Planning for the Digital Future 2012 ANNUAL REPORT On the cover: Top left, Ellen Austin, 2012 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, addresses the Fall National High School Journalism Convention in San Antonio. (Photo by Bradley Wilson) A Newark middle school journalist interviews Chad Faulcon about his hopes of playing for the Altanta Falcons football team during the WriteOnSports summer camp; Kenta Joseph outlines a story in the Western Kentucky University Multimedia internship residency program; Nick Schmidt and Freya Rojo review a digital story package at the University of Texas, El Paso, multimedia training session for professors from Hispanic- serving institutions; Vinny Vella and other 2012 interns tour the press room at the Austin American-Statesman while training at the university of Texas, Austin.(Photo by Bradley Wilson) TABLE 2012 Annual Report OF CONTENTS Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.
From the President 2 From the Executive Director 3 2012 Financial Reports 4
Programs At-A-Glance 6 College Programs Multimedia Seminars for Professors 7 Student Internships 8
High School Programs Summer High School Journalism Workshops 11 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year 17
Publications 19
Board of Directors and Officers 20
Guidelines 21
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] © 2013 Copyright Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. internships in summer 2013, as Patch.com, From the President the hyper-local publisher owned by AOL that participated in the News Fund program in Richard J. Levine 2011 and 2012, expands its involvement. Executive Director Rich Holden, who has worked closely with Patch to expand this relationship, writes about our growing Seizing the Digital Future digital programs in his annual letter on the following page.
prestigious professional internships it offers Amid all the emphasis on new developments, college students each summer, we take heart I want to underscore our commitment to “A bit less grim.” That’s how the from these developments. More importantly, training students in the basics of journalism— Economist, the respected British weekly, however, we continue to focus our planning, the ability to report thoroughly and accurately summed up the health of newspapers at the recruiting and training on the emerging needs and to write clearly and fairly. Dean Nicholas end of 2012, another challenging year for the of journalism in a digital world. Lemann of Columbia University’s Graduate industry. School of Journalism put it well a few years In recent years, the Fund as has worked ago when he observed, “As the delivery As print advertising revenue and newsroom hard to develop internships at such leading systems of journalism change, there will staffing continued to erode in 2012 in the face online news organizations as the WSJ.com, always be a need for well-researched, of competition from the Internet for dollars AccuWeather, and Patch.com. As early as accurate and well-written reporting.” and readers, newspapers raised subscription 1996, we offered interns training in digital and daily prices and installed paywalls to journalism at the University of Missouri. In closing, I want to offer my thanks to News charge for their online content. These steps And in summer 2013 Pam Johnson will run Corporation and Dow Jones & Company for appear to have started to stabilize circulation two residential digital workshops at Western their continued support and to the board of revenue. Kentucky University and another will be held directors of the Dow Jones News Fund for at Arizona State University. The Fund also its guidance and oversight. In 2012, Mark Hopefully, they will afford newspapers provides digital seminars for journalism faculty Jackson, executive vice president and general precious time to evolve new editorial and at Historically Black Colleges and at schools counsel of Dow Jones, and Paul Schmidt, business models, enabling them to survive in with large Hispanic enrollments. senior vice president/finance and treasurer of a transformative digital age that has drastically Dow Jones, joined the board, and Mr. Schmidt altered how businesses advertise and readers All these efforts, I am pleased to report, are was also elected treasurer of the Fund. acquire news. paying growing dividends. The Fund offered 84 internships in summer 2012, one fewer At the Dow Jones News Fund, which has long than in each of the two preceding years. We looked to the newspaper business for the expect to be able to offer more than 100
2 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. are run by dedicated professionals who invest From the Executive Director a good deal of time and effort into providing a rewarding experience for the students. Richard S. Holden While I don’t like to single out individuals, one person who deserves praise is Lisa Conversation Launches Button, who has directed our workshop at the University of Arizona in Tucson for many years. Start of New Digital Program She is taking on a new role at the University. She was succeeded by Kathy Harrison who is handing the program over to two outstanding com decided individuals—Elena and Tom Stauffer. Both are It began in 2010 during a in the fall to talented, professional journalists who bring discussion with Marcia Parker, send all 40 strong skills to the program. former West Coast editorial director of Patch. of its 2013 com, a group of more than 800 hyperlocal interns to the WKU training site. In other news of scholastic journalism, DJNF websites whose parent is AOL.com. was delighted to present its National High Dr. Johnson agreed to conduct two separate School Journalism Teacher of the Year award Ms. Parker shares the Dow Jones News Fund’s training sites for the interns, and Patch.com to Ellen Austin of Palo Alto (Calif.), High School commitment to recruiting, training and placing representatives will be there for the entire and an adviser to its award-winning Viking young people who are interested in careers two weeks that the programs will run. This, of sports magazine and its website. in journalism in jobs that are stimulating and course, also provides senior Patch.com staff rewarding. the opportunity to meet all of its interns at Ms. Austin has been teaching and advising one place and at one time. media for the past 17 years after a career in She agreed that we should train two marketing. Her central message is emphasizing Patch.com interns at our site at Western Expanding with Patch.com has allowed us inclusion not only on her staffs but in the Kentucky University in 2011, followed by to start another digital training program, content as well. She noted that Palo Alto High two more this past summer. At WKU, before headed by Michael K. Wong, the director of School has students who speak Farsi, Russian, their internships begin, the students work career services at the Walter Cronkite School Korean, Mandarin, Tongan and Spanish. “It’s with