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It’s all here Los Angeles JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention April 14-17, 2016 • Westin Bonaventure PARK SCHOLAR PROGRAM A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits outstanding high school seniors. A full scholarship for at least 10 exceptional communications students that covers the four-year cost of attendance at Ithaca College. Take a chance. Seize an opportunity. Change your life. Study at one of the most prestigious communications schools in the country—Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications. Join a group of bright, competitive, and energetic students who – Kacey Deamer ’13 are committed to using mass Journalism & communication to make a Environmental Studies positive impact on the world. To apply for this remarkable opportunity and to learn more, contact the Park Scholar Program director at [email protected] or 607-274-3089. ithaca.edu/parkscholars JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention April 14-17, 2016 • Westin Bonaventure • Los Angeles Los Angeles and the Hollywood sign. Photo by Getty Images. TABLE OF Contents 2 Convention Officials 24 Friday at a Glance 3 Convention Sponsors 29 Write-off Rooms 4 Exhibitors/Advertisers 30 Friday Sessions 5 Keynote Speakers 46 Saturday at a Glance 8 Featured Speakers 51 Saturday Sessions #nhsjc / @nhsjc 10 Special Activities 67 Sunday 12 Awards 70 Speaker Bios 19 Thursday at a Glance 88 Hotel Floor Plan 20 Thursday Sessions Twitter: @nhsjc/#nhsjc JEA/NSPA Spring 2016 • LOS ANGELES — 1 CONVENTION JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS STAFF OFFICIALS Kelly Furnas, CJE, executive director Connie Fulkerson, CJE, administrative assistant Pam Boller, office manager/advertising director Kate Dubiel, Web/database developer Lisa Terhaar, bookkeeper Kelly Furnas, CJE JEA Executive OFFICERS Director President: Mark Newton, MJE, Mountain Vista High School, Highlands Ranch, Colo. Vice President: Sarah Nichols, MJE, Whitney High School, Rocklin, Calif. Past President: Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE, Kent (Ohio) State University DIRECTORS Educational Initiatives: Megan Fromm, CJE, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, Colo. Scholastic Press Rights: John Bowen, MJE, Kent (Ohio) State University Mark Newton, MJE Director at Large: Carrie Faust, MJE, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colo. JEA President Director at Large: Stan Zoller, MJE, Buffalo Grove, Ill. STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Awards: Casey Nichols, CJE, Rocklin (Calif.) High School Certification: Kim Green, MJE, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. Contests: Nancy Y. Smith, MJE, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Mo. Digital Media: Aaron Manfull, MJE, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Mo. Nominations: Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE, Kent (Ohio) State University Professional Outreach: Jonathan Rogers, MJE, Iowa City (Iowa) High School Diana Mitsu Klos Publications/Public Relations: Evelyn Lauer, CJE, Niles West High School, Skokie, Ill. NSPA Executive Director NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS STAFF Diana Mitsu Klos, executive director Laura Widmer, associate director Amber Billings, digital and design coordinator Ashley Tilley, administrative assistant Albert R. Tims, Mariah Keith, contest and critique coordinator Ph.D. Lexi Gusso, marketing intern NSPA President Selena Khori, marketing intern Julia Bauer, volunteer BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Albert R. Tims, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Treasurer: J. Keith Moyer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Board Members: Jeanne Acton, University Interscholastic League, Austin, Texas Adriana Chavira, Peter Bobkowski, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. MJE, Laura York Guy, Garden City (Kan.) Community College Local Team Chair Laurie Hansen, CJE, Stillwater (Minn.) Area High School Ron Johnson, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Valerie Kibler, CJE, Harrisonburg (Va.) High School Scott M. Libin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Sara Quinn, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan. Ann Visser, MJE, Pella, Iowa 2 — JEA/NSPA Spring 2016 • LOS ANGELES Visit jea.org/eval to evaluate sessions LOCAL CONVENTION SPONSORS TEAM Tasha Beaudoin, Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks Linda Bowen, California State University, Northridge DIAMOND Adriana Chavira, MJE, chair, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, Van Nuys Donn Cottom, South East High School, South Gate Karen Cusolito, Hollywood High School, GOLD Los Angeles Janet Ewell, MJE, retired, Huntington Beach Antonia Guzman, International Studies Learning Center, South Gate Elisia Harkins-James, Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks Lacey Hatfield, Diego Rivera Learning Complex, Los Angeles web offset Gaby