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One of Texas’ best educators is National Broadcast Adviser of the Year. Congratulations Margie! And thank you to the Journalism Education Association for honoring the best of the best.

JEA names Margie R***r, MJE, of Rock Hill High School in Frisco, Texas, the 2024 Broadcast Adviser of the Year.
“Margie R***r is a new generation journalism instructor teaching a new generation of high school journalists,” Laura Widmer, National Scholastic Press Association executive director, said. “She teaches her students the importance of collaborative, multi-platform student media operations.”
Read more: https://jea.org/wp/blog/2024/08/29/raper-named-2024-broadcast-adviser-of-the-year/

It’s time we say “thank you” to Lori Oglesbee-Petter and Lisa Musser Roskens — two of the best educators and biggest supporters of Texas scholastic journalism.

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JEA awards four individuals who have made significant contributions to scholastic journalism with the Medal of Merit.
The 2024 Medal of Merit recipients are:
• Thomas Kaup, MJE, Auburn (Washington) High School
• Lori Oglesbee, retired, McKinney, Texas
• Allie Staub Roger, CJE, Westfield (Indiana) Middle School
• Lisa Roskens, Prosper (Texas) High School
Read more: http://jea.org/wp/blog/2024/08/22/jea-honors-4-medal-of-merit-winners/

Congratulations to Shelby Nickells from Rouse High School!

JEA names nine teachers as Rising Stars to honor their commitment to scholastic journalism and media advising.
The 2024 Rising Stars are:
• Therasia Brautigam, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Missouri
• Melissa Cameron, Casa Roble High School, Orangevale, California
• Benjamin Campbell, Edmond (Oklahoma) North High School
• Leslie Fireman, West Chicago (Illinois) High School
• Whitney Huang, CJE, The Harker School, San Jose, California
• Emma Kinney, CJE, Indianola (Iowa) High School
• Heidi Kniseley, Mission Hills High School, San Marcos, California
• Shelby Nickells, Rouse High School, Leander, Texas
• Deborah Porterfield, CJE, Bronx (New York) River High School
Read more: https://jea.org/wp/blog/2024/08/20/jea-announces-9-rising-star-recipients/

Academic study materials, including UIL journalism prompts, are available on the UIL website.

Click here: https://bit.ly/uilstudymaterials

Whether you use Google Calendar, Organized Adviser or a customized Erin Condren planner with stickers and color-coded pens, make sure and add these dates for the year.

The UIL has named 231 students to 2024 All-State Journalism Staff.

Students who earn more than 50 points through competition at the local, regional, state and national levels earn acceptance to the All-State Journalism Staff. We celebrate these students for excellence in scholastic journalism from UIL competition to yearbook, newspaper, online news and broadcast journalism competitions.

Congratulations to all these outstanding students and their advisers.

See the list of honorees here: https://bit.ly/4dyKV1s
See the list of criteria here: https://bit.ly/3WCfWLn

What a weekend!

We are just over a week away from our summer workshop registration deadline.

A summer workshop is THE best way to prepare your staff for the coming year. And this summer, ILPC will partner with TAJE to take the summer workshop experience to Texas State University in San Marcos.

Visit our website to register or learn more: https://bit.ly/TexasSummerWorkshop

Seeing Stars 🌟

ONE-THIRD of Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop schools have won top state or national awards.

74 top awards…..and still counting!

32 ILPC Stars
22 National Scholastic Press Association Pacemakers/Finalists
20 Columbia Scholastic Press Crowns

Visit gloriashieldsworkshop.com to register

LaJuana Hale and Will Skelton of Marcus High School were recognized for Fall Fiesta 2023 awards at Sunday’s ILPC Spring Convention awards assembly. Check out our website to read more about the awards they received and their backgrounds. Photo courtesy of CADY.

Full ILPC results are available now on the UIL website. A huge thank you to all the students, advisers, administrators, parents and friends who joined us in Austin for another incredible convention. We’ll see you back here April 11-13, 2025.