state-of-the-art equipment to produce of Journalism and Mass Communication at a 21st Century redefinition of the American multimedia presentations that encompass Arizona State University. The Cronkite School melting pot,” she said. video, audio, slide shows and, of course, good is located in downtown Phoenix, and its writing. Dr. Pam Johnson, who directs the faculty consists of some of the top names in As always, we offer our gratitude to the Dow program, always emphasizes the importance American journalism. The students will receive Jones Foundation and, in turn, to News Corp. of strong journalistic skills. excellent training there as well. for the continued support of our mission. And, equally important, we extend thanks to all The Patch.com interns provided glowing Turning to our high school programs, we were of the media companies nationally for their reviews of their training programs, and able to provide funding for 27 workshops support of our intern programs. We welcome senior representatives from Patch.com have coast to coast this past summer (including all comments and suggestions for improving attended both 2011 and 2012 to see first-hand one for middle-school students) at which 450 what we do and how we do it. the quality of the training. As a result, Patch. students participated. All of these programs
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 3 The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. Statement of Support, Revenue, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets - Cash Basis for the Year ended December 31, 2012
SUPPORT AND OTHER REVENUE Revenue Sources Contributions 390,000 Contributions Book Royalties 1,548 Book Royalties Publication Sponsorship 4,923 Other 2,000 Publication Sponsorship
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 57,200 Other Total Support and Other Revenue $ 455,671 Net Assets Released from Restrictions FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES Program Services High School Teacher Programs 18,241 Program Expenses High School Student Programs 129,000 College Student Programs 256,158
Career Information Program 15,017 High School Teacher Total Program Services $ 418,416 Programs High School Student Programs Unrestricted Net Assets - Beginning of Year 22,397 College Student Programs
Unrestricted Net Assets - End of Year $ 34,648 Career Information Program
4 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. Statement of Functional Expenses - Cash Basis for the Year ended December 31, 2012
Program Services High school Teacher Programs: Breakdown of Program Services Teacher Awards Student Scholarships 2,500 Teacher Awards Operating Costs 15,741 Total High School Teacher Programs Expenses 18,241 Editing Intern High School Student Programs: Scholarships Journalism Workshops 124,000 Editing Intern Training Workshops Writing Competition Scholarships 5,000 and Travel Costs Total High School Student Program Expenses 129,000 Business Reporting College Student Programs: Training Center Costs Editing Intern Scholarships 28,500 HBCU Training Program Editing Intern Training and Travel Costs 178,409 Costs Business Reporting Training Center Costs 5,224 Intern Programs HBCU Training Program Cost 24,000 Operating Costs Intern Programs Operating Costs 20,025 Total College Student Programs Expenses 256,158 Career Information Program: High Schools Newsletter Costs 15,017 Supporting Services General and Administrative Expenses: Travel, Meetings and Conference Expenses 6,115 Audit Fee 5,450 Publication and Printing Costs 2,627 Consulting 59 Promotion and Sponsorship 2,505 Dues and Filing Fees 1,076 Postage 10,997 Miscellaneous 2,175 Total General and Administrative Expenses 31,004 Total Functional Expenses $ 449,420
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 5 Programs At A Glance
National High School Journalism Teacher Awards Program - Begun in 1960 • 1 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year • 4 Distinguished Advisers and 3 Special Recognition Advisers • Scholarships - $2,500 (issued to students of 2011 winners; 2012 winners receive their scholarships in the 2013 academic year)
College Internship Programs - Started in 1960 • Four programs served 84 interns who worked at 50 different news organizations • Business Reporting – 24 interns trained at Dow Jones & Company, New York City • Multimedia Editing – 12 interns trained at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green • Sports Editing – 12 interns trained at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln • News Editing – 36 interns trained at Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University of Texas, Austin and the University of Missouri • Scholarships - $28,500 awarded
Summer High School Journalism Workshops - Started in 1968 • 26 workshops in 19 states, 450 students, 143 co-sponsors including journalists’ groups, news media, foundations, corporations and individuals Summer Workshops Competition Winners • 2 photographers, 2 multimedia journalists, 4 reporters • Scholarships - $5,000 (issued to 2011 competition winners; 2012 winners receive their scholarships in the 2013 academic year)
Multimedia Training for Educators - Started in 2009 • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green – 9 professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities • University of Texas at El Paso – 9 professors plus 6 students from Hispanic-serving educational institutions
Publications • Adviser Update – 6,000 copies distributed quarterly to high school journalism teachers and advisers, media professionals, college educators and scholastic media groups • Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, DJNewsfund.wordpress.com, LinkedIn, Email blasts
6 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. College Programs 84 Interns at 50 Companies Internships Hold Steady Despite Industry Decline
While layoffs and buyouts were the wearying norm in the news business in 2012, the Fund managed to hold internships steady at 84 with a lot of help from supporters in the industry.
The multimedia internship program directed by Pam Johnson attracted 12 including four from Patch. com, a harbinger of a relationship that was to grow in 2013.
Kenta Joseph, left, develops a storyboard with her team in the digital internship program at Western Kentucky Business reporters including staffers University./WKU Photo hired by Dow JOnes and The Wall Street Journal swelled that program to a roster of 24 students, led News editing interns received their editorial cues at the ably by Michelle La Roche, Dow Jones training editor. University of Texas at Austin, directed by Griff Singer; Temple University shepherded by Dr. Ed Trayes; Penn State Sports copy editors at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, University instructed by John Dillon and at the University of went through their journalistic paces with Charlyne Berens MIssouri from Associate Dean Brian S. Brooks. and story editors from the Hartford Courant.
