From design to technology to advisers to ask questions. home a trophy. Critiques and score sheets photojournalism to social media — NSPA Critiques are offered from noon-3 p.m. on are not provided in this contest. experts will take your staff to the next level. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday. Each critique Entries are due by 2 p.m. on Friday, Space is limited. When signing up for NSPA costs $30. When registering for NSPA On-site Nov. 22. Winners will be announced at special consultations, advisers must provide Critiques, please indicate whether you prefer the NSPA Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. specific objectives for this session. From Friday or Saturday. NSPA will confirm your Saturday, Nov. 23. your objectives, NSPA will match an award- appointment. Critique times fill up quickly. Visit dc.journalismconvention.org for a list winning adviser or media professional who Yearbook’s best software, will prepare for the consulting session prior to of categories and complete contest rules. arriving at the convention. For questions about Best of Show, Special Student staff members must be in attendance Consultations or On-Site Media Critiques, at the convention for high school media to Staffs wanting a critique of their student contact NSPA’s Gary Lundgren, gary@ for however your staff works. compete in Best of Show. For junior high/ media should sign up for an On-site Critique studentpress.org. middle school media, advisers must be in not a Special Consultation. attendance. SPECIAL EVENTS For yearbook staffs by yearbook staffs Encore is the all-new online yearbook design software that allows you to plan, BREAK WITH A PRO | $5 PIZZA & PROUD | $15 ADOBE & PRECISION organize and create a great-looking yearbook. It’s unlike anything you’ve seen 9 and 10 a.m. Friday 6-7 p.m. Friday CERTIFICATION TESTING | Saturday before—intuitive, flexible and accessible from virtually any device. Journalism pros share information about Join this celebration of student media and 8 a.m. Precision exams. $10 per person. their work and backgrounds in small-group honor the great work accomplished in 9 and 10 a.m. Adobe exams. $50 per person. scholastic newsrooms across the country. discussion sessions. Potential topics, pending Advisers and students will have the availability and interest — Pizza will be served for dinner during an entertaining evening spent with peers. opportunity to take certification exams Book writing Broadcast sports for Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, and Editorial cartooning Feature writing MEDIA SWAP SHOPS | FREE Precision exams for digital photography and Health/science reporting broadcast. Magazine: design & art direction 8 & 9 p.m. Friday Magazine editing & writing Meet with students from other publication This certification is recognized by industry Media law Multimedia journalism staffs to share with one another and gather leaders and will boost a student’s ability to Powerful tools for Adobe® InDesign® News writing Opinion writing new ideas. land critical internships and jobs. It also supports BalfourTools®, the #1 solution for creating yearbooks with Adobe® InDesign®, Photography Podcasting high school journalism classes become Public relations Radio news & production funded CTE pathways. includes even more of what you need to produce a great publication. Now Social media editing Sports writing compatible with Adobe Creative Cloud®, BalfourTools solves your biggest TV news reporting Videography yearbook challenges better than ever before. SCHOLARSHIPS NEWSEUM’S LAST CALL

NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS The Newseum, D.C.’s go-to destination for At the Newseum, present your convention Sponsored by Northwestern University’s journalists, closes permanently next January. name badge. The offer is not transferable to Medill School, up to 50 need-based But thanks to the Student Press Law others. Seize the Moment—Access your project anywhere scholarships are being offered by JEA Center, celebrating 2019 as its Year of the Newseum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and NSPA. Student Journalist, registered conference through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Creativity strikes when you least expect it. Access your project anywhere attendees may visit the Newseum at no so you don’t lose those “eureka” moments! BalfourGO works seamlessly Each scholarship covers only the Museum information is at newseum.org. registration fee. charge during the convention dates. Schools with Chromebooks too. Design your yearbook without stumbling through must first have checked in at the convention Priority will be given to students from registration desk after 1 p.m. Thursday. Flash or Java. underrepresented groups and low-income students. Go to dc.journalismconvention. org/scholarship to apply by Oct. 7. Recipients will be announced Oct. 11. Stop by the Balfour booth to learn more! 21 powered by JEA CONTESTS

