We're very excited about the opportunity to experience the warm, dry side of Washington state this summer as we head to Pullman and the facilities of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications on the WSU campus. DATES: WED., JULY 31 - SAT., AUG. 3. There will be some exciting changes, including...

Timberline High School senior Greta Forslund has been named this year’s recipient of the Washington Journalism Education Association’s Lu Flannery Outstanding Journalist Award.  Forslund received her award of a $2,000 scholarship at the WJEA State conference in Seattle March 16. Forslund is a...

The Washington Journalism Education Association announced that Mountlake Terrace High School senior Annika Prom was named the 2019 Journalist of the Year. She was recently awarded a $2000 scholarship by WJEA Executive Director Kathy Schrier. Prom has been involved in the Mountlake Terrace journalism...

WJEA held its annual Spring Conference on March 16 at Cleveland High School in Seattle. Eighty-five students participated in the write-off contests and several scholarships and awards were handed out. Here is a list of honorwinners: Washington State Journalist of the Year: Annika Prom, Mountlake...

Sandra Coyer is a high school journalism teacher, not a soothsayer. But she has her moments. Four years ago, at the Puyallup High School Curriculum Fair, she was introduced to a freshman. The mother had previously told Coyer her daughter was interested in journalism and had, in sixth grade, demonstrated...

Please help WJEA be more effective. Board members have developed a survey to get a better idea of what you, as advisers, want and need. Take a few minutes and complete the survey--whether you are a WJEA member or not. We truly appreciate your time and opinions!

The 2018 WJEA Adviser of the Year is Ted Lockery of the Nathan Hale High School Sentinel in Seattle. There were many outstanding nominees from journalism programs across the state, but the quantity, enthusiasm and admiration of Ted’s advocates made him the clear choice. Ted was nominated by...

The WJEA Dorothy McPhillips Award is the highest award given by the Washington Journalism Education Association, and honors a member for extraordinary achievement in improving scholastic journalism in our state. This award is not given out annually; rather it is awarded only when it is warranted. This...

Wondering if the $65 additional registration fee for the Journalism Education Association is worth the cost? One of the benefits of membership (in addition to reduced rate on books through the JEA Bookstore as well as access to the JEA-HELP Listserve) is access to an ever-changing online curriculum...