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 7 Business Reporting South Carolina Graduate Dow Jones & Company, New York Michelle LaRoche, Director Is 2012 Trayes Scholar Anika Anand, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, CaliforniaWatch.org, Berkeley Ryan Quinn, a 2012 intern at the New York Times Regional Arti Virendra Patel, Stanford University Editing Center in MarketWatch.com, San Francisco Gainesville, Fla., Eva Dou, Missouri School of Journalism became the ninth The Wall Street Journal-Taipei Ed Trayes Scholar, selected by the Haley Miller, Brigham Young University, Provo Temple University Advertising Specialty Institute, Trevose, Pa. Victoria Stillwell concentrates during the professor who has business reporting training course at Dow Jones directed residencies Julie Cohen, University of Delaware, headquarters. in editing for 46 Advertising Specialty Institute, Trevose, Pa. Victoria Stilwell, University of North Carolina at summers. Quinn Chapel Hill, Dow Jones Newswires, New York graduated from the Melvin Backman, University of North Carolina University of South Carolina, attended the at Chapel Hill, Thomson Reuters, New York Waan Chomchuen, New York University training at Temple, then headed to Florida The Wall Street Journal Online editions Michelle Zayed, University of North Carolina at where he was introducted to the quick Chapel Hill, The Denver Post pace and exacting standards of editing for Trinna Leong, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, The Wall Street Journal, Asia international editions. Nizar Manek, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Barron’s, New York Daniel Lippman, The Wall Street Journal, His exposure to design work was the biggest Washington, D.C. surprise of his experience and one that Paige Gance, Washington and Lee University Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. improved his appreciation for the artistry of Tony Olivero, Syracuse University that part of an editor’s craft. The Wall Street Journal, Sports The honor carries an additional $1,000 Regina Hing, New York University MarketWatch.com, New York scholarship provided by the O’Toole Martin Gonzalez, Stanford University Family Foundation of Short Hills, N.J. The The Wall Street Journal, New York Shaina Cavazos, Missouri School of Journalism foundation, is headed by Terrence O’Toole, a The Plain Dealer, Cleveland former editing intern who trained at Temple Anna Russell, New York University University. WSJ Magazine
8 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. Alice Speri, New York University Jacob Piekarski, University of Minnesota Evette Brown, Bennett College The Wall Street Journal, London Patch.com Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ben Kesling, Northwestern University Kenta Joseph, Florida A&M University Jason Bennett, University of Kansas Dow Jones Newswires, Chicago The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla. The Kansas City Star
Andrew Seidman, University of Virginia Malu Banuelos, Arizona State University Kristopher Hill, Missouri School of Journalism Dow Jones Newswires, Washington, D.C. WashingtonPost.com, Washington, D.C. Chicago Tribune
Sanette Tanaka, Duke University Samantha Kramer, Penn State University Mark Libatique, Rutgers University-New Brunswick The Wall Street Journal Accuweather, State College, Pa. Detroit News
Yigu Lilian Lin, The Wall Street Journal-Beijing Sarah Squire, University of Michigan Samuel Charles, Columbia College, Chicago WSJ.com, New York St. Paul Pioneer Press
Multimedia Editing Varun Saxena, University of Maryland Sarah McCabe, University of Kansas Western Kentucky University Indianapolis Star. St. Paul Pioneer Press Dr. Pam Johnson, Director William Guldin, Missouri School of Journalism News Editing The Kansas City Star. Alexandra Scarfone, University of Maryland, College Missouri School of Journalism Park, Patch.com Brian S. Brooks, Director Pennsylvania State University Charles Minshew, Missouri School of Journalism John Dillon, Director The Denver Post Benjamin Dashley, Ball State University Indianapolis Star Carlee Schepeler, Michigan State University, Courtney Buchanan, Lehigh University The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette Patch.com Brynn Twait, University of Illinois Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald Crystal Brusch, Florida State University Elaine Vuong, State University of New York, Stony Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette Brook, Patch.com Christine Scalora, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill. John Bittner, Pennsylvania State University Erin Boland, Indiana University Media General Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Courtney Pitts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Minneapolis Star Tribune Laura Ingrassia, Pennsylvania State University Forrest Burnson, The University of Texas at Austin The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 9 Matthew Baumann, Pennsylvania State University The Roanoke Times
Melisa Easaw, The College of New Jersey The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y.
Miranda Murray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Media General
Sam Kirkland, Northwestern University Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Temple University Dr. Ed Trayes, Director
Amy Schellenbaum, University of Connecticut The New York Times
Catherine Sum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The New York Times
Jillian Kremer, University of Florida Dow Jones Newswires, New York
Joseph Adinolfi, University of Connecticut Copy editing interns who trained at Pennsylvania State University pose with John Dillon, residency The Wall Street Journal, New York director , during training at University Park, Pa..
