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Adviser Update
FRIENDS
FRIENDS – JEA’s Friends of Journalism, Dann P. Gire, The Chicago Daily Herald;
Tim Taylor, superintendent of Butte County Office of Education, Oroville, Calif.;
Milton Valencia, The Boston Globe; and Jim Angele, Nebraska School Activities
Association pose with JEA President Mark Newton. The Friend of Scholastic
Journalism Award may be given to any individual or group making a significant
contribution to scholastic journalism. Update photos by Bradley Wilson
im A. Angele, of Lincoln, Neb., formerly
with the Nebraska School Activities
Association, was in charge of journalism,
baseball, softball and media relations
overall. Under his direction, the state
journalism contest grew and flourished, and
this past May there were 21 different areas
of student specialization offered.
The Boston Globe, and specifically
Milton Valencia, has co-sponsored the urban
high school journalism workshops supported
by the Dow Jones News Fund. Brian Baron,
past JEA Massachusetts state director, said
that “through a variety of different channels,
The Boston Globe has gone above and
beyond to support scholastic journalism.”
Dann P. Gire, of Hoffman Estates, Ill.,
and writer for The Daily Herald, contacts
advisers, defends them and has fought
the fight at the college level. After being
fired as the faculty adviser of the Harbinger
newspaper at Harpers College after a
dispute over censorship issues at the paper,
he eventually gave testimony in the Illinois
state legislature, promoting passage of the
College Campus Press Act, which makes
political firings of college newspaper staffs
and faculty advisers illegal. The act became
law in 2008.
Tim Taylor, superintendent of the
Butte County Office of Education in
California, agreed (when he was assistant
superintendent) to make the district a
partner in building up scholastic journalism
programs in Sacramento area schools,
partnering with the California Scholastic
Journalism Initiative and the Sacramento
Bee.
RECIPIENTS
HONOR
AWARD
RECIPIENTS — Lifetime Achievement honorees: Pat S. Graff, Albuquerque, N.M.; Rod
Howe, Omaha, Neb.; Mark R. Sherwood, Orlando, Fla.; Ann Quinlan, Lincoln, Neb.; and
Kay H. Windsor, Clemmons, N.C. with JEA President Mark Newton. HONOR — JEA
Administrator of the Year Evans Bryant Branigan III of North Central HS in Indianapolis
accepts his award. AWARD — Linda Barrington, Carl Towley Award recipient, with
MERIT
Stan Zoller who introduced her at the Journalism Education Association and National
Scholastic Press Association Convention. MERIT — Cindy Todd accepts her Medal
of Merit Award from the Journalism Education Association from JEA President Mark
Newton.