REGISTER ONLINE for JEA contests between be provided for each student entered CONTEST REGISTRATION STEP BY STEP Contests for this convention Oct. 1-23 2019. in a contest. This is especially important 1. The adviser must be a current JEA All rules and descriptions are available at in contests submitted online before the member for the online contest registration The following contests will be offered for Washington, D.C. jea.org/wp/home/awards-honors/contests. convention.) form to work. Join or renew your membership Descriptions and complete rules can be found on www.jea.org. Advisers and students should read all rules carefully and email or call It is imperative that advisers and contestants at jea.org. Find the Membership heading at JEA if you have questions. Failure to follow the rules or meet deadlines carefully read all the rules to make sure all CONTEST/CRITIQUE SESSIONS the top of the page and click on Join JEA will result in an automatic disqualification. deadlines and requirements are met. or Renew Membership from the pull-down 1. Most contests/critiques take place from menu. Membership should be activated by All contests require students to bring their 4-6 p.m., but the on-site broadcast contests Oct. 15 to meet the Oct. 23 contest deadline. own supplies. have earlier times. Check the schedule and Membership is not processed until funds are On-site Contests Online Submission Contests room assignments in the convention program, received. available online in mid-October or on site at These categories all take place at the convention. No work is Prompts available at jea.org on Sept. 17, 2019. A FEW OF THE BASICS 2. If you don’t remember your username/ the convention registration desk. Students required in advance. Most of the contests run 4-6 p.m. Friday. Students who compete in these categories must complete the work password for jea.org/wp/membersarea, 1. Each student may enter just one late to their contests will not be able to Only ONE student from each school may enter each contest unless a BEFORE the convention and have the entry uploaded no later than Oct. 23. category. A school may enter just one participate. please contact JEA staff at 785-532-5532 or team entry is indicated. These contests require students to attend a two-hour critique session 4-6 student per category except for team [email protected]. 2. Online submission contestants will be p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. A school may enter just one student per contest contests. All contestants must be present 3. Decide with your students what to enter. Newspaper Contests disqualified if they do not attend the entire unless a team entry is indicated. Each student may enter just one at the convention and attend the contest Confer with other advisers in your school to 01: NEWSWRITING critique session Friday, Nov. 22. contest. Please read all contest rules at writeoffs.jea.org. critique Friday, Nov. 22, or the entry will be decide what students will participate in each 02: EDITORIAL WRITING disqualified. In online-submission contests REGISTRATION INFORMATION category. Although it’s preferred one adviser 03: FEATURE WRITING that allow a team to enter, both students must enters all entries from a school, two or more 04: SPORTS WRITING Newspaper, Yearbook, Magazine Layout Contests register and pay; however, only one student 1. Students and their advisers must be advisers may enter their students separately if 05: REVIEW WRITING 09: NEWSPAPER LAYOUT needs to be present at the convention for the registered for the convention in order to paying separately. Please collaborate on this. 06: EDITORIAL CARTOONING 10: NEWSMAGAZINE LAYOUT participate, and the adviser must be a 16: YEARBOOK LAYOUT: THEME entry to be eligible for the contest. 