Kerri Anne Renzulli, University of Central Florida Ryan Quinn, University of South Carolina, The New Bryan Dugan, University of Oklahoma The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla. York Times Regional Editing Group, Gainesville, Fla. The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Kevin Shaffer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Sean Blue, Indiana University, Cape Cod Times, Emily Tate, Purdue University Hill, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle Hyannis, Mass. Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
Laura Kebede, Missouri School of Journalism University of Texas, Austin Jennifer Killin, managing editor The Del Rio (Texas) News-Herald Newsday, Melville, N.Y. S. Griffin Singer, Director Jose Enriquez III, University of Texas at Arlington Lauren Sedam, Indiana University Benjamin Diaz, Long Beach City College The Dallas Morning News The New York Times San Francisco Chronicle
10 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. Kristina Bui, University of Arizona Sports Editing Kyle Brynsvold, Missouri School of Journalism, Los Angeles Times University of Nebraska, Lincoln New York Post Bryan Bastible, University of Texas at Arlington, Dr. Charlyne Berens, Director Matthew Walks, University of Oregon, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise The Denver Post Brandon Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Pashtana Usufzy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y. Michael Vorel, Missouri School of Journalism, San Francisco Chronicle Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald Jacqueline Kantor, University of North Carolina at Regan Templeton, University of Texas, Austin Chapel Hill, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette Idaho Falls Post Register Rebecca Dell, George Mason University, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla. Thomas Kyle-Milward, University of Oregon, Kevin Kaplan, University of Illinois at Urbana- Oregonian Publishing, Portland Champaign, The New York Times
Tor Haugan, University of Montana-Missoula, Bay Kevin Collins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Area News Group-East Bay, Walnut Creek, Calif. Hill, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Vincent Vella, La Salle University The Denver Post Pan American, Edinburg, Texas; Richard J. Schaefer, University of New Summer Academies Help Mexico, Albuquerque. These students also attended the sessions in May with these professors: Professors Update Digital Skills Barbara Gomez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Mariana Dale, The News Fund has continued to offer training for University of Arizona, Tucson; Carolina Cruz, Columbia College, Chicago; college professors in multimedia skills at Western Kentucky University, Celeste Alvarez, Imperial Valley College, Brawley, Calif., Aundre Larrow, Bowling Green, and the University of Texas at El Paso. Professors spent University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., Adolfo Moro, the University of a week with instructors at each school. The participants and their Texas at San Antonio. universities are listed. Western Kentucky University University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Wanda Brockington, Norfolk (Va.) State University; Meredith Clark, Chetachi Egwu, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Fla.; Ernabel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; John Hinsel, Alabama State Demillo, St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, N.J.; Freya Rojo, California State University, Montgomery; Valerie Black, Johnson C. Smith University, University Northridge; Holly Ocasio-Rizzo, California State University Charlotte; Mike Abrams, Florida A&M University; Steve Opfer, Norfolk Fullerton; Maria-Mercedes Vigon, Florida International University, State University; Bill Oglesby, Virginia Commonwealth University, Miami; Jose Romero, Arizona State University, Tempe; Nick Miller, New Richmond; Kimberly Baker, Alabama State University, Montgomery; Mexico State University, Las Cruces; Nick Taylor, University of Texas Erica Taylor, Norfolk (Va.) State University.
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 11 High School Programs 26 workshops in 19 states Columbia College Workshoppers Examine Violence
High school is a timefor exploring careers and the summer high school journalism workshops have offered youth a license to look at life closely. In Chicago, the Columbia College workshop also explored violence and death.
Chicago workshops students were slated to write about fitness. Director Brenda Butler, a former journalist for the Chicago Tribune, said workshoppers have implored the directors to explore the high rate of violence and murder in the city. Adults resisted but struck a bargain that students could write about violence, in Members of the investigate reporting team talk about remedies to violence at a town hall meeting addition to the established theme. The result on the topic in Chicago./Columbia Links Photo was stunning booklet, “Don’t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up.” View a PDF here: http://issuu.com/ www.columbialinks.org/townhall and thecolumbiachronicle/docs/dont_shoot hear commentary on this website, http:// chicagoistheworld.org/2012/11/dont-shoot- They were featured in newspaper articles, on they-want-to-grow-up/ radio, online and participated in a town hall. They presented their booklets to Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the police superintendent.
Review their work at this link: http://
12 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. 2012 Summer Journalism Workshops ALABAMA Multicultural Journalism Workshop University of Alabama Meredith Cummings, workshop director Department of Journalism Tuscaloosa Website: http://aspa1.ua.edu/mjw/ www.twitter.com/AlaSPA
ARIZONA University of Arizona Ms. Cathy Burch, workshop director School of Journalism Tucson Website: The Chronicle
CALIFORNIA Multicultural Journalism Workshop Lisa Chedekel and Lynne DeLucia, workshop co- ILLINOIS California Chicano News Media Association directors Columbia College San Diego Quinnipiac University and the University of Con- Columbia LINKS Summer 2012 Reporting Academy Mr. Leonel Sanchez, workshop director necticut Brenda Butler, director Point Loma Nazarene University Website: www.c-hit.org Chicago San Diego Website: http://www.columbialinks.org/ Website: http://www.ccnma.org FLORIDA University of Miami Illinois Press Foundation/Eastern Illinois University MOSAIC California Chicano News Media Associa- Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop Dr. Sally Renaud, workshop director tion Fred Blevens, workshop director Betsy Jewell, co-director San Jose School of Communication Journalism Department Mr. Joseph Rodriguez, workshop director Coral Gables Charleston San Jose Mercury News Website: http://com.miami.edu/ Website: http://ipfworkshop.wordpress.com/ San Jose Website: www.ccnma.org Dow Jones/NBC Universal High School Media Work- INDIANA shop IABJ High School Multimedia Workshop@Butler CONNECTICUT Florida A&M University University Connecticut Health Investigative Team Reporting Dorothy Bland, workshop director DeShong Perry, workshop director Workshop Tallahassee Leisa Richardson, workshop co-director C-HIT Investigative Summer Reporting Workshop http://blogs.butler.edu/iabj/
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 13 KENTUCKY Western Kentucky University Xposure Robert Adams, workshop director< br/> Adams- Whitaker Student Publications Center Bowling Green Workshop Blog: http://wkuxposure.wordpress.com/
MASSACHUSETTS New England High School Journalism Collaborative Milton Valencia and Maureen Iaricci, workshop directors Regis College Weston
