Introducing the Institute for Environmental Journalism

Katina Paron, InsideClimate News

January 7, 2019

Filed under Get Involved, Learn, Recent News, Showcase, Training, Workshops

Are you looking to strengthen your journalistic skills? Do you want to deep dive on a single issue that reaches across politics, social justice, science, policy, human interest and animal wellbeing? Come join us this summer at the Institute for Environmental Journalism. The Pulitzer Prize-winning...

I got a drone, now what?

Jane Bannester, Ritenour High School broadcast teacher

December 2, 2018

Filed under Lesson Plans, Recent News, Tech, Training, Videos

Fall 2018 was my first semester teaching a Drone Video and Photography course. Like any new course, we had our ups and downs. Here are the things that I learned: If your district is similar to mine, sometimes new class materials aren’t always available the first thing in August. I felt like I ...

Halloween and Justin Timberlake: An average October in the life of an adviser

Jessica Cordonier, CJE, Lee's Summit High School, Lee's Summit, Mo.

October 25, 2018

Filed under Games, Lesson Plans, Recent News, Showcase, Students, Teachers

Halloween isn’t the only thing scary in the month of October. Somehow, this is always when it starts to feel like the wheels begin to fall off of my yearbook crew’s wagon. My kids begin to panic under the pressure of the now-real deadline cycle, and it seems like chaos begins to brew and bubble ove...

Be One of the Links: Joining organizations provides so many benefits

Christina Geabhart, MJE, Oak Park High School, Kansas City, MO

October 1, 2018

Filed under Contests, Get Involved, Recent News, Students, Teachers, Training

I remember stepping into the journalism classroom that fall of 2003, trying to live up to the legacy of the award-winning program I was honored to inherit from one of the historically stellar journalism teachers in the country. Even with my journalism degree and five years of experience, I constantly...

Using Google Classroom and Team Drives to Organize Your Program

Leigh Rogers, Hermann, Mo., yearbook adviser

August 13, 2018

Filed under Recent News, Teachers, Tech, Training

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Google when I first started working with it as a new teacher five years ago. The overabundance of emails from shared assignments was not enjoyable. On a due date, my inbox would automatically increase to 30 new emails or more in a matter of minutes. By the end of the...

Creating an Online News Site

Christina Manolis, journalism teacher at Washington High School, Washington, Mo.

July 30, 2018

Filed under Recent News, Tech, Writing

When I first started advising newspaper, an online news site was already part of the class. There was just one issue: despite being a journalism major in college, I didn’t have a lot of experience with managing a website. The previous adviser left me some notes and passwords for the site, but even...

Q and A with the Pros: Shahla Farzan

Matthew Amlong, WHS Blue Jay Journal TV staff member Washington, Mo.

July 18, 2018

Filed under College, Recent News, Training

Shahla Farzan works currently as a general assignment reporter and weekend newscaster for St. Louis Public Radio. She didn't take the "direct route" to journalism; instead she spent six years studying bees and earned her Ph.D. in ecology. She is a self-proclaimed "friend and admirer of native bees." Her...

Q and A with the Pros: Jonathan Ketz

June 24, 2018

Filed under College, Recent News, Students, Teachers, Training

Television was in his blood from the very beginning, anchor Jonathan Ketz chose to follow the generations of broadcasters and story-tellers in his family -- even starting at the same station as his father and grandfather. SJ: When and how were you bit by the journalism bug? Ketz: "I was hit with the jou...

Q and A with the Pros: Derek Byrne

June 10, 2018

Filed under College, Recent News, Students, Teachers, Writing

As he builds his career in communications, Kansas City-native Derek Byrne found learning every skill he can and his strong writing skills have been essential tools for moving from high school yearbook to a Texas university to New York City and back home to the Midwest. Today, Byrne works in social media at ...

Minarets HS wins First Amendment PSA contest

May 8, 2018

Filed under Contests, Recent News

SchoolJournalism.org’s second annual First Amendment Matters PSA contest had many great entries. States represented in this contest included; South Carolina, Kentucky, California, New Jersey, Missouri, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Idaho, Utah, Michigan, and Texas. Choosing a winner was not an easy...