4. To register for the JEA contests, go to jea. 07: COMMENTARY WRITING member of JEA. 08: NEWS EDITING/HEADLINE WRITING/ 17: YEARBOOK LAYOUT: INSIDE PAGES 2. Contestants will be disqualified if they fail org and follow the instructions for entering 18: YEARBOOK COVER/ENDSHEETS to follow the rules available at jea.org. 2. No on-site registrations will be accepted; for entering the contests under the Awards CURRENT EVENTS however, name substitutions are allowed until 11: PRESS LAW & ETHICS 19: LITERARY MAGAZINE: LAYOUT 3. Register early. Some venues have limited and Contests section. All students must have 10:30 a.m. Friday at the JEA contest check-in Graphic Design Contests seating for the contests. In the event the working emails and passwords. Yearbook Contests desk. 23: GRAPHIC DESIGN: LOGO number of registrants for a contest category 12: YEARBOOK COPY/CAPTIONS: SPORTS 5. Payment of $20 per student may made by 24: GRAPHIC DESIGN: INFOGRAPHICS fills the seating capacity of the assigned 3. If your student has a documentable 13: YEARBOOK COPY/CAPTIONS: ACADEMICS credit/debit card, PayPal, check or purchase 25: GRAPHIC DESIGN: ADVERTISING contest room and a larger room is not disability, you need to request any 14: YEARBOOK COPY/CAPTIONS: CLUBS order. Mail check to Journalism Education 26: GRAPHIC DESIGN: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION available, JEA will close registration for that accommodation when you register. Please Association, Attention: Contests, 105 Kedzie 15: YEARBOOK COPY/CAPTIONS: STUDENT LIFE notify National Contest Chair Nancy Smith, category. Hall, 828 Mid-Campus Drive S., Manhattan, KS Literary Magazine Contests Photography Contests at [email protected], and bring 66506. Official, signed purchase orders may 20: LITERARY MAGAZINE POETRY 27: THEMED PHOTOGRAPHY (theme available Sept. 17) 4. All contests marked online submission documentation to the convention. must be uploaded by 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, be mailed, emailed to [email protected] or faxed 21: LITERARY MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION 28: ... SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY Oct. 23, 2019. Specific instructions are 4. The rules for JEA contests can be to 785-532-5563. 22: LITERARY MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHY 29: SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY downloaded at jea.org. If you have any Contest entries must be paid in full before 30: FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY available at jea.org/wp/home/awards-honors/ Broadcast Contests questions, you may call JEA Headquarters the contests begin Nov. 22, 2019. Do not 31: GENERAL OR SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY contests. Links to instructions will be available 42: VIDEO PACKAGE EDITING toll-free, at 785-532-5532, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. CT, include your JEA contest payment with 32: PHOTO STORY on the rules page Sept. 17. Students may 43. ONLINE NEWS PACKAGE (individual or team of 2) Monday through Friday, or email [email protected]. your convention registration payment. JEA 33: PORTFOLIO begin working on those entries at that time. 44: BROADCAST ANCHOR No late entries will be accepted for judging contests are processed separately. 34: PHOTO PORTRAIT 45: BROADCAST NEWSWRITING 35: FIRST-YEAR PHOTO or critique. Start early. Call JEA for help if 6. Bring the rules and required supplies with 46: BROADCAST PACKAGE (individual or team of 2) necessary. you to the convention. Broadcast Contests (A working email and a password must 36: BROADCAST NEWS STORY (individual or teams of 2) 37: BROADCAST SPORTS STORY (individual or team of 2) 38: BROADCAST FEATURE STORY (individual or team of 2) REGISTRATION/UPLOAD DEADLINE 39: BROADCAST COMMERCIAL/PSA (individual or team of 2) JEA QUIZ BOWL EVENING ENTERTAINMENT 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 40: VIDEOGRAPHY (individual only) 41: SHORT DOCUMENTARY (online submission) JEA NATIONAL JOURNALISM QUIZ BOWL Trolley Tours | Friday and Saturday Team Trivia | Friday Late entries will not be accepted. Start the process early. $50 per team “Monuments by Moonlight” Game 1 at 7 p.m. Game 2 at 9:15 p.m. | FREE Qualifying test: 8 a.m. Friday 7 and 9 p.m. departures. | $25 per person Are you ready for a fast-paced, fun and Questions? Contact JEA at [email protected] Live rounds: 8-11 a.m. Saturday Think you have seen the monuments? Have engaging evening of trivia? It’s time to put or 785-532-5532. Hours; 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. CT. Start putting together your four-person you seen them by moonlight? your knowledge of Washington, D.C., pop Rules and registration: teams now for the quiz bowl. The Trolleys will pick up at the Washington Marriott culture, music, movies and random facts to jea.org/wp/home/awards-honors/contests competition will include questions related to Wardman Park and take you on a two-hour the test. current events, pop culture, journalism and tour of the city’s most iconic sites. Students Bring your whole staff or join forces with other civics. will not be able to get off the trolley during small groups – we’ll find you a team. Show off To register a team or for additional this tour. Pre-registration required. your smarts and try to take home the title. information, visit jea.org, and go to the Awards and Contests section.