MICHIGAN Journalism Institute for Media Diversity Dow Jones High School Workshop Alicia Monique Nails, workshop director Wayne State University Detroit Website: comm.wayne.edu/jim.php Jenny Vrentas, an NFL reporter for the Star Ledger, Newark, offers interviewing tips to middle school participants MINNESOTA in the WriteOnSports workshop in Newark. She talked to the students about her career covering professional ThreeSixty Journalism Intermediate Journalism sports as they prepared to conduct a press conference with local talent Chad Faulcon who was being considered Camp University of St. Thomas as a walkon by the Atlanta Falcons./News Fund Photo Lynda McDonnell, workshop director NEW JERSEY NEW YORK St. Paul Princeton University Summer Journalism Program Robert Greene Urban Journalism Workshop Website: www.threesixtyjournalism.org Rich Tucker, director Professor Zachary Dowdy, workshop director Princeton University SUNY - Stony Brook MISSOURI Princeton Melville Library University of Missouri Website: www.princeton.edu/sjp/ Stony Brook Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop Website: http://www.greenegazette.com/ Professor Anna Romero, workshop director Write On Sports School of Journalism Byron Yake, executive director NYU Urban Journalism Workshop Columbia South Orange New York University Website: http://2012urbanpioneer.columbiamis- Website: www.writeonsports.org Professor Yvonne Latty, workshop director sourian.com/ Arthur Carter Journalism Institute New York Website: http://urbanjournalismworkshop.org/
14 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. OKLAHOMA VIRGINIA WISCONSIN University of Oklahoma VCU’s Scholastic Journalism Workshop Marquette University Urban Journalism Workshop Mr. Ray Chavez, workshop director Virginia Commonwealth University Diederich College of Communication Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communica- Mary Ann Owens, workshop director Ms. Sheena Carey, workshop director tion, Norman School of Mass Communications Milwaukee Website: www.ou.edu/gaylord/home/main/out- Richmond Website: http://www.marquette.edu/comm/ujw/ reach/oidj.html Website: http://masscomm.vcu.edu
PENNSYLVANIA Temple University High School Journalism Work- shop Summer Workshop Winners Use Scholarships for College Ms. Maida Odom, workshop director Department of Journalism In 2012, eight students among the 450 who attended DJNF-supported workshops won $1,000 Philadelphia college scholarships for the work they did in the summer. They will reeive their scholarships in 2013 http://tuhsjournalism.wordpress.com/ as entering college freshmen or returning sophomores.
TEXAS The winners were selected by DJNF staff, based on essays outlining their commitment to a journalism YouSA Urban Journalism Workshop San Antonio College career, their submitted work and recommendations from workshop directors. The students’ work Ms. Irene Abrego, workshop director appeared in newspapers or on websites produced by the programs. Journalism Department San Antonio Four scholarships were awarded in the writing competition, one for multimedia and three to Website: You S.A. photographers. The photography winners were Brittany Embree of Oklahoma City who attended the workshop at the University of Oklahoma, Alexa Hicklin of the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Texas Christian University High School in Philadelphia who attended the Temple University High School workshop and Yetzabell High School Journalism Workshop Rojas, a Diversity Workshop at University of Arizona participant and student at Douglas High School. Daxton Stewart, workshop director Schieffer School of Journalism Fort Worth The winning multimedia journalist is Andrew Briz of Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, a Website: http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu/593. participant in the Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop in Journalism and New Media at htm the University of Miami.
University of Texas at El Paso The writing winners and the workshops they attended were: Zanira Abubakar of the Connecticut Journalism in July Health I-Team workshop, a senior at New Haven’s Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School; Dr. Zita Arocha, workshop director Julianne Micoleta, Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop participant and senior at Elk Grove (Ill.) Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies El Paso High School; Corina Martinez, a Mosaic workshopper at San Jose State University and senior at Website: http://borderzine.com/2011/07/ Presentation High School and Nicholas Ghibaudy who attended the Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop in Journalism and New Media, a student at College Academy of Broward College.
The 2011 winners received their scholarships in 2012.
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 15 National Teacher Awards 8 Teachers from 5 States
It is a great and humbling honor to be addressing Reluctant Teacher you today. I would like to talk this afternoon about leaps of faith.
Takes Up Camera I teach English and journalism at Palo Alto High School. We have a journalism fleet at Paly, where I work with some astonishing colleagues: Paul and Leaps of Faith Kandell; a good friend, outstanding teacher, and my anchor; and colleagues Mike McNulty, Esther Wojcicki, and Margo Wixsom. Ellen Austin was chosen as the 2012 National High School Journalism Teacher of the About 20-25 per cent of Paly’s 2,300 students pass Year by a panel of journalists and educators for through the doors of our journalism programs. We her extraordinary work in pushing the envelope are building a bond-funded Media Arts Building, and empowering students. She is the 54th adviser with doors slated to open next fall. honored by the Fund, with a group of seven teachers selected as Distinguished and Special That building represents tangible support from our Recognition Advisers. parent community, who are willing to take another bite in taxes because they understand that our Ellen Austin accepts her plaque from Aaron Ellen Austin was co-adviser of the INfocus schools are our futures. Manfull, 2011 National High School Teacher broadcast and adviser to the website of the Year. Photo by Randy Swikle vikingpsortsmagazine.com and Viking Sports Let me paint a picture of what it looked like If I could read minds, I’m pretty sure a Tumblr magazine at Palo Alto (Calif.) High School. She is an yesterday in Viking’s classroom as editors staffed meme floating in the air right now might read, award-wininng teacher and champion of student up weekend coverage for the football playoff “Sweet: living in California’s wonderland of student free expression. Her year included travel to the game: video and DSLR cameras being checked free expression, with a new building and rooms full National high school journalism conventions in San out, sideline reporter’s passes getting picked up of students singing “Kum Bah Yah” and then writing Antonio and San Francisco, presenting at a Teach-In and distributed; editors organizing the timeline and posting all weekend long.“ for the Association for Education in Journalism and expectation for the game recap and photos – by Mass Communication and the Columbia Scholastic midnight? 1 a.m.? Friday night. A crisp discussion So I’d like to tell you, as radio commentator Paul Press Association’s spring conference. The program of how tweets, real-time game photos and videos, Harvey used to say, “the rest of the story…” is co-sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Media and Facebook posts would flow and converge Studies of St. Petersburg, Fla., and The Wall Street together throughout the evening to create a I live my life by several mantras that drive me: Journal Classroom Edition. hybridized stream of coverage from kickoff through final buzzer. “Leap, and the net will appear” is the primary one. Here are excerpts from her talk, Leaps of Faith.