Herbst, CJE, Beverly Hills High School, news Beverly Hills Michael Hernandez, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach Alex Lau, University High School, Los Angeles SILVER Doug List, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar Kim McCarthy, CJE, Mother of Divine Grace School, Ojai Kari McDaniel, CJE, Mayfair High School, Lakewood Kim Messadieh, CJE, El Camino Real Charter High School, Woodland Hills Gary Metzker, California State University, BRONZE Long Beach Kathy Neumeyer, retired, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City Danielle Ryan, MJE, Carlsbad High School, Carlsbad Carol Strauss, retired, Newport Beach Greg Vieira, Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School, Long Beach Jessica Young, MJE, Orange Glen High School, Escondido Mitch Ziegler, CJE, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach Jo Zimmerman, retired, Thousand Oaks Nancy Zubiri, Venice High School, Los Angeles FRIEND Twitter: @nhsjc/#nhsjc JEA/NSPA Spring 2016 • LOS ANGELES — 3 General Information Exhibitors & Advertisers Convention Guidelines Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism — Booth 42 These guidelines are established to ensure that all convention Balfour — Booths 5P, 6, 7 and 8; Pages 23, 51 participants have a safe and enjoyable stay in Los Angeles. Ball State University Journalism • A midnight convention curfew will be in effect Wednesday through Saturday. Workshops, Booths 54P and 53 Students should be in their rooms, making no excessive noise, at that time. The hotel Brooks Institute — Booth 27P; Page 18 Colorado State University Journalism reserves the right to remove any hotel guests who make excessive noise or create and Media Communication — Booth similar disruption. Advisers/chaperones will be responsible for enforcing the nightly 46P; Page 52 convention curfew. Friesens — Booths 58P and 57; Page 61 FutureBook Yearbooks — Booths 63P and • No students will be admitted to the convention without a school-approved adviser/ 62 chaperone. At least one chaperone/adviser is required for every 12 students. It is Gardena Valley News — Booth 37P; Page 6 understood that by the act of registering students for the convention, advisers Goodheart-Willcox Publisher — Booth assume responsibility for their students’ behavior and well-being during the 55P Herff Jones — Booths 1-4, 15-18 and 19-22; convention. Pages 66, 84 • Chaperones should recognize that they and their schools will be held liable for any Ithaca College Park Scholar Program — damage to hotel facilities incurred by students under their supervision. Booth 49; Page 32, inside front cover • Rudeness to hotel guests and employees; misuse of or reckless behavior on the Jostens — Booths 12-14, 23-25 and 30-32; Pages 5, 44, back cover elevators; excessive noise; destruction of property; or any other inappropriate Journalism Education Association — behavior is not acceptable and can lead to expulsion from the hotel and/or criminal Pages 12, 76, 78, 82 prosecution. Should individual students, advisers or delegations prove disruptive, JS Printing/School Printing — Page 62 Kansas State University, A.Q. Miller JEA/NSPA officials reserve the right to declare all fees forfeited and to send delegates School of Journalism and Mass home at their own expense. Communications — Booth 35 • Breaking convention rules may result in disqualification from all contests and National Scholastic Press Association — forfeiture of any awards won. Pages 14, 76, 82, 87; Booth 43 New England Center for Investigative • Drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages, or possession/use of illegal drugs is Reporting — Page 39 absolutely prohibited. Northwestern University, Medill School • All students are expected to wear their convention name badges at all times while in of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications — Booth the convention hotel. 45P; Page 71 • When outside the hotel, travel in groups. Your personal safety is our concern. Picaboo Yearbooks — Booth 59P and 60, • Out of respect to instructors and the intellectual property of their sessions, please do Page 66 not record presentations without first asking permission from the speaker(s) to do so. Prep2Prep — Booths 47 and 48 Savannah College of Art & Design — Booth 33P; Page 28 School Paper Express — Booth 10P Mobile App School Publications Co. — Page 74 SNO Sites — Booth 9P; Page 42 Southern California JEA — Booth 44 Temple University School of Media and How to get the JEA/NSPA Communication — Booth 36P; Page 57 The King’s College — Booth 26 convention mobile app University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Media, Communication onto your device: and Information — Booth 38 University of Kansas, William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass 1. Download the free Guidebook Communication — Booth 11 app (available for iPhone, Android University of Maryland, Philip Merrill and other devices) College of Journalism — Booth 34; Page 41 University of Missouri School of 2. Search in the app