22 23 CONVENTION CONVENTION RULES HOTEL These guidelines are established to ensure When outside the hotel and convention that all participants have a safe and center, travel in groups. Your personal safety enjoyable stay at the convention. is our concern. WASHINGTON MARRIOTT Rudeness to hotel guests and hotel WARDMAN PARK A midnight convention curfew will be in effect employees; misuse of or reckless behavior 2660 Woodley Road NW Wednesday through Saturday. Students on the elevators or escalators; excessive Washington, DC 20008 should be in their rooms, making no excessive noise; destruction of property; or any other ROOM RATES noise, at that time. The hotel reserves the inappropriate behavior is not acceptable and $219/night single/double, right to remove any hotel guests who make can lead to expulsion from the hotel and/ and triple/quad, plus tax. excessive noise or create similar disruption. or criminal prosecution. Should individual Advisers/chaperones will be responsible for students, advisers or delegations prove RESERVATION DEADLINE: Oct. 22, 2019 enforcing the nightly convention curfew. disruptive, JEA/NSPA officials reserve the Hotel reservation information will be found in No student will be admitted to the convention right to declare all fees forfeited and to send your registration confirmation email. You must without a school-approved adviser/chaperone. delegates home at their own expense. register for the convention before you can At least one chaperone/adviser is required for Drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages, reserve rooms. every 12 students. It is understood that by the or possession/use of cigarettes, tobacco, know you will need. Even if you cancel early, release rooms being held for the convention act of registering students for the convention, vaping devices and illegal drugs is absolutely To take full advantage of the convention, the hotels are not obligated to return rooms room block to the general public. advisers assume responsibility for their delegates who live outside the D.C. metro prohibited. to the convention block. This may mean other As always, there is a limited number of students’ behavior and well-being during the area are encouraged to stay at the sanctioned All students are expected to wear their delegates would have to pay more for their rooms in each configuration. If the hotel is convention. and officially designated JEA/NSPA rooms in a convention hotel or that we would convention name badges at all times while in fully booked when your reservation arrives, Chaperones should recognize that they convention hotel. not “meet the block” which could affect the the hotel meeting rooms and common areas. you will be contacted concerning alternative and their schools will be held liable for any cost of this and future conventions. Although an Oct. 22 deadline for hotel hotels. JEA/NSPA cannot guarantee damage to hotel facilities incurred by students Breaking convention rules may result in reservations has been set, neither the hotel Convention officials suggest you make hotel availability of overflow housing. under their supervision. disqualification from all contests and forfeiture nor JEA/NSPA can guarantee availability. reservations well in advance of the Oct. of any awards won. Please do not book more rooms than you 22 deadline. After this date, the hotel may

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Take the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network (WYPN) along with you in the car, on Card Number Expiration Date the bus and on your flight to Washington, D.C. for the JEA/NSPA Convention. Signature ADVISER/NON-STUDENT ATTENDEES Enter names and appropriate designations below. At least one adviser/non-student attendee must be registered at the convention LISTEN NOW AND MEET MIKE AND JIM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. for students to participate. THIS PAYMENT IS FOR CONVENTION REGISTRATION ONLY. Do not include JEA membership 1. ❍CJE ❍MJE ❍1st Time Attendee fee or JEA Contests fees in the convention payment. Make check or purchase orders for convention registration payable to NSPA. Submission of a purchase order indicates your intention to pay fees in full and does not constitute payment itself. If payment is not received with registration, NSPA requests that you pay via check or credit card or provide a purchase order 2. ❍CJE ❍MJE ❍1st Time Attendee Journalism specialist Mike Taylor, CJE, explores the ways to create a great yearbook number within 10 business days of your registration or upon arrival at the convention, whichever story in the Ask Mike podcast. Mike shares his extensive yearbook knowledge comes first. Plan carefully. Absolutely no refunds. However, substitutions can be made at any time. and brings on guests for each episode to discuss specific aspects of making your Convention photography/video: Participants give permission for photographs and/or video to be taken during the convention. These images and video will remain the property of the photographer yearbook, like finding your theme or writing great copy. STUDENT ATTENDEES or JEA/NSPA and may be used in publications and marketing campaigns for future conventions Type or print students’ full names as clearly as possible. Substitutions may with or without names of those pictured. be made later by email or fax. Names are being collected for security and Special considerations — { } Check here if anyone in your delegation has a disability that may affect his/her participation in insurance purposes. this event. Attach a statement regarding your disability-related needs. NSPA must be notified by Everyone has a story to tell, and in Yearbook Chat with Jim, award-winning Sept. 18 to ensure appropriate accommodations. former adviser Jim Jordan explores the stories of yearbook people. Whether it’s I, the undersigned, have read the rules of conduct on page 25, and I will assist convention officials in their enforcement. new advisers who just finished their first yearbook, longtime advisers who tried something new or company President Don Walsworth, Jim finds their yearbook Adviser Signature story in his compelling interviews.

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