16 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. I grew up in Illinois, the Land of Lincoln; moved to do. I took to the chemistry, sequence, and magic of Europe in my 20s; spent two decades in Minnesota; photography with joy. I found my voice — with film. and moved six years ago to the nation’s hub of innovation and entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley. Although my AP Lit seniors wouldn’t believe it if But as writer and academic JRR Tolkien put it well: they heard me right now, my heroes are not Jane “Not all those who wander are lost.” Austen (unless it’s that one, right there – yes, it’s Neither of my parents were writers or journalists. the family punchline) or Shakespeare – whose My dad, a mechanical engineer and weekend pilot, birthday I share. passed away eight years ago. I am thankful for his gifts: He taught me to how to take a photo and to My heroes were legendary midcentury fly an airplane, and always to take leaps of faith. photojournalists: Gordon Parks, Margaret Bourke- White, Robert Capa, Dorothea Lange. Their lenses My mother is here today and has been a teacher were courageous, creating a dialogue about social since 1957 — and still teaches today. That you still issues with images that leveraged change that are a teacher at 77 in a career that has gone for needed to come. more than half a century is a wonder. She is the inspiration, support, and template of much that I do I was six months old when JFK was assassinated, 4 in my classroom and my life. years old when Dr. Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis, in first grade when Neil Armstrong set My path to journalism advising started with a foot on the moon. camera. I grew up in Rockford, Illinois. In 1976, when I was a 7th grader, the Rockford government, What would our collective memory be without the facing a budget crisis, proposed a property tax iconic photographs of those moments? referendum, much like Paly’s. After finishing up at the University of Illinois, It failed. Our K-12 schools were stripped of all including stints as a photographer on the “Daily sports, music, orchestras, choirs, bands, all Illini” campus paper and the “Illio” yearbook, I journalism, all art. Over 400 teachers lost their spent time living in Europe teaching English as a jobs. Including my mom, whose position as a music foreign language, then moving to Minnesota, where teacher was eliminated. I set up a small photo studio in a warehouse in St. Paul. Somewhere along the way, bowing to family There were two impacts on my life of that failed pressure, I also got my teaching certification —“just referendum: first, I vowed never ever EVER to in case.” Ellen Austin speaking at the Advisers become a teacher; secondly, I picked up a camera, Luncheon during the 2012 Fall National High and fell in love. My camera has traveled into Kentucky coal country School Journalism Convention in San Antonio. to document the proud but poverty-laden lives Photo by Randy Swikle My dad, an amateur photographer, built a there; I’ve run from mobs in South Africa when I darkroom in our basement to give me something to visited that nation in the last days of apartheid and
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 17 2011 Annual Report Pressing Ahead 17 turned my lens on the villages in the homelands I’d heard about glass plate negatives. I didn’t realize which were looking towards a coming freedom. I’d just met a glass ceiling for a freshman girl.
What has traveled from photography into my life as I walked up to the school counselor’s office to ask if a teacher is an emphasis on capturing strong visuals that sounded right to him. I have no idea what went in our stories. on behind the scenes, but suddenly I was on the staff – as a photographer. And a girl. I coach my students to think with their eyes as much as their ears, using the mantra from early That experience of someone trying to shut a door photojournalist Cartier-Bresson: “The decisive stays with me as a teacher. Who are we missing on moment.” our staffs right now? Who are we missing out there in the world of our audience? How do we [kick] Viking decided early to be a photography-forward open those doors and invite those kids in? magazine because images are integral to the “story” of sports. Photos also reach members of Alan Lamarque, current Viking co-editor, entered our community for whom printed words are hard to Paly journalism through an alternate summer access. Visual journalism is a tool of inclusion. journalism internship program based in East Palo Alto and started by Paul Kandell five years ago. The verse my Kentucky grandmother taught me East Palo Alto (or EPA) borders Palo Alto. EPA has Film also matters more to inclusion and from the New Testament provides the second historically been black, Hispanic and economically connections. Maryssa Sklaroff, co-executive mantra by which I live: “Knock, and the door shall struggling. producer of INfocus, Paly’s broadcast program, be opened.” says, “The capabilities of film are extraordinary. Alan, who’s Mexican-American, completed Film is accessible to everybody, the Internet is I’d add: if it doesn’t open, you may need to kick the summer EPA program, joining Viking as a accessible to every high school student. If you it [gently]. Because change often means pushing sophomore, the youngest staff member ever. have access to that, it doesn’t matter what cultural against the status quo. He has won awards for his writing, was named background you come from ,what languages you managing editor his junior year, and this year, as a speak or how far apart you are.” Back to that young girl, the photographer. I thought senior, is one of the three co-editors in chief. it would be nifty to take pictures for the school paper when we finally got electives back two years Alan says, “I wasn’t even on this path to being Read the complete talk and view later. One day in the fall of freshman year, I went where I am now, but I can’t imagine what it would the accompanying slides at http:// to the “Pub Room,” to meet longtime newspaper be like if I hadn’t been here. I’m the first Latino ellenjaustin.com/?page_id=63 adviser, Joan Schmelzle, and asked to join the editor on Viking. To be standing up in front of newspaper staff. people telling them what we’ve done, much of the time the students are Asian or white and they don’t She looked me up and down, and said, “I don’t take usually look much like me. It makes me proud to be GIRLS as photographers.” Latino.”
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Four Distinguished Advisers and three Special Recognition Advisers in 2012 are all award winners in their own right. Many have served scholastic journalism as state, regional and national officers and by teaching their peers at workshops and conferences.