Results: https://www.uiltexas.org/journalism/ilpc/results

Congratulations to Anna Bell Lee from Texas High School, the photographer who shot the first-ever ILPC Photo of the Year.

To achieve this honor, Lee won first place in the Online News Sports Feature Photo category for 5A schools. Of the four first-place Sports Feature Photos in the IAA contest, judges selected Lee’s image as “Tops in Texas.”

All Tops in Texas photography winners in yearbook, newspaper and online news were put in front of a panel of judges to select the top photo submitted for an ILPC contest during the 2023-2024 school year.

Congratulations to Anna Bell Lee and adviser Clint Smith from Texas High School in Texarkana.

Congratulations to Lisa Roskens from Prosper High School — your 2024 Max Haddick Texas Journalism Teacher of the Year.

The ILPC Spring Convention is officially underway as Michael Reeves and studens from James Bowie High School in Austin lead a workshop on podcasting.

We’ll be back at the UTC tomorrow for breakout sessions.

We are nine days away!

No, not from the new Taylor Swift album release. We are nine days away from the ILPC Spring Convention.

Let's celebrate a little early by announcing the winners of our Adviser's Challenge Contest. First place winners will receive a $50 cash prize. Congratulations to the winners.

If you haven't registered for the convention, it's not too late. Click here for more info: https://bit.ly/ILPCSpring2024

Congratulations Alice Scott of McCallum High School in Austin, Texas! Scott is JEA's 2024 Journalist of the Year.
Read more: https://jea.org/wp/blog/2024/04/06/jea-names-alice-scott-of-texas-as-2024-journalist-of-the-year/ McCallum High School - Austin, TX Macjournalism TAJE

Congratulations, Alice!

Congratulations to the five finalists for JEA's National Journalist of the Year. The 2024 Journalist of the Year will be named Saturday at the 3 p.m. awards ceremony.
• Clare Kirwan, Harrisonburg High School, Virginia, Valerie Kibler, MJE, adviser
• Nadia Knoblauch, Hagerty High School, Florida, Britton Taylor, adviser
• Clara Martinez, American School in London, International, Louisa Avery, MJE, adviser
• Alice Scott, McCallum High School, Texas, Dave Winter, adviser
• Ben Shapiro, Conestoga High School, Pennsylvania, Laura Howard, adviser

Congratulations to the 2024 Texas Journalist of the Year: Alice Scott, McCallum High School, Dave Winter, adviser.
Scott advances to JEA Journalist of the Year competition. JEA Journalist of the Year winner will be announced April 6 at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Kansas City. Macjournalism TAJE

A summer workshop is THE best way to prepare your staff for the coming year. And this summer, ILPC will partner with TAJE to take the summer workshop experience to Texas State University in San Marcos.

Visit our website to register or learn more: https://bit.ly/TexasSummerWorkshop

Congratulations to all the Texas Crown winners.

Congratulations to Literary Magazine Pacemaker Finalists from Texas!

One more day!

We are one week away from our last award deadline before the convention. Student leadership and Current Year Yearbook IAA submissions are due March 1.

Applications are at the bottom of our contest page for Print News Editor of the Year, Online News Editor of the Year, Yearbook Editor of the Year, Video Producer of the Year and Photo Editor of the Year: https://www.uiltexas.org/journalism/ilpc/contests

And don't forget to honor your CURRENT yearbook students by submitting their entries into Current Year IAAs. This is a great way to let your seniors celebrate their hard work this year before they graduate.

Congratulations Andrea Negri! And thank you for your continued service to journalism education.

JEA members elect Andrea Negri, MJE, of Bellaire (Texas) High School, as scholastic press rights director and Sandra Coyer, MJE, of Puyallup (Washington) High School, as a director-at-large. Both will serve a two-year term beginning May 1. Read more: https://jea.org/wp/blog/2024/02/28/jea-announces-2024-election-results/

Congratulations to Coppell Student Media, Liberty Wingspan and The Rider Online from Mansfield Legacy on your well-deserved Pacemaker Finalist distinction. Woohoo!