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2025 First Amendment Press Freedom Award schools recognized
Sixteen schools were named 2025 First Amendment Press Freedom Award winners. Five additional schools received new Press Freedom Commendations.
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Prompts for Spring 2025 NSMC online contests available now
Let your students shine in the Spring 2025 National Student Media Contests. Registration is now open through noon CST April 1.
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JEA announces 2025 election results
JEA board of directors elections took place Feb. 24 through March 3, 2025.
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Harris wins 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award
Charla Harris of Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana, Texas, is JEA’s 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award recipient.
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JEA names 8 Lifetime Achievement Award winners
The Journalism Education Association has named eight individuals Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for their significant contributions throughout their scholastic journalism careers.
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Orange Glen yearbook staff wins 2025 Diversity Award
The 2025 Diversity Award winner is The Torch Yearbook staff at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, California.
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Daigle named 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Justin Daigle, MJE, of Brighton (Colorado) High School has been named the 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year.
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92 Superior rankings awarded, 537 students recognized in Fall 2024 NSMC
537 students were recognized in Nov. 2024 as part of the National Student Media Contests at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Philadelphia.
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Learn how to use JEA’s new membership system
Sept. 11, 2024 JEA launched a new website and membership system. Before members will be able to access members-only content at JEA.org you will need to activate your new membership account.
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2025 First Amendment Press Freedom Award schools recognized

Prompts for Spring 2025 NSMC online contests available now

JEA announces 2025 election results

Harris wins 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award

JEA names 8 Lifetime Achievement Award winners

Orange Glen yearbook staff wins 2025 Diversity Award

Daigle named 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year

92 Superior rankings awarded, 537 students recognized in Fall 2024 NSMC

Learn how to use JEA’s new membership system
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The Journalism Education Association supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.
Upcoming dates
MARCH 2025
APRIL 2025
1 — NSMC registration closes and online contest submissions due by noon CST
14 — Junior High/Middle School National Media Contest deadline at noon CST
24-26 — Spring 2025 JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention
Curriculum library
JEA’s curriculum offers hundreds of lessons in areas including writing, multimedia, design, and law and ethics. Each lesson includes standards, learning objectives, materials and assessment guides.
Law & Ethics
AI, Fair Use and the First Amendment
Writers are on strike in Hats against AI companies, and students will consider what’s at stake.
Leadership & Team Building
Re-examining the Student Media Staff Manual
Staff manuals provide student journalists with resources and guidance. Now is the perfect time to evaluate and review your guidelines.
Web
Podcasts are Just Like Writing a Beat
Students will listen to a podcast and analyze the elements contained within to understand how the audio format is closely related to writing.
News Literacy
Bringing Help to News Deserts: Lesson Plan
In a news desert that doesn’t have trained journalists seeking truth and expert opinions about education in its community, students can help fill that void.
Newsgathering
Election Coverage
This lesson on election coverage moves students through critical-thinking and decision-making processes, then prompts them to cover stories communities need.
Web
Using Data to Cover a Beat
Students read a blog post on using data to find stories, then apply the principles to their own beat coverage and generate story ideas.
Digital media library
JEA’s digital media library educates high school advisers and students on relevant topics and training, including websites, podcasts, broadcast, social media and more.
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Events
Spring National High School Journalism Convention
April 24-26, 2025
Seattle, Washington
Outreach Academy
Apr. 24, 2025
Seattle, Washington
JEA Advisers Institute
July 14-16, 2025
Providence, Rhode Island
Fall National High School Journalism Convention
Nov. 13-16, 2025
Nashville, Tennessee
Scholastic Journalism Week
Stay tuned for SJW 2026 dates
Awards, contests and scholarships
JEA awards and contests offer members and their students a platform to showcase excellence and receive the recognition they deserve.
Press rights library
JEA Scholastic Press Rights Committee works to empower and educate students and advisers concerning legal and ethical issues. The committee provides lesson plans, commentary and support.
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C:JET magazine
Communication: Journalism Education Today provides educational perspectives to JEA members on a wide variety of topics, such as teaching and advising issues, scholastic media strategy, pedagogical updates, current journalism research, and other professional and technological concerns.

JEA’s 2024 centennial proved to be a unique and significant opportunity for the association to articulate its remarkable trajectory — unparalleled in scholastic media education.

Since 1924, JEA has been leading the way in scholastic journalism and media education. With your support, we plan to continue these efforts for decades to come.