The teachers received a free set of The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition and a teacher copy of the Journal. They also received free access to a webinar through the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Students of Distinguished Advisers compete for $500 scholarships in spring 2013. Distinguished Advisers
Beatrice Motamedi, The Urban School of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif., advises The Urban Legend, co-directs Newsroom by the Bay, and is a global journalism educator and workshop leader. She received her B.A., English with honors, Northwestern University; M.A., writing, Stanford University, graduate of Creative Writing Program. She is a certified journalism educator through the Journalism Education Association, has taught and advised high school journalism since 2004. She came to teaching after more 2012 Distinguished Advisers Jim Streisel, Rod Satterthwaite, Beatrice Motamedi and Bretton Zinger than 20 years as a reporter, writer and editor for various with their plaques after the Advisers Luncheon in San Antonio.Photo by Randy Swikle. news media among them the United Press International, the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Salon. 1999, where he teaches introduction to journalism, from Ball State University, certification in secondary and com, Wired; Oakland Tribune, CNN.com, La Prensa, The photojournalism and newspaper as well as Advanced middle school journalism and English. Streisel is a certified International Herald Tribune, Newsweek and WebMD. She Composition, English 10, Language and Literature, Speech, and master journalism educator through the Journalism has also freelanced as a book and magazine editor and Sports Literature and Creative Writing. He is also an Education Association. He has written two texts, “High writer for corporate publications and websites. adjunct instructor teaching introduction to journalism and School Journalism: A Practical Guide” and “Scholastic Web feature writing courses at Washtenaw Community College Journalism: Connecting with Readers in a Digital Age,” both Rod Satterthwaite, Dexter High School, Dexter, Mich., is and has taught a graduate course called “Critical Issues in published by McFarland. adviser to The Squall newspaper and website. He holds Scholastic Journalism” at Michigan State. a B.A. with honors in English education from Michigan Bretton Zinger, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Va., State University; M.Ed. with an emphasis in English from Jim Streisel, Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind., advises advised The Purple Tide newspaper and website, Grand Valley State University. Satterthwaite, who has HiLite newsmagazine, its website, http://www.hilite.org Andromeda art and literary magazine, The Knightly News been teaching for 19 years, has been at Dexter since and Acumen, a topical news magazine. He earned his B.S., news show, former president of the Association of Fairfax
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 19 Professional Educators. He began teaching this fall at Robert Adams Middle School, Holliston, Mass., where he advises the newspaper and the literary magazine. Zinger earned a B.S. in education, from the University of Kansas, attended the London Film School, and earned an M.A. in new professional studies from George Mason University. He is a master journalism educator through the JEA. He has taught videography for the Institute for the Arts, Fairfax, Va., and posts the “Words on Words” series on the JEA listserv. He received a Gold Key from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2011 and was a 2010 DJNF Special Recognition Adviser. Special Recognition Advisers
Jeff Kocur, Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, Minn., is adviers to the Royal Page newspaper, www.royalpage.org website and the Regalia yearbook. He holds a B.S. in secondary English education, Winona State University; M.A. Ed., St. Mary’s University of Minnesota; pursuing an M.A., in journalism and mass communication, Kent State University. Kocur was named the 2012 Minnesota Journalism Educator of the Year. He started the Highland Highlight staffers at Highland High School in Albuquerque surround teacher Rebeca journalism class at Hopkins three years prior as an English Zimmermann, seated on the floor, with copies of The Wall Street Journal Clssroom Edition. elective for sophomores through seniors. He is a member taught English at a middle school before transferring Texas A&M University; State teacher certification with of the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic to Foothill Technology. She taught herself the Joomla endorsements in language arts, social studies, University Press Rights Commission and the board of the Journalism content management system, built the website and of New Mexico; M.A. secondary education, University of Educators of Minnesota. His students have won multiple launched the publication in 2010. The Foothill Dragon New Mexico. Zimmermann came to teaching six years national awards since 2006; one of his editors-in-chief Press received its second consecutive Online Pacemaker prior specifically to teach journalism and newspaper. She won a Free Spirit Award including conference travel and a from NSPA and its first Gold Crown from Columbia worked for nearly 13 years as a freelancer, a municipal, college scholarship from the Freedom Forum. Scholastic Press Association in 2012. Two students police and general assignment reporter at the Waco received $5,000 scholarships in the Free to Tweet (Texas) Tribune-Herald, and an editor for the New Mexico Melissa Wantz of Foothill Technology High School, competition sponsored by the First Amendment Center in Jewish Link. She also worked as a newswoman in the Ventura, Calif., si adviser to The Foothill Dragon Press, honor of the 220th Anniversary of the First Amendment. Albuquerque bureau of the Associated Press. She was www.foothilldragonpress.org. She has a B.A. in English a standout college journalist and editor-in-chief of the literature, University of California, Santa Barbara; Rebeca Zimmermann, Highland High School, Albuquerque, Texas A&M Battalion newspaper. Zimmermann has master’s in English literature with an emphasis in creative adviser to Highland Highlight newspaper and yearbook, is organized state scholastic publication competitions, writing, California State University, Northridge. Wantz president of the New Mexico Scholastic Press Association. presented at workshops. worked as a professional reporter for the Ventura County She earned a B.A. in journalism, minor in marketing, Star-Free Press. She earned teaching credentials and
20 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. 2011 Teacher Awards 2011 Teacher Honoree Circulates at Conferences Program Scholarships Given aron Manfull, the 2011 Teacher of the Year from to College Freshmen St. Charles, Mo, spoke at several conferences Ain 2012. He participated in a livestreamed chat The winning student, Kaitlyn with Ed Sullivan, executive director of the Columbia Williams, received a $1,000 Scholastic Press Association in March, then attended the scholarship to the University of American Society of News Editors conference in April in Missouri. A student of Aaron Washington, D.C. A highlight was a 40-year retrospective on Watergate with Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein and Manfull, she graduated from running commentary by Ben Bradlee. Francis Howell High School North, St. Charles, Mo.
Students of 2011 Distinguished Advisers received $500 scholarships in competitions at their schools.
• Krista James, attending the University of Alabama, student of Erin Coggins, Sparkman High School, Harvest, Ala. • Richard P. Radke, Ball State University, student of Stan Zoller, Rolling Meadows (Ill.) High School • Wayne Epps, attending James With Watergate Legends Madison University, student of Chris Waugaman, Prince and Free Speech Champions George (Va.) High School Above, Aaron Manfull gets Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodard and Carl • Paige Stewart, student of Bernstein to autograph a book about the impact of Watergate Susan Colyer, Southside High on American journalism at an ASNE panel in April 2012. At left, School, Fort Smith, Ark. he is congratulated by Gene Policinski, executive director of the First Amendment Center and Ken Paulson, ASNE president, First Amendment Center CEO.
2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 21 Publications the school lacks funds for a newspaper WSJ Classroom Edition subscription, I decided to take matters into my own hands to further our education in Gives Subscriptions both journalism and graphic arts. It would be an honor if I could win this free subscription to Media Teachers for my fellow students.” The Wall Street Journal Other winners were: • Annamarie Warren, Waxahachie (Texas) Classroom Edition provided free Global High School subscriptions to 12 high school media teachers • Juli Stricklan, Rigby (Idaho) High School selected through an annual essay competition • Karen Ford, Holton (Kan.) High School for the fourth consecutive year in 2012. • Taisha Matthews, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Astoria, N.Y. For the first time a graduating senior penned • Sonya Boyd, Shaw High School, Columbus, the essay for his school, York (Pa.) County Ga. School of Technology. His teacher Nicki Stiger • Russell Hill, Coronado High School, explained, “When I asked my students what Lubbock, Texas was their favorite section of the newspaper, • Diane Hofsess, Southfield (Mich.) High one student said, “Well, I never read the School Adviser Update, the free quarterly newspaper.” Jason Gomez, a senior in our • Lynne Moore, Nativity School, Hollywood, newspaper for high school media teachers newly developed class, must have seen the Fla. and advisers distributed 6,000 copies each look of sadness and concern on my face. Of • Mary Kay Downes, Chantilly (Va.) High press run, to teachers, newspaper editors 30 students, he was the only one to take the School and college professors interested in scholastic challenge of writing the 250-word persuasive • Leslie Bogar, Valor Christian High School, journalism. It is printed by Dow Jones & Co., essay. I had him in English as a freshman and Highlands Ranch, Colo. in Chicopee, Mass. he is right, our school really has helped him • Mark Eaton, T.C. Williams High School, discover his passions. He has overcome his Alexandria, Va. George Taylor, 1985 National High School speech and language disability and improved Journalism Teacher of the Year, is the editor. his writing, spelling and speaking. He is just one In addition, teachers who were selected He works with a designer and copy editing example of the type of students I teach. through the National Teacher Awards program staff, aided by contributing writers including also received the subscriptions, for a total of 25 high school media teachers and columnists. Jason wrote: “. . .I am a student in the Graphic schools. Contributions from sponsored messages help Arts division of York Tech and we study defray the costs of the newspaper. many different types of typography. Because
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2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 23 Deadlines for Proposals and Program Nominations National High School Journalism Teacher Centers for Editing Excellence Business Reporting Internship Program Awards Program Description: To provide pre-internship Description: To encourage college juniors, Description: To recognize high school intensive training for college juniors, seniors seniors and graduate students to seek business Journalism teachers who have made an and graduate students, selected through reporting internships by providing training, outstanding contribution to teaching DJNF’s News Editing Intern Program, who will paid summer internships and scholarship journalism and/or advising a high school work professionally as copy editing interns for grants. newspaper, newsmagazine or news website news media Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate Eligible: Any high school journalism teacher Eligible: Colleges or nonprofit organizations students or adviser with at least three years of teaching Grant: Maximum of $20,000 for 10 students Scholarship$1,000 experience. Nominations may come from Deadline: October 1 Deadline: November 1 principals, newspaper editors, other teachers, alumni, press associations or the teachers Sports Editing Program themselves News Editing Internship Program Description: To encourage students to consider Awards: $1,000 college scholarship for a Description: To encourage students to sports copy editing as a career by providing student of the Teacher of the Year; $500 consider copy editing as a career in news and training, paid summer internships and college scholarships for a student of each of multimedia journalism by providing training, scholarship grants Eligible: College juniors, the four Distinguished Advisers paid summer internships and scholarship seniors and graduate students Deadline: July 1 grants Scholarship: $1,000 Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate Deadline: November 1 DJNF High School Journalism Workshops students Description: To encourage high school students Scholarship: $1,000 The News Fund is a national foundation supported to consider careers in journalism by providing Deadline: November 1 by Dow Jones & Co., Dow Jones Foundation and an opportunity to work with professional others within the news industry. Our emphasis is journalists and instructors on reporting, Digital Internship Program on education for students and educators as part of our mission to promote careers in journalism. writing and editing a student newspaper, Description: To encourage students to consider DJNF operates several high school and college- magazine or news website multimedia editing as a career in journalism by level grant programs. Those who would like to Eligible: Colleges, schools, nonprofit providing training, paid summer internships submit unsolicited proposals should go to the organizations and scholarship grants Grant Proposal page at Grant: $2,500 up to $8,000 Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate https://www.newsfund.org to read more and Deadline: October 1 students download a form. For more detailed descriptions, Scholarship $1,000 visit the Programs section. Grant applications, Deadline: November 1 guidelines and instructions also appear in the Forms section.
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