Become a member
Joining WJEA couldn’t be easier. At $40 for membership ($25 if retired), how can you afford not to join? You can join online or download our PDF membership form to mail, email or fax.
Renew/Join Online
Program Membership: Pay online (see below for pricing) AND complete this form
WJEA MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
Teacher/Adviser – $40
This is our primary membership category, including current or past advisers or journalism educators.
Retired Teacher/Adviser – $25
This category includes retired teachers or advisers who are still interested in scholastic journalism, unless they are employed by commercial firms providing sales and services to journalism teachers and publications advisers or are engaged in other commercial enterprises, which might represent a conflict of interest.
Student – $20
Student members shall be high school or college students with an interest in journalism or related fields. Student members shall receive all WJEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates for office.
Honorary Member – $0
Honorary members shall be persons devoted to the interest of successfully promoting secondary school journalism and its related fields. Honorary members may be elected for life by the board of directors. Honorary members shall receive all WJEA publications, may participate in meetings and conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates, except that those who were previously teacher/adviser members shall retain all rights of that membership.
Associate Member – $55
Associate members may include individuals representing:
• Public and private libraries
• State, regional or national scholastic press associations
• Departments of journalism in secondary schools, community colleges and universities whether public, private or parochial
• Commercial press associations, book, yearbook, magazine or newspaper publishers
• All firms, organizations and agencies engaged in the production of graphic arts or advertising
• Television, radio stations, Web site and other related media outlets
• Educational or philanthropic foundations
• Other related institutions, businesses or organizations interested in promoting scholastic journalism Members shall receive all WJEA publications, may participate in meetings and conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates for office.
Program Membership: this is in addition to an adviser’s current membership and must be renewed annually.
Benefits
- Connection with other WJEA programs
- WJEA program membership stickers
- Assistance in creating and maintaining CTE and CTSO requirements, including a leadership equivalency base to add your details and dates to with model language/frameworks approved in Washington state districts
- WJEA student press pass / participant card template
- Official program certificate with membership level suitable for framing
- Graduation cords (WJEA green) for senior participants
- Link to one WJEA Adobe training video for your student participants
Columbia Level:
Up to 10 program participants from a single adviser’s media program are included in a flat fee of $200. Additional members may be added during the school year for a fee.
Cascade Level:
Eleven to 20 program participants from a single adviser’s media program are included in a flat fee of $300. Additional members may be added during the school year for a fee.
Olympic Level:
Twenty-one to 50 program participants from a single adviser’s media program are included in a flat fee of $400. Additional students are $10 each.
Note:
- Columbia Level Organizations become Cascade Level Organizations automatically when they grow to 11 or more members.
- Columbia and Cascade Level Organizations may convert to Olympic Level at any time by paying the difference in their annual fees.
Questions? Email: [email protected]