Adviser Update Spring 2012 | Page 7

Adviser Update SPRING 2012 Page 7A Teacher of the Year program DJNF invites media advisers to apply yellow for writing a quarterly column for the Fund’s free newspaper, Adviser Update. The Teacher of the Year and four Distinguished Advisers will receive free subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, a cosponsor, which includes 30 copies of the full-color newspaper for students, a Teacher Guide, unlimited access to the Classroom Edition website and a daily Journal. The winning teacher will receive a pin and a plaque and the journalism program will get a state-of-the-art laptop computer. The school district See TOY on page 11A P01.V52.I4 ism. The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla., a program co-sponsor, is adding 10 free webinars to the benefits the winning teacher can claim in 2012. Additionally, the teacher may attend one professional seminar at Poynter. Speaking engagments include the November National High School Journalism Convention in San Antonio. The teacher will attend the annual meetings of professional news media editors and college journalism educators. The Teacher of the Year is also a keynote luncheon speaker for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, a cosponsor, in New York City each March. Additionally the teacher is paid black News Fund is looking for the next Teacher of the Year to elevate the conversation and make a difference. Applicants are asked to identify a pressing issue facing scholastic journalism and how they would address it. Application questions have pared down to a dozen. “Our Teachers of the Year represent a cadre of talented professionals who care deeply about quality education and good journalism,” says Richard S. Holden, executive director of the Fund. “These honorees perpetuate a tradition of excellence in the field.” Advisers are still asked to outline their positions on free expression for high school students, fairness and responsibility, diversity both on the staff and in media content, and the highest standards of journalistic ethics and practice